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Upcoming shows: Saturday May 16, 2009 - Winston's, Ocean Beach, San Diego CA, NORTH INDIANA ALL STARS. Members of Umphrey's McGee plus Willie Waldman on trumpet. * * * * * Recent shows: May 14. The Roxy Theater, Hollywood - NORTH INDIANA ALL STARS. May 1. Piazza di San Giovanni - Rome, Italy. With headlining artist VASCO ROSSI. April 11. House Of Blues L.A. - SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL with Steve Molitz (keys), Josh Clark (guitar), Tony Austin (drums), Ben Baruch percussion, Jason Fladager (guitar), Adam Iscove (vocals) and Norton Wisdom (artwork). February 4. Wilshire Ebell Theater, Los Angeles. "Music in Focus": Grammy event honoring music photographers Herman Leonard, Danny Clinch and Robert Knight. I performed with Tyler Bryant, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Curt Bisquera. Jan. 25. 320 South, Breckenridge CO. - NORTH INDIANA ALL STARS. Jan. 24. Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, CO. - NORTH INDIANA ALL STARS. Friday January 16th, 2009, 11:00 AM - NAMM show - FENDER Spirit Of Rock N Roll Theater - 3rd Floor, Ballroom E. Appearing with guitarist TYLER BRYANT, with CURT BISQUERA on drums. (Yes 11:00 AM!!). Saturday January 3rd, 2009 - CERVANTES MASTERPIECE BALLROOM, DENVER CO. ~ BANYAN with Stephen Perkins, Brian Jordan & Willie Waldman. * * * * * (Nov. 08). Completing work on upcoming bass solo album. Details to follow. * * * * * After 7 years, I shall be closing down the Tony Franklin Yahoo Group. This has been a nice group of people with whom I have interacted regularly (thanks guys, you know who you are!). With the proliferation of MySpace and other social networks, the activity of the group has lessened, and it feels like the right time to move on. Please feel free to join me on my MySpace page. * * * * * Many people have been asking me if I'll be touring with the band Freakshow, whose album I recently played on. In short, I will not be touring with the band. We agreed before the recording commenced, that I would just do the album, but would not officially join the band, tour with it, or be part of it in any manner. For further information, please see the blog on my MySpace page : www.myspace.com/fretlessmonster (scroll to the right of the page, see blog). * * * * * Past shows Nov. 8 - OMAHA, NE - Private party - North Indiana All Stars. Nov. 1 - 2 2008 - BASS PLAYER LIVE, LOS ANGELES, CA - Solo performance. October 10 2008 - DOC'S MUSIC HALL, MUNCIE, IN. North Indiana All Stars August 31 2008 - CERVANTES MASTERPIECE BALLROOM, DENVER CO. .North Indiana All Stars July 5 2008 - WINSTON'S, SAN DIEGO CA with Banyan. June 29 2008 - BEAT KITCHEN, CHICAGO, IL with North Indiana All Stars. June 28 2008 - LAZY RIVER MUSIC FEST, CHICAGO, IL with BANYAN. June 27 2008 - UNIVERSAL RHYTHM ASSEMBLY - PEORIA, IL with BANYAN. * * * * * (May '08) Tony Franklin Fretted Precision Bass® released. Click here for more info and lots of new shots. * * * * * (May '08) Upcoming shows: May 24 / 25th 2008 (12:30am -2:00am) NORTH INDIANA ALLSTARS - Summer Camp Festival Chillicothe, IL. "Late Night in the Red Barn". May 25th 2008 (4:00PM - 5:15PM) BANYAN - Summer Camp Festival Chillicothe, IL. "Moonshine Stage". * * * * * (Dec .07) Recent shows and appearances: Dec 17th. PEARL (Carmine Appice, Naomi "Sho-ta" Tamura and Kenji "Kenny" Kitajima). Shibuya-O-East, Tokyo, Japan. Dec 16th. PEARL (Carmine Appice, Naomi "Sho-ta" Tamura and Kenji "Kenny" Kitajima). Electric Lady Land., Nagoya, Japan. Dec 15th. ESP Musical Academy, Tokyo, Japan. Joint clinic with Carmine Appice. Dec 8th. Banyan (Stephen Perkins) - Winston's, San Diego, CA. Dec 2nd. Tony respresented Fender at the Jaco Pastorius Tribute Event, honoring the life and achievements of the late great Jaco Pastorius. (Jaco was one of Tony's greatest inspirations and musical heroes). Tony was honored to present a Lifetime Achievement Award to the Pastorius family on behalf of Fender. He also performed a moving duet with Jaco's daughter Mary, on her song, "Longing". * * * * * (Oct '07) Tony Franklin Fretted Precision Bass® released. Click here for more info. * * * * * (Oct '07) Tony was the key clinician / artist at the 14th Annual Bozeman UpcomingBass Bash. * * * * * (Oct '07) Recent shows: Oct 31st (Halloween) - Bit & Spur, Zion Utah - with BANYAN (Stephen Perkins) Oct 27 - 28th. Bass Player Live New York. AR duties, not performing (as far as I know!!) :o) Oct 18th - Crash Mansion, Downtown L.A. 8:30pm with BANYAN (Stephen Perkins) opening for The Mutaytor. * * * * * (Previous shows) Sept 28th and 29th - 12 Galaxies, San Francisco - with BANYAN featuring Steve Kimock. Sept 1st - Winston's San Diego - with BANYAN Aug 26th - Riverview Music Festival , Chicago IL - with Banyan Aug 4th and 5th - Cervantes - Denver CO - with BANYAN July 14th - 12 Galaxies, San Francisco - with BANYAN June 9th - Winston's, San Diego - with BANYAN June 3rd - State Bridge Lodge - Bond, CO - with BANYAN (Stephen Perkins) June 2nd - Teva Mountain Games - Vail, CO - with BANYAN (Stephen Perkins) June 1st - Hodi's Half Note - Fort Collins, CO - with BANYAN (Stephen Perkins) * * * * * MORE NEWS COMING SOON!! * * * * * (Jan '07) I will be appearing at the NAMM show at the Anaheim Convention Center - Jan 18th - 22nd. I will be performing and demonstrating gear in the FENDER Booth at various times. Much more news to come. Thanks for your patience! ~ Tony * * * * * (Sept. '06) Tony is performing with Banyan (Stephen Perkins - drums, Brian Jordan - guitar, Willie Waldman - trumpet, Norton Wisdom - art!), at Winston's in San Diego, Saturday October 14th. Free-form, tribal, funk, jam, trip rock at it's best!! Contact Winston's for more info. (619) 222-6822, or visit their website www.winstonsob.com * * * * * (Sept '06) Tony performed 3 Free Clinics for SWR/Fender: Sept. 19th - Phil's Music, Mauldin, NC - 7pm Sept. 20th - Ted's Pro Music, Gainesville, GA - 7pm Sept. 21st - Ken Stanton Music, Marietta, GA - 7pm * * * * * (Sept '06) Tony appeared with Banyan at the MOE DOWN 7 Festival Sept 2nd in Turin NY, about 1 hour N.E. * * * * * (July '06) Tony performed a free clinic at West L.A. Music - July 25th at 7 pm. Music. Visit www.westlamusic for location and more info. * * * * * (July '06) Tony appears in video with Derek Sherinian, featuring Billy Idol and Slash. (more + pictures). * * * * * (June '06) Tony is performing 4 free clinics in the New York and New Jersey areas. June 19th - 22nd. More. |
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