Larry Franklin (musician)
Larry Franklin | |
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Birth name | Lawrence Alvin Franklin |
Born |
Sherman, Texas | August 5, 1953
Genres | Country music, Western swing |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Violin, mandolin |
Years active | 1976–present |
Associated acts | The Time Jumpers, Asleep at the Wheel |
Website |
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Lawrence Alvin "Larry" Franklin is an American fiddle and mandolin player, session musician, and composer. His style embraces country, blues, rock & roll, jazz, and Western swing.[1]
Biography
Early years
Growing up in Whitewright, Texas, Franklin took up the fiddle at age 7. Franklin was inspired by his father Louis Franklin and his uncle Major Lee Franklin,[2] well-known Texas-style fiddlers. Franklin began entering and fiddler’s contests, including the World Championship, won when he was l6 years old.[3][4]
Franklin performed with dance bands while in high school. After 3 years in the Army (1972-1975), he co-founded the Cooder Browne Band,[5] who were signed by Willie Nelson to his Lone Star Records label where they released one album. Franklin was with the band from 1976 until 1980.[3][6]
Asleep at the Wheel
After leading his own Larry Franklin band from 1980 until 1984, Franklin performed with Asleep At The Wheel from 1984 until 1991.[7] They won two Grammy Awards for Instrumental of the Year: in 1987 for "String of Pars" (co-written by Franklin), and in 1988 for "Sugarfoot Rag". They won another Grammy in 1999 for "Bob's Breakdown" on the Ride with Bob album.[8]
Session work and touring
Franklin moved to Nashville in 1991 to work as a session musician.[3] He has worked with Lee Ann Womack,[9] Martina McBride, Alan Jackson,[10] Vince Gill,[11] Ray Price, Mel Tillis, and Miranda Lambert,[12] among others.
The Time Jumpers
Franklin performs Monday nights at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville with the Time Jumpers, an 11-piece Western swing band anchored by three fiddles played by Kenny Sears, Joe Spivey, and Franklin.[13][14] Other members include Vince Gill (guitar), Doug Green (guitar), Paul Franklin (steel guitar), Brad Albin (bass), Andy Reiss (guitar), Jeff Taylor (accordion, piano), and Billy Thomas (drums).[15][16]
Sons of the Palomino
Franklin is a member of Sons of the Palomino, led by Jeffrey Steele.[17] The band also includes Paul Franklin, Jerry Roe, Tony Harrell, James Mitchell, and Brad Albin.[18]
Louis Franklin Fiddlefest
In 2005, Franklin started the annual Louis Franklin Championship Fiddlefest with his nephew Jason Andrew.[10]
Awards
While a member of Asleep at the Wheel, Franklin won three Grammy awards for Instrumental Performance of the Year in 1987, 1988 and 1999.[19]
In 1997, the Academy of Country Music awarded him the Fiddle Player of the Year award.[20]
Franklin was inducted into the Texas Fiddlers' Hall Of Fame. In 2017, Franklin was also inducted into the National Fiddlers Hall of Fame in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[21][22]
Discography
Solo albums
- 2001: Now and Then (self-released)
- 2010: The Texas Fiddle Album (self-released)
Cooder Browne
- 1978: Cooder Browne (Lone Star)
Louis & Larry Franklin
- 1981: Keepsake Album (self-released) reissued in 2007[23]
With Asleep at the Wheel
- 1987: 10 (Epic)
- 1992: Greatest Hits Live & Kickin' (Arista)
- 1999: Ride With Bob (DreamWorks)
The Time Jumpers
The Sons of the Palomino
- 2017: Sons of the Palomino (3 Ring Circus)[26]
Also appears on
1985 - 1996
- 1985: The Marksmen with The Cox Family - Quality Mountain Time (Wahoo Creek)
- 1993: Martina McBride - The Way That I Am (RCA)
- 1993: Dude Mowrey - Dude Mowrey (Arista)
- 1994: Alan Jackson - Who I Am (Arista)
- 1994: Gary P. Nunn - Roadtrip (Campfire)
- 1995: 4 Runner - 4 Runner (Polydor)
- 1995: Martina McBride - Wild Angels (RCA)
