Robben Ford

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Robben Ford has had a diverse career. He taught himself guitar when he was 13 and considered his first influence to be Mike Bloomfield. At 18 he moved to San Francisco to form the Charles Ford Band (named after his father, who was also a guitarist) and was soon hired to play with Charlie Musselwhite for nine months. In 1971, the Charles Ford Blues Band was re-formed and recorded for Arhoolie in early 1972. Ford played with Jimmy Witherspoon (1972-1973), the L.A. Express with Tom Scott (1974), George Harrison, and Joni Mitchell. In 1977 he was a founding member of the Yellowjackets, which he stayed with until 1983, simultaneously having a solo career and working as a session guitarist. In 1986, Ford toured with Miles Davis and had two separate periods (1985 and 1987) with Sadao Watanabe, but he really seemed to find himself in 1992 when he returned to his roots: the blues. Ford formed a new group, the Blue Line, and subsequently recorded a couple of blues-rock dates for Stretch that are among the finest of his career. In 1999, he released Sunrise on Rhino and Supernatural on Blue Thumb. Ford signed to the Concord Jazz label in 2002 and released Blue Moon that same year, followed by Keep on Running in 2003 and Truth in 2007. That same year, he was a billed special guest on Larry Carlton's Live in Tokyo. He followed this with the predominantly live Soul on Ten in 2009. In 2013, Ford began his label association with Provogue, and issued the studio album Bringing It Back Home, comprised mostly of blues and R&B covers played by an all-star band. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi

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  • Jul 3 Wednesday
    Zürich, Switzerland Kaufleuten
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  • Jul 7 Sunday
    Pistoia, Italy Piazza Duomo
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  • Jul 9 Tuesday
    Vienna, Austria Wiener Rathaus
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  • Nov 20 Wednesday
    Odense, Denmark Posten
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  • Jan 24 Friday
    Fontaine, France La Source
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  • Jan 31 Friday
    Cenon, France Le Rocher De Palmer
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  • Feb 4 Tuesday
    Paris, France La Cigale
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Discography

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  • Bringing It Back Home (2013)
    Robben Ford
    Bringing It Back Home (2013)
    Provogue
  • Soul on Ten (2009)
    Robben Ford
    Soul on Ten (2009)
    Concord
  • Truth (2007)
    Robben Ford
    Truth (2007)
    Concord
  • City Life (2006)
    Robben Ford
    City Life (2006)
    Westwind
  • Keep on Running (2003)
    Robben Ford
    Keep on Running (2003)
    Concord Special Products
  • Blue Moon (2002)
    Robben Ford
    Blue Moon (2002)
    Concord Jazz
  • A Tribute to Paul Butterfield (2001)
    Robben Ford
    A Tribute to Paul Butterfield (2001)
    Blue Rock'It
  • Supernatural (1999)
    Robben Ford
    Supernatural (1999)
    Blue Thumb Records
  • The Authorized Bootleg (1998)
    Robben Ford
    The Authorized Bootleg (1998)
    Blue Thumb Records
  • Tiger Walk (1997)
    Robben Ford
    Tiger Walk (1997)
    Blue Thumb Records
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