Who is your favourite Session Musician? Let us know below!

@FavioMagnoGuitarrista

3 жыл бұрын

Tim Pierce

@kevinharnan8378

3 жыл бұрын

Tom bukovac

@KevinLindsay64

3 жыл бұрын

Pino Palladino!!!

@AlexColeti

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Landau

@RIFFSTUDIO1

3 жыл бұрын

steve lukather

Guy is a legend. Very kind and humble, at the same time. Thank you Elliot for so much impeccable playing through the years.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

Was at a party a few years ago. The jamming band was Elliot, Jamie Moses, Jamie Little, Jim Cregan and Gav Coulson. Just breathtaking, seeing world class musicians basically calling out the key and playing songs note perfect without a second’s rehearsal! Reelin in the years was spine tingling!

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much for sharing Pete!

It’s a true crime this vid does not have many many more views. This man has been an icon to me for over 50 years! When I saw him live at a small venue in Algonquin IL (Harry Hopes) in the early 70’s backing up Bill Quateman, I just couldn’t believe how damn good he was. Just blew my mind!! Best I’d ever seen!!

I was 19 when the radio played "Do It Again" and I told my future wife that that I was sure that band would be the next big thing. Then I bought the single and "Reelin In The Years" was the flip side. I was so blown away. One of my biggest guitar influences. Thank you so much Warren. Mr. Randall is a VIP of modern rock guitarists.

Great interview! I finally learned the "Reelin'" solo a couple years ago. Took me weeks and I still don't have it right. Can't believe he did that in one take. Such a talented, but modest and friendly guy.

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Such a wonderful solo on an amazing song!

@kaindog100

2 жыл бұрын

Two best solos in my opinion are Reelin’ In The Years and Comfortably Numb. Both sensational and just stick in your head.

Elliot exudes such honest enthusiasm and joy of life. It’s easy to see how he sailed through the Decades and flourished. Listening to this blows my mind all the musical legends he worked with -even from his earliest years-Roy Smeck’ /Sal Salvador’ as guitar teachers. Wow. What a life Elliots been blessed and has given back to the world🇺🇸. And The interviewer did one of the best interviews ever👍thanks!!

Warren you should be proud bringing the stories of these wonderful musicians to light. Much appreciated! Cheers!

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Jim!!

There's no way Elliott would remember me, (Danny Green) but he came to work with me in LA in 1979 for producer Steve Tyrell who had been hired to produce my ill-fated 2nd album for ABC Records. Elliott came out a week early to work with me, went back to NYC to perform on SNL, and then flew back to LA to work with me for another week. I also became good friends with Levon Helm later in his life because of our Arkansas and Memphis connections. Spent some time with Levon down in Muscle Shoals as well. Good times and great people and players. I'm still in Memphis recording jingles and albums but I did learn a great deal from both of those guys!!! God Bless!!!

ONE OF THE GREATEST INTERVIEWS. WITH ONE OF THE GREATEST PEOPLE

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Joe!

I saw *Randall's Island, Boz Scaggs and John Mayall* together at the Fillmore Theater in NYC, guess it was early 70s. That was back in the day when live shows were outrageous, with many excellent bands playing on the same bill. Saw so many concerts back then... and the cost was nominal for those shows, so unlike today when you have to mortgage your house to buy a ticket. I knew Elliot played with a lot of top musicians, but was unaware to the extent of his involvement on so many classic tunes until this vid. Unbelievable. *"The amount of taste you put in,"* was a great quote. Should be a lesson for all guitarists to guide their playing by. Play what the song is asking for. I was at the original Woodstock mudfest as well at 18 years old. Music back then was something else.

An extraordinarily nice person, we used to chat with him online some years back and he was a combination of hilarious, informative, historical, and just a really really nice person who treats all the people he talks to as one of his friends. Elliott Randall is one of the few people around who knows the whole history of modern music and doesn't mind taking his time to help others remember and understand it. Total music icon. God bless him.

I just love hearing the history of music like this...by the guys that were really there.

Wow, what a beautiful guy, such a humble attitude and yet he’s a legend and he’s played with just about everyone.

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

I agree! Truly wonderful guy! I’m a huge fan!!

