I love the blues and their GREAT ~~ Sweet sound also :) what I don't understand is why can't people have their own touch ~ always people say well they're not as good as so and so ,, hey you people don't know Music if it all has to sound alike ..
Without a doubt, Robben's finest sounding guitar. Listen to that mother sing! Why the hell don't Fender still make this beauty? I want one! As for Robben and Clapton, different ball parks people. I think Eric would agree that Robben comes from another place musically. I respect both but, these days, lean more towards Robben's intricate style. Please bring back that guitar, Robben. None of your recent mega expensive stuff sounds half as good.
@funkifyyourlife he defintly would be, i just admire the way robben plays compared to eric clapton who is just repeadtly uses pentatonic scales which cna get repetative and boring
@dcskater1001 I agree that Robben utilizes a vast vocabulary, but Clapton is steeped in the blues and has made more than a lifetime's worth of great music with fairly limited tools. Similar to Jimi, Wes, Django, and Charlie Christian. Eric doesn't just use pentatonics, but he starts there and uses his ears to supplement. Wynton Marsalis, who in the past has generally considered a jazz snob, played a recent show with Clapton. Robben's amazing, but I'd tread lightly around criticism of Eric.
awesome, i love it... but one thing.... wtf is he wearing... :/ just saying i love this im a guitarist and i appreciate the skill this man displays here... but yeah...
the blue notes came to Hong Kong once a friend gave me his tickets went along not knowing what to expect, they played instead of a canceled leo sayer concert my mate wanted to see Leo Sayer the AC hall had about 50 people in it was empty. Man oh man was he and the band fantastic and one of the best concerts ive been to. One of my favourite guitarist know
@Hoopermazing What? You like Eric's version better? Ok, Robben's voice ain't George's or even Huey's, but its still better than Erics voice, let's not even go into ax slingin, 'cause Eric don't even come close.
@iroulis Which version of Eric's? He's got a number of 'em... I love this version, but why in HELL would you want to live in a world with just this version, of NONE of Eric's? A poorer world, if you ask me. I want 'em all, for different moods, different times, etc. If you don't get that, screw it.
@JohnnieCameronMusic the chord you're asking for is Ab7#9. He's not playing a root. His A13 double stops the 1st & 2nd strings @ 7th fret (the 9th & 6th of A13) with a 3rd & b7th played on his G & D strings below at frets 6 & 5. His Ab7#9 holds the double stop & moves the other 2 down a 1/2 step. Best wishes to you.
@flowerdrop1 Its hard for people used to listening to the same old garbage formula to appreciate true creation and musicianship. Just because it sounds different and takes a trained ear doesn't mean its boring. It means your tastes are probably shit.
@randolph229 - Most of Robben Ford's tone comes from his fingers, however, owning an original Dumble amp doesn't hurt. That guitar he's playing (if I'm not mistaken) is the Fender Ultra Esprit, which ultimately-became the Robben Ford signature-model - Really-nice guitar actually.
this is a great cover - i also like the one i added here from cory wilds in seattle - sort of a led zep 'dazed & confused' flavor -- and listen to his lead about 2 mins in - it rocks -
@cagno1 No Robben is accompanied. Robben is the master who's name we type in the search box, not " robben ford drummer" idiot. I have listened to this track many times. It would be great to watch how he tackled it not move the camera away to see the support.
God I love this...wonderful tone from Robben...sweet and LEAN! for me he's one of the better sounding guitarists...knows how to be subtle; has a good balance of "muscle" and "charm" in his playing...
Wonder what we are into...I love music and arts like you. We are probably more alike than we would like to admit. I knowing you , Thought you might enjoy this, he is great and if you would be willing and wife, meet me out some time and have fun, maybe BB Kings in Nashville. Lets do something fun together. I am a pro Bruce person as is Sarah. You need a chiil moment with the wife, and I am offering. I will get a date..lol, just a fun time. Think about it, we are a family group,
Heard him first time 1975. But everyone talks only about his playin' ! He is also a great singer and knows how to sing and play at the same time! That makes him almost outstanding. No matter if you don't like his style. Has his own style of playin'. Have heard him twicein Stockholm. Breathless both times!
