Robben Ford Discussion

rainmkr63 · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:37 am Post subject: Bad beat of the year.

Bad beat of the year last night........for everyone who missed Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush! It was the best show of the year for me. I have been a big fan for a long time and this was a rare treat to have him play in my back yard.

He stayed close to what is on his newest live disk, but with wonderful variations. He played two SG's all night a 4 single coil and a two humbucker. We had a good vantage point did the dinner reservation thing tables up front, same place I saw Eric Johnson 6 days before probably my second or third favorite show this year. Great crowd of bikers, there is some kind of biker convention down town so there were bikes and bikers everywhere and they packed the theater. Frank played for a little over two hours and it was as special as anything for me. All his best plus his usual covers of Road house blues (much better then the doors 2 days before "riders on the Storm" thing) and he does "shes not there".

His band was young guys, Guitar Drums Bass and the other guitar player picked up a violin for 3 songs. This was the absolute best band i have seen him with and the most inspired i have seen out of 3 shows spanning 20ish years, tight as a drum.

Frank Marino impressed me last night as much as Robben Ford, Mike Landau Scott Henderson, I am serious he was that great.

"Poppy" was amazing and long. "Electric Reflections Of War" with war and other images on a screen behind went on very long like most Wars do.

My only bad beat was that I didn't bring my video camera to work, charge the batteries and have it sitting on my lap recording at least the audio. I would have relived this show over and over and over and over............that is my only disappointment and I don't think FM would have minded he was on fire!

Rob

Millibobs · Senior Member Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 291

This sounds like the line-up I saw a couple of years ago. Fantastic band and what a hell of a vibe they generated.......the violin was both a surprise and a revelation - sparked my post elsewhere about line-ups. It sort of shook me that a backing band so evidently young could be so utterly sorted - the bass player was completely top notch.

FM is one of the most unsung and under-rated musicians I know of - his understanding and interpretation of blues and jazz and his sheer technique left the room speechless when I saw him. He also came out after the show and chatted with fans (I was overcome with Guinness by this stage and queuing for curry up the street).

I have yet to see Robben live but this was one of the best live shows I have ever seen and the sound that man generates is just awesome. he and the guitar player were playing through Marshalls that seemed to have some sort of mod on the front panel - anyone know about that?

rainmkr63 · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:15 am Post subject:

This was so unbelievably good that i cant express my ecstasy. I am with you on all those comments, the band was tight and focused. The rhythm was intoxicating, a groove I have been trying to achieve for years.

Robben is unbelivable live too, I am so influance by both and Trower and Moore and Gilmour....I need to go play now, bye.

rainmkr63 · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:17 am Post subject:

MB you sure do like Curry.

I think he was scared to come out and chat, this biker crowd was pissed that he did not come out and play more. They had some contracted cover dance party band set to play after him, pissed me off!