- 1995: Ronna Reeves - After the Dance (River North Nashville)
- 1995: B. J. Thomas - I Believe (Warner Resound)
- 1996: John Berry - Faces (Capitol Nashville)
- 1996: Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs for This? (Capitol Nashville)
- 1996: Ty England - Two Ways to Fall (RCA)
- 1996: Ty Herndon - Living in a Moment (Epic)
- 1996: Alan Jackson - Everything I Love (Arista)
- 1996: Chris LeDoux - Stampede (Capitol Nashville)
- 1996: Reba McEntire - What If It's You (MCA)
- 1996: Joe Nichols - Joe Nichols (Intersound)
- 1996: Ricochet - Ricochet (Columbia)
- 1996: LeAnn Rimes - Blue (Curb)
- 1996: Kevin Sharp - Measure of a Man (143 / Asylum)
- 1996: Chely Wright - Right in the Middle of It (Polydor)
1997 - 1999
- 1997: Sherrié Austin - Words (Arista Nashville)
- 1997: Mark Chesnutt - Thank God for Believers (Decca)
- 1997: Holly Dunn - Leave One Bridge Standing (River North Nashville)
- 1997: Matt King - Five O'Clock Hero (Atlantic)
- 1997: The Kinleys - Just Between You and Me (Epic)
- 1997: Lonestar - Crazy Nights (BNA)
- 1997: Martina McBride - Evolution (RCA)
- 1997: Jim Messina - Watching the River Run (River North)
- 1997: Lorrie Morgan - Shakin' Things Up (BNA)
- 1997: Ricochet - Blink of an Eye (Columbia)
- 1997: Shania Twain - Come On Over (Mercury)
- 1997: Lee Ann Womack - Lee Ann Womack (Decca)
- 1998: Brooks & Dunn - If You See Her (Arista Nashville)
- 1998: Deana Carter - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Capitol Nashville)
- 1998: Sara Evans - No Place That Far (RCA)
- 1998: Vince Gill - The Key (MCA Nashville)
- 1998: Wade Hayes - When the Wrong One Loves You Right (Columbia)
- 1998: Ty Herndon - Big Hopes (Epic)
- 1998: Faith Hill - Faith (Warner Bros.)
- 1998: Alan Jackson - High Mileage (Arista)
- 1998: Reba McEntire - If You See Him (MCA Nashville)
- 1998: Kevin Sharp - Love Is (Asylum)
- 1998: Brian Wilson - Imagination (Giant)
- 1999: Trace Adkins - More... (Capitol Nashville)
- 1999: Sherrié Austin - Love in the Real World (Arista Nashville)
- 1999: The Bacon Brothers - Getting There (Bluxo)
- 1999: John Berry - Wildest Dreams (Lyric Street)
- 1999: Brooks & Dunn - Tight Rope (Arista Nashville)
- 1999: Tracy Byrd - It's About Time (RCA)
- 1999: Kenny Chesney - Everywhere We Go (BNA)
- 1999: Mark Chesnutt - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Decca)
- 1999: Alan Jackson - Under the Influence (Arista)
- 1999: Lace - Lace (143 / Warner Bros.)
- 1999: Lorrie Morgan - My Heart (BNA)
- 1999: The Warren Brothers - Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World (BMG / Ariola)
2000 - 2003
- 2000: Alabama - When It All Goes South (RCA)
- 2000: Mark Chesnutt - Lost in the Feeling (MCA Nashville)
- 2000: Alan Jackson - When Somebody Loves You (Arista)
- 2000: The Kinleys - II (Epic)
- 2000: Eddy Raven - Living in Black and White (RMG)
- 2000: Ricochet - What You Leave Behind (Columbia)
- 2000: Kenny Rogers - There You Go Again (Dreamcatcher)
- 2000: Phil Vassar - Phil Vassar (Arista Nashville)
- 2000: The Warren Brothers - King of Nothing (BNA)
- 2000: Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance (MCA Nashville)
- 2001: Trace Adkins - Chrome (Capitol Nashville)
- 2001: Sherrié Austin - Followin' a Feelin' (WE)
- 2001: Tracy Byrd - Ten Rounds (RCA Nashville)
- 2001: Lonestar - I'm Already There (BNA)
- 2001: Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw - I Finally Found Someone (RCA)
- 2001: Chely Wright - Never Love You Enough (MCA Nashville)
- 2002: Kate Campbell - Monuments (Evangeline)
- 2002: Kenny Chesney - No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (BNA)
- 2002: Mark Chesnutt - Mark Chesnutt (Columbia Nashville)
- 2002: Hank Williams Jr. - Almeria Club (Curb)
- 2003: Sherrié Austin - Streets of Heaven (Broken Bow)
- 2003: Martina McBride - Room to Breathe (MCA Nashville)
- 2003: Kenny Rogers - Back to the Well (Sanctuary)
- 2003: Randy Travis - Worship & Faith (Curb / Warner Bros.)
