Trivia

When Randall's hometown of Ringgold, Ga. was devastated during the April 2011 night of tornadoes that crossed the South. After responding alongside rescue workers to assist his neighbors, Randall joined community leaders spearheading the creation of a local non-profit that raised more than $1.3 million to coordinate rebuilding homes and aiding the uninsured and under insured.

Randall Franks was inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004.

In 1990-1991, a "In the Heat of the Night" regular, he embarked on a most unique project as a music producer. He was charged by TV legend Carroll O'Connor and co-star Alan Autry to produce the "In the Heat of the Night" Christmas album. Franks included the legends of bluegrass music combining the entire cast of a top-rated network TV Show with, not one, but a cast of bluegrass stars featuring Chubby Wise, Buddy Spicher, Jim and Jesse McReynolds, Ralph Stanley, Jimmy Martin, The Lewis Family, Doug Dillard, Josh Graves, Mac Wiseman, Wayne Lewis, Gene Daniell, Debbie Farley, Bill Everett and himself to create the song "Christmas Time's A Comin'." O'Connor was so impressed by the recording that it became the album's title cut. The public made the CD a top selling Christmas release in the South in 1991 and 1992 raising money and awareness to encourage kids to not take drugs. Other stars contributed to cuts by various cast members such as Jerry Douglas, The Whites, The Marksmen, Johnny Wright, Bobby Wright along with several Country Music Hall of Famers including Pee Wee King, Jimmy Dickens, Kitty Wells and Grant Turner.

Collective Soul lead vocalist Ed Roland engineered Randall Franks second career album "Building on Sand." Both appeared on the Georgy Awards on PBS in 2009 with a photo of the Franks, Roland and Third Day's Mac Powell being featured by Life.

Randall Franks writes Southern Style, a syndicated newspaper column, that appears weekly from Virginia to Louisiana in 11 states with millions of readers.

Randall Franks was honored in 2010 by the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Ky. as a Bluegrass Legend for his contributions to the work of Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys and 33 other Bluegrass Hall of Fame members.

Served on the Ringgold City Council, as council chair, and Vice Mayor in Ringgold, Georgia from 2009-2021.

Randall Franks and his band member Jerry Burke taught Mia Wasikowski how to play mandolin during filming for her role as Bertie Minnix in Lawless.