Buck Weir - Hand Drums and other percussion on Shades of Red and Drown Erron Geer - Harmonica on Drown Kate Nightingale - Vocals on Shades of Red Randy Robbins - guitar, vocals, piano, harmonica, and a maraca. All songs written, recorded and produced by Randy Robbins Cover photo by Bruce Gannon, Phoenix Photography Artwork coordinated and produced by Darina Neyret, Doublesharp Graphic Design Shades of Red was recently nominated for two awards by Limelight Magazine: 'Best Album by a Solo Act (Indie)' and 'Male Vocalist of the Year'. Below is an interview/article that was published by Limelight Magazine back in September: By George Austin Like countless others, Randy Robbins was inspired to become an acoustic musician by the legendary Bob Dylan. "The power in his voice is amazing, really," Robbins said. Robbins performs mostly solo acoustic singer/songwriter material which is what the audience will hear when he opens up for The Soft Parade on Oct. 2 at Showcase Live in Foxboro, Mass. Robbins has been playing guitar and singing for about 12 years and has been playing out for the last four years, mostly at establishments in southeastern Massachusetts and the Worcester area. He said it is a great feeling to be performing on stage and with acoustic music, the singer/songwriter feels almost naked, but he wants people to be able to enjoy his shows. "I tend to be a very shy and withdrawn type of person," Robbins said. "But when I get up on stage, I can control the room. I feel good about it. I can take the energy of the audience and push the performance higher." Robbins's girlfriend, Kate Yack sometimes sings back-up vocals or her own songs with Robbins because she is also a singer/songwriter. Buck Weir sometimes plays the hand drums for Robbins. Besides Dylan, Robbins lists as his influences The Beatles, Velvet Underground, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. He just finished recording a CD of original material, called "Shades of Red," which can be listened to on randyrobbinsmusic.com. The album was written, recorded and produced in the house where he lives in Woonsocket, R.I. "It's mostly confessional, singer/songwriter stuff that I've written the last couple of years and played at open mics," Robbins said. Robbins said a lot of his material comes out of relationships and he tries to not focus on the subject so much, but let the words flow in the song. Robbins, who is originally from South New Jersey, picked up a guitar for the first time at 18 years, started learning cover songs and then wrote his own tunes. "I've been into music my whole life, since I was four or five years old," Robbins said. "My mother was a singer."