Randy Resnick

Randy Resnick (1947-, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a guitarist who has played with many blues and jazz luminaries, such as Don "Sugarcane" Harris, John Lee Hooker, John Klemmer, John Mayall and Freddie King. He published a CD of his own music in 1995.

After playing in Minneapolis clubs, he moved to Los Angeles in 1968, where he met Paul Lagos Kaleidoscope (US band). Lago eventually introduced Resnick to Larry Taylor and Sugarcane Harris. The four musicians formed a band called Pure Food and Drug Act, based on Sugarcane's blues/jazz violin and singing. It was during this period that he developed his tapping technique

After quitting the PFDA, Resnick went on to play with John Mayall and recorded the album "The Latest Edition", with Larry Taylor on bass, Red Holloway, a seasoned jazz player on sax and flute, Soko Richardson, former Ike and Tina Turner drummer, and High Tide Harris sharing the guitar spotlight with a contrasting, simpler bluesy style. This band toured Europe and Asia in 1974. Although the musicians were all talented, the material was lackluster and the album did not sell. He then went on to tour with John Klemmer. Resnick has retired several times, disappearing for 6 to 8 years and resurfacing in strange places like Paris, France where he now lives.