Robert Randolph & the Family Band

Um, and that Something About a Boat was something I will say Jimmy called and actually did say, he said, "I don't cut many songs that I do not write, but I heard this song, and I felt like this was meant for me." And that's a beautiful, beautiful, um, compliment from someone like Jimmy.

Um, and b- but other folks that I write, do write in a room with, you know, whether it be Darius or Jewel or, uh, Lady A or these other folks, Robert Randolph, these people that I write with, um, it is, um, uh, you know, you just never know.

You just, you just gotta stay open.

You, you gotta, you gotta try to, try to not maybe force your agenda on them, let them be artists.

I would do it if I could do a, uh, something where I, I bring together my h- love of history and getting to interview people and, and, and tell stories of, of these maybe forgotten little spots." And that's why, uh, with Southern Songwriters with Patrick Dewees, because we usually do the shows in the South.

It's not this...

The songwriters can kind of be, you know, I have, I got Robert Randolph on 'em.

I have, you know, I don't know, uh, Dan Tyminski.

They haven't reunited for a full set since 2007.

Uh, last time I saw the band with Jason in it was 2004 when they played with Robert Randolph and the Family Band and The Black Crowes at the amphitheater in Tampa that's had about a thousand different names over the years.

Um, so I am stoked.

I'm here with some friends in Alabama.

Um, 40-plus bands Thursday or Wednesday through next Sunday.

Headliners this year include Railroad Earth, Old Crow Medicine Show, Bailiff Fleck, Robert Randolph.

Wow.

A lot of good times.

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Sunday night I kinda felt that way about, uh, was it Robert Randolph & the Family Band? They were kind of middle of the show on Sunday, and the guy next to me, after they got off the stage, he goes, "Who would wanna come on after them?" [laughs] 'Cause they absolutely rocked that place too.

I mean, they were...

I had never seen them live, and I thought, "This is..." I mean, Eric Gales reminds me of like Prince, you know? I mean, it was just like it- they, they were also really fun to watch.

Eric Gales, I'm telling y'all, he is a rock star.

He is a rock star.

Um, loved him and then of course, uh, you know, Robert Randolph, that was a highlight for me, for sure.

So I would say those were the moments that kinda like sent me to my knees, you know?

And I was one of the 10, thank God.

And Robert Randolph and a bunch of other, the North Mississippi All-Star guys, Cody and Luther.

And Dwayne was on that list.

And anyway, the gig got moved because it got too big.

and he was with the band that's called The Word, which is really just the Mississippi All-Stars with friends.

The Word was an American instrumental sacred steel gospel blues band that includes well-known musicians such as Robert Randolph, On pedal steel, John Medesky keyboards.

And from here, it is all Mississippi All-Stars.

We've got Luther Dickinson on electric guitar.