Randall Franks

Actor/entertainer 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. He appeared for five years on NBC and CBS and now on WGN America and other stations and was seen in 150 countries around the world. He is a syndicated newspaper columnist and author with millions of weekly readers in the U.S. A four time country music hall of fame member including the Old Time, Independent, Carolinas, and Atlanta country music hall of fames, he is designated the "Appalachian Ambassador of the Fiddle," and an International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame legend and as of 2020 has 26 career album releases with his latest #1 Global Americana Album "Americana Youth of Southern Appalachia." The award-winning singer and musician shares his homespun humor, music and songs in concerts from coast to coast in the United States and Canada touching more than 145 million people worldwide. His music is heard on radio from Malay