Randall Bewley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American guitarist
Date of Birth: 25-Jul-1955
Place of Birth: Bradenton, Florida, United States
Date of Death: 25-Feb-2009
Profession: guitarist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Randall Bewley
- Randall Eugene "Randy" Bewley (July 25, 1955 – February 25, 2009) was the guitarist for the Athens, Georgia band Pylon.
- Born in Bradenton, Florida, United States.
- He lived in Sarasota, Florida, Washington, DC and near Atlanta, Georgia while growing up.
- Bewley attended the University of Georgia art school where he met Michael Lachowski, a fellow art student.
- They became roommates and decided to form a band.
- He and Lachowski, along with fellow art students Vanessa Briscoe Hay and Curtis Crowe, formed Pylon, having their first performance in 1979.
- On their first trip to New York City, they were reviewed in Interview Magazine. Bewley was a very influential guitarist and used the guitar to create not just notes, but interesting sounds as well.
- Pylon recorded three albums, three singles and one EP.
- The band has opened for U2, R.E.M., the B-52s, the Talking Heads and Gang of Four.
- Pylon broke up twice, but reunited and had been playing occasional shows.
- Pylon's first album Gyrate was reissued in October 2007 by DFA records.
- Chomp was reissued in 2009. Bewley was an art teacher for a while, but towards the end of his life devoted more time to his music and his own art.
- He also played with two other Athens projects: Sound Houses (formerly The New Sound of Numbers) and Supercluster. On February 23, 2009, Bewley was driving on Barber Street in Athens when he suffered a heart attack.
- According to the band's statement, his van drifted off the road and overturned.
- He was admitted to Athens Regional Medical Center and lapsed into a coma; he died two days later on February 25 when he was removed from life support.
- He was 53.
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