I have a friend that would say RF needs to raise his level of negrocity. I would concur. He's all about smooth and well executed. Definitely rock blues for whitey. NO real deal here. Great player with interesting chord substitutions. Bottom line, RF is really/righteously too F'n famous for any of us to be runnin' any of his Sh!T down. But he's clearly no straight up blues idiom style player. IMHO... He's still a smokin' guitarist.
@jukeking1 I have a friend that says you are an ignorant racist, that has listens to music with him scotum!
So I guess Robert Johnson isn't blues cause he didn't have enough drums right? Please enlighten us, what it the magic # of drums that turns music into blues??
Your comments are so ill-informed, stop listening to blues, you don't understand it.. and stop commenting on music, it reveals your narrow minded prejudices.
There was nothing racist about the comment. Some would say RF needs to raise his level of negrocity. No amount of negrocity will ever make you a bluesman, unless it comes from the soul. If negrocity is a facade to hide behind and curry favours from dogmatic blues musicians, the blues would stop having any meaning for me. White blues has always been something of an idiosyncrasy for the puritans. But how can you justify asking SRV to play like muddy waters?
If the term blues were a catechism, the fabled blues would now be dead, privy to the peremptory whims of the conformists, who if anything, are responsible ultimately for the decay and senescence of music. Rigid boundaries only push out diverse music, innovative music into the backdrop. What is the sacrosanct becomes a legend and that becomes a myth. IF you wish to deify the blues and worship it you are hastening its decline and preventing its melioration.
@JWBails SRV intro'd plenty of songs in the same way. It's just a phrase, get over it!
@adityaput You should spend less time in a dictionary contriving pseudo intellectual rants! They are obviously beyond your ability to reason cause you fail to recognize your own contradictions. You ARE hug up on color!
You guys should TRY to develop your ears to find out why Robben Ford remains one of the most respected artists in the world, blues, jazz or otherwise!
I agree I was showing off, obviously, but I still abide by what I said. Just because what I wrote was a wilderness of lyrical platitudes doesn't make it less true. Every artist has his/her "true" style and that the essence of his/her music.
I myself am very fond of Robben Ford and even more fond of Danny Gatton (if you haven't heard him, I suggest you check him out, he's brilliant), but I would never ask Robben ford to try and play what Danny did.
Where do I contradict myself, I made myself fairly clear I believe, in spite of the "ranting" and I did not delve into the dictionary. It would be nice if we kept the comments less personal and more objective.
Advice to you Mr. Salad, try to be less patronizing the next time you type in a comment.
Wow, some hilarious comments here, but what else is new? Robben Ford trio "awful blues?" Bwahaha. Guess when Miles took him on tour he figured he needed to include someone awful to round out the act.
@baldypel: so what? white middle class people with mortgages can't appreciate good music? you're a loser. Robben Ford is an absolutely amazing blues and jazz player.
This was way too good to be Blues. He knows all the cliches, plays way too professionally, and is way too sure of himself. This does not mean he is not an excellent performer and musician, only that I don't know what it has to do with Blues. He needs to forget a lot. Blues comes from somewhere else. Where? Who knows. But, if it is Blues he professes to be playing he needs to start over and not be so impressive. He is young, good looking, well skilled, practiced.
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This was way too good to be Blues. He knows all the cliches, plays way too professionally, and is way too sure of himself. This does not mean he is not an excellent performer and musician, only that I don't know what it has to do with Blues. He needs to forget a lot. Blues comes from somewhere else. Where? Who knows. But, if it is Blues he professes to be playing he needs to start over and not be so impressive. He is young, good looking, well skilled, practiced.
This was way too good to be Blues. He knows all the cliches, plays way too professionally, and is way too sure of himself. This does not mean he is not an excellent performer and musician, only that I don't know what it has to do with Blues. He needs to forget a lot. Blues comes from somewhere else. Where? Who knows. But, if it is Blues he professes to be playing he needs to start over and not be so impressive. He is young, good looking, well skilled, practiced.
