{"id":7752,"date":"2011-09-05T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=7752"},"modified":"2011-09-02T11:30:30","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T15:30:30","slug":"blowin-wind-w-randy-jackson-of-zebra-i-haven%e2%80%99t-heard-anything-that-just-knocked-my-socks-off-like-the-first-time-i-heard-the-beatles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=7752","title":{"rendered":"Blowin&#8217; Wind w\/ Randy Jackson of Zebra: &#8220;I haven\u2019t heard anything that just knocked my socks off like the first time I heard the Beatles.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?attachment_id=7755\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7755\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7755 alignleft\" title=\"RandyJ_color\" src=\"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/RandyJ_color.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>For over 35 years, Zebra has been one of rock n&#8217; roll&#8217;s best kept secrets.\u00a0 Since I was a kid growing up in New Orleans, Zebra has been a favorite of mine creating such timeless classics as &#8220;Who&#8217;s Behind The Door?&#8221;, &#8220;Tell Me What You Want&#8221; and &#8220;Wait Until The Summer&#8217;s Gone.&#8221;\u00a0 I recently had the chance to speak with Randy from his Long Island home on the day that Hurricane Irene was about to touch ground.\u00a0 He was so kind to take the time to talk to me about what it was like to make videos for MTV, the secret behind Zebra&#8217;s 36 year career and what it&#8217;s like to be one of three known Randy Jacksons.\u00a0 Enjoy it y&#8217;all!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Randy, thanks so much for taking the time to do this. \u00a0I know the hurricane is coming your way. \u00a0Does it look bad where you\u2019re at?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, we\u2019ll get hit pretty good. \u00a0I was just in the yard tying things down so we\u2019ll see [laughs].<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well hopefully all will be well. \u00a0I\u2019m sending good thoughts your way!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks. \u00a0I appreciate that.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>So I\u2019ll start out by asking what\u2019s going on with Zebra these days?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re hoping to have another record out next year. \u00a0I\u2019ve had the material written and I was sorting through it in February. \u00a0The summer\u2019s been really busy with solo gigs so I haven\u2019t had a lot of time to focus on it. \u00a0Once the summer\u2019s over I\u2019ll get back into it and I hope to have it finished by next year.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is great news. \u00a0I love \u201cIV\u201d and it felt like you guys picked up right where you left off with \u201c3.V\u201d.\u00a0 Why did you wait 17 years to release a follow up to 3.V?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks! \u00a0Everybody was involved with so many different projects and it really wasn\u2019t the focus for any of us until we got it finished. \u00a0We had started doing some drum tracks in 1997 and then Guy (Gelso; drums) got breast cancer and that put a damper on the whole thing. \u00a0Once he had recovered we got back into it again. \u00a0There was no record company pounding us to get it done. \u00a0I think when I was actually working on it, it actually took me about two years to get it finished. \u00a0I wasn\u2019t rushing to get it out. \u00a0Right up the very end I was changing stuff. \u00a0Even some lyrics had changed right after it had been mixed so I went back in and re-did it.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>It must have felt really good though to get back into the studio and get that chemistry flowing after all those years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah. \u00a0The music is always exciting and it\u2019s good therapy for everybody. \u00a0We enjoy it. \u00a0I think that\u2019s why any musician gets into the business is to get the feeling of the creative juices flowing. \u00a0It\u2019s good on the mind.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8V7kLBQwsxQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"345\"><\/iframe><\/center><strong>Music is great therapy for all parties involved and even more so for the fans. \u00a0Did you find that the fans were really receptive?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah. \u00a0They liked the record and it was well received by them. \u00a0In our live show now since the record came out, other than the first record, we play more material from \u201cIV\u201d than we do from the other ones. \u00a0We get a lot of requests to play songs from \u201cIV\u201d so that\u2019s cool.