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Tony Franklin
Franklin in 2012
Birth name Anthony James Franklin Also known as The Fretless Monster Born (1962-04-02 ) 2 April 1962 (age 62 ) Derby , EnglandGenres Hard rock , blues-rock , folk rock , heavy metal , progressive rock Occupation(s ) Musician , songwriter Instrument(s ) Bass , fretless bass , keyboards , synthesizers , vocals, guitarYears active 1982–present Website Official website
Musical artist
Anthony James Franklin (born 2 April 1962) is an English rock musician, best known for his work on the fretless bass guitar with Roy Harper , The Firm , Jimmy Page , Paul Rodgers , John Sykes' Blue Murder , David Gilmour , Kate Bush , Whitesnake , Lou Gramm , Gary Hoey [1] Kenny Wayne Shepherd .
Biography [ edit ]
Born into a musical family, Franklin first took the stage at age of five. He got his big break in 1984 as bassist in the supergroup The Firm, with Jimmy Page , Paul Rodgers and Chris Slade .
Franklin's television credits include the Late Show with David Letterman , Beverly Hills 90210 , The Rosie O'Donnell Show , Good Morning America , Top of the Pops (U.K.), VH-1, MTV, Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (Finland), dozens of Japanese programs and more. Sony released Tony Franklin: Not Just Another Pretty Bass, Franklin's first sample loop library, in 2006.[2]
While maintaining his music career, from September 2003 through July 2011, Franklin served as Artist Relations Manager for Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and SWR . He returned to music performance full-time in mid-2011, when he joined Kenny Wayne Shepherd 's band for the tour supporting the guitarist's 2011 album, How I Go. Franklin can be heard on Shepherd's album, "Goin' Home", released in Summer 2014.[3]
Signature instruments [ edit ]
Franklin is mostly known for his work on fretless bass. In January 2006 Fender introduced the Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass ,[4] [4]
Besides his fretless bass, Franklin has been doing sessions with the same fretted Precision Bass for many years. From 2008 to 2015, Fender offered a fretted version of Franklin's signature Precision Bass based on his particular instrument. Frets aside, it is very similar to the fretless model, with the same Precision and Jazz Bass pickups and three-way selector switch.
Other career highlights [ edit ]
Prior to his work with The Firm, Franklin toured and recorded with English folk/rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper , appearing on eight of his albums between 1982 and 2013.[5]
In 1996, Franklin played on long-time friend Donna Lewis 's album Now in a Minute I Love You Always Forever ".[6]
In 1997, Franklin toured the world with Whitesnake as part of the "Last Hurrah" tour.[7]
Franklin cites John Deacon , Paul McCartney , James Jamerson and Jaco Pastorius as his main influences.[8]
Influence [ edit ]
In a 2023 interview, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament cited Franklin as an influence concerning Ament's use of a slide harmonic on the hit song "Even Flow ". "I knew at the beginning of Pearl Jam that the way Stone was writing, it was very Jimmy Page – very riffy. And because of Tony Franklin, I knew that fretless would add a really cool voice and texture to rock music. So that harmonic, I'm kind of ripping The Firm's 'Radioactive.' And I figured it out by accident. I was always obsessed with playing harmonics on bass, but at some point I remember accidentally hitting harmonics and sliding on it, so I started experimenting with that part of it. So mistakes, and also having in the back of my head that sound of 'Radioactive.' Hats off Tony Franklin!"[9]
Discography [ edit ]
Roy Harper & Jimmy Page – Whatever Happened to Jugula? Beggar's Banquet , 1984)
The Firm – The Firm Atlantic , 1985)
The Firm – Mean Business
David Gilmour & Kate Bush – Secret Policeman's Third Ball Virgin Video , 1987)
Jimmy Page – Outrider Geffen , 1988)
Roy Harper – In Between Every Line (EMI , 1987)
Roy Harper – Descendants of Smith
Blue Murder – Blue Murder
Roy Harper – Once Awareness , 1990)
Don Dokken – Up from the Ashes
Glenn Hughes – L.A. Blues Authority Volume II: Glenn Hughes - Blues Shrapnel , 1992)
Roy Harper – Death or Glory? Awareness , 1992)
Gary Hoey – Animal Instinct Reprise , 1993)
Blue Murder – Nothin' But Trouble
Gary Hoey – The Endless Summer II
Tony MacAlpine – Premonition
Driver – Driver (Trauma / Atlantic, 1994)
Jeff Beck Tribute – Beckology
Lana Lane – "Love Is An Illusion" (Think Tank Media, 1995)
Gary Hoey – Gary Hoey (BMG , 1995)
Tony MacAlpine – Evolution
Celestial Winds – Oceans of Love (Universe Music, 1995)
