As seen in the Nashville Scene
As seen in the Nashville Scene
RANDY KOHRS & THE LITES It’s taken Randy Kohrs a little while to settle in under all those hats he wears—engineer, producer, singer-songwriter and hot Dobro picker—but his new album, Old Photograph, makes a strong case that, even as he continues to work as one of the city’s busiest session players, he’s gotten ’er done. The title track and one other tune are from outside writers, but Kohrs had a hand (sometimes the only one) in all the rest, and he has a well-developed ability to craft a distinctive melody. And while the project features contributions by everyone from longtime ’grass-and-more colleagues such as Scott Vestal and Jim Hurst, to Idol contestant Melinda Doolittle and the MuzikMafia’s Shannon Lawson, it also has room for Kohrs’ regular band, The Lites—a set of youngsters who can hold their own with the big dogs on disc and keep it loose and lively onstage. (randykohrs.net) —JON WEISBERGER
