Robben Ford & The Blue Line - Start It Up

Robben Ford playing in his best setting, a blues trio, featuring bassist Rosco Beck and drummer Tom Brechtlein

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Music

Tags:

• blues
• jazz
• groove
• guitar
• bass

[funkifyyourlife]

It's a Fender Robben Ford sig model. I guess it's the same as the Esprit, but with a coil tap switch (at least the one that I saw him playing live). He's now playing a guitar by the guy who built that axe, but is on his own now, with Baker Guitars.

[JilaX]

Certainly a good period for him,

but his very best setting was with the Ford Blues band, and when he had a harp player with him.

[funkifyyourlife]

The Ford Blues band does some nice stuff, and the harp player is his brother, who is a kick-ass player, but nothing beats what this trio could do improvisationally. "Handful Of Blues" is a brilliant disc.

[LesterPaul01]

Can anybody tell what the brand name of his guitar is in this vid? It has the crispest bell like tone I have ever heard. And with a nice healthy scoop of overdrive it's sick. I'm a gibson fan, but maybe not for long.

[skiptahoe]

The Harp guy is his brother, hence the Ford Blues Band,

I love all of Robbens music, and is always a part of my rep'a'tra ?

Come back to the Hyatt in Lake Tahoe, oh Robben,.....are you hearing this ?

[chrisbigred1]

is that a fender flame?

[sportsportsport]

so freaking good! I loved it!.. 5 stars *****

[JilaX]

Actually, listening to parts of the DVD this came from changed me around. This is definitely up there.

[JilaX]

Improvisationally, I totally agree.

It's just, I like the dynamics of that group so much. The sound is fuller, which is both positive and negative, depending on who's judging....

Thanks for the great video, nonetheless!

[rzuccaro3]

Cool stuff.