“It kinda feels good to be a pedal-steel slide player, ’cause then you can get away with all of the mistakes!” Randolph said with a laugh. “ ‘Aw, it’s alright, he’s just playing slide! No worries — it’s supposed to sound that way.’ ”
Not that anyone attending Thursday’s Robert Randolph and The Family Band concert at O.P. Rockwell in Park City or Friday’s sold-out show at The State Room in Salt Lake City is expecting anything other than a brilliant performance. Between the time when he burst into the public consciousness with “Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That” almost a decade ago and this year’s Grammy-nominated album “Got Soul,” Randolph hasn’t made many missteps.