| Even though Randy Rhoads' life and career were cut | | | | Randy success with live shows and was signed to a |
| short by a tragic airplane accident, his music and | | | | record deal. They did have some issues with |
| guitar skills are still widely admired to this day. It | | | | producing an album and releasing it to the public but |
| seems common that many celebrities and musicians | | | | they gained a large fan base as they toured and |
| become more famous after they pass away, but | | | | rocked crowds in bars, clubs and high school |
| Randy Rhoads appears to be above the hype. He | | | | auditoriums all through California. Randy was happy |
| was an artist with a true gift for the guitar that is still | | | | playing with Quiet Riot and anticipated more success |
| remembered over 20 years after his death. How did | | | | with the group. However, when he heard that Ozzy |
| Randy Rhoads reach such a pinnacle of success in an | | | | Osbourne, the lead singer for Black Sabbath, was |
| amazingly short time? If you pay attention to | | | | looking for a guitarist to start a new band he decided |
| Randy's life you may be able to duplicate him and | | | | to audition on a whim. It is rumored that all Ozzy |
| become a legendary guitar player yourself. | | | | heard from Randy was his warm-up and immediately |
| Randy grew up in California as a part of a musically | | | | decided that Randy would be his new guitarist. The |
| inclined family. His father taught music at a public | | | | group toured the world and released many successful |
| school and his mother owned a music school in North | | | | albums before Randy's tragic death in 1982. |
| Hollywood called Musonia. Since he had such | | | | Are you paying attention? If you want to play like |
| immediate access to musical instruction, Randy began | | | | Randy Rhoads you are going to have to practice. A |
| taking folk guitar lessons when he was seven years | | | | lot. You will need to practice so much that you get |
| old. The first guitar that he started practicing with | | | | better than the people who are currently teaching |
| was an old Gibson acoustic that formerly belonged to | | | | you how to play. Another key is to start early. Even |
| his grandfather. Randy's mother wanted him to learn | | | | if you are older than the age of seven, which is |
| to read music and suggested that he take piano | | | | when Randy started playing, it is not too late for you |
| lessons in order to further his skills. However, Randy | | | | to aspire to guitar greatness. Take lessons and as |
| picked up a guitar and all interest in learning the piano | | | | you improve your skills, move up to more qualified |
| went out the window. When he was twelve years | | | | instructors. Even after Randy had achieved great |
| old, Randy tried out a semi-acoustic Harmony Rocket | | | | success with Quiet Riot and The Ozzy Osbourne |
| guitar that had belonged to his mother and his | | | | Band, he continued to study guitar and take lessons. |
| obsession grew. He continued to practice rigorously | | | | It is rumored that Randy was even considering taking |
| and take lessons at his mother's school until the | | | | a break from rock guitar in order to pursue studying |
| instructors informed her that Randy had learned | | | | classical guitar before his untimely death. If you want |
| everything that they could teach him and she should | | | | to play the guitar like Randy Rhoads, start today |
| find someone else to help him continue his guitar | | | | with your current skill level and practice like your |
| pursuits. | | | | guitar is your life until you have developed an |
| Randy joined his first band at the age of fourteen | | | | obsession that will outlive you. This is what you can |
| and continued to rock with different groups until he | | | | learn from Randy Rhoads and his short but |
| found Quiet Riot. This was the first band that gave | | | | phenomenal guitar career. |