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zebra\u2019s songs have always fascinated me and the older I get the more connected I find myself getting with the lyrics of these songs. \u00a0What inspires you as a writer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s a spirituality search that I\u2019m all about. \u00a0I\u2019m always looking for a reason for the higher moral ground in a lot of my lyrics and questioning anything and everything. \u00a0At the same time I don\u2019t want to be preachy to people. \u00a0I don\u2019t have an answer. \u00a0I just have a lot of questions. \u00a0I think the unanswerable questions are the key for me and just any little insight that I can get or give to help somebody else is where I\u201dm most creative.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>I grew up in New Orleans as a kid and a fan of Zebra, I had no idea that you guys had relocated to New York and did so before you were even signed. \u00a0When and why did you guys relocate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We played the club scene in New Orleans for about two years but we felt like we needed to leave New Orleans in order to have a better chance at getting a record deal. \u00a0We were thinking either Los Angeles or New York. \u00a0We knew some people in New York and we came up here and started playing and made this our second base.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>At least in New York, your New Orleans accent goes over well!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[laughs] Yeah right. \u00a0That\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Obviously this was a great move for you guys but with two home bases, do you consider Zebra a New Orleans band or a New York band?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, Guy (Gelso; drums) was back in New Orleans by 1988 and he\u2019s lived there ever since. \u00a0Felix (Hanneman; bass\/keyboards) and I stayed in Long Island. \u00a0When people ask me where I\u2019m from I always tell them New Orleans. \u00a0I live in Long Island but New Orleans is always going to be home. \u00a0I\u2019ve been back there eight times this years so I go back a lot and perform down there. \u00a0I think we were always a New Orleans band although a lot of people labeled us a Long Island band simply because they didn&#8217;t \u00a0know the history of the band.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>One of things I\u2019ve always loved about Zebra is that the overall sound is so unique. \u00a0There are so many influences in there and aside from the obvious Led Zeppelin influence, how did the sound of Zebra actually come to be what it is?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think when we started adding keyboards early on. \u00a0That really kind of lead to what I consider to be the Zebra sound. \u00a0I was a big Moody Blues fan and we used to try and cover their stuff and mixed in with the Beatles influence, I think we were just trying to do a lot of things with just three people and adding the keyboards made that easier. \u00a0Obviously the Led Zeppelin influence is there but I don\u2019t really consider us as heavy at times as Led Zeppelin was.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7lbipOFALOE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"345\"><\/iframe><\/center><strong>This is true but I felt Zebra could totally hold their own when it came to getting heavy. \u00a0I knew people who were just into radio rock that loved you guys yet at the same time I knew metal kids who listened to stuff like Iron Maiden and KISS who loved Zebra. \u00a0Did you ever feel that Zebra had a happy home in the hard rock\/metal community?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I mean, we always seemed to be welcomed by people who were die hard metal heads. \u00a0There is that element in Zebra that\u2019s there although that\u2019s not our whole thing by any stretch. \u00a0There\u2019s a lot of different genres of music out there and there\u2019s something that can be said about all of them. \u00a0If you\u2019re really open minded, you can find something you like in all the different genres. \u00a0The neat thing about Zebra is that we were able to cross those borders and entice these people from the heavier genres to just enjoy our music.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is definitely true because even the metal band Dream Theater did a cover of \u201cTake Your Fingers From My Hair\u201d on their 2009 album \u201cBlack Clouds and Silver Linings.\u201d \u00a0How did you feel about their version and have you seen a new horde of young fans because of it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Certainly. \u00a0A lot of people who were unaware of Zebra were definitely made aware of us by Dream Theater doing that cover. \u00a0We were really flattered that they did it. \u00a0They stuck to the original version but added their own touch to it so I thought they did a great job with the song. \u00a0I really liked it.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>It was really cool to see you guys getting a nod from popular band. \u00a0Zebra never really seemed to achieve the commercial success that many of your peers did but you did manage to pick up a loyal cult following. \u00a0Do you sometimes wish you would\u2019ve had more notoriety?