Robben Ford Discussion

When I heard "How Deep In The Blues" I was digging the off time guitar parts but wondering how it would work live. Well, Robben must have a dual channel brain because he pulled it off wonde ...

Rehearsal tonight...my band has a gig Saturday night, and I am already beginning to feel ill. Performance anxiety (the essay describing that also was taken off my site, again at the insistance of my p ...

Thanks for the reports to all...Can't say how much I would have liked to see those shows.
If only Robben decided to record them and sell them on his website...
They had ambient audience mics set up ...

Yep, keyboards first. And then maybe a tenor sax player. The keyboardist should be steeped in the blues and gospel, and how how to play a real B3. Even if they're not using one on the gig, there is ...

Liz, were you there last night at 8:00? I looked around and for the first time didn't see anyone I recognized. My wife and I got there late (traffic) and it looked like we were going to be stuffed i ...

Of course you know, he takes the knobs off and puts them back on in weird positions, just to keep his real settings a secret Laughing

Actually, I think anything close to the middle is probably goin ...

Hey, I'll be there Thurs at 8:00 too. Mike Landau playing along with Robben, I couldn't miss it.

Wow! That looks like Novak and Cheney. They're taking it deep. And Robben is putting his typical live energy into it. Great stuff.

As far as "keeping a band together", I think Robben is deliberately looking for inspiration. Trying different folks to see how it feels and how things come together. He's long expressed ad ...

Spatzi, I tried getting folks to play "You're gonna be sorry" off Blue Moon because it has a great groove, nice little accents and fits all together really well. If I get back into a blues ...

The only thing that stays the same is change. Robben is no longer the same person he was in the Yellowjackets era, or the BlueLine era. His musical prioities have changed. There you are. It's his ...

Hey guys, I am new here. Just wanted to say hello and that I loved the VG Robben Ford interview. Man, what I would give for a chance to try out his Tele!
I managed to get a real close look at that th ...

The thing with the Zen (or my Fuchs amp FWIW) is the feel of it. It feels very much like my amp. Plug it into a Twin (like I did at the GC blues contest) and it feels familiar.

Funny thing, the g ...

I thought Larry was traveling with his tech. I read elsewhere that there was some channel switching problem on his amp.

It would be the Truth support tour where Daved's help is most needed. Robbe ...

On my Fuchs, when I want that saturated Talk to Your Daughter type of sound, I add the mid boost. Some folks like using the gain boost. That is what Robben is doing with his Dumble, both OD channel ...