Robben Ford
USA
Born: 16 December 1951
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Electric Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Texas Blues, Fusion, Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Contemporary Blues, Acoustic Blues, Blues-Rock, Electric Texas Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Rock & Roll/Roots, Jazz Blues, Jump Blues/Piano Blues, Piano Blues, Soul-Blues, Urban Blues
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Robben Ford has had a diverse career. 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 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 ...
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