Allan "Mr. Sparky" Starks is a 71-year-old Vietnam veteran who spent 45 years in the professional music industry before ever stepping in front of a senior living audience — as a musician, engineer, and production manager, working alongside Stevie Wonder, Prince, and Earth, Wind & Fire.
These days, that same voice and that same stage experience go toward one thing: live sing-along shows that bring residents back to the music that defined their lives. Not a tribute act — a contemporary, singing the songs he grew up on too.