He was in bands with David Sanborn, Bob Dylan, Michael McDonald and others. He also played with George Harrison, Greg Allman, and even Kiss. He played a lot of that “jazz fusion” style that was popular in the 70’s. Express, Joni Mitchell, and even Miles Davis. Mark was a great harp player by the way and had amazing chops for that era of blues harp playing.Īnyway, during his long career Robben went on to play with Jimmy Witherspoon, Tom Scott and L.A. □ They had a great album back then called Discovering The Blues which I highly recommend. Not sure what brother Mark did in this band. Ford and his brothers Mark (harmonica) and Patrick (drums) created a band and named it the Charles Ford Blues Band in honor of their father.īy the time he was 18 he and the band were good enough to be chosen by Charlie Musslewhite as his back up band. He began playing the saxophone at age 10 and the guitar at age 14. Ford was born in Woodlake, California in 1951 and raised in Ukiah, California. He’s been around a long time and was a bit of child prodigy out there in California in the early 70’s. If you don’t know much about Robben Ford here’s a bit of his background… And his bands are always top-notch and all have great chops. I like his mix of blues and jazz, not to mention his soulful vocals. Robben Ford has always been one of my personal favorite blues guitarists.
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