About The Band

Randy Black is a singer, guitarist and songwriter based in Cambridge, MA. He has been performing his original music in the scene since the late 1970’s. As a member of Limbo Race, he won the prestigious WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble in 1982. Randy has performed in various projects over the years including Dr.Black’s Combo, as a solo artist and now with Randy Black and the Heathcroppers.

The journey of Randy Black and the Heathcroppers began when Randy assembled the lineup of of Matt Gruenberg on bass and Larry Dersch on drums for his 1995 solo release “Below The Tapering“. The trio came back together to realize Randy’s current crop of songs on the 2013 release “The Sky Goes Clear“, and formed Randy Black and The Heathcroppers as a live act. The band performs regualrly in the Greater Boston area.

<a href="http://randyblacksongs.bandcamp.com/album/below-the-tapering">Below The Tapering by Randy Black</a>

<a href="http://heathcroppers.bandcamp.com/album/the-sky-goes-clear">The Sky Goes Clear by Randy Black and the Heathcroppers</a>

"When they began I was curious and by the time it was over I was mesmerized. Call it “eclectic folk rock with deeply emotive lyrical storytelling,” but that would not do them justice. At first it seemed like I was back In 1979, hearing late reflections of early Echo & The Bunnymen and fuzzy, ghostly images of Tom Verlain’s Television. Then it was power pop that belonged on the CMJ charts. Wait a minute, Randy is howling like Roy Orbison at midnight on a blue moon, baring his soul and sharing his humanity in a way that welcomed you inside his world to connect with his pain and come out the other side understanding that you are not alone."
- The Noise

“There was a buzz created when Randy Black’s name cropped up in the concert reports. His band Limbo Race won the Rumble in 1982 and his intense music gained him some dedicated fans. The first line in the first song was, ‘There’s a monkey inside of me.’ That was the signal that we would have songs dealing with the inner landscape of the mind…This was an intense set that plumbed the depths of the human condition and was guaranteed to affect your mood and emotions if you were open to it. Randy has an expressive singing voice that is never mannered. There was nothing half-baked about this gig. They were well rehearsed and they came with a new set of powerful songs, no dead wood here. …You don’t often see a set as amazing as this. We felt lucky to be there…”
- Boston Groupie News