Artist Profile
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Randall Franks

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- Location: Tunnel Hill
- Influences: Jim and Jesse, Bill Monroe, The Lewis Family
- Genre: Acoustic, Christian, Bluegrass
- Artists:
- Projects: "An Appalachian Musical Revival: Live at the Ringgold"
- Awards: The Fiddlin’ John Carson Award, A.S.E. Male Vocalist of the Year, The Cotton Carrier Award,
- Joined: 1/2009
- Website:www.myspace.com/randallfranksmusic
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Randall Franks is best known as “Officer Randy Goode” from TV’s “In the Heat of the Night,” a role he performed on NBC and CBS from 1988-1993.
Franks’ musical stylings have been heard in 150 countries and by more than 25 million Americans. His musical career boasts 14 album releases, 15 singles, and over 200 recordings with various artists from various genres. The award-winning fiddler’s best selling release, "Handshakes and Smiles" was a top twenty Christian music seller. The Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame member is a former member of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, Jim and Jesse's Virginia Boys and has performed with Jeff and Sheri Easter, The Lewis Family, the Marksmen Quartet, Elaine and Shorty, “Doc” Tommy Scott’s Last Real Old Time Medicine Show and Doodle and the Golden River Grass.
As an actor, he has co-starred or starred in six films.
Franks’ musical stylings have been heard in 150 countries and by more than 25 million Americans. His musical career boasts 14 album releases, 15 singles, and over 200 recordings with various artists from various genres. The award-winning fiddler’s best selling release, "Handshakes and Smiles" was a top twenty Christian music seller. The Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame member is a former member of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, Jim and Jesse's Virginia Boys and has performed with Jeff and Sheri Easter, The Lewis Family, the Marksmen Quartet, Elaine and Shorty, “Doc” Tommy Scott’s Last Real Old Time Medicine Show and Doodle and the Golden River Grass.
As an actor, he has co-starred or starred in six films.






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