2004 - 2006
- 2004: Mark Chesnutt - Savin' the Honky Tonk (Vivaton!)
- 2004: Joe Nichols - Revelation (Universal South)
- 2004: Randy Travis - Passing Through (Curb / Warner Bros.)
- 2004: Phil Vassar - Shaken Not Stirred (Arista Nashville)
- 2004: Gretchen Wilson - Here for the Party (Epic)
- 2004: Chely Wright - Everything EP (Painted Red)
- 2005: Brooks & Dunn - Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista Nashville)
- 2005: George Jones - Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't (Bandit)
- 2005: Craig Morgan - My Kind of Livin' (Broken Bow)
- 2005: Joe Nichols - III (Universal South)
- 2005: Randy Travis - Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise (Curb / Warner Bros.)
- 2005: The Warren Brothers - Barely Famous Hits (BNA)
- 2006: Rodney Atkins - If You're Going Through Hell (Curb)
- 2006: Steve Holy - Brand New Girlfriend (Curb)
- 2006: George Jones and Merle Haggard - Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again (Bandit)
- 2006: Martina McBride - Waking Up Laughing (RCA)
- 2006: Craig Morgan - Little Bit of Life (Broken Bow)
2007 - 2011
- 2007: Lonestar - My Christmas List (Cracker Barrel)
- 2007: Randy Travis - Songs of the Season (Word)
- 2007: Van Zant - My Kind of Country (Sony BMG)
- 2008: Catherine Britt - Little Wildflower (ABC Music)
- 2008: Mark Chesnutt - Rollin' with the Flow (Lofton Creek)
- 2008: Lady Antebellum - Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville)
- 2008: Randy Travis - Around the Bend (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- 2008: Lee Ann Womack - Call Me Crazy (MCA Nashville)
- 2009: Rodney Atkins - It's America (Curb)
- 2009: Lorrie Morgan - A Moment in Time (Stroudavarious / Country Crossing)
- 2010: Kenny Chesney - Hemingway's Whiskey (BNA)
- 2010: Easton Corbin - Easton Corbin (Mercury)
- 2010: Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (Capitol Nashville)
- 2010: Lonestar - Party Heard Around the World (Saguaro Road)
- 2011: Lauren Alaina - Wildflower (Mercury Nashville)
- 2011: Rodney Atkins - Take a Back Road (Curb)
- 2011: LeAnn Rimes - Lady & Gentlemen (Curb)
2012 - present
- 2012: Dierks Bentley - Home (Capitol Nashville)
- 2012: Easton Corbin - All Over the Road (Mercury Nashville)
- 2012: Alan Jackson - Thirty Miles West (EMI Nashville)
- 2012: Waylon Jennings - Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings (Saguaro Road)
- 2012: Jamey Johnson - Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran (Mercury)
- 2012: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - The Lion the Beast the Beat (Hollywood)
- 2012: Hank Williams Jr. - Old School New Rules (Bocephus)
- 2013: Danielle Bradbery - Danielle Bradbery (Republic Nashville)
- 2013: Vince Gill and Paul Franklin - Bakersfield (MCA Nashville)
- 2013: Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell - Old Yellow Moon (Nonesuch)
- 2013: Sylvie Vartan - Sylvie in Nashville (RCA / Sony)
- 2014: Garth Brooks - Man Against Machine (RCA)
- 2014: The Common Linnets - The Common Linnets (Firefly / Universal)
- 2014: Joey + Rory - Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage (Gaither)
- 2014: Billy Joe Shaver - Long in the Tooth (Lightning Rod)
- 2015: Alabama - Southern Drawl (BMG Chrysalis)
- 2015: Clint Black - On Purpose (Blacktop)
- 2015: Easton Corbin - About to Get Real (Mercury Nashville)
- 2015: Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell - The Traveling Kind (Nonesuch)
- 2015: Alan Jackson - Angels and Alcohol (EMI Nashville)
- 2015: Kid Rock - First Kiss (Warner Bros.)
