Randy Parsons is a songwriter, vocalist, composer, and plays Acoustic/Electric guitar and bass. His song “Lucia Walk on The Beach” was used in ABC Family's 2007 hit series, Falcon Beach, and his "Sag Harbor Blues" appeared in 2010 in PBS's "Roadtrip Nation." Randy also performed in concert on bass for Grammy award-winning songwriter Hugh Prestwood. His vocals and instrumentals cover several genres including Alt Pop, Folk Jazz, RnB, and Country. Randy's vocals are mellow and smokey, perfect for laid-back Film and TV scenes about romance or crossed lovers.
Randy Parsons has written and recorded award-winning songs, played and sang in concerts, and his “Sweet Motion,” with sweet female vocals and bittersweet lyrics about starting a new life in LA, was a finalist in the 2003 CMT/NSAI songwriting contest. His “Morning Sky” won first place in the 2005 Boston Folk Festival songwriting contest.
Randy is New York-based and studied music at the Juilliard School, Berklee, New York University and the New School with Hugh Prestwood, Henry Gaffney, Jeff Franzel and Pat Pattison. He has performed at the former Folk City (NYC), the Bitter End (NYC), the Nameless Coffeehouse (Boston), the Stephen Talkhouse (NY) and accompanied Grammy award-winning songwriter Hugh Prestwood on Electric bass.
Other musicians on Randy’s CDs inlcude: Nancy Atlas, Lorraine Ferro, Mike Mandel, John Margolis, Veronica Nunn, Marlon Saunders, John Valentine and George Wurzbach. Randy's three released CDs are: City and the Sky (1977), Right from the Start (1999), and Go Ahead and Love Someone (2002).
Poignant love song about a man who runs into an old girlfriend home for the holidays. She's buying gifts, but not for him anymore. Snow falling. He remembers them being deeply in love, but they both have moved on. No hard feelings. Great vocal like Ray Charles with country, pop and folk influences. Female Vocals, Country, Country Waltz
Bluesy guitar based male vocals, 60's nostalgia. Looking back in a purple haze about the past slipping away, about a modern man trying to find his way in a brand new day following loss of a lot of friends and landmarks. Filled with dreams in spite of many losses, even though time is ticking away... Male Vocals, Blues, East Coast Blues
Moody pop piano female vocal with jazz overtones about digging a hideaway from the world on a rainy morning and just wanting to stay there with your lover. Pretty melody, great intimate lyrics, lovely vocal, piano, acoustic guitar, electric bass and drum kit. Laid back groove, hint of basso nova. Female Vocals, Pop, Pop-Jazz
Mellow, lovely, acoustic guitars and male voice with folk and jazz overtones. A couple in love trying to get through some slow times in the Fall with no good movies in town. Million dollar movie. James Taylor, Seals and Croft, Simon & Garfunkel, David Wilcox, Eagles. Film, tv, soundtrack, background, Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
An original acoustic guitar and male vocal country song with folk influences. Unplugged, lovely minor melody, poetic great harmonies. Set in a small town in Tennessee in the Smokey Mountains. The girlfriend is restless and wants to move on whether he comes or not! Home is where the heart is. Male Vocals, Country, CCM
Jerome is bottoming out again in the city, in the rain, nowhere to go. Lost his job, his apartment his luck. If only a pretty friend would rescue him and take him in, like every time before. Acoustic guitars, male vocal. Down and Out. Male Vocals, Country, New Country
A lovely, mellow, acoustic guitar song about loving the land, the wheat, the smell of the ocean and being outdoors. Two interweaving guitar parts. Background for travel, documentary, earth day, environmental program. Male vocals. Tribute to the land and sea. James Taylor, Simon and Garfunke, Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
Jazzy bossa nova style pop love song. Great groove. A getaway to Costa Rica on the beach with papayas and monkeys. Never going home? Great male vocal sounds like Smokey Robinson. Guitar and bass and drums. Male Vocals, Pop, Pop-Jazz
Hip, swinging jazz and blues, male vocal. Like Ray Charles. A guy misses his girl, who is far away. Life is just a numbers game without her. Electric guitar, electric bass, drums, acoustic guitar. Good for background in film or tv, over credits, theme. Modern technology leaves much to be desired. Male Vocals, Pop, Pop-Jazz
Singer songwriter with two acoustic guitars. Great guitar work, lyrics and male vocal. a bluesy and rockin' tune. Sounds like James Taylor, Neil Young. Male Vocals, Folk, Folk Pop
Poignant love song about a man who runs into an old girlfriend home for the holidays. She's buying gifts, but not for him anymore. Snow falling. He remembers them being deeply in love, but they both have moved on. No hard feelings. Great vocal like Ray Charles with country, pop and folk influences. Male Vocals, Country, Classic Country
A lovely basso nova pop song in English, for sunworshippers with a female jazz vocal, guitar, alto sax, electric bass, percussion and keyboard. Takes you to the beach in the summer sun by the sea with some broken heart memories. Good for advertisement, tv, film. Club or beachside music hall. Female Vocals, Jazz, Bossa Nova Jazz
