Robben Ford - A Day In Nashville (2014) [Blues/Fusion]

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Artist: Robben Ford
Album: A Day In Nashville
Bitrate: 245kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Provogue Records
Genre: Blues
Size: 81.61 megs
PlayTime: 0h 44min 08sec total
Rip Date: 2014-01-31
Store Date: 2014-01-31

Track List:
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01. Green Grass, Rainwater           4:06
02. Midnight Comes Too Soon          4:57
03. Ain't Drinkin' Beer No More      5:21
04. Top Down Blues                   5:12
05. Different People                 4:12
06. Cut You Loose                    6:11
07. Poor Kelly Blues                 4:10
08. Thump And Bump                   6:13
09. Just Another Country Road        3:46

Release Notes:
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Robben Ford is one of the premier electric guitarists today, particularly known
for his blues playing, as well as his ability to be comfortable in a variety of
musical contexts. A five-time Grammy nominee, he has played with artists as
diverse as Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Witherspoon, Miles Davis, George Harrison, Phil
Lesh, Bonnie Raitt, Michael McDonald, Bob Dylan, John Mayall, Greg Allman, John
Scofield, Susan Tedeschi, Keb Mo, Larry Carlton, Mavis Staples, Brad Paisley,
and many others.

Born in 1951 in Woodlake, California, and raised in Ukiah, Robben was the third
of four sons in a musical family. His father Charles was a country and western
singer and guitarist before entering the army and marrying Kathryn, who played
piano and had a lovely singing voice. RobbenÆs first chosen instrument was the
saxophone, which he began to play at age ten and continued to play into his
early twenties. He began to teach himself guitar at age thirteen upon hearing
the two guitarists from The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Michael Bloomfield and
Elvin Bishop. In the late 1960Æs, Ford frequented the Fillmore and Winterland
auditoriums in San Francisco to see Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Cream, Led
Zeppelin, Albert King, B.B. King and all of the progenitors of blues.
ôIt was an incredible time for electric guitar,ö Robben recalls. On his interest
in jazz, Robben says,ö I fell in love with the sax-playing of Paul Desmond and
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, and before long found Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp,
Yusef Lateef, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, and of course, Miles
Davis.ö These influences have stayed with Robben, playing a large part in his
particular blend of jazz and blues that define him as a guitarist and allow him
to play in a wide variety of settings.
After high school, Robben and his brothers Patrick (drums) and Mark (harmonica),
formed The Charles Ford Band, named after their father and recorded for the
Arhoolie label. Robben (on sax and guitar) and Patrick went on to tour the U.S.
with Chicago harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite.

RobbenÆs first attempt at forming his own jazz quartet was picked up by
legendary blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon, which brought Robben to L.A. He toured
the U.S. and Europe with Witherspoon and was seen by Tom Scott and members of
The L.A. Express, who were about to begin a promotional tour with Joni Mitchell
for her recording, Court and Spark. Robben was invited to play guitar on the
tour and played on two recordings with Mitchell and The L.A. Express. ôThe two
years I spent with Joni were the most formative of my musical life. Joni was
just brilliant and very accessible, and the members of The L.A. Express became
good friends and teachers. It was great.ö

Beatle George Harrison invited Robben to join him on his Dark Horse tour of the
U.S. and Canada, raising his musical profile even further. Shortly after the two
month stint with Harrison, Robben moved to Colorado to take a much-needed break
from music and to study with Buddhist teacher, Chogyam Trungpa. In 1977, he was
approached by Elektra Records, which produced his first solo recording, The
Inside Story, with a group of musicians who went on to become the Yellowjackets.

