Crystal Bay meets sacred steel with Robert Randolph

Robert Randolph 1 — Robert Randolph and the Family Band play the Crystal Bay Casino July 20.

Women joined Randolph onstage for a song.

Robert Randolph at the pedal steel guitar

Broken string — Randolph continues to jam while a broken string is replaced

Jason King, right, sat in for two songs with Robert Randolph at Crystal Bay Casino in 2013.

Jason King 2 — Jason King, right, sits in with Robert Randolph for two songs at a recent show in Crystal Bay. Tahoe Onstage image by Tim Parsons

Fast-rising Jelly Bread opened the night. From left, Steve LaBella, Dave Berry and Cliff Porter

Smiles are ubiquitous at a Robert Randolph show. Tim Parsons / Tahoe Onstage

Robert Randolph and the Family Band put the pedal to the metal on a Saturday night in the Crown Room. Tahoe Onstage images by Tim Parsons

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Tim Parsons is the editor of Tahoe Onstage who first moved to Lake Tahoe in 1992. Before starting Tahoe Onstage in 2013, he worked for 29 years at newspapers, including the Tahoe Daily Tribune, Eureka Times-Standard and Contra Costa Times. He was the recipient of the 2011 Keeping the Blues Alive award for Journalism.

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July 21, 2013
1:29 pm