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 As a featured member of the Tonight Show Band, Vicki Randle's passion for percussion is seen by millions of viewers five nights a week. "I'm proud to be representing an area of music that most people don't have much exposure to," she says. "I get to educate people as well as represent women. When I first began playing there weren't many female role models to learn from" she recalls. "Fortunately I'm able to change that for the next generation of female percussionists."
The oldest of five children, Randle moved to the San Francisco Bay area in the late 1970's, and was encouraged to learn congas by drummer/percussionist Babatunde. She also studied with the esteemed Escovedo family in the San Francisco Bay Area. "It was looked on as an asset to have a woman percussionist, and Sheila E. had a lot to do with that," Vicki says. Randle also used her vocal and percussion talents with drummer/producer Narada Michael Walden in San Francisco.
Vicki Randle, the first female member of the Tonight Show Band, has been an LP artist for over twenty years. Her comments regarding LP shakers and cabasas have led to improvements in the quality of design of those instruments. "LP's instruments are shining stars, they just last," she says. "There's very little that LP makes that I don't use."
Equipment list: LP
congas, LP
bongos, LP
Tito Puente Timbales, LP
batas, LP
djembes, LP
Percussion Table, LP
cowbells, LP
mounts, and LP
Vibra-Slap II
For more information
please visit Vicki's website: www.vickirandle.com.
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