Robben Ford

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Robben Ford was born December 16, 1951, into musical family. His father was a country and western singer and guitarist, mother Kathryn played piano and had a lovely singing voice.
As a teenager, Robben Ford spent countless hours listening to artists like Aretha Franklin and Otis, and loved sound of guitar blues from Mike Bloomfield, Eric Clapton, and B.B. King.
Robben's first instrument choice was the saxophone, which he began to play at age ten and continued to play into his early twenties. He began to teach himself guitar at age thirteen.
After high school, Robben and his brothers Patrick (a blues drummer) and Mark (a blues harmonica player) formed The Charles Ford Blues Band. Later he was picked up by legendary blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon, which brought Robben to L.A. He toured with Witherspoon the U.S. and Europe. Seen by Tom Scot Robben was invited to play guitar on the tour and played on two recordings with Joni Mitchell and The L.A. Express.
Next ex-Beatles George Harrison invited Robben to join him on his "Dark Horse" tour of the U.S. and Canada.
In the early 1980's Robben moved to San Francisco and back to New York, he was invited to play with great Miles Davis. He had to leave Miles after only six months because of recording commitments with Warner Brothers.
Robben's 1988 release for Warner Brothers, "Talk to Your Daughter" brought his first Grammy nomination (Best Contemporary Blues Recording) and he started touring the world under his own name.

Robben world tours with the legendary guitarist Larry Carlton was documented on 2 DVDs, "Live in Tokyo", and an "unplugged" DVD from Paris.

Artist website: www.robbenford.com

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