Robben Ford Discussion

[roadwarriorfortheblues]

Now that it's over...

What were some of your favorite CD & music DVD releases from 2005 ?

Here's some of my favorites:

Eric Johnson ~ Bloom
Eric Bibb ~ A Ship Called Love
Robben Ford ~ New Morning Paris Concert
Ronnie Earl/Duke Robillard ~ The Duke Meets the Earl
Buddy Guy ~ Bring 'Em In
Amos Lee ~ Amos Lee
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[JohnnyZ]

CDs:
3- Wake Pig
Joe Bonamassa- New Day Yesterday Live
Leslie West- Got Blooze
John Petrucci- Suspended Animation
Jim Weider- Percolator
Zen Blues Quartet- Zen Blues Quartet
The Ron Sayer Band- Don't Make Me Stay
The Matt Scofield Trio- Live
Gregg Allman & Friends- Live at the Chicago House of Blues

DVD's:
Robben Ford- New Morning Paris Concert

CD/DVD Combo's:
Christmas Trilogy- Trans-Siberia Orchestra (released in 2004, but just got it after seeing a TSO live show. Awesome show, & awesome cds & dvd.)

Favorite Live Shows of 2005:
BB King- Lowell Memorial Auditorium
GA&F- Mohegan Sun, CT
GA&F- Chicago House of Blues
Joe Bonamassa- Sculler's Jazz Club, Boston
Mountain- Hampton Beach Casino
Johnny A.- The Stone Church, Newmarket, NH
Jim Weider Band- The Stone Church
Joey Eppard- Woodstock Music Festival
Johnny Hiland Power Trio- Woodstock Music Festival
Tony Levin Band- Keegan's Ales, Kingston, NY
John Mayall featuring Robben Ford & Eric Bibb, Portsmouth Music Hall
Trans-Siberia Orchestra- Manchester, NH
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[AndyR]

Here's a goodie:



Take Sco, Larry Goldings, Willie Weeks, Steve Jordan...

...then add Dr John, Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples, John Mayer, David "Fathead" Newman, Warren Haynes...

...and have them play the music of Ray Charles...

(I got mine in the cut-out bin for $7)

Brilliant !!!



Andy

[frank0936]

You're absolutely right, Andy. John Mayer did a concert at the Bowery Ballroom in November and played his cut off that CD with his new trio and it was smokin'!
Frank

[jungleland]

my favourite cd for 2005 is without hesitation Tab Benoit "Fever For The Bayou"

and also
Ronnie Earl/Duke Robillard : The Duke meets The Earl
Vivian Campbell : Two sides of it
Bryan Lee : Live and dangerous
Monster Mike Welch : Cryin' hey

and the cd of Music Maker Relief Foundation
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[rainmkr63]

Some of my favorites from 2005;

OHM "Amino acid flashback" ( best disk of the year for me )

Oz Noy "HA!" very good one.

DVD "RF in Paris" // The new 30 year anniversary Rush, I also like the Cream DVD, fun to play along with.

John Petrucci "Suspended Animation"

I two have been into Ray Charles this year, I love Brazil DVD 1963 and the Sco. Tribute CD.

Some of my favorite/most memorable shows; Joe B. Blows my mind every time I see him, he is playing a lot here in Vegas, this year too. Buckethead, beyond belief amazing. Michael Landau at the start of 2005 maybe the best live performance ever, Scott Henderson, and Steve Luk..were in the audience too, they may agree. This may have been at the end of 2004 but it was too good to not mention.

Rob

[rainmkr63]

I new there would be about 14 things that I forgot

Eric Johnson / Buddy Guy show, Vegas HOB 2005, 'unbelievable'.

[rainmkr63]

Pat Metheny Trio + horn, Vegas HOB 2005,

I am going to stop now....I think......
Rob

[AndyR]

Well, a bit of a disappointment was Kenny Carr's "Friday at Five" CD...

The first two tracks are great, in fact the second, "Ray's Riff" is a real burner, a swingin' blues tune with a be-bopish head...it's high on my "to transcribe" list.

Then things fall off...the arrangements are rather bland, IMO...I find myself trying to like it...but I don't think I listened all the way to the end yet.

Carr's got great chops, but on the whole, this material doesn't do him justice.

Now another one I'm planning on picking up is Bill Frisell's "East/West."

Anybody got that one?



Andy