What a brilliant hang! After all these years of admiring Elliot's guitar mastery, a treat to be introduced to his sterling persona. An amazing career, with epic highlights. Cheers!

@Producelikeapro

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill! Yes, agreed, what a wonderful guy!

I was 13 when Can't buy a Thrill came out, rocked my world! Still my fave Dan album, rock/pop/jazz/clever lyrics blended to perfection. Amazing songs, arrangements, playing, production. Fantastic guitar playing, Randall, Denny Diaz, Skunk Baxter . . . I listened to every note. Great interview, thanks Warren!

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Willem!

I sat next to Elliott Randall at Sal Salvador's funeral in Stamford, CT. Sal introduced me to all of the greatest living jazz players and he always raved about Elliott Randall as a fantastic student and a wonderful person. It is a terrible regret that I did not tell Elliott Randall how much his playing meant to me. I was terrified to even speak to him. I am not a professional, just a pretty decent guy who practices all of the time. The moral of the story is if you sit next to a guitar legend at a funeral, offer up a hug and a good memory of the person who taught you how to play.

Wonderful interview. No surprise that the vast majority of the great rock musicians tend to be humble, like Elliott Randall, who played that iconic lead on Steely Dan's Reelin in the Years.

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, wonderful guy and very humble indeed!

Elliott Randall appears to be the most humble, down-to-earth and happy performer I've heard interviewed. He obviously is very grateful for his success and his experiences.

Thank you Elliott for sharing your life and thoughts, So inspirational! So cool that the danish guitar player Jørgen Ingmann was one of your influences!

Not sh*ting listening to Alexa/Amazon music play me yacht Rock tunes and "Reeling" starts playing as I watch this. Eerie awesomeness!!

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Haha that's wonderful Howard!

Once again a wonderful, humble and a gentleman, many thanks for doing this honest and sincere interview, so great to watch these people who are normally never heard, telling it the way it was, warts and all….

Being a highly respected guitarist/musician among some of rock's greatest icons during arguably rock's most prolifically creative time, one heck of a career. And yep, Reelin' in the Years? Guitar tone and style heaven!

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%!!

Finally got a chance to watch this. Stunning player and a great person. Thanks for doing this. Can't wait to watch part2

Fabulous interview.

This is a great interview, the interviewer knows his stuff (CNN take a lesson here) and the interviewee is humble gracious, beyond knowledgeable, a legend! Well done gentlemen!!

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Aw shucks!! Thanks ever so much John!!

Coolest chap, great interview. Thank you both.

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Allan! Yes, Elliot is a wonderful guy!

I have his ‘New York’ LP made in ‘77 with great players on it; Will Lee, Tony Levin, Jeff Miranov, Jeff Porcaro, Ralph MacDonald, Bob Babbitt. Thanks for the interview.

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful Paul!

Wow! Elliott Randall, sir for many years you have been an inspiration to me. You are a gentleman and a scholar and your music means so much to me. Thank you and thank you too, Produce Like A Pro for this in-depth interview with Mr. Randall!

Thank you for the incredible insight and knowledge

One of the best interviews ever brilliant work Warren, what a great guy and guitar hero Elliot Randal is, just inspirational thank you.

This has been so fun! Thank you so much Elliot and Warren❣️❣️ Zexcoil😉😀 ...and the strings situation! 😃 ❤️

Great interview great player. Another one who millions of folks have listened to over the years but is relatively unknown to the general public. THANKS!

I started playing guitar because of the solo. reeling!!! I didn't know your name then but you changed my life. Thank you so much!!!

One of the best solos ever!!! Such a great guy as well. Thanks for this one @Warren

This is such an amazing interview! Absolutely loved it! Been a big fan of Elliot’s since I found out about him many years ago! And the fact I see myself a lot in what he says about his playing style! Our singer/songwriter allows me to add my own feeling and emotion to the songs and it’s never play this or that! Love, love, loved this! Thank you Warren! Never seen such a great interview with this guy! So underrated and not known enough!

Love it!

Wow! That was a great interview! All aspects, and all very cool. What a great guy, and great energy, not to mention brilliant player. Also paying it forward. Love Elliott!

Great interview! Elliot's a great story teller and has chosen a professional path that offers no shortage of accounts with many amazing players and singers. Thanks for sharing with us!

Simply a phenomenal a guitarist !

