| Randy Jo Hobbs | |
| Birth Place: | Winchester, Indiana |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1948 |
| Death Place: | Dayton, Ohio |
| Instrument: | Bass |
| Past Member Of: | The McCoys Johnny Winter Edgar Winter Montrose |
| Background: | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
Randy Jo Hobbs (March 22, 1948 – August 5, 1993) was an American musician born in Winchester, Indiana. Hobbs played bass for The McCoys during the 1965-1969 period and in the bands of the brothers Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter during 1970–1976.[1] [2] [3]
Hobbs played bass with Jimi Hendrix on some 1968 live sessions which were later released unofficially as Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead (1980)[4] and New York Sessions (1998), and officially as Bleeding Heart (1994). He joined up with a later version of Montrose, appearing on the Jump on It album, released in 1976.[5] That same year, Hobbs also played bass on Rick Derringer's album with Dick Glass, Glass Derringer.
Randy Jo Hobbs was found dead of heart failure, aged 45, in a hotel room in Dayton, Ohio, in 1993 and is buried in his hometown of Union City, Indiana.[6]