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve watched a lot of bands who had limited success and then exploded. \u00a0I\u2019ve also seen some of the comments being made about how they all inevitably sold out [laughs]. \u00a0If any of our records all of the sudden took off they\u2019d be saying the same thing about us. \u00a0The bigger you are, the harder they want you to fall. \u00a0I think one of the good things about being in our position is that we know that the fans we have are loyal fans. \u00a0They\u2019re not just people who are along for the short ride because we\u2019d become so popular. \u00a0That\u2019s why we\u2019re still able to perform. \u00a0I\u2019m making a living playing music so after 36 years I think that\u2019s the biggest testament to Zebra right there.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>36 years is amazing but 36 years with the same line up is just as amazing in itself. \u00a0Zebra has managed to keep the same three guys since it\u2019s inception. \u00a0It\u2019s nearly impossible to find a band that has pulled this off. \u00a0What\u2019s your secret?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One advantage that we had was that we didn\u2019t get our record deal for eight years. \u00a0We already knew each other really well and we weren\u2019t hit with going on the road or any success too early on. \u00a0I think that once you get to the five year point you pretty much know what you can expect from the other members of the band. \u00a0It\u2019s like a marriage. \u00a0Once you can accept that the people you are involved with are a certain way and learn to deal with that, then you\u2019re headed towards longevity. \u00a0All of us have our little personality traits, issues and things that we do or don\u2019t want to do. \u00a0We have differences. \u00a0I think that over all that our philosophies were similar enough to keep us together. \u00a0We\u2019re like a family.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zebra has a catalog of songs that you\u2019ve been playing for 36 years and \u201cWho\u2019s Behind The Door\u201d has been \u201cthe song\u201d for you guys since it was first played. \u00a0Do you ever tire of playing that song after all these years?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, I still enjoy it. \u00a0One thing I can say is when I look back at most of the Zebra songs, I\u2019m proud of what we did. \u00a0For me, it was all about doing the best work we could at the time whenever it was. \u00a0Looking back on it, I have no regrets about the music. \u00a0I enjoy it. \u00a0People ask me if I get tired of playing this but I really don\u2019t. \u00a0You can be creative and you can enhance it in each of your performances and change it up a little bit if you\u2019re getting tired of the way it is but you\u2019re playing for the audience so it\u2019s kind of like an old friend. \u00a0That\u2019s why people like the old music they grew up with. \u00a0They want to hear those songs over and over.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qe7iYcIwArw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"345\"><\/iframe><\/center><strong>That\u2019s so true because for me, a great song connects people with great memories. \u00a0I still remember being a kid and calling into WRNO (New Orleans radio station) to request \u201cWho\u2019s Behind The Door\u201d on a Friday night until I was blue in the face. \u00a0There was no YouTube or anything then so if you wanted to hear a song, you had to call the DJ!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[laughs] \u00a0Man, you had to work hard to get that one. \u00a0I appreciate that.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of YouTube and the Internet, you always seem to have stayed current with the technology as far as advancing Zebra into the future. \u00a0Do you feel that technology has done more good than bad for bands these days?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know how anyone could argue against it. \u00a0It\u2019s the reality. \u00a0When you think about what MTV did to the music business as far as how people were getting their music, I think MTV was bigger game changer than the Internet. \u00a0Well, except for the ability to download music. \u00a0I don\u2019t think a musician can argue that the Internet is a bad thing. \u00a0It levels the playing field. \u00a0All the bands that always complained that nobody would listen to their music, now they can get their music listened to. \u00a0All the record companies that are still signing artists are using the Internet to look for new bands. \u00a0Demos are a thing of the past. \u00a0As technology changes you have to keep up with it. \u00a0I\u2019ve always been a tech head so it\u2019s always been very interesting to me.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of MTV, Zebra made some videos.