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This was way too good to be Blues. He knows all the cliches, plays way too professionally, and is way too sure of himself. This does not mean he is not an excellent performer and musician, only that I don't know what it has to do with Blues. He needs to forget a lot. Blues comes from somewhere else. Where? Who knows. But, if it is Blues he professes to be playing he needs to start over and not be so impressive. He is young, good looking, well skilled, practiced.
@Deadevil7 i actually hear one right around 7:21, but this piece is so amazing it doesnt matter, being a decent improv player like myself, I can't even imagine being able to phrase like robben ford can, i want to know who the fuck left some negative comments on here that got deleted, this is one of the best blues songs I've ever heard in my life, playing, singing, everything.
@Dangaard1975 man, it's not even worth mentioning. I caught a tiny little loss of control at the outset, but nothing major. That having been said I don't think I have ever seen a perfect performance from anyone, ever. Some of the world's best are on that list. It was a great performance, better to appreciate the good ;)
I love the blues and their GREAT ~~ Sweet sound also :) what I don't understand is why can't people have their own touch ~ always people say well they're not as good as so and so ,, hey you people don't know Music if it all has to sound alike ..
TheLadyofdays 2 days ago
He makes SRV look like a Joke
JSpears90 3 weeks ago
@JSpears90 vehemently disagree...lots of good chops, but no one had the "soul" fingers that Stevie had...
brucedickey 2 weeks ago
watched 4x now WOW
1rastass 1 month ago
Love Robben's licks! Come check out my channel for some more guitar videos!
PaulWilsonJrGuitar 1 month ago
Without a doubt, Robben's finest sounding guitar. Listen to that mother sing! Why the hell don't Fender still make this beauty? I want one! As for Robben and Clapton, different ball parks people. I think Eric would agree that Robben comes from another place musically. I respect both but, these days, lean more towards Robben's intricate style. Please bring back that guitar, Robben. None of your recent mega expensive stuff sounds half as good.
hogsbelly63 1 month ago
An 8-bar blues at it's finest...
funkifyyourlife 1 month ago
this is what u call real playing compared to eric clapton
dcskater1001 2 months ago
@dcskater1001 Robben would be the first to tell you that Clapton is a major force in the blues and a major influence on him.
funkifyyourlife 1 month ago
@funkifyyourlife he defintly would be, i just admire the way robben plays compared to eric clapton who is just repeadtly uses pentatonic scales which cna get repetative and boring
dcskater1001 1 month ago
@dcskater1001 I agree that Robben utilizes a vast vocabulary, but Clapton is steeped in the blues and has made more than a lifetime's worth of great music with fairly limited tools. Similar to Jimi, Wes, Django, and Charlie Christian. Eric doesn't just use pentatonics, but he starts there and uses his ears to supplement. Wynton Marsalis, who in the past has generally considered a jazz snob, played a recent show with Clapton. Robben's amazing, but I'd tread lightly around criticism of Eric.
funkifyyourlife 1 month ago
@funkifyyourlife farout you replyed back really well haha , the way you said it sounds the correct thing to think
dcskater1001 1 month ago
@Moskutappaja Thanks, didn't know fender made one ! Looks like a nice a guitar .
dave22h34 2 months ago
I love that guitar + amp setup ! What kind of guitar ts that ?? Thanks !
dave22h34 2 months ago
@dave22h34
Guitar seems to be Fender robben ford model, I'm not so sure of amp but sure looks like early Dumble for me..
Moskutappaja 2 months ago
He's got the blues...
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dumbletone 3 months ago
yeah
microcosmic2 3 months ago
hey look its getty lee playing drums hahaha
nypdrums 3 months ago
28.09.2011--" Amerikan Jazz On Wheels" in PLovdiv,Bulgaria ....this Man play for us like..... alien
kiireto 4 months ago
fucking awesome
jclebel24 4 months ago
How this guy stays hot year after year club after festival after party???
babinm 4 months ago
Anyone know what year this was performed in?
spootybaby 4 months ago
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doubleuarex 3 months ago
= dobben filmour
doubleuarex 3 months ago 3
@doubleuarex ravid gord
gibbie31 2 weeks ago
oh man
wsalviso 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Robben Ford
so nice, i liked it thrice :)
jo2valdez 4 months ago
oooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooozzzzzzaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! this just made me invent a word
jo2valdez 4 months ago
mm mm mm!