- 2015: Tim McGraw - Damn Country Music (Big Machine)
- 2016: Craig Morgan - A Whole Lot More to Me (Black River Entertainment)
- 2016: Kacey Musgraves - A Very Kacey Christmas (Mercury)
- 2016: Willie Nelson - For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price (Legacy)
- 2017: Tony Jackson - Tony Jackson (DDS Entertainment)
- 2017: Lorrie Morgan and Pam Tillis - Come See Me and Come Lonely (Goldenlane)
- 2017: Gretchen Wilson - Ready to Get Rowdy (Redneck)
References
- ↑ Mayor, Alan (November 18, 2014). The Nashville Family Album: A Country Music Scrapbook. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Jasinski, Laurie E. (February 22, 2012). Handbook of Texas Music. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- 1 2 3 Paul Shelasky (September 1, 2002). "Larry Franklin: Nashville Session Man, Texas Hall-of-Famer". Fiddler Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Gil Nelson (February 20, 2017). "Fiddlin' around: Texoma's got top string talent". Herald Democrat. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Banister, C. Eric (May 12, 2016). Counting Down Southern Rock: The 100 Best Songs. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame: Larry Franklin - inducted in 2002". Texas State Championship Fiddlers Frolics. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Dicaire, David (August 18, 2008). The New Generation of Country Music Stars: Biographies of 50 Artists Born After 1940. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Paul W. Dennis (October 20, 2016). "Album Review: Asleep at the Wheel – 'Keepin' Me Up Nights'". My Kind of Country. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Occasional Hope (December 12, 2011). "Album Review: Lee Ann Womack – 'I Hope You Dance'". My Kind of Country. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- 1 2 Allen Rich (June 4, 2007). "Texas fiddlin' a family tradition for Whitewright's Franklin family". North Texas e-News. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Chuck Dauphin (June 10, 2013). "Vince Gill and Paul Franklin Embrace 'Bakersfield' Sound on New Album". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Mary Jane Farmer (September 10, 2016). "Larry Franklin — Texas native returning home in October". Scene in Town. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Bob Doerschuk (October 5, 2015). "Kenny Sears, Joe Spivey, and Larry Franklin Swing Hard with the Time Jumpers". Strings. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Nate Chinen (October 22, 2015). "The Time Jumpers, Country Swing Standard Bearers, Thrive in Nashville". The New York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Margaret Bickman (December 16, 2016). "Concerts, Whatcom Reads! keep seniors busy all winter". Belllingham Herald. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Barry Courter (October 24, 2012). "Vince Gill Recruits Time Jumpers". Times Free Press. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Chuck Dauphin (July 6, 2017). "A-List Songwriter Jeffrey Steele Is Resurrecting Authentic Country Music With Sons of the Palomino". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Stephen L. Betts (May 5, 2017). "See Jeffrey Steele, Sons of the Palomino's Swaggering 'Countryholic' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Artist: Larry Franklin". Recording Academy. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ AP (May 22, 2003). "Winners of the Academy of Country Music Awards". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Kaylea M. Hutson-Miller (February 2, 2017). "Jumpin' in Tulsa: Top fiddlers in western swing set for NFHOF induction". The Daily Ardmoreite. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Larry Franklin Bio". National Fiddlers Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Dice, Ralph (March 18, 1981). "Louis, Larry Franklin Texas Fiddling Album". The Paris News. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Shannon Turner (September 17, 2012). "The Time Jumpers". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Stephen L. Betts (September 6, 2016). "How Grief Shaped the Time Jumpers' Lively New Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Jessica Nicholson (May 8, 2017). "Jeffrey Steele Plans All-Star Album For Sons Of The Palomino Debut". Music Row. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Time Jumpers website
- Larry Franklin at AllMusic
- Larry Franklin discography at Discogs
- Larry Franklin on IMDb