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“The American’s Creed – Recitation” is new music video and single from Actor/Entertainer Randall Franks

October 15, 2024 in /by

Appalachian actor/entertainer Randall Franks, Crimson Records and Peach Picked Productions announce the release of a new patriotic recitation single and music video “The American’s Creed – Recitation“ from the award-winning performer. Written by William Tyler Page with music by Randall Franks and Wesley Crider, the creed was adopted by the United States Congress in 1918 as a statement of belief in America that would in […]

American music brings smiles

October 9, 2024 in /by

When the sounds of Southern gospel music fill Pigeon Forge, Tenn., it must be time for the National Quartet Convention. The LeConte Center hosts the annual event each September providing an opportunity for fans of all ages to hear and meet their very favorite traveling gospel singers since 1957. I was able to attend this year and […]

Strings, wood, tension and connections

October 2, 2024 in /by

When I first held a violin in my hands, I was amazed by the shiny wood. How the strings connected to the tailpiece and the pegs running across the bridge and the fingerboard with a tension creating a vibration when plucked or bowed to create a sound. When I opened the back of my piano, […]

David Davis, a bluegrass mandolin stilled

September 25, 2024 in /by

The rained poured down on the fairgrounds at the Cedartown Georgia fairgrounds. It was the site of a new bluegrass festival including many talented acts. I was there with my youth group, the Peachtree Pickers. We were dodging mud puddles from the rain that had already come in to get to the stage. When another […]

Take down the fiddle and bow

September 11, 2024 in /by

I was sitting on the linoleum floor looking up at the fiddlers as they sat around in the den of the Everett’s house playing tune after tune. Musicians flow in and out and spectating listeners line the seats around the walls. I was pre-teen and trying to pick up licks they were doing as I […]

Actor/entertainer Randall Franks releases new single as tribute to Andy Griffith

September 8, 2024 in /by

Appalachian humorist Randall Franks and Crimson Records are pleased to announce the release of a new comedy performance from the award-winning performer: “What It Was, Was Football.“ Support Our Efforts – Download Recording Please: Itunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-americans-creed/1743671704 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2WGJ1Y5/ Radio programmers via AirPlay Direct https://airplaydirect.com/music/RandallFranksTheAmericansCreed/ What It Was, Was Football (5:45) Songwriter: Andy Griffith Publisher and PRO: […]

A harvest of hope to sustain us

September 6, 2024 in /by

As the men folks worked endless hours to bring the harvest home, the women folk prepared the fires and the iron kettles for cooking in preparation for canning what was brought in on the wagons from the fields. While much of what was gathered was taken to town to sale, enough was stowed by for […]

Where are we headed?

August 23, 2024 in /by

I sat in the back of the blue 1964 Chevy Malibu with my legs dangling of the blue seats with my feet moving to the beat of the Buck Owens coming across the AM radio. My father Floyd was driving and my mother Pearl in the passenger seat. The back seat was my domain, the only thing […]