Randy Jackson

Who is Randy Jackson?

Randy Jackson is an American rock musician from New Orleans, Louisiana, best known for his role as frontman for the band Zebra. Randy Jackson was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He started playing piano and guitar at age 5. His earliest influences were Les Paul and Mary Ford, The Beatles, The Allman Brothers, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, The Moody Blues, and Led Zeppelin.

In 1973, he joined “Shepards Bush” as lead guitarist. It was here that he met Felix Hanemann. Felix worked at “Jazz City Studios” in New Orleans owned by Engineer/Producer Cosimo Matassa Shepards Bush recorded a demo at the studio which was Randy’s 1st experience in a recording studio.

Randy and Felix left “Shepards Bush” a year later. They soon met drummer Guy Gelso and formed “Zebra” in 1975.

It was at this point that Randy started singing lead vocals.

After playing the New Orleans area for 2 years Zebra moved to New York in 1977 and in 1982 signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records.

Their first album, “Zebra” produced by Jack Douglas, went Gold and was the fastest selling debut album in the history of Atlantic Records.