CookieDee11 4 months ago
Best Lick at 2:47
zeppaful 5 months ago 2
Soul voice Blues guitar grt match.
wileyx666 5 months ago
18 people thinks that they are better than this man.
KabukiGallery 5 months ago
genial !!!!
tataso 5 months ago
good
thx
Flangzor 5 months ago
Robben Ford is the F'in man! His blues style so unique.
LLMstratocaster 5 months ago
i like robben ford.
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izzapoppin 5 months ago
awesome, i love it... but one thing.... wtf is he wearing... :/ just saying i love this im a guitarist and i appreciate the skill this man displays here... but yeah...
TLSrockband 6 months ago
deeeeeep....
ClariDiez 6 months ago
18 ppl must burn in hell
daranis1 6 months ago
Why...where the hell are the Cymbals...i can barely hear them...maybe my guitarrist finally did it...i'm fucking deaf on the high frequencies...
thehornypuppy 6 months ago
volume swells are nice but Dickey Betts didn't use a pedal on the intro to the live version of Elizabeth Reed! He did it the old fashioned way.
MrErnieman7 6 months ago
This is one of the most beautiful version of this song !!!!
emastertube 6 months ago
wow, hes gooooooood :D
fckstars12 7 months ago
Great Version!
SuperEl71 7 months ago
oh yeah!!! this is what the blues is deep from the soul and played from the heart. yeah baby yeah!!!
Dani65ful 7 months ago
2:30 to 2:39, Robben and the drummer find absolute synchronicity. Fantastic.
wtw88 7 months ago
god bless you.
jonqeee 7 months ago
Shoulder pads. cool.
Semach4444 7 months ago
Superb.
LPdeluxejcm800 8 months ago
the blue notes came to Hong Kong once a friend gave me his tickets went along not knowing what to expect, they played instead of a canceled leo sayer concert my mate wanted to see Leo Sayer the AC hall had about 50 people in it was empty. Man oh man was he and the band fantastic and one of the best concerts ive been to. One of my favourite guitarist know
Timbarwell 8 months ago
somebody knows the year of that concert?
angelvela 8 months ago
mys__/bonnardsbluesband
rockboy8812 9 months ago
thanks for all suggestions, guys. found a couple of albums on itunes. Makes commuting to work far more bearable :)
louie180 9 months ago
@louie180 no problem man
Guitar1hero23 8 months ago
F'n kickass geetar playin'! Plus he's such a damn cutie! ;)
SanityIsSuchADrag 10 months ago
I just shot an entire show with Ford in Petaluma. Some of it is up now. Called...
Robben Ford Sampling
sclogse1 10 months ago
Very good guitar player... but that singing is comically un-blues-like.
Hoopermazing 10 months ago
@Hoopermazing What? You like Eric's version better? Ok, Robben's voice ain't George's or even Huey's, but its still better than Erics voice, let's not even go into ax slingin, 'cause Eric don't even come close.
iroulis 10 months ago
@iroulis Which version of Eric's? He's got a number of 'em... I love this version, but why in HELL would you want to live in a world with just this version, of NONE of Eric's? A poorer world, if you ask me. I want 'em all, for different moods, different times, etc. If you don't get that, screw it.
wsmyersart 10 months ago
How can this so awesome? Can anyone tell me?
OrisLover 10 months ago
Esse cara é monstro na guitarra !!! Sou grande fã!
23gbf 11 months ago
A little blues for you
1947662 11 months ago
why is there no crowd noise in this recording ?
hozeryo 11 months ago
@hozeryo too blown away to make noise.
wsmyersart 10 months ago
hey, everyone. i'm new to Robin Ford was and wondering if anyone could recommend me a good album to get me started?
louie180 11 months ago
@louie180 JIngChi, that's a band he was in, with Vinnie C and Jimmy Haslip. There are a couple of vids on youtube.
iroulis 10 months ago
@louie180 theres an album on itunes called nothing but the blues...its awesome
Guitar1hero23 9 months ago
@louie180 been a long time fan get the tiger album one, think its called talk to the tiger if i stand corrected
countrycatfish02 9 months ago
Anyone know the chords ?
