Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax". Randolph was a major part of the "Nashville sound" for most of his professional career. From the pensive cover-shot down to the "recorded in Hollywood" liner note, "Boots with Strings" signals a completely different approach for Randolph. The saxophonist's tastes and inclinations had always seemed boxed in by Nashville and the 'yakety' style that made him famous, so, here he abandons the rockabilly, soul, country, and r&b tendencies of his Nashville records for a full-blown easy-listening record.

Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax". Randolph was a major part of the "Nashville sound" for most of his professional career. A transitional album, "The Fantastic Boots Randolph" is the first Randolph album cobbled together from sessions over a substantial period of time. The liner notes boast of the album being two years in the making, which, by Sixties standards (especially Nashville 60s standards), was a lifetime. In reality, the album is essentially a singles compilation: the swaggering "Windy and Warm", one of the best tracks here dates from 1963; seven of the other tracks had appeared on singles between 1964 and mid-1966.