Thank you so much for this! Such a great guitar player.

This is why I love the PLAP interviews: getting to know (to me) unknown greats, learn from them and solve a piece of the puzzle of music history. Thank you! And that Strat, man...wow...

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much!

Good interview. A thoughtful, intelligent, delightful conversation. Great questions and a great structure with a musical icon. Really well done.

thank you boss...met Mr.Randall when I worked in Mannys music a thousand years ago ....loved talking to him....still a humble class act and inspiration

Great interview discussing one of my all time favourite solo's "Reeling in the years" which I bought in the UK when it was released!

A history lesson from a historical figure! Many thanks warren!

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much!

Love this!

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much!

Brilliant interview! A pleasure to listen to you both

@Producelikeapro

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much!!

The song is great, yes! The solo start absolutely grabs your attention and envelopes you in a cascade of amazing tone. So so good!

A transistor radio , ok hes about my age . Lol , The first time I heard Mr Randall was on a steely dan record and been a fan ever since . A guitar players guitar player .

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, wonderful guitar player and an amazing guy!

Thank you for an immersive hour and a half.

Excellent interview. Very entertaining and educational.

What an enjoyable interview. Everyone loves Elliott. We can all say, like the mafioso, he is a friend of ours. Thank you.

This is such a great interview. So interesting and conversational in the way in which it was conducted. I would say it benefits considerably from the fact that both the interviewer and the interviewed are instructors/teachers in their own rights and exceptionally well informed and thoughtful regarding the subjects upon which they are speaking. It's quite like a seminar in all the better ways. Pleasant, informative, and quite engaging in the largely informal two-party discussion style it has been conducted. Well done. Many thanks to both Elliott Randall and to you, Warren, for providing an hour and a half of informative and enjoyable viewing.

Really enjoyed this. Thanks!

Sour flower on the Randall’s island is incredible, one of my all time favorites

Elliot, you're a ray of sunshine and a legend. Thanks, man!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much

Great interview thanks load

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Bruce!

Great interview, thanks Warren and Elliott!

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much

Hey Warren, this is Warren. All Warrens are great. Thanks for talking to the old guard. Important to catalog . Fine stuff.

Elliot Randall. What a legend.

@Producelikeapro

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! He is

@Producelikeapro

2 жыл бұрын

And a wonderful guy

Always great knowledgeable interviews. Loved the Kootch interview. Nice to have someone who knows what he’s talking about.

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much

What a down to earth guy! Thanks Warren

Fantastic!

I love all of these session musicians and they all seemed to be extremely positive and friendly guys and gals. But Elliott Randall may be THEE most pleasant fellow I have found. He seems so genuinely happy, kind and affable, you can't help but like him. I also stand in awe at his achievements. I truly enjoyed your interview with Elliott and hope he comes back again soon.

You Rock Warren! Thanks

Coincidentally I was listening to him on Spotify yesterday! Cheers for that mate 😎👌

Great!

That solo on Steely Dan's Kings ... !!!

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

I know! Truly twisted!!

@adamstuart8768

2 жыл бұрын

Makes the song

Brilliant interviews

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much!

This is brilliant. I know I'm behind. I've had my head stuck in creating music. But I'm so happy to catch up with these amazing videos. Learning so much about what goes on that we don't generally hear or know about is epic. Not so much into gossip. I love the lessons we learn about how things truly were vs what we expect in our own musical journey.

Phenomenal interview! What an engaging guy.

Excellent interview. What a fantastic bloke.

@Producelikeapro

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darren

Great interview Warren. And totally agree with Blues Bros being big influence on restoring status/popularity of Blues/Soul artists.

Excellent!! He is Awesome!

Hopped over to this after watching the Reelin video. What a truly lovely genuine man and what a player. Great stories. Could listen to you both all day...shame I have to work! 😁 You sure know how to pick them. And if I may say, you let the guests share freely and don't interrupt unnecessarily. Interviewing well and drawing out the stories is an art in itself. I wish you could get Kate Bush on for an interview. Love all her output so much. Fantastic writer, producer and musician. Hard to get her to do this sort of thing sadly. Patti Smith would be a great interviewee if you like her work. She has some great stories to tell and has met many important and influential musicians and creative artists. Her own output is also terrific. Ok, enough from me again. Cheers Warren.