An inspiring, melodic acoustic guitar duo with male vocal. Singer songwriter, great musicianship. The spirit to travel and explore runs strong in men and women, whether on earth or in outer space. Folk and jazz influences. Aztec Two Step, Seals and Croft, The Kingston Trio, Gordon Lightfoot. Male Vocals, Pop, Easy Listening
Awesome rock ballad with sweet melody, great vocal and great lead guitar. Winter in a summer tourist town! Time for movin' on! Good for film and tv underscore or during scenes. Complex chords and melody put together in a smooth pop song. You gotta hear the end, when the song kicks into high gear. Male Vocals, Rock, Folk Rock
Great groove, situation red, love song, evening, hammond organ, lost love don't feel so good, urban, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross. Male Vocals, RnB, Smooth Soul
Lovely acoustic guitar backed singer songwriter track about one night in July in the city. With classical and folk influences. Fingerpicking guitar with complex and beautiful acoustic lead parts. Poetic, sounds like Phil Ochs, Simon and Garfunkel. Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
A lovely story song set in Montana. Lazy, easy going, like you're riding a horse. A secret love affair between a hired hand and a married woman on a ranch. Country song with acoustic guitar, piano and male vocal. Sounds like George Strait or Lyle Lovett. Pedal steel synth. Home home on the range. Male Vocals, Country, Country Pop
Gorgeous soaring ballad. RnB Smokey Robinson sound. Great groove. Great lyrics. keyboard, bass, male vocal, synthesizer. Two strangers share a cab in the city in the rain and he falls for her. You'll want to listen to it again and again. He who hesitates is lost? Will our paths cross again? Male Vocals, Pop, 80's Pop
Melodic pop song about a man who meets a woman by chance when she sits next to him on a train. Acoustic guitars with male vocal. Sounds like Jim Croce, Seals and Croft, Sweet, haunting, melodic love song. Nice harmonies. Riding on a train. Poetic. Guitar band. Electric bass. Acoustic leads. Male Vocals, Pop, Easy Listening
Great acoustic guitars, melody male vocal and lyrics. Unplugged, stripped down, complex and rich. Tongue in cheek, but serious song about slowing population growth. Slow those babies down! Sounds like Michael Franks meets James Taylor. Jazzy chords. Funny, makes you smile. Male Vocals, Folk, Folk Singer/Songwriter
Jazzy cool sophisticated love song. Great acoustic guitar work, melody, lyrics and male singer songwriter vocal. Michael Franks meets Paul McCartney. Unplugged, poetic. Distracted by life from whats important right in front of you: a loved one. Sophisticated jazz chords and acoustic led guitar. Male Vocals, Pop, Pop-Jazz
Gorgeous poetic pop folk song with beautiful melody. Female vocal with piano accompaniment. Like Sarah McLaughlin. Go Ahead and Love Someone. Take a chance on love. Let go and fall in love. Lovely track. Good for film and tv. Female Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
Young free and in love, a couple take a road trip passing through West Virginia. He observes the two of them and also the scenery outside the windows. Guitar fingerpicking. Male vocal. Laid back folk, country feel. Two layers of fine acoustic guitar parts and poetic lyrics. Male Vocals, Country, Alt Country
Lovely singer songwriter country folk love song, male vocal, acoustic steel string guitar, electric bass, laid back fingerpicking. Poetic lyrics about young lovers, separated by distance and obligations, having to wait to see each other. Heartwarming. absence makes the heart grow fonder? Don Mclean, Male Vocals, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Clear, beautiful, female folk vocals with a gorgeous melody and acoustic guitar part. Sounds like Sarah McLaughlin meets Judy Collins. Female Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
Soulful and sweet ballad with female vocal, pop, blues, folk, jazz, road song, Los Angeles, New York. All about shaking off the blues and going to LA to start a new life and new hope, while memories replay themselves as she travels across the states. Female Vocals, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Fall is coming, summer's over, time to head south to a warmer climate, but its hard for a drifter to leave a new love behind. Folk Rock. Guitar band. Great female vocal. Beach resort. Migration south. High energy. Witty lyrics, shades of Robert Frost, all about fair weather friends. Female Vocals, Rock, Folk Rock
A gorgeous piano vocal, female voice with band. Jazz and bossa nova colors, congas, acoustic guitar and base. Think Sarah McLaughlin, moody, reflective, uplifting. Learning to let go, saying farewell and moving ahead. A beach resort in the off-season, a winter wind blowing but hopes are high. Female Vocals, Pop, Lilith Fair
Jazzy pop song about a man trying to get out of New York for a vacation to be with his woman in a house by the sea. Singer sounds like Michael Bolton. Male Vocals, Pop, Pop-Jazz
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