Randy Alan Kohrs is an American multi-instrumentalist best known for his resonator guitar prowess, but he plays 13 musical instruments.
14 Facts About Randy Kohrs
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Randy Kohrs learned to play acoustic guitar from his uncle at age 8, quickly followed by resonator guitar.
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Randy Kohrs played with them for 10 years while fronting a local country band.
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Randy Kohrs continued to learn to play other instruments including electric guitar, drums, mandolin, banjo, pedal steel, and bass.
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Randy Kohrs backed Patty Loveless on a taping of Austin City Limits television show on PBS.
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In 2003, Randy Kohrs toured with Dolly Parton in her band the Blueniques, playing on three of her albums and performing as her opening act.
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In 2001, Randy Kohrs released his first solo album A Crack in My Armour on Junction Records, and formed his own band The Lites.
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Randy Kohrs followed it in 2003 with the album Now It's Empty on his own Left Of Center label.
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In 2007, Randy Kohrs released the Old Photograph album which featured Scott Vestal and Scott Haas on banjo; Jim Hurst, Clay Hess and Andrew Crawford on guitar; Tim Crouch and Ashley Brown on fiddle, Aaron Ramsey and Jesse Cobb on mandolin, and Jim Weaver and Darren Vincent on bass.
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In 2009, Randy Kohrs released the album Quicksand on Rural Rhythm Records with Aaron Ramsey and Adam Steffey on mandolin.
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In 2007, Randy Kohrs won a Grammy award for his contributions to Jim Lauderdale's album The Bluegrass Diaries.
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Randy Kohrs has been nominated numerous times for Dobro Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association.
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Randy Kohrs proposed to his wife Shaunna Larkin onstage during a Dolly Parton concert.
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Randy Kohrs married fiddler and vocalist Ashley Brown in April 2011 and they divorced in 2017.