Vicki Randle - Making it as The First Female Member of the Tonight Show Band
Vicki Randle - Making it as The First Female Member of the Tonight Show Band
Vicki Randle\xa0(born December 11, 1954 in\xa0San Francisco, California)\xa0is an\xa0American\xa0singer,\xa0multi-instrumentalist(primarily\xa0acoustic guitar\xa0and\xa0percussion) and\xa0composer, known as the first (and only) female member of\xa0The Tonight Show Band,starting with host\xa0Jay Leno\xa0in 1992.
She began her career as a\xa0singer-songwriter/guitarist, playing in such venues as the Bla-Bla Cafe and\xa0The Ice House. She also recorded and toured with several\xa0women's music\xa0artists, such as\xa0Cris Williamson,\xa0Ferron, and\xa0Linda Tillery.
Vicki continued her association with Jay Leno under his new five-nights-a-week "The Jay Leno Show" on NBC as a musician with Kevin Eubank's renamed "Primetime Band." The show premiered Sept. 14, 2009. She returned to The Tonight Show with the primetime show's cancellation.