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-lsb- http://www.randyhansen.com/home.htm www.randyhansen.com -rsb- fender stratocaster 1972 -- present seattle , washington , u.s.a. grooveyard , capitol 8 december 1954 non_vocal_instrumentalist guitar jimi rock , r & b hendrix tribute , psychedelic rock , blues , randy hansen 02.jpg randy hansen
 randy hansen
randy hansen

randy hansen -lrb- born december 8 , 1954 in seattle , washington -rrb- is a u.s. guitarist , best known for his `` rock tribute act '' honoring jimi hendrix .
hansen performs such signatures of hendrix 's style as playing a guitar with his teeth or behind his back .
he composed 17 minutes of the soundtrack for the 1979 movie `` apocalypse now '' , -lrb- 1980 academy award winner for best sound -rrb- .
his debut album was released in 1980 on capitol records and was recorded at the automatt studios in san francisco , ca .
with scott rosburg on bass and vocals and charles tapp on drums and vocals .
that group played two north american tours which included several coliseum shows with bob seger , sammy hagar , reo speedwagon , head east , triumph , poco and blue oyster cult .
in 1984 , randy impersonated jimi hendrix in the music video for devo 's cover of `` are you experienced ? ''
randy also played in family entertainment comedy show with the late sam kinison in 1991 .
hansen 's high energy guitar work has earned praise from fellow dutch-american guitarist , eddie van halen -lrb- in `` guitar player '' magazine -rrb- , among others .
he also was a good friend of stevie ray vaughan -lrb- writing a song about him called `` texas twister '' from his `` old dogs new tricks '' cd -rrb- .
he has toured and played with hundreds of famous musicians and groups .
hansen 's hendrix act first came to prominence with randy hansen 's machine gun -lrb- 1977 -- 80 -rrb- , with larry epperly on bass guitar and tim kelliher on drums -lrb- kelliher later did sessions for rock & roll band 7th order , whose session personnel also included british guitarist martin pugh and veteran american rock guitarist geoff thorpe -rrb- .
all three had previously been in a band called kid chrysler and the cruisers .
hansen 's machine gun performed on bills with heart , the kinks , stevie ray vaughan , and others , and were written up by `` rolling stone '' and `` guitar player '' .
after his debut album , his emphasis continued to be on original releases of the jimi hendrix style of composition , in addition to including large numbers of hendrix compositions in his live shows .
one of the high points of hansen 's career was when he played a short series of concerts with a band that included the original jimi hendrix experience drummer , mitch mitchell and also with buddy miles from jimi hendrix and the band of gypsys .
in the 1990s and into the 2000s , since 1991 to the present year of 2010 hansen tours the european market two times a year in the autumn and spring in addition to performing in the summertime at outdoor concert festivals .
he headlined a july 26 , 2008 bill in mannheim , germany , with love street -lrb- doors tribute -rrb- and buried alive band -lrb- janis joplin tribute -rrb- as openers .
he continues also to play locally in the pacific northwest and around the u.s. hansen has three self-released cds of original music in print , all available online - `` old dogs new tricks '' , `` good intentions '' and `` tower of love '' .
he continues to live in seattle .
as of 2008 , hansen is on the roster of gen-x entertainment intl. .
inc. , who also represent bands ranging from the amazing rhythm aces to the current incarnation of jefferson starship .
