Anthony James "Tony" Franklin (Derby, 2 aprile 1962) è un musicista e compositore britannico, noto principalmente per aver suonato il basso per artisti quali Roy Harper, The Firm, Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, Blue Murder, David Gilmour, Vasco Rossi, Eros Ramazzotti, Kate Bush, e Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

Tony Franklin
Nazionalità	Regno Unito
Genere	Hard rock Blues rock Folk rock Heavy metal
Periodo di attività musicale	1982 – in attività
Strumento	basso, tastiere, sintetizzatori, voce
Gruppi attuali	Freakshow, Derek Sherinian
Gruppi precedenti	The Firm, Quiet Riot, Planet X
Sito ufficiale
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Discografia parziale

• Roy Harper - Work of Heart (Public Records, 1982)
• Roy Harper & Jimmy Page - Whatever Happened to Jugula? (Beggar's Banquet, 1984)
• The Firm - The Firm (Atlantic, 1985)
• The Firm - Mean Business (Atlantic, 1986)
• David Gilmour & Kate Bush - Secret Policeman's Third Ball (Virgin Video, 1987)
• Jimmy Page - Outrider (Geffen, 1987)
• Roy Harper - In Between Every Line (EMI, 1987)
• Roy Harper - Descendants of Smith (EMI, 1988)
• Blue Murder - Blue Murder (Geffen, 1989)
• Roy Harper - Once (Awareness, 1990)
• Glenn Hughes - L.A. Blues Authority Volume II: Glenn Hughes - Blues (Shrapnel, 1992)
• Roy Harper - Death or Glory? (Awareness, 1992)
• Blue Murder - Nothin' But Trouble (Geffen, 1994)
• Tony MacAlpine - Premonition (Shrapnel, 1994)
• Jeff Beck Tribute - Beckology (Shrapnel, 1995)
• Tony MacAlpine - Evolution (Shrapnel, 1995)
• 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 (Shrapnel, 1996)
• Donna Lewis - Now in a Minute (Atlantic, 1996)
• Graham Bonnet - "Underground" (Victor, 1997)
• John Sykes - Loveland (Mercury Japan, 1997)
• Gary Hoey - Bug Alley (Surfdog, 1997)
• Various - Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen (De-Rock, 1997)
• Various - Thunderbolt: A Tribute to AC/DC (De-Rock, 1997)
• Donna Lewis - Blue Planet (Atlantic, 1998)
• Various - Cozy Powell Forever (Electric Angel Japan, 1998)
• Derek Sherinian - Planet X (Shrapnel, 1999)
• Various - Humanary Stew - A Tribute To Alice Cooper (Cleopatra Records, 1999)
• Gary Wright - Human Love (Warner, 2000)
• David Coverdale - Into the Light (EMI, 2000)
• Various - Metallic Assault: A Tribute to Metallica (2000)
• Erik Norlander - Into the Sunset (2000)
• Derek Sherinian - Inertia (2001)
• Willie Waldman - Trumpet Ride (2002)
• Tony Franklin - Wonderland (JVC/Victor Entertainment - July 2003)
• Derek Sherinian - Black Utopia (2003)
• Chris Catena - Freak Out (2003)
• Derek Sherinian - Mythology (2004)
• Vasco Rossi - Buoni o Cattivi (2004)
• Eros Ramazzotti - Calma Apparente (2005)
• Kelly Keeling - Giving Sight To The Eye (2005)
• Derek Sherinian - Blood of the Snake (2006)
• Quiet Riot - Rehab (2006)
• Sir Lord Baltimore - Sir Lord Baltimore III Raw (2006)
• 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)
• Chris Catena - Discovery (2008)
• Derek Sherinian - Molecular Heinosity (2009)
• Tim Ripper Owens - Play My Game (2009)
• Gianluca Galli - Evolution Revolution (2011)
• Vasco Rossi - Vivere o niente (2011)
• Derek Sherinian - Oceana (2011)
• Docker's Guild - The Mystic Technocracy - Season 1: The Age of Ignorance (2012)
• Roy Harper - Man and Myth (2013)
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Goin' Home (2014)
• Joel Hoekstra's 13 - Dying To Live (2015)
• Chris Catena's Rock City Tribe - Truth in Unity (2020)
• Secret Alliance - Solar Warden (2020)

Collegamenti esterni

• Sito ufficiale, su tonyfranklin.net.
• (EN) Tony Franklin, su Discogs, Zink Media.
• (EN) Tony Franklin, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
• (EN) Tony Franklin, su Internet Movie Database, IMDb.com.

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