Tony Franklin (musician)

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Tony Franklin is an English musician. His most famous work is on the fretless bass guitar with heavy rock bands The Firm (also featuring Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and Bad Company vocalist Paul Rodgers), and Blue Murder (featuring former Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes (also on vocals) and drummer Carmine Appice).

He is credited with introducing the fretless bass to the heavy metal and hard rock audiences, as the fretless bass is not commonly heard in these genres. He also has an instructional video on playing the fretless bass. In this video Franklin also discusses his playing of other instruments (string or upright bass and clarinet) in symphony and classical ensemble environments.

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