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah. \u00a0We made videos [laughs]. \u00a0We made videos.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking back on it now, how do you view those old Zebra videos now compared to how you looked at them back then?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I view them pretty much the same way. \u00a0I loved the videos we did for \u201cThe Bears\u201d and \u201cWait Until The Summer\u2019s Gone\u201d from the 2nd record (No Tellin\u2019 Lies). \u00a0\u201cThe Bears\u201d was supposed to be a different video and we couldn\u2019t stick to the script because of a screw up in obtaining some of the backdrops and props we needed on the day of the shoot. \u00a0Those videos I thought came out good. \u00a0\u201cWho\u2019s Behind The Door\u201d and \u201cTell Me What You Want\u201d, I look back on those they\u2019re just funny [laughs]. \u00a0They\u2019re gropingly trying to portray what the song is about but not doing a great job. \u00a0There\u2019s a lot of funny stuff in there [laughs]. \u00a0At the time, who knew what we were doing? \u00a0We were just trying to make these videos. \u00a0All we really had to go by was what we had seen in the 60\u2019s by the Beatles and stuff like that. \u00a0There wasn\u2019t a whole lot to base what you were going to do on. \u00a0I think a lot of it\u2019s funny but they served their purpose. \u00a0They weren\u2019t what the band was about. \u00a0We were thrown into a position where we needed to do them in order to be in the game so we did. \u00a0They got their airplay and whatever they did or didn\u2019t do for us [laughs].<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C5I_CpoodtI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"345\"><\/iframe><\/center><strong>They really are so much fun to watch because back then video was such a new medium for music. \u00a0It\u2019s almost like they were trying to be literal with the song and artistic at the same time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, there was definitely attempts to do that but it was always rushed. \u00a0I remember doing \u201cWho\u2019s Behind The Door\u201d and I was in touch with the director and we had the script done in like 48 hours and we were shooting right after that. \u00a0There wasn\u2019t really enough time to figure out what it was we were doing. \u00a0You can see that there was an attempt made but it wasn\u2019t quite what it should have been [laughs]. \u00a0It was funny.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zebra has always been known as a hard working touring band for many years. \u00a0You guys played with everyone from ZZ Top to Aerosmith. \u00a0Are there any tours or shows that stick out as particularly memorable for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, we toured with a lot of bands. \u00a0Especially the first three years after our first record came out. \u00a0There\u2019s not really one band or tour that stands out but certain shows are memorable. \u00a0All the bands treated us really well. \u00a0There wasn\u2019t a band that I remembered disliking. \u00a0They all went out of their way to help us along the way and we kept good relationships with them over the years. \u00a0I do remember a couple of shows in particular. \u00a0We weren\u2019t on tour with them but we did open up for KISS in New Orleans and they had all the religious protesters outside protesting the show and it was a real scene [laughs]. \u00a0We opened up for Journey once along with Foghat and Bryan Adams and that was in front of about 40,000 people so that was a big gig for us in New Orleans. \u00a0As far as tours go, we toured with Sammy Hagar and that was a lot fun.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2iUElkCJ1w\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"345\"><\/iframe><\/center><strong>Randy, I\u2019m going to ask you a few light hearted fun questions so are ya ready?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[laughs] Sure. \u00a0Go for it!<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does it bum you that these days the first thing people think of when they hear \u201cRandy Jackson\u201d is American Idol?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[laughs] No, it doesn\u2019t bum me out. \u00a0It\u2019s odd because most people think that this has just been going on for a couple of years but it\u2019s been going on since 1989. \u00a0It\u2019s just gotten ridiculous at this point [laughs]. \u00a0Back in \u201888\/\u201989 people would contact me about stuff they wanted him to do because he was playing bass for Journey at the time. \u00a0There was a lot of confusion. \u00a0There was so much confusion back then that Journey\u2019s page on the William Morris (Journey\u2019s agents) website listed him as \u201cRandy Jackson &#8211; ex Zebra\u201d [laughs]. \u00a0And it wasn\u2019t always just him. \u00a0It was also Randy Jackson from the Jackson Five [laughs]. \u00a0One time my attorney got a letter from Janet Jackson\u2019s attorney asking for permission to do his song called \u201cOne More Chance\u201d (same title as the Zebra song but different song) on one of her records. \u00a0I mean, how fucked up is that? \u00a0Your own sister\u2019s attorney doesn\u2019t even know who to call and ends up calling another \u201cRandy Jackson\u201d about a song [laughs].