Elektra closed their doors in the early 1980Æs, leading to a time of
uncertainty. Robben moved to San Francisco to be close to family and his early
musical history. Soon his career would take another upward swing, recording and
touring with Michael McDonald, securing a recording contract with Warner
Brothers Records, and meeting his soon-to-be wife, actress Anne Kerry.
Subsequently, they would collaborate on 3 albums on their own label, Illyria,
most notably, Weill, recorded live with the West German Radio Big Band at the
Cologne Philharmonic Hall. After moving to New York, Robben was invited to play
with musical icon Miles Davis. ôProducer Tommy LiPuma played Miles my work with
the Yellowjackets, then three days later Miles called me personally to join his
band. Shocking!ö recalls Robben. He lamented having to leave Miles after only
six months because of recording commitments with Warner Brothers, but was told
by Miles that if he ever wanted to come back, ôjust come back.ö

RobbenÆs 1988 release for Warner Brothers,Talk to Your Daughter, brought his
first Grammy nomination (Best Contemporary Blues Recording), and he started
touring the world under his own name. Still based in New York, he backed David
Sanborn on the television show ôNight Music,ö on which Sanborn hosted a variety
of musical acts. Robben toured with him in 1990, then moved back to southern
California shortly thereafter to be closer to his own band.

After leaving Warner Brothers, Robben signed with Stretch/GRP Records, where he
finally found a real home for his creativity, recording three CDs for them with
his band,The Blue Line (Tom Brechtlein on drums and Roscoe Beck on bass). After
a very fruitful eight years, Robben disbanded the group and recorded two more
CDs for the label which had then become Stretch/Blue Thumb: Tiger Walk, an
instrumental recording produced in New York with Keith RichardÆs rhythm section,
and Supernatural, his most accomplished work up to that point as a songwriter.
In 2000, Robben was invited to tour with Phil Lesh and Friends on a co-bill with
Bob Dylan, reuniting him with Billy Paine and Paul Barrere of Little Feat, as
well as drummer John Molo. ôThis experience gave me new respect for Jerry Garcia
as a musician and songwriter. The songs and musical context were pure
pleasure--real guitar music!ö
When his contract expired at Stretch/Blue Thumb, Robben signed with Concord
Records, the largest independently-owned record company at the time. In 2002, he
released Blue Moon, and in 2003, Keep On Running, a recording full of the 60Æs
blues/R&B feeling he grew up on. His third release for Concord was titled Truth.
ôI feel this is the best work I have done in terms of a solo recording. It is my
most realized work as a songwriter, and I feel like I am reaching higher ground
as a guitarist. Truth represents the blues as they are today; some of the songs
are sociopolitical in essence, but not without humor, and the musical setting is
fresh.ö

During that same period, a super group-Jing Chi-came into being, founded by
bassist Jimmy Haslip, with drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and Robben. They released
three records, the first, self-titled (2001), followed by Jing Live ( 2003), and
Jing Chi 3-D (2004).
In 2007, Robben toured with the legendary guitarist, Larry Carlton, resulting in
Live in Tokyo, and an ôunpluggedö DVD, The Paris Concert 2008.

RobbenÆs fourth release for Concord, Soul on Ten, is a live recording performed
in San Francisco (2009). ôPeople had been requesting a live recording for years
and I had the right band, music and venue to pull it off.ö The record also
includes two studio tracks which feature Larry Goldings on B3 organ and John
Button on bass.

In 2010, Robben and a group of musical friends who have played in different
combinations and contexts over the years decided to focus on a project which
became the formation of Renegade Creation, with Jimmy Haslip, Gary Novak and
Michael Landau. Two records, Renegade Creation and Bullet, came out of the
effort and the group toured widely to much fan appreciation. 2012 found Robben
playing internationally with the Miles Davis tribute band, Miles Smiles,
featuring past MilesÆ alums, Omar Hakim, Darryl Jones, Wallace Roney and Joey
DeFrancesca, as well as touring with Bill Evans and Randy BreckerÆs group,
Soulbop.

Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group released Bringing It Back Home in February,
2013, to critical acclaim both in the U.S., Europe and Japan. This album
revisits and reshapes Ford's musical roots, with studio accompaniment from
Harvey Mason, Larry Goldings, David Piltch and Stephen Baxter.
In March, 2014, Provogue will issue A Day In Nashville, a tour de force of live
studio recording, accomplished literally, in just one day in Nashville.

An important and essential component of Robben's career is his commitment to
teaching and passing on what he's learned over the past 40 years to current and
future musicians. His instructional videos and clinics over this time have
culminated in a collaboration with TrueFire and the birth of the Robben Ford
Guitar Dojo. The wealth of his expertise and creativity is generously presented
in these state-of-the-art productions, and will be, for years to come.


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