NEWS & BLOG

“Your name is not Lloyd…it’s RANDY SPARKS.”

I have been writing ‘my book’ for a few years now, and I’m amazed by how oblivious I was to all that was going on as I lived every...

What's the weirdest order you've ever been given in the military?

One of my favorite ‘Learning Websites’ is Quora, and a current topic invites readers to reply; ‘What's the weirdest order you've ever...

A Plea for Help - Howard Hughes in the mid-1950s?

Is there anyone still alive that might be aware of what Howard Hughes was up to (I’m supposing beginning in the mid-fifties) by quietly...

The List (Bragging Rights for R. Sparks)

In 2007, when I was about to lead my restored group, The New Christy Minstrels (still under the direction of Randy Sparks) in a hugely...

THERE ARE 2 LADIES IN THE NCM AGAIN!

Now, here’s something that doesn’t happen to everyone. In 1958, I wrote a song titled ‘Julianne.’ It was crafted like an ancient folk...

Who Wrote ‘Mighty Mississippi’?

Steve (Slim) E. asked: Who wrote Mighty Mississippi? I searched the web and didn’t find its author. RANDY SPARKS wrote Mighty...

LAND OF GIANTS… Question and Comments from Randy Sparks, Casey J., & John H.

Randy Sparks writes: One of the advantages of folk music happens to be that so many of the beloved stories told in song belong to all of...

From Randy Sparks. The year was 1955. . .

This is a photo of an OLD man returning to a former haunt. The Victorian building behind me once housed The Florentine Club in Shreveport....