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Robben Ford (born December 16, 1951) is a blues, jazz and rock guitarist with a diverse career.

He was born in Woodlake, California and raised in Ukiah. 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 Blues Band (named after his father, who was also a guitarist) featuring his brothers Mark (mouth harp) and Patrick (drums).

Robben was soon hired to play with Charles Musselwhite for nine months. Robben 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 he had two separate periods (1985 and 1987) with Sadao Watanabe, but he seemed to really 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.

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Megantron wrote:
November 2009

Tasty stuff

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RealIronAlex wrote:
November 2009

О да эт оч крутой мужик с офиенной гитарой)

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g4b36 wrote:
September 2009

Great Gyuitar Player

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FruitfulTree wrote:
April 2009

My mix of jazzy blues...

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Bernsoft wrote:
March 2009

Wow, very good guitarist and musician indeed ...

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MarkGM wrote:
February 2009

He is a great guitarist, but more than that - he's a very intelligent musician, he always knows what to do next.

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garthwebber wrote:
February 2009

My favorite guitar player.

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Ashluke wrote:
October 2008

Robben Ford and his Band are simply amazing live!!!

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aasmirnoff wrote:
September 2008

обожаю Роббена...

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hnm3000 wrote:
September 2008

lovvely lovvely

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Casiem wrote:
September 2008

Gute handmade Musik

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cmw72 wrote:
July 2008

Got to see him live at a free concert in my podunk little town. Awesome stuff.

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WilliamNl wrote:
April 2008

Why? Watch: Promo Vid: ‘’ Why Joining Sonny Landreth Group!” See you there as member soon!? ~Will : - )

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evilpandawrath wrote:
January 2008

Damn glad I randomly decided to buy Truth a couple of months back.

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Fischante wrote:
December 2007

beautiful stuff.

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cold613 wrote:
November 2007

good...

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LevyNagy wrote:
June 2007

ROBBEN FORD's uniqueness is the perfect combination of entertaining & chilling, so you can feel what really matters (no more anger, paranoia, selfishness & stuff like that people used to have in their every day life).

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Xylemicarious wrote:
June 2007

Been listening to him since before I can remember.

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