Celebrity Encounters

Famous People Jan Randall has Worked With or Met

  • That Lucky Scotch

    A roomful of actors waiting to go onstage has a unique vibe. A mix of nervous banter and self absorption. If you’re a cast member, you have permission to interact. That’s because it helps the show to connect. But if you are a piano player like me, it’s good form to become invisible, just quitely…

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  • B3’s, Zorbas, and Bob

    1967 and I’m a busboy at Zorba’s standing behind a keyboard player, entranced. Various bands would haul Hammond B3’s and Leslies down 2 flights of stairs for a gig that likely paid them about the same as what I was making- and why?

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  • Long Live the King

    I visit the grave of Elvis. Serendipity ensues on a whole new level.

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