09) Life’s Railway to Heaven (3:35) - Randall Franks and David Davis with Cotton and Jane Carrier

09) Life’s Railway to Heaven - Randall Franks and David Davis with Cotton and Jane Carrier (3:35)


Songwriter/Arranger: Randall Franks and Cotton Carrier
Publisher & PRO: Peach Picked Publishing/BMI
Release: 2000
Crimson Records 1527

Musicians:
Guitar: Cotton Carrier
Accordion: Jane Carrier
Guitar, Fiddle and Vocals: Randall Franks
Mandolin and Vocals: David Davis
Bass: Marty Hays

Country music pioneers Cotton (Georgia Music Hall of Fame) and Jane Carrier (Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame) were mainstays of the WSB Barndance and later Cotton on Atlanta television. They both had previous runs on radio from WLS to Kentucky.
They became childhood mentors of Randall Franks and his young group of musicians that made up his Peachtree Pickers. They often joined the at Friday night jam sessions. Cotton, the manager of Atlanta's Lowery Music Publishing, also guided Randall in the business side of the music.

"This is actually a song that we often sang at our Friday night jam sessions when I was a boy. Sadly, the only recordings that the duo had done in their heyday didn't survive the years. I was so happy to find a recording of them that could be melded in with a performance of David and me. It helped to bring an homage of the music they shared with me full circle."Randall Franks