<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>[laughs] Man, imagine my surprise when in 1988 I was like, \u201cHoly shit! \u00a0The lead singer from Zebra is playing in Journey?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[laughs] Right. \u00a0It was really funny. \u00a0I remember when I was doing the China Rain record back in 1990 and I was over in Europe. \u00a0The Scorpions were recording a record there and as I\u2019m walking through the studio their producer comes running out, looks and me and goes, \u201cOh, that\u2019s Zebra. \u00a0That\u2019s not Randy Jackson!\u201d and I looked around and said, \u201cYeah I am\u201d and he goes, \u201cAw, they told me Randy Jackson was here. \u00a0Oh you know!\u201d [laughs]. \u00a0I just said, \u201cOh I get it. \u00a0It\u2019s one of these things\u201d [laughs]. \u00a0It\u2019s just funny [laughs].<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of being someone else, if you could form a band with any musicians alive and\/or dead, who would be in it? \u00a0You have to be in it as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[laughs] Hm, that\u2019s a good one. \u00a0I\u2019d like to be the drummer for The Beatles [laughs]. \u00a0You know, Ringo had it great. \u00a0I\u2019d love to just take his slot and just watch the other three from the back of the stage [laughs]. \u00a0I\u2019d love that gig.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>What current bands have you heard lately that has hooked you in?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You know, I should listen more but I don\u2019t. \u00a0I remember hearing The Mars Volta and I thought that was pretty cool. \u00a0It seems like there\u2019s not too much different going on today than what had already been done. \u00a0There\u2019s been a lot of homogenization of different styles.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t heard anything that just knocked my socks off like the first time I heard the Beatles, the first time I heard Jimi Hendrix or the first time I heard Led Zeppelin. \u00a0The stuff that I love was the stuff that was musically intelligent. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t necessarily have to be complicated, it just has to turn you inside emotionally. \u00a0Those kinds of things just aren\u2019t around anymore. \u00a0There\u2019s people screaming and people trying to be loud and just be like, \u201cLook at me!\u201d \u00a0That just doesn\u2019t do it for me. \u00a0Music itself has kind of gotten watered down.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>I totally agree in that I too haven\u2019t heard a band that has wowed me like the first time I heard KISS, Judas Priest or Iron Maiden. \u00a0I hear bands that are great and that sound like those bands but nothing has really made me feel like I did the first time I heard those classic bands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, that\u2019s the whole thing. \u00a0When people argue with me about that point I always just say, \u201cPut yourself back in 1967 and Jimi Hendrix is on stage. \u00a0You\u2019re watching this guy and then just think back 10 years from that point and pick anything that resembles this in any shape or form. \u00a0They may say that Elvis had a guitar player or mention Bill Haley so if that\u2019s as close as you can get, that\u2019s fine. \u00a0Then go back 20 years in 1947. \u00a0What do you have there? \u00a0Then they get it. \u00a0They understand just how big of a change was going on in music there.<\/p>\n<p>============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Randy, I have really enjoyed talking to you today. \u00a0As a long time fan this has been a real treat. \u00a0Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me and good luck making it through the storm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m glad we were able to do this Don! \u00a0Thank you so much. \u00a0I appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>For more on Zebra, look them up on Facebook and also at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedoor.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/www.thedoor.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over 35 years, Zebra has been one of rock n&#8217; roll&#8217;s best kept secrets.\u00a0 Since I was a kid growing up in New Orleans, Zebra has been a favorite of mine creating such timeless classics as &#8220;Who&#8217;s Behind The Door?&#8221;, &#8220;Tell Me What You Want&#8221; and &#8220;Wait Until The Summer&#8217;s Gone.&#8221;\u00a0 I recently had the chance to speak with Randy from his Long Island home on the day that Hurricane Irene was about to touch ground.\u00a0 He was so 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