I've transcribed most of it I just can't get the last chord ... D9, Db#9, F#, A13 ,,,,,, what the next one???
JohnnieCameronMusic 11 months ago
@JohnnieCameronMusic the chord you're asking for is Ab7#9. He's not playing a root. His A13 double stops the 1st & 2nd strings @ 7th fret (the 9th & 6th of A13) with a 3rd & b7th played on his G & D strings below at frets 6 & 5. His Ab7#9 holds the double stop & moves the other 2 down a 1/2 step. Best wishes to you.
RobMackenzie 11 months ago
@RobMackenzie Thanks mate, I managed to crack it shortly i posted this.
Great song huh!
Was wondering if you know the chord variations he does at 7.00mins?
Regards
JohnnieCameronMusic 11 months ago
Anyone know the chords ?
JohnnieCameronMusic 11 months ago
Awesome!
wickirsinn 11 months ago
this guy totally has the blues fuck yeah
karawanmann 11 months ago
boring
flowerdrop1 1 year ago
@flowerdrop1 Its hard for people used to listening to the same old garbage formula to appreciate true creation and musicianship. Just because it sounds different and takes a trained ear doesn't mean its boring. It means your tastes are probably shit.
TheHimalayanGorilla 1 year ago
man! this is the kind of blues that i like, he plays with his soul!
Saciboy1986 1 year ago 20
...what is he wearing?
acuity67 1 year ago
Nice playing plus a great "tone". You can still hear all the chord intervals!
randolph229 1 year ago
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gangtwanger 1 year ago
Nice playing. great overdrive sound but you can still hear all the chord intervals!
randolph229 1 year ago
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@randolph229 - Most of Robben Ford's tone comes from his fingers, however, owning an original Dumble amp doesn't hurt. That guitar he's playing (if I'm not mistaken) is the Fender Ultra Esprit, which ultimately-became the Robben Ford signature-model - Really-nice guitar actually.
gangtwanger 1 year ago
sick
GreenDaveDefoeSt 1 year ago
where does he get these shirts?
jtropeano 1 year ago
Check out Roscoe comping chords while holding down the bottom during the 1st chorus of Robben's solo. Very Cool.
MrBertiep 1 year ago
Wow!!! The boy can play!!!
backboneslip 1 year ago
Ya got to love it when guitarists use the the quiet side of their dynamics so masterfully! ....Good bit at 5:58 there! Having a little fun at 7:21!
markmdavis 1 year ago
one of the greatest blues man!!!!!
RockRulesItaly 1 year ago
bitte unbedingt die version von eric clapton hören, dann weiß man, wie sich das ganze richtig anhören soll
kurtsoeser 1 year ago
bitte unbedingt die version von eric clapton hören, dann weiß man, wie sich das ganze richtig anhören soll
kurtsoeser 1 year ago
so what's the story...u guys just create sounds or what?
pankskink 1 year ago
perfecto................................
jimbonks 1 year ago
Simply incredible! *goosebumps*
genxxxersize 1 year ago
this is a great cover - i also like the one i added here from cory wilds in seattle - sort of a led zep 'dazed & confused' flavor -- and listen to his lead about 2 mins in - it rocks -
1badhaircut 1 year ago
ha for a sec that drummer looked a bit like chris layton. lol
JohnnyRockerman 1 year ago
Great cover
chanimal40 1 year ago
this is one of the greatest artist i know , really, he domined the guitar
Pequenno54 1 year ago
he looks like a young jaco pastorious
Upytech 1 year ago
the best cover i've ever hear
jimbonks 1 year ago
For petes sake Robben is playing the tune. The camera should focus on him not the bass and drum, wicked. Want to see him play.
cagno1 1 year ago
@cagno1 Don't be silly. The whole band is playing the tune and I think it's a great footage from Robben's show.
maksmail 1 year ago
@cagno1 No Robben is accompanied. Robben is the master who's name we type in the search box, not " robben ford drummer" idiot. I have listened to this track many times. It would be great to watch how he tackled it not move the camera away to see the support.
cagno1 1 year ago
Is there a better guitarist out there, I don't think so!!!!!
