Tony Franklin • Blue Murder 1989 • Ferocious Live Jam - Ptolemy

In its prime, Blue Murder was ferocious. Exhibit One - the ending jam of Ptolemy!
Tokyo - August 20th, 1989.
John Sykes - guitar & lead vocals
Carmine Appice - drums & background vocals
Tony Franklin - bass & background vocals
Nik Green - keyboards & background vocals

[@The-Real-Blissful-Ignorance]

Someone call the fire department; those guys are on 🔥fire 🔥!!!

[@FretlessMonster]

😂😂👏🏻👏🏻

[@natron1908]

When Blue Murder released their album it made an impact, I listened to it a lot. Never saw them live, this is great. Thanks for releasing it.

[@FretlessMonster]

Thanks so much. I love that band. 😊

[@anthonylove821]

Tony, you and John have got to bring back Blue Murder. You guys were the bomb in the 1980s. Still listen to the first CDs to this day

[@FretlessMonster]

It would be nice. But realistically it’s unlikely to happen. Sorry.

[@JohnAdams-we9gs]

Oh, that's smoking hott. I would have loved to been at that show!

[@FretlessMonster]

Thanks!! We were on fire for sure. And the jams were different each night!! 🔥🤩

[@RC32Smiths01]

Blast to the past! So much talent here all at once. You guys rock

[@FretlessMonster]

Thanks so much. A magic moment.

[@RC32Smiths01]

Truly!@@FretlessMonster

[@GrimRockandRoll]

This would have been something to experience live! I completely dig it! Ferocious is the right word for this one!

[@FretlessMonster]

Thanks. Yes we were a force to be reckoned with 🤪👏🏻🤩

[@kimo63kimo1]

Well well well! The bare-footed glide monster rides again! Great stuff as always and I wish you a great weekend! Prost from germany! ;)

[@FretlessMonster]

Haha. Thanks. Yes indeed. Prost! 😊

[@eternalservant]

My first Blue Murder concert experience. 😊

[@FretlessMonster]

Wow! Fantastic 👏🏻

[@TinusTegenlicht]

Wow, what a power from these 3 guys, great performance! You always surprised me that the 3 of you gave bands with 5 or 6 members a run for their money.

[@FretlessMonster]

Thanks so much. We all had big sounds individually. Together was 🔥🔥

[@nov20five]

Amazing! Love the pause and attitude at 3 minutes in before the next aural assault!

[@FretlessMonster]

Thanks! Yeah we had fun with that!

[@scottwhite2757]

Primo Tony !!!✌️🤘🏻😎

[@NotadeRedaccion]

Fabulous

[@Hipoporita]

What a song, an insane mind blowing ass kicking JAM🎸💥⚡❤‍🔥💙 You guys were on the different realm, born to play together, period!!!

[@FretlessMonster]

Thank you. We definitely had a unique and powerful chemistry. 🔥 It doesn’t happen too often. 😊

[@Hipoporita]

Yes, indeed! Event so rare it's like some kind of once in a millennium cosmic phenomenon🌠@@FretlessMonster

[@FretlessMonster]

I totally agree with you. I’ve seen and been in enough bands to know how elusive it can be. 🔥👏🏻

[@АлександрСтафиевских-с5д]

Tony Franklin отличное исполнение. благодарю за трансляциию выступления.

[@LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

3 Phenomenal players having Big Fun as the audience is on the receiving end of a sonic attack and Loving it ! Thank You for sharing

[@FretlessMonster]

Thanks for that! We were so in tune with each. I love seeing it myself. 😊👏🏻

[@marcoballa]

how many memories!!!!! great live!

[@chrislestermusic]

You know how much I loved your rig in this era. Phenomenal tone. Obviously you still have equally great tone now. I just remember seeing you guys in Boston on this tour and being blown away.

[@FretlessMonster]

Thanks Chris. Yeah the Peavey Max with those 1x18 / 2x10 cabinets was a powerful combo. The JayDee sounded huge through it!! 👊🏻🔥

[@erinelam3003]

Uh.....wow John is going off..😮😮😮🔥🔥🔥

[@FretlessMonster]

Yep 🔥

[@toddstropicals]

Seen you guys do this live with my old drummer and you guys music changed us as players for the better. We got really tight, and Steve said get a fretless bass... I did! And I never get bored. Thanks Tony, you always bring me fond memories and RIP Steve, he passed in 2010 sadly.

[@FretlessMonster]

Thanks for that. Very cool memories. Sorry about your friend.

[@toddstropicals]

​@@FretlessMonsterI like to think that we don't really die but live on through all the hearts we touch in life.

[@FretlessMonster]

Beautiful. I love that. Then there’s the other spiritual / metaphysical aspect - the energy, the light, the soul within, that can never “die”. Just the outer shell slips away. But our true essence, the love and light that shines within, is still there! 🤩🤩❤️❤️

[@GrantCummins-w2s]

wow cool Tony

[@FretlessMonster]

Great! Thanks so much 😊👍🏻

[@T.R.M]

Absolute Gold 🎶Thanks For Sharing✊

[@FretlessMonster]

🤩👍🏻

[@Albytor2112]

Thank you so much for sharing this. That first Blue Murder album made an impact in myself as a teenager back then.

[@FretlessMonster]

Fantastic. Thanks so much. Great days.

[@MinoHandle]

I was there, 16 years old.

[@FretlessMonster]

Fantastic! Great times

[@malinadamjanovic6596]

Wow Tony! This is so awesome!! Thanks for posting. 🙂

[@FretlessMonster]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching!

[@cerebra2122]

Really sad....... this band was Inmense, and we haven´t any Dvd from that era....... 🙄

[@FretlessMonster]

It’s a shame indeed

[@LongDrivesAtNight5150]

Sonic bliss.

[@FretlessMonster]

👏🏻🤩🔥

[@Rando515]

Very nice. at 3:42 John has his back to us, but I think he is doing whammy bar dive ups...... But not with a whammy bar due to the Les Paul..... I think he is using his pick to slide up the neck to effect a whammy bar pulling up. Clever.

[@FretlessMonster]

No whammy bar. He’s bending the strings from behind the nut. It takes some finger strength to do that! 🤪👏🏻

[@jaya1305]

If I remember correctly, you guys were scheduled to play a live show in San Francisco shortly after the big quake in 1989. I had tickets but never used them, things were still pretty hectic. Did that show actually happen?

[@FretlessMonster]

I remember that. No I don’t think it did.

[@bassmanc]

Sigh....John just doesn't want to do a reunion huh?

[@EgoShredder]

There might be other personal reasons, things going on in his life preventing it. Who knows.

[@FretlessMonster]

A lot more to it than that. I don’t want to get into it. So that’s all I’ll say 🙉😂