Robben Ford
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland, OR.
July 2, 2009

Recorded from KBOO FM a local all volunteer radio station from FM tuner straight to HD. I ran this through CD Wave for splitting tracks and then to EAC with SBE's fixed, to TLH for FLAC files, and uploaded to you.

This is just a sneek preview of the Festival that is happening now. You'll have to wait for the rest unless someone else is recording...

Cheers, twofthrs

Robben Ford

Robben Ford is one of the premiere electric guitarists today, particularly known for his blues playing as well as his ability to be comfortable in a variety of musical contexts. A four-time Grammy nominee, Ford has played with artists as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Witherspoon, Miles Davis, George Harrison, Phil Lesh, Bonnie Raitt, Claus Ogerman, Michael McDonald, Charlie Musselwhite, and many others.

Born in 1951 in Ukaih, California, Robben was the third of four sons in a musical family. His first instrument was saxophone, but picked up the guitar at 13 after he heard Paul Butterfield Band guitarist Mike Bloomfield, and began to delve into the blues. 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 Charles 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 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.
- from All Music Guide

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7. earthquake
8. there'll never be another you
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