Randy Hansen

Randy Hansen (born December 8, 1954) is an American guitarist best known for his "Rock Tribute Act" honoring Jimi Hendrix.

Background Randy Hansen, born in Seattle, Washington on 8 December, 1954.

He continues to perform as a solo artist in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere in the United States.

Hansen has four self-released CDs of original music in print, all available online - Old Dogs New Tricks, Good Intentions, Tower of Love and Funtown which was released on the German Jazzhaus records label. 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.

Hansen's Hendrix act first came to prominence with Randy Hansen's Machine Gun (1977–80), 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, Hansen's emphasis continued to be on original releases in the Jimi Hendrix style of composition, in addition to including large numbers of Hendrix compositions in his live shows.

Discography Randy Hansen, (Now Hear This, 1971) Randy Hansen (Capitol Records, 1980) Monster (Herbie Hancock album) (Columbia Records, 1980) Astral Projektion (Shrapnel Records, 1983) Classics Live - "A tribute to Jimi Hendrix" (Ananaz Records, 1992) Hendrix by Hansen (Grooveyard / Affengeil Records, 1993) Old Dogs New Tricks (Grooveyard / Green Tree Records, 1997) Thinking Of You (Rudolf Music 2000) Tower Of Love (Grooveyard / Manni v. Bohr, 2000) Good Intentions (Grooveyard / Manni v. Bohr, 2003) Alter Ego (Randy Hansen, 2004) Live in Berlin DVD (Grooveyard, 2005) European Tour 2008 - Hendrix Live Live In Boston - December 1980 (Rudolf Music, 2008)