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Randy Kohrs

Musician · New Virginia, Iowa
Best known for Dobro

Randy Kohrs is an Iowa-born dobroist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and engineer whose Slack Key Studio anchors much of Nashville's contemporary bluegrass production — a Grammy-winning engineer (Jim Lauderdale's "The Bluegrass Diaries," 2007) and multi-time IBMA Dobro Player of the Year nominee.

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  • Full name Randy Alan Kohrs; born in Osceola, Iowa and grew up on a farm near New Virginia, Iowa, southwest of Indianola.
  • Learned acoustic guitar from his uncle at age 8; raised a feeder calf at age 11 to buy his first dobro.
  • Multi-instrumentalist proficient in roughly 13 instruments, but best known for the resonator guitar (dobro).
  • In his teens played 10 years with Missouri bluegrass band Possum Trot before moving to Nashville in fall 1994.
  • Toured with Hank Williams III (1997–98) and Tom T. Hall, then joined David Parmley, Scott Vestal & Continental Divide on dobro and tenor vocals in 1998.
  • Owns and operates Slack Key Studio in Nashville as engineer and producer; has engineered 400+ records for other artists including Larry Cordle, Jim Lauderdale, and Hank Williams III.
  • Won a 2008 Grammy for engineering Jim Lauderdale's "The Bluegrass Diaries."
  • Solo albums on his own Left of Center label include "A Crack in My Armour" (2001), "I'm Torn" (2004, with a Dolly Parton duet), "Old Photograph" (2007), and "Quicksand" (2009).

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