8strat3 1 year ago
Oh la claque!!! Tout est parfait, super bien amené, d'une grande musicalité!!! Du pur Robben Ford and The Blue Line.
clefdesol84 1 year ago
fucken good
mivec25 1 year ago
a telephone number written on a match book, lost in topanga canyon
i should joined on rhythm so-o many years ago...
kim5169 1 year ago
God I love this...wonderful tone from Robben...sweet and LEAN! for me he's one of the better sounding guitarists...knows how to be subtle; has a good balance of "muscle" and "charm" in his playing...
TheYoungDieGood 1 year ago 2
12 people don't got da blues!
1996ragnar 1 year ago
Robben Ford is the epitome of taste and tone.
guitboy63 1 year ago
hell fucking yeah
victooorrrr 1 year ago 36
@victooorrrr agreeeee!! :]
oleq89 1 year ago
@victooorrrr
31416yatoula : OK/ relish this one: it is Jazz just as it's completly a Blues, gutsy & soulfull !
31416yatoula 1 year ago
Superior clear and rich sound as usual! Awesome playing!
marhomist 1 year ago
the real deal
stratocaster1greg 1 year ago
Excellent!
rosesredvioletsblue 1 year ago
LOL I wonder if those incredible musicians in Yellow Jackets even knew that Robben could sing!
Back when he played with them, I sure didn't know!
vampiroangelico 1 year ago
6 String Bass baby ! :-)
Panthur 1 year ago
This guy is amazing!
wlfente 1 year ago
Blues of the Highest Standard( in my ears)..!
Its all about Dynamics and Tone:)
Mariekesone 1 year ago
I like Robben Ford very much. He is one of my guitar heroes, and the very first for tone.
perovaas 1 year ago
Wonder what we are into...I love music and arts like you. We are probably more alike than we would like to admit. I knowing you , Thought you might enjoy this, he is great and if you would be willing and wife, meet me out some time and have fun, maybe BB Kings in Nashville. Lets do something fun together. I am a pro Bruce person as is Sarah. You need a chiil moment with the wife, and I am offering. I will get a date..lol, just a fun time. Think about it, we are a family group,
64254168 1 year ago
He can really put his own tasteful flavor on the blues.
jakeizlove 1 year ago
i like his tone. This is pure perfection. I also like the jazzy flavor he puts into the song.
stbojan 1 year ago
He can play, he REALLY can.. buti don't like his singing too much at all.. he's cool tho
pianoplayer1224 1 year ago
Come on, the guy's wearing a MATADOR jacket.
locoabreu 1 year ago
can anyone inform me which album this song from? thanks a lot for the help.
thanemuzika 1 year ago
@thanemuzika Worried Life Blues is from the 1993 release Mystic Mlie by Robben Ford & The Blue Line.
EvilRoySlad3 1 year ago
@EvilRoySlad3 thanks a lot, appreciate it.
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thanemuzika 1 year ago
Heard him first time 1975. But everyone talks only about his playin' ! He is also a great singer and knows how to sing and play at the same time! That makes him almost outstanding. No matter if you don't like his style. Has his own style of playin'. Have heard him twicein Stockholm. Breathless both times!
TheManFender 1 year ago
"I can't hear no mistakes"???? Did you skip all your grammar classes???
kathleenandzoe 1 year ago
Too many drums for a legitimate blues band. : )
I have a friend that would say RF needs to raise his level of negrocity. I would concur. He's all about smooth and well executed. Definitely rock blues for whitey. NO real deal here. Great player with interesting chord substitutions. Bottom line, RF is really/righteously too F'n famous for any of us to be runnin' any of his Sh!T down. But he's clearly no straight up blues idiom style player. IMHO... He's still a smokin' guitarist.
jukeking1 1 year ago
@jukeking1 I have a friend that says you are an ignorant racist, that has listens to music with him scotum!