Brilliant

The guy in the photo that appeared after he'd said "Paul Griffin on keyboards" totally looked like Billy Joel! 😄 And thank you both for the great video, gentlemen! Just right for a cold, grey and rainy afternoon! 😊

Loved this interview thank you Warren. What a humble talented guy Elliott is, no wonder he was so popular, he’d be great just to hang out with let alone being such a legendary musician. Elliott was promoting the later Tannoy Reveal series monitors (402,502,802) & I thought if they’re good enough for Elliott!… he was right they sound great, & he oughta know having been in countless studios! Thanks Elliott enjoyed it!

44:30 HOLY SHIT he mentioned Sign In Stranger. One of Steely Dan's most underrated tracks, and Elliott outlined exactly what makes the song so cool. Excellent guitar work, and I had no idea this man played it.

I was fortunate enough to be living in Lima, Ohio when Elliott did his year of teaching there. Being a bassist, I didn't take lessons from him, but I played in bands with several of the guitarists that he mentioned that he is still is touch with. Sadly, a couple of them have passed away, but his influence is still being felt in that little midwestern town.

Warren, love the channel. This was a wonderful wonderful interview. Yes, I’m one of those young players that grew up in Lima, Ohio with “Elliott Randall guitar teacher.” He was very kind to me as a fledgling player.

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

That's fantastic! Thanks ever so much for sharing!

@NJSonye

3 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro thank you for such a great interview.

Great interview! You talked about The Blues Brothers a little bit - I would love for you to do a session on the significance of that movie!

Unbelievable history. great guy! May he stay healthy and forever young.

@Producelikeapro

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much

Reelin' Solo is in my top 5 - never knew much about Elliott until now. Interesting stuff.

9, 10, 13 on E, B, G. I'll try that. Thanks for sharing this great interview with Eliott!! Along with Jeff Baxter, he's one of my most favorite session guitarists.

Thank you once again.. Yeew can't wait for Andes Segovia vid..

There it is! A strat plugged into an SVT...Straight from the horse's mouth! Lovin this Warren!

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Truly amazing

What a really nice person!!

@Producelikeapro

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100% great guy

Mr. Randall very humbly said he’s not a “real jazzer” a couple times, but to my ears, the way he played/flew over the bars during the “Reelin’ In The Years” solos fits in perfectly with the greatest bebop and Latin jazz solos recorded in the years that preceded it. “Reaching for the heights” would be a great way to describe it… So Elliot, I think you’ve always been a real jazzer, whether you wanted to or not!

*THANK YOU* *Produce Like A Pro* *FUKN AMAZING* . *CATER*

Loved the interview. Sweet guy plays a mean guitar.

@Producelikeapro

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Agreed 100%!

If this man hasn't written his autobiography already. Then a publisher should sign him up to a book deal forthwith! He drops that many names, in such a lovely unassuming way, that my floorboards are flexing.

@NJSonye

3 жыл бұрын

I said, “ELZ you’re a skilled writer, why haven’t you written a book?” I think being a writer may be rougher than a musician.

Didn’t know about Elliot ..now I do and I’m a better person for it

@Producelikeapro

2 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear! Glad we introduced you to him!

I do not understand well what is burning, my knowledge of English oppresses me. But I listened to Elliot Randall's speech for 41 minutes. Lying on the couch, to be honest, I even managed to take a nap. I dreamed of a beautiful console with blinking paws, microphones and a constantly smiling person. When I woke up, I began to think, "He's probably talking about those wonderful moments when the songs were created in the studio." And then I thought about how wonderful it is when a person does his job. And this applies not only to the profession of a musician. Although to many it seems easy and not burdensome. I think that's not the point. This applies to any other profession. When a person is in his place and doing his job.

Back around the mid or late 70s Elliot played on one of my jingles. Great player. He played a Shecter Strat which he got up in Woodstock. So, of course I bought that same guitar. Still using it.

I second that emotion , regarding the earring loss

Terriffic interviewe;, tremendous, iconic guitar player; both easy to listen to! Thanks for posting!

@Producelikeapro

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Rick

One of my favorite musicians on the Planet !!!!!!

@Producelikeapro

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Great guy! Wonderful talent!!

What a legend!!!