Doug Randell – ELECTRIC GUITAR/STEEL GUITAR – built his first guitar with his father, a boat-builder, in his hometown of Englee. The first tune he picked out was an old twelve-bar blues and, watching TV on Friday nights, he was taken by Tommy Hunter who caught his eye with the picking that began his show. The first band he played in, at fourteen, was Full Force from Halifax and he has never looked back, playing with such others such as Tommy Cash and Marty Haggard. His guitar style traverses a wide range from Vince Gill and Brett Mason to David Gilmour. He loves the clean twang of country and the smooth in-your-face phrasing Gilmour brought to Pink Floyd and his solo projects. A multi-instrumentalist, Doug also plays steel guitar with the Sin Eaters. Here Tommy White, from the Grand Ole Opry, and Paul Franklin, the great Nashville session player, have been formative. You’d never tell from his exuberantly expressive playing, but music has allowed Big Doug, as he is affectionately called, to overcome his chronic childhood shyness.
Rev Dave and Smoke Stack Randell
About
This duo originated in 2024. Their shared interest in traditional country music and bluesy rock and roll is at the heart of their musical style. They are striving to coax all the sound they can out of two acoustic guitars. Their stage presence is light-hearted and professional. You can tell they genuinely love to play together.
About Rev. Dave
Singer/Songwriter
Genre: Country/FolkDavid Peddle – VOCALS/ACOUSTIC GUITAR- is a singer-songwriter who has written over 250 songs in the Americana vein. He is the front-person for Rev Dave and the Sin Eaters. Listening to his father’s band practice in the basement imprinted musical tones and textures on his childhood soul. Being kept awake by CCR and Kris Kristofferson, Chuck Berry and George Jones, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley was formative. In a certain way Dave just never grew up, and he doesn’t advise it either! Dave’s writing is in a distinctively roots vein, he is inspired by the deep and common pool that nurtures Country, Folk, Blues, Rock, Jazz and Gospel.