Whittlin’ and Fiddlin’ My Own Way by Violet Hensley with Randall Franks $26.50 I never thought I would be writing about my life, my music and my fiddle makin’,” she said. “I could have never dreamed coming from a farm in the backwoods of Arkansas that the things I learned on that farm would make […]
Snake Oil, Superstars and Me $38 including shipping Autograph by Randall Franks? Please Provide Name? “Doc” Tommy Scott, Shirley Noe Sweisz and Randall Franks A 700- page autobiography with more than 500 photos highlighting Ramblin’ “Doc” Tommy Scott’s 90 years in Film, Television, Stage and Radio and all the superstars that were part of his […]
Stirring Up Additional Success with a Southern Flavor by Randall Franks and Shirley Smith $19 plus $6 shipping and handling The Catoosa Citizens for Literacy revamps its popular cookbook Stirring Up Additional Success with a Southern Flavor offering a variety of choices from celebrities and Catoosa County residents. Entertainer, actor, author and syndicated […]
Stirring Up Success with a Southern Flavor by Randall Franks and Shirley Smith $19 plus $6 shipping The Catoosa Citizens for Literacy releases its popular cookbook Stirring Up Success with a Southern Flavor offering a variety of choices from celebrities and Catoosa County residents. Entertainer, actor, author and syndicated columnist Randall Franks, “Officer Randy […]
When I started as a disc jockey in radio at WRFG in Atlanta, Ga., the influence of musical preferences of the hosts T.P. and Sandra Hollomon of the Bluegrass Festival impacted me with every drop of needle. I had known the music of the Stanley Brothers since I began listening to mountain music and as […]
I covered the cloth in furniture polish and pushed it across the top of the wardrobe removing each object perched there and giving it a good going over. When I was a boy, I always wondered what was on top of the wardrobe because I couldn’t see it. Now I wish I didn’t. Dust seems […]
When I began my working experience, I always looked forward to the arrival of warm weather. I could hear my wallet growing exponentially with each inch rise of the green, green grass of home. Well, maybe more like the neighbors’ grass since I didn’t get paid for mowing our yard. When I was about 10, […]
It seems so much of our life is spent working to prove something to someone else. In our early years we aspire to gain the approval of our parents or key mentors that wish to see us succeed in education, sports, music or whatever dream they hold for us or share with us. Sometimes, it’s […]
Maddie Denton (second from right) of Murfreesboro, Tenn. won the Randall Franks Trophy at the 1890s Day Old Time Fiddle Convention May 28, 2016. In the fiddle off, she faced Mark Ralph (third from left) of Somerville, Ala. winner of the 51 and up category, who won second, Andrew Lin (second from left) of Lexington, […]
International Bluegrass Music Museum Legend and country humorist Randall Franks, “Officer Randy Goode” from TV’s “In the Heat of the Night,” returns to his Southern gospel music roots with his new CD “Keep ‘Em Smilin’.” Franks became the first solo bluegrass artist to reach the top rankings of the Christian music sales charts with […]
