
Bio
Randy Z has been performing professionally for over 30 years playing for audiences from: Key West, FL to Toronto, ONT; Denver, CO to Portland, ME; and Seattle, WA to Sedona, AZ.
For 9 years, he was half of the nationally acclaimed Trop-Rock duo Tropical Soul, working and/or recording with: Peter Mayer, Doyle Grisham, Tina Gullickson, Jim Mayer, Amy Lee and TC Mitchell of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. He has also performed and recorded with R. Scott Bryan, formerly of The Sheryl Crow Band, and currently performing with the Allman/Betts Band.
Randy has opened for blues/folk artist’s: John Hammond; Preston Reed; Rory Block; John Herald; and also the band Southern Pacific that included member’s Keith Knudson and John Mcfee of the Doobie Brother’s and Stu Cook from the original Creedence Clearwater Revival Band.
In Tropical Soul, Randy opened for Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band in front of 4000+ fans on Duval St. in Key West, FL.
His original songs have appeared in commercial videos for The National Multiple Sclerosis Society and The Department Natural Resources for the State of Minnesota among others.
He recorded 2 albums in Tropical Soul: No Plan’s at All and Come Hell or High Water, and a solo album, Blue Island Soul and is currently working on original material for a new album.
Randy Z is now performing solo and playing a captivating and eclectic assortment of Americana styled Originals, and Covers, of Classic Rock; Country; Blues; Folk and Trop-Rock songs.