One of my best buddies!!!!!! Rand was his own man!!!! Played “Feelings”. Many times With him Entire Purcell family were and still are a Musical Force in the Pittsburgh Area His Son Shawn, his. Brother and of course Randy’s. Dad. Ron. Chick
This was his BEST line up as you can see Mark Colby is playing tenor sax. He left soon afterward on a solo career for Columbia and was replaced by Eric Traub.
Trombonist Randy Purcell died May 16th, 2009, at age 63. From a post on the MF forum, his sister wrote: "Randy passed away Sat. May 16th at 11:18 PM. He was ill for quite a while, and though we prayed for a recovery, he had lost his will to live. Unfortunately he died at the relatively young age of 63 years. The sun came down on him - but at least we can still see him and hear him play."
