Randy Jackson (Zebra)
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Randy Jackson of Zebra
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| Background information | |
| Born |
February 28, 1955 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Genres | Hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, acoustic rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments |
Guitar Vocals |
| Years active | 1975 – present |
| Labels | Atlantic Records |
| Associated acts | Zebra |
| Website | RandyJackson.com |
Randy Jackson (born February 28, 1955) is an American rock musician from New Orleans, Louisiana, best known for his role as frontman for the band Zebra. He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. In addition to his career with Zebra, he is a Long Island Music Hall of Fame inductee, a Louisiana Music Hall of Fame inductee, and has toured with Jefferson Airplane and tributes to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and The Doors.
In 1973, he joined Shepards Bush as lead guitarist. It was here that he met Felix Hanemann. Hanemann worked at Jazz City Studios in New Orleans owned by Cosimo Matassa. Shepards Bush recorded a demo at the studio which was Jackson’s first experience in a recording studio. Jackson and Hanemann left Shepards Bush a year later. They soon met drummer Guy Gelso and formed “Zebra” in 1975. It was at this point that Jackson started singing lead vocals. After playing the New Orleans area for two years, Zebra moved to Long Island in New York in 1977 and in 1982 signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records.
Their first album, Zebra produced by Jack Douglas, went gold and was the fastest selling debut album in the history of Atlantic Records. During the next couple of years Zebra played opener for Aerosmith, Journey, ZZ Top, Loverboy, Cheap Trick, Sammy Hagar and REO Speedwagon.
The group has produced five albums and five videos with combined sales of over 2,000,000.
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