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Ford, who Musician magazine called one of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century,” developed his reputation in the jazz and pop world of the 1970s and ’80s as a solo artist, a member of the ground-breaking fusion group L.A. Express and a sideman with Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis and others. But he emerged from northern California in the ’60s as part of the Charles Ford Blues Band. In that group — formed with his brothers and named after their father — he supported blues legends Jimmy Witherspoon and Charlie Musselwhite, getting a hands-on education in the style.
Guitar giant Robben Ford’s new album "Bringing It Back Home" is a stunning study in soul, style and virtuosity that cuts to the heart with its exceptional, emotion-laden musicianship. The disc also brings the five-time Grammy nominated stage and studio legend back to his earliest roots as a performer, playing blues.
Bringing It Back Home revisits and reshapes the roots of Ford’s first musical love. The guitar kingpin selected 10 tunes from the blues canon, ranging from early Delta pioneer Charley Patton’s “Bird’s Nest Bound” to Bob Dylan’s “You Go Your Way and I Go Mine,” and, along with a hand-picked team of A-list players, crafted dynamic, new and highly original arrangements for each song in the studio.Through it all Ford has kept his passion for the old-school blues he first embraced alive. “That’s why finding songs for Bringing It Back Home was so much fun,” he says. “Usually when I get ready to make an album there’s a painstaking period of writing, when I really push myself to create the best music I possibly can. It’s really hard work. This time, instead of composing I spent a lot of time listening to compilations of rare and obscure material. And when it was time to cut tracks I got to just relax and play the blues.”
Ford’s search yielded nuggets by both the revered (New Orleans composer Allen Toussaint’s “Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky”) and the obscure (“lost” R&B singer Willie West’s “Fair Child”). To give every track a common, unifying sound and to streamline the recording process, he used only one guitar: a 1963 Epiphone Riviera which he kept exclusively on the “rhythm” pickup throughout the sessions.
"The idea was to not re-invent the wheel," says Ford. “Everyone knows the blues. My concept was to put great players together with songs that have deep roots and rich emotional terrain, and to just let something beautiful happen. As it turns out, that’s exactly what occurred.”

Track Listing:
01. Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (4:55)
02. Birds Nest Bound (5:52)
03. Fair Child (4:25)
04. Oh, Virginia (4:19)
05. Slick Capers Blues (3:50)
06. On That Morning (7:15)
07. Traveler's Waltz (3:34)
08. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (4:58)
09. Trick Bag (4:06)
10. Fool's Paradise (5:39)

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 1xCD
Genre: Blues, R&B, Funk
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
Year of Release: 2013
Speelduur: 49 minuten
Cover: Front is in de RARs verwerkt