RANDOLPH, BOOTS
(*1927)
RANDOLPH, BOOTS (b. Homer Louis R. III, Paducah, Ky., June 3, 1927) Randolph , one of the most popular Nashville session musicians—perhaps the world's only hillbilly saxophone player, as he claims—has had a number of crossover hits, beginning with 1963's classic Yakety Sax. Born in rural Kentucky, Boots came from a musical family. He began playing ukulele in the family band as soon as he could hold the instrument; other members included his fiddler father, guitar-playing mother, older brothers…