Randy Kohrs's guest appearances

Randy Kohrs

WSM Radio's Coffee, Country & Cody

If That Ain't Country

Jack Ingram

Dwight Yoakam

Brad Paisley

Dale Watson

Jerry Reed

Debby Boone

Ricky Skaggs

Drew Baldridge

Adam Wakefield

Brooke Eden

John Berry

William Michael Morgan

Craig Wayne Boyd

John Francis

Becky Brown

OwlTail

In this week's episode we're featuring the one album release for dobro-maestro Randy Kohrs and his short-lived band The Reel Deal: "Now It's Empty" (2003). Produced by the Iowa native in his own Slack Key Studio, "Now It's Empty" was mostly recorded without overdubs using Royer, Vintage RCA and Fostex ribbon microphones to emulate a 1950s feel. With several originals fitting the mould beautifully, well-chosen covers from the George Jones catalogue, James O'Gwynn and a couple from Stonewall Jackson slide into that old school vibe nicely and Kohrs bluegrass-suited tenor lead vocal gives a strong foundation on which to lean. Production remained understated yet twangy and with steel guitar from the sensational John Hughey (still sounding magnificent even in his late 60s), "Now It's Empty" is a solid album that went under the radar at the time and is worth a re-listen.

<p>In this week's episode we're featuring the one album release for dobro-maestro Randy Kohrs and his short-lived band The Reel Deal: "Now It's Empty" (2003). Produced by the Iowa native in his own Slack Key Studio, "Now It's Empty" was mostly recorded without overdubs using Royer, Vintage RCA and Fostex ribbon microphones to emulate a 1950s feel. With several originals fitting the mould beautifully, well-chosen covers from the George Jones catalogue, James O'Gwynn and a couple from Stonewall Jackson slide into that old school vibe nicely and Kohrs bluegrass-suited tenor lead vocal gives a strong foundation on which to lean. Production remained understated yet twangy and with steel guitar from the sensational John Hughey (still sounding magnificent even in his late 60s), "Now It's Empty" is a solid album that went under the radar at the time and is worth a re-listen.</p>

Randy Kohrs & The Reel Deal - Now It's Empty

Bill Cody with the Randy Kohrs Band, recorded January 11, 2010 at WSM radio in Nashville.  Randy has a new cd out "Quicksand" and would be performing at Nashville's "12th &amp; Porter" and WSM's "Music City Roots"... Randy would treat us to three live in studio performances...

Coffee, Country & Cody with Randy Kohrs