So I guess Robert Johnson isn't blues cause he didn't have enough drums right? Please enlighten us, what it the magic # of drums that turns music into blues??
Your comments are so ill-informed, stop listening to blues, you don't understand it.. and stop commenting on music, it reveals your narrow minded prejudices.
EvilRoySlad3 1 year ago
@EvilRoySlad3
There was nothing racist about the comment. Some would say RF needs to raise his level of negrocity. No amount of negrocity will ever make you a bluesman, unless it comes from the soul. If negrocity is a facade to hide behind and curry favours from dogmatic blues musicians, the blues would stop having any meaning for me. White blues has always been something of an idiosyncrasy for the puritans. But how can you justify asking SRV to play like muddy waters?
adityaput 1 year ago
@jukeking1
If the term blues were a catechism, the fabled blues would now be dead, privy to the peremptory whims of the conformists, who if anything, are responsible ultimately for the decay and senescence of music. Rigid boundaries only push out diverse music, innovative music into the backdrop. What is the sacrosanct becomes a legend and that becomes a myth. IF you wish to deify the blues and worship it you are hastening its decline and preventing its melioration.
adityaput 1 year ago
"blues for ya now"...mate, if you have to introduce the blues, your doing it wrong
JWBails 1 year ago
@JWBails SRV intro'd plenty of songs in the same way. It's just a phrase, get over it!
@adityaput You should spend less time in a dictionary contriving pseudo intellectual rants! They are obviously beyond your ability to reason cause you fail to recognize your own contradictions. You ARE hug up on color!
You guys should TRY to develop your ears to find out why Robben Ford remains one of the most respected artists in the world, blues, jazz or otherwise!
EvilRoySlad3 1 year ago
@EvilRoySlad3
I agree I was showing off, obviously, but I still abide by what I said. Just because what I wrote was a wilderness of lyrical platitudes doesn't make it less true. Every artist has his/her "true" style and that the essence of his/her music.
I myself am very fond of Robben Ford and even more fond of Danny Gatton (if you haven't heard him, I suggest you check him out, he's brilliant), but I would never ask Robben ford to try and play what Danny did.
adityaput 1 year ago
@EvilRoySlad3
Where do I contradict myself, I made myself fairly clear I believe, in spite of the "ranting" and I did not delve into the dictionary. It would be nice if we kept the comments less personal and more objective.
Advice to you Mr. Salad, try to be less patronizing the next time you type in a comment.
adityaput 1 year ago
wow.....
medcrimo 1 year ago
great solo
3runshot 1 year ago
great playing!
roadzteruk 1 year ago
The best guitar player ever!!! Good taste, amazing phrases, excellent tone....He the man!!
Bandabluzin 1 year ago
oooooo skills robben, SKILLS!
funkingtonfunk 1 year ago
Yeah - Bluueess - I'm ford - great - thx ;-)
satin123 1 year ago
The best... I performed this song yesterday in a show and it was sweeeeet..
888KIKO888 1 year ago
can you transcribe the run down in the chorus?
rarebikes88 1 year ago
Wow, some hilarious comments here, but what else is new? Robben Ford trio "awful blues?" Bwahaha. Guess when Miles took him on tour he figured he needed to include someone awful to round out the act.
57tele 1 year ago
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nice pony tail and jacket combination...........hotel lobby blues..........blues for white middle class people with mortgages and suv's......
baldypel 1 year ago
@baldypel: so what? white middle class people with mortgages can't appreciate good music? you're a loser. Robben Ford is an absolutely amazing blues and jazz player.
wakold 1 year ago 26
@wakold I am black and i agree.No discriminating.
tawandachis 1 year ago
@wakold I am amiddle class cat with a mortgage and a mini van, and I know this guy rocks, and then some. Shit!
wsmyersart 10 months ago
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baldypel 1 year ago
I've identified the problem. Not enough strings on the bass.