MOM: Music for our Mother Ocean – Benefit compilation (Interscope , 1996)
Warren DeMartini – Surf's Up! (Polydor Japan , 1996)
Carmine Appice – Guitar Zeus (Apalon Japan, 1996)
Marty Friedman – True Obsessions
Naomi Tamura – N
Donna Lewis – Now in a Minute
Graham Bonnet – "Underground" (Victor, 1997)
John Sykes – Loveland Mercury Japan , 1997)
Gary Hoey – Bug Alley (Surfdog, 1997)
Various – Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen
Carmine Appice – Guitar Zeus 2 (Polydor Japan, 1997)
Various – Thunderbolt: A Tribute to AC/DC (De-Rock, 1997)
Pearl – Pearl (Polydor Japan, 1997)
Sounds of Wood and Steel – Compilation (Windham Hill , 1998)
Pearl – 4 Infinity (East West Japan, 1998)
Gary Hoey – "Hocus Pocus Live" – (Surfdog, 1998)
Donna Lewis – Blue Planet
Various – Cozy Powell Forever
Derek Sherinian – Planet X
Graham Bonnet – "The Day I Went Mad" (JVC, 1999)
Lana Lane – Queen of the Ocean (1999)
Pearl – "Live in Japan" (Public Red, 1999)
Various –『Humanary Stew – A Tribute To Alice Cooper』(Cleopatra Records, 1999)
Rocket Scientists – "Oblivion Days" (1999)
Gary Wright – Human Love (Warner , 2000)
David Coverdale – Into the Light
Lana Lane – Secrets of Astrology (2000)
Lana Lane – Ballads Collection II (2000)
Various – Metallic Assault: A Tribute to Metallica (2000)
Tony Franklin – Brave New Tomorrow (JVC/Victor Entertainment , 2000)
Erik Norlander – Into the Sunset (2000)
Roy Harper – "Hats Off" (Science Friction, 2001)
Derek Sherinian – Inertia
Doug Aldrich – "Alter Ego" (2001)
Lana Lane – Love Is an Illusion Special Edition (2001)
Willie Waldman – Trumpet Ride (2002)
Lana Lane – Project Shangri-La (2002)
Various – An All Star Line Up Performing the Songs of Pink Floyd (2002)
Lana Lane – Covers Collection (2002)
Tony Franklin – Wonderland (JVC/Victor Entertainment – July 2003)
Derek Sherinian – Black Utopia
Erik Norlander – "Music Machine" (2003)
Derek Sherinian – Mythology
Chris Catena – Freak Out! (Imr/Frontiers Rec., 2004)
Vasco Rossi – Buoni o Cattivi (number 1 album in Italy, 2004)
Eros Ramazzotti – Calma Apparente
Kelly Keeling – "Giving Sight to the Eye" (2005)
Derek Sherinian – Blood of the Snake
Quiet Riot – Rehab
Lana Lane – Gemini (2006)
Appice / Travers – "Bazooka" (2006)
Carmine Appice – "Ultimate Guitar Zeus" (2006)
Sir Lord Baltimore – Sir Lord Baltimore III Raw
Frankie Banali / Various – "24/7/365 – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin (2007)
Eros Ramazzotti – "E2" (Sony / BMG, 2007)
Terry Ilous – "Here And Gone" (2007)
Vasco Rossi – "Il mondo che vorrei" (2008)
Menchen – Red Rock (guitarist Bill Menchen's project, 2008)
Chris Catena – Discovery (Escape/Frontiers Rec., 2008)
Tadashi Goto – Innervisions (SPV/Progrock Rec., 2008)
We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year – O' Christmas Tree (Armoury Rec., 2008)
Derek Sherinian – Molecular Heinosity
Tim Ripper Owens – "Play My Game" (2009)
Freakshow – "Freakshow" (2009)
Carmine Appice – "Guitar Heroes (2010)
Thomas Tomsen – Sunflickers (2010)
Vasco Rossi – "Vivere o niente" (2011)
Derek Sherinian – Oceana
Rob Moratti – "Victory" (2011)
Docker's Guild – The Mystic Technocracy – Season 1: The Age of Ignorance (2012)
DR.U (Chris Catena) – Alieni Alienati (Valery Rec./Frontiers/Edel 2012)
Roy Harper – Man and Myth
Kenny Wayne Shepherd – "Goin' Home" (2014)
Joel Hoekstra 's 13 – Dying To Live
Rob Moratti – Transcendent (2016)
Rob Moratti – Renaissance (2019)
The Feckers – Live To Fight Another Day (2020)
Rob Moratti – Paragon (2020)
Derek Sherinian – The Phoenix
Chris Catena's Rock City Tribe – Truth in Unity (2020)
Leo Carnicella – Until a new dawn (2021)
Joel Hoekstra's 13 – Running Games (2021)
Leo Carnicella – Super~Sargasso Sea
Derek Sherinian- Vortex
Ten Cent Revenge - "Road 2 Ruin" (2022)
Dan-I – Listen to the Magic (2023)
References [ edit ]
^ "Kenny Wayne Shepherd album: How I Go" . Kenny Wayne Shepherd official website. Retrieved 19 July 2017 .
^ a b "Fender Products: Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass" . Fender Musical Instrument Corp official website. Retrieved 19 July 2017 .
^ "Roy Harper Discography" . Roy Harper official website. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2012 .
^ "Donna Lewis Discography" . Donna Lewis official website. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012 .
^ "Deep Purple.Net – Whitesnake History" . Deep Purple.Net. Retrieved 16 February 2012 .
^ Epstein, Dmitry M. (September 2000). "Interview with Tony Franklin" . Dmme.net. Retrieved 21 November 2010 .
^ Prato, Greg (11 July 2023). "Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, Deaf Charlie: Songwriter Interviews" . Songfacts. Retrieved 24 July 2023 .
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