| Larry Franklin grew up on a farm in
Whitewright, Texas and began playing the fiddle when he was seven
years old under the guidance of his father, Louis Franklin. Louis
and his Uncle, Major Franklin, are legends in the world of Texas
Style Fiddling and they were the ones Larry first learned to
emulate. Larry eventually won most every fiddler’s contest in the
state of Texas including the World Championship when he was l6 years
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| He began honing his chops with dance bands in
high school and after a 3 year stint in the Army went on to co-found
"The Cooder Browne Band". They were signed by Willie Nelson to his
label "Lone Star Records" and toured with Willie and released one
album. After that Larry led "The Larry Franklin Band" across the
country entertaining everyone with his brand of fiddle music. He
went on to perform with "Asleep At The Wheel" for seven years,
receiving two Grammies for Instrumental of the Year. The first in
1987 for String of Pars, a song he co-wrote, and again in 1988 for
Sugarfoot Rag. They won again in 1999 with Bob's Breakdowns on the
Ride With Bob tribute album to Bob Wills featuring Larry, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner
and Tommy Alsup, bringing his Grammy total to three! His style has grown from the diverse influences of Texas
contest fiddling to embrace Country, Blues, Rock & Roll, Jazz and
Western Swing. |
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| He moved to Nashville in 1991 and began his
career as a session musician and has performed on hundreds of hit
records as you’ll see in his
Discography. He currently resides in
Brentwood,TN with his wife Donna and their 2 dogs, Sally Goodin’ and
Ginger. He continues to play on recording sessions and performs each
Monday night at the legendary
Station Inn in Nashville with the TimeJumper’s. The
TimeJumper’s are an 11-piece Western Swing/Country Group comprised
of a group of very elite musicians and singers and features the 3
fiddles played by Kenny Sears, Joe Spivey and Larry. |
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| He plans to continue recording and releasing his
own albums and is also passionate about the annual FiddleFest in
Texas that he started in 2005 with his nephew, Jason Andrew, in
honor of his father and called
The Louis
Franklin Championship Fiddlefest. He has a
home studio
that doubles as a place to work on his own songs as well as projects
for other Artist’s and Songwriter’s. lf you would like Larry to play
on your song or project, please
contact him through this website. |
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