I like this...big blues fan, and this is good.
Big Ron
Vermillion2176 1 year ago
good call swamprat. it's good stuff. I saw him live and when he wants he plays ruff, muted tones that are more blues standard sounds.
some of his notes are clean sounding but so are BB's. Very jazzy too. bottom line...It's all good
rocnrolson6 1 year ago
call it what you want...it's jjaamm'nn
64SWAMPRAT 1 year ago
Have you ever noticed that BB doesn't sing and play at the same time ever!
Billrabatin 1 year ago 3
call it what you want...it's jjaamm'nn
64SWAMPRAT 1 year ago
This is the best song he ever did and i think its a great song!
rarebikes88 1 year ago
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this is awful blues.
ryanolson77 1 year ago
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This was way too good to be Blues. He knows all the cliches, plays way too professionally, and is way too sure of himself. This does not mean he is not an excellent performer and musician, only that I don't know what it has to do with Blues. He needs to forget a lot. Blues comes from somewhere else. Where? Who knows. But, if it is Blues he professes to be playing he needs to start over and not be so impressive. He is young, good looking, well skilled, practiced.
Failure might help.
philopathos 1 year ago
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This was way too good to be Blues. He knows all the cliches, plays way too professionally, and is way too sure of himself. This does not mean he is not an excellent performer and musician, only that I don't know what it has to do with Blues. He needs to forget a lot. Blues comes from somewhere else. Where? Who knows. But, if it is Blues he professes to be playing he needs to start over and not be so impressive. He is young, good looking, well skilled, practiced.
Failure might help.
philopathos 1 year ago
i guess you know everything bout playing the blues then...
seenmelately 1 year ago
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This was way too good to be Blues. He knows all the cliches, plays way too professionally, and is way too sure of himself. This does not mean he is not an excellent performer and musician, only that I don't know what it has to do with Blues. He needs to forget a lot. Blues comes from somewhere else. Where? Who knows. But, if it is Blues he professes to be playing he needs to start over and not be so impressive. He is young, good looking, well skilled, practiced.
Failure might help.
philopathos 1 year ago
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This was way too good to be Blues. He knows all the cliches, plays way too professionally, and is way too sure of himself. This does not mean he is not an excellent performer and musician, only that I don't know what it has to do with Blues. He needs to forget a lot. Blues comes from somewhere else. Where? Who knows. But, if it is Blues he professes to be playing he needs to start over and not be so impressive. He is young, good looking, well skilled, practiced.
Failure might help.
philopathos 1 year ago
The best pure playing by Robben and band....simple trio...3 outstanding musicians...C'mon back Blue Line!!!!!
NONE BETTER.
chiphotoguy 1 year ago
Robben Ford is the best guitar player ever. Amazing taste, tone and phrases..
Bandabluzin 1 year ago 3
@Bandabluzin the best ever?
nothingbutaFENDER 1 year ago
fat nigger
Siberiandevil1234 1 year ago
@Siberiandevil1234 who,your mother?
nothingbutaFENDER 1 year ago
most of the americunts including you xaxa
Siberiandevil1234 1 year ago
One of the best, i think !!
buzztownblues 1 year ago
In the last solo, he make some mistakes... How can it be? sometimes it happens to Robben, i saw it in a another video.
Dangaard1975 1 year ago
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Densavoy 1 year ago 8
You can't hear *ANY* mistakes.
Deadevil7 1 year ago
@Deadevil7 Thanks
Densavoy 1 year ago
@Deadevil7 i actually hear one right around 7:21, but this piece is so amazing it doesnt matter, being a decent improv player like myself, I can't even imagine being able to phrase like robben ford can, i want to know who the fuck left some negative comments on here that got deleted, this is one of the best blues songs I've ever heard in my life, playing, singing, everything.
Wolfmother206 1 year ago
@Dangaard1975 man, it's not even worth mentioning. I caught a tiny little loss of control at the outset, but nothing major. That having been said I don't think I have ever seen a perfect performance from anyone, ever. Some of the world's best are on that list. It was a great performance, better to appreciate the good ;)