Blues

Mark Ford & The Robben Ford Band (1990)

2013-05-31T16:14:04Z

Mark Ford & The Robben Ford Band (1990)


1	Mellow Down Easy			
2	Ain't Got Dough			
3	Heart-Breakin' Blues			
4	My Baby Didn't Come 
5	Up and Out 
6	On The Road Again 
7	Up from the Streets 
8	Fool For Love 
9	Live the Life I Love
10	Hot Cha Cha
11	Is It Makebelieve?

Personnel:
Mark Ford (vocals, harp); 
Robben Ford (guitar); 
Mark Ford (harmonica); 
Robben Ford; Roscoe Beck (bass guitar, 6-string bass); 
C. Roscoe Beck (6-string bass); 
Tom Brechtlein (drums).

No other harp player sounds like Mark Ford, period. Comparisons: faster than Popper, as inventive with harp as Jeff Beck is with guitar, as capable of melody and time signature magic as Dave Brubeck and as capable of smashing your eardrums as Ted Nugent. Yeah, you guessed it. I like this guy--and this is some of his best, most inventive material.

I use this collection of tunes to break my friends of all their preconceptions about what a 10 hole harp is and what it's capable of sounding like. If you love blues harp, or if you love jazz, or if you love balls to the wall flash rock'n'roll this album has some material you just ought not to miss hearing.

Be brave, buy this CD and then you can impress your friends with your discovery. My favorite tunes? The stunning remakes of Little Walter's *Mellow Down Easy*, and Canned Heats *On the Road Again*, Ain't Got Dough and...oh heck...it's hard to pick faves on this one. There isn't a bad tune on the thing. ---amazon.com

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Ford Blues Band - A Tribute To Paul Butterfield (2001)

2013-05-28T16:15:20Z

Ford Blues Band - A Tribute To Paul Butterfield (2001)


1. Screamin’
2. One More Heartache
3. Last Hopes Gone
4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
5. No Amount Of Loving
6. Mary Mary
7. Work Song
8. In My Own Dream
9. Buddy’s Advice
10. All These Blues
11. Tollin’ Bells
12. Everthing’s Gonna Be Alright

Personnel:
Robben Ford (vocals, guitar); 
Volker Strifler (vocals, guitar); 
Mark Ford, Andy Just (vocals, harmonica); 
Dewayne Pate (bass); 
Patrick Ford (drums, background vocals). 
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John Lee Sanders (flute, saxophone, background vocals); 
Mic Gillette (trumpet, trombone); 
Gabriel Ford, John R. Burr (keyboards); 
Garth Webber (background vocals).

When Patrick Ford decided that he wanted to do a tribute album to Paul Butterfield, he called his family, Robben, Mark and Gabriel together with harpist Andy Just, Bassist Dewayne Pate and various other musicians and began sifting through Butterfields first six releases to find songs to cover. The 12 songs selected, some better known than others, are said to best demonstrate both the style and diversity of Butterfield and his band. I suppose to Butterfield fans that may well be a subject for debate. Some may ask, for example, where is "Born in Chicago" or "Two Trains Running".

Notwithstanding the eventual selection of songs, the Fords pull off what they set out to achieve. An original sounding CD that recalls Butterfield in his heyday and the Ford bands performance is nothing short of excellent. Listen to the harp playing in "Screamin" and "Everything's Gonna Be Alright", and the harp, guitar and piano solo's on "Work Song". They're enough to send chills down your spine and "Mary Mary" is dead on. If there is a short coming, it is, oddly enough, in one of the most covered blues numbers, "Good Morning Little School Girl". Perhaps it's been covered so many times that it has lost all sense of originality. Otherwise, it's a solid effort from a family that knows how to play the blues. ---deepbluereview, amazon.com

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Mark Ford & The Blue Line Featuring Robben Ford (2002)

2013-05-27T16:12:50Z

Mark Ford & The Blue Line Featuring Robben Ford (2002)


1	Gimme Some			
2	Try'n to Get Away			
3	Get a Woman That Loves Me			
4	Illusory World			
5	Heart of Stone			
6	Words of the Preacher			
7	Breakin' in the Fast Lane			
8	Don't You Love Me?			
9	Feelin' Disconnected			
10	Projecting My Love			
11	Wanna Be The Man

Personnel: 
Mark Ford (vocals, harp); 
Garth Webber, Robben Ford (guitar);
Tony "Macaroni" Lufrano (keyboards); 
Tom Brechtlein (drums).

The youngest of the three Ford brothers, Mark Ford had a span of 15 years between his first album and this one. It features him on harp and vocals with brother Robben on guitar, and Robben's Blue Line members Roscoe Beck on bass and Tom Brechtlein on drums. It was produced by eldest brother Patrick, owner of Blue Rock'It Records. Mark's voice is very similar to Robben's -- perhaps a little deeper, but less soulful. When it comes to his harp playing, he seems to gravitate toward the high notes. The CD consists mostly of high-energy modern blues, with plenty of Robben's trademark guitar for his fans to soak up (particularly on "Get a Woman That Loves Me"). All of the tracks were written by Mark. "Gimme Some" is just plain funky, while "Feelin' Disconnected" has a Latin beat, a jazzy guitar, and a catchy harp lick. "Get a Woman That Loves Me" is the "deepest" blues cut here, a 12-bar tune with a Delta flavor. "Illusory World" has a killer bass solo from Beck, one of the best in the business and a hero to many bass players. There's also "Breakin' in the Fast Lane," a steady-rockin', '50s-style song. The only true weak spot here is "Words of the Preacher," a steadily thumping, repetitive screecher which tends to annoy in a manner similar to nails on a chalkboard. Patrick Ford describes this as music that is "performed from the heart without worrying about how blues music 'should' or 'shouldn't' be played." In other words, blues purists should avoid this one, but it should satisfy just about everyone else. ~ Ann Wickstrom Mark Ford is truely one of the most unique blues artists performing today. Though Paul Butterfield was his inspiration he has always been an original in both his harp playing and his song writing. Along with his brothers Robben and Patrick Ford, Mark has continued the family tradition of doing whatever feels right and not worrying about what others might say about the right or wrong way to play the blues.

On these recordings he is once again backed up by his brother Robben, and his band the Blue Line, and he is produced by his brother Patrick. The songs go from moody to all out fun and the words go from silly to quite serious at times. This release features harp playing like few can do it and the energy of Mark and the band is enough to excite and satisfy anyone. ---cduniverse.com

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