Randall R. Burns (born April 14, 1948) is an American folk singer, songwriter and guitarist who recorded several albums in the 1960s and early 1970s, when he performed with the Sky Dog Band.
In 1966, he moved to Greenwich Village, New York City, where he busked before being recruited as the regular opening act at The Gaslight Cafe on Macdougal Street.
[1] He also performed at clubs such as Gerdes Folk City and The Bitter End, opening for such musicians as Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, Carolyn Hester and Dave Van Ronk.
Although Burns and the Sky Dog Band performed regularly around Greenwich Village, and toured nationally, none of his records were commercially successful.
He also worked as a security guard, and as a private detective,[4] and wrote an autobiography, Before the Road Ended, excerpts from which were published in magazines and on websites in the 1990s.