earMUSIC has announced the worldwide signing of
Robben Ford – the blues, jazz and rock virtuoso, who is one of the most
innovative and influential contemporary premier electric guitarists, vocalist
and songwriter with a celebrated career that has spanned almost five decades.
The five-time Grammy nominee achieved worldwide fame for
both, being a solo artist and for his collaborations with a diverse musical
Who’s Who that includes Miles Davis, George Harrison, Steely Dan, Joni
Mitchell, Dizzy Gillespie, Georgie Fame, Kiss and many more.
With both parents being passionate musicians themselves,
Robben early found his love for music and especially for playing guitar – and
it was a love that should last forever. Today his commitment to teaching and passing
on what he’s learned over the years to current and future musicians is an
essential component of his career.
Purple House, his brand new studio album, co-produced by
Casey Wasner, features nine powerhouse tracks and the album’s genesis, according
to Ford, was simple and uncomplicated. “My concept for the record was to do
something with a lot more emphasis on the production than I’ve had in the
past”, says Robben. “I’m always pushing myself with each record. I haven’t made
one record that sounded like the one before it and this was going to be no
different. ‘Purple House’ was a great opportunity to try something really
different.”
And he adds: “I used to deliberately write blues and rhythm
and blues. The Blue Line, that band really focused on blues and rhythm and
blues. Traditional. But over the years I’ve really tried to expand that and
this new record, more than anything I’ve ever done, is a real departure from
tradition in terms of the songwriting.”
On Purple House we hear special guests appearances such as
blues powerhouse vocalist Shemekia Copeland; she sings a duet with Ford on
“Break In The Chain.” Travis McCready, the lead singer of the Natchez,
Mississippi band Bishop Gunn, contributes the lead vocals on “Somebody’s
Fool.” And we hear a fantastic guitar
solo of Bishop Gunn’s guitarist Drew Smithers on the album’s closing track
“Willing To Wait”.
Track listing
1. Tangle With Ya
2. What I Haven’t Done
3. Empty Handed
4. Bound For Glory
5. Break In The Chain
6. Wild Honey
7. Cotton Candy
8. Somebody’s Fool
9. Willing to Wait
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