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Paul Franklin Booking Agency Profile

Country musician Paul Franklin began his career as a touring member of Barbara Mandrell’s band. Since then, he’s performed with country and rock greats like Vince Gill, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed and Dire Straits. He’s established himself as a respected session musician in Nashville, performing on over 500 albums for the likes of Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits, Barbara Mandrell, Rodney Crowell, Notting Hillbillies, Sting, Peter Frampton, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Barbra Streisand, Reba McEntire, Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea, and Megadeth. Along with Vince Gill, Franklin recorded the album Bakersfield, which rose to No. 25 on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Franklin has been honored as Best Steel Guitarist numerous times at the Academy of Country Music Awards. On top of his skills with the pedal steel guitar and lap steel guitar, he plays the Dobro, fiddle, and drums, as well as three custom-built instruments called the Pedabro, The Box, and the baritone steel guitar. These instruments are a few of Franklin’s many innovations in country music..

How to hire Paul Franklin for an event

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Frequently Asked Questions about booking Paul Franklin to perform.

Many performers, actors, speakers and other talent like Paul Franklin in certain cases will consider virtual appearances via live streaming. They perhaps may accept lower fees too. If you are seriously interested in booking Paul Franklin or other talent shown on our site, we will research their desire and the specific fee for your live-streaming event or project request.
Paul Franklin's current work schedule and location in relation to your event's type, date, budget, and locality will play a primary factor in the acceptance of booking Paul Franklin for your party. As long as your funding is commensurate with the price range to book Paul Franklin, CTI will propose your event to the official agency representing Paul Franklin. After we consult with them, we will provide a personal and accurate quote that includes: final costs, availability, and actual interest in being hired for your specific event or party.
CTI can give you the accurate Paul Franklin booking price once we submit your event details to their camp. "How much does it cost to book Paul Franklin for an event?" is a frequent question we get. The final Paul Franklin booking price is contingent on many variables and the booking fee we may show is based on a range derived from our past experience with what will Paul Franklin charge for an event. An example fee to book Paul Franklin is in the starting range of $15,000-$24,999. However, any recent popularity change would cause a price fluctuation well beyond this example. Also, their speaking fee might be different than the fee shown for the cost to perform or to just appear. Popularity, career stage, along with current demand will cause fluctuations in their speaking price as well. The final booking price may be more than what is shown, but you should at least have a budget within that range for them to consider an appearance, performance or speaking engagement.
CTI negotiates on behalf of professional event planners and talent buyers for paid appearances! We cannot give out direct contact information of the Paul Franklin agent or help distribute fan mail, personal messages, gifts, requests for free appearances, or donations of time. The Paul Franklin manager and agent will only work with us if we present them with funded offers for their client to work your event.
There is low probability to book Paul Franklin for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range. We will negotiate with the Paul Franklin agent on your behalf if your funding is in place. By not having funding ready then it will more difficult to book Paul Franklin, because they get many offers to work events that are at or above asking price. It is also important to consider the travel costs when researching the Paul Franklin booking fee, as additional expenses like this, as well as an entourage of staff and equipment, are not necessarily built-in to the booking fee range shown. If your budget does not factor that in, then there is no benefit for them to want to be hired. We do not personally speak for Paul Franklin, but in our experience in booking talent for over 25 years, this is generally the outcome of inadequate funding.
Type
Performer
Style
Country
Range
Country, Male, Age Group-30's-50's, Age Group-60's+, American
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