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  • Registered: 2006-08-16
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Topic: Randy Rhoads

30 years ago today he died. 30 years, unbelieveable.

Who knows what could have been?

2 Reply by DaveWammbarro (edited by DaveWammbarro 2012-03-19 19:50:20)

  • From: N.Wales, UK
  • Registered: 2009-03-06
  • Posts: 2,183

Re: Randy Rhoads

The guy was playing stuff that Zakk Wylde still can't understand...at 25yrs old.

Koss and Bolin at the same age (same year even for these two).

These three guys were incredible souls.

  • Registered: 2011-01-30
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Re: Randy Rhoads

Such a great player!! If he had lived, it wouldn't surprise me if he'd decided to do some sort of classical guitar, because he was certainly great at that.

  • Registered: 2006-05-08
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Re: Randy Rhoads

To burn that bright and be lost so soon is a human tragedy.

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  • From: Ridgeland, MS
  • Registered: 2009-08-12
  • Posts: 1,248

Re: Randy Rhoads

Think about it...basically two albums of material and the guy is a legend. Can you imagine what he would be today?

  • From: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
  • Registered: 2011-08-12
  • Posts: 4,670

Re: Randy Rhoads

Recent issue of Classic Rock had a special feature on Randy; made me go back and re-listen to stuff I hadn't played for years. As the old song says, "you don't know what you've got 'til its gone".

Would be interesting to speculate what he'd be doing today had it not been for that stupid, tragic accident, but let's celebrate what he left us.

Mike

When life gives you lemons; don't make lemonade.
Give back the lemons.  Why were the lemons free?  What's wrong with the lemons?
Do Not trust the lemons...

7 Reply by hulldanfan (edited by hulldanfan 2012-03-20 06:45:06)

  • Registered: 2012-03-17
  • Posts: 235

Re: Randy Rhoads

There were already rumours that Randy was tiring of Rock n Roll and was thinking of returning to his classical roots.



Here is a bizarre story re Randy - I have copied this from another site rather than rephrase from memory.

Rainbow's regular tour bus driver was about to take a vacation, so they hired a temporary driver. When Ritchie Blackmore met the temp driver he pulled Joe Lynn Turner aside and said, "Did you see that guy's black aura? I'm not riding with him..." And he refused to get on a bus with him as the driver. Period. The band was forced to pay their regular driver a big bonus to postpone his vacation and drive them.

TURNS OUT the "black aura" driver also did some piloting of small planes. Roughly six months later he was the tour bus driver for Ozzy. That's right...He was the pilot of the plane that killed RANDY RHOADS!

RITCHIE BLACKMORE knew what the hell he was talking about !!

  • From: Seattle, WA
  • Registered: 2012-02-11
  • Posts: 268

Re: Randy Rhoads

Whatever he would have chosen to do, it would be amazing to still have him around.

I am a huge Randy Rhoads fan. He is the reason I begged my parents for a guitar in 1987, when the Tribute album came out. Last week I made the trip from Seattle down to Sonoma County to visit my Dad, and I brought home two bottles of D'Argenzio's Randy Rhoads Cabernet. Nice people in the tasting room in Santa Rosa, and tasty wine too.
http://www.dargenziowine.com/wine-shop/randy-rhoads

  • From: North Carolina
  • Registered: 2008-10-26
  • Posts: 2,926

Re: Randy Rhoads

Never knew until I got a guitar legends mag with him on the cover that he played in Quite Riot as well when he first started out.

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