The dazzling sacred steel guitarist Robert Randolph had rarely played outside the House of God church when he joined the Word. The band – which includes space-jazz keyboardist John Medeskiand the three North Mississippi Allstars, Luther Dickinson (guitar), Cody Dickinson (drums, electric washboard) and Chris Chew (bass) – formed after Randolph appeared on a semi-obscure live compilation and released its self-titled debut in 2000, then toured like mad. Read more in Rolling Stone…
