It’s been so long since we were there! I’ll be coming down with a trio and a lot of good musicians – I mean, there aren’t a lot, there are three,” he laughs. “I have missed coming to Australia, trust me,” Ford says. Read up on all the latest interviews, features and columns here. And he’s coming back to Australia this May to play at the Blues On Broadbeach festival in Queensland (as well as his own headlining shows and a run of not-to-be-missed exclusive dates in at Memo Music Hall in Melbourne, the Factory Theatre in Sydney, Lizotte’s in Newcastle, and The Gov in Adelaide. He’s played with everyone from Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmy Witherspoon, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Miles Davis, Larry Carlton, and Rick Springfield, to Kiss, Randy Crawford, Bob Dylan, Ricki Lee Jones, John Mayall, and Tommy Emmanuel, as well as leading his classic blues band Robben Ford & The Blue Line. Words by Peter Hodgson Robben Ford is the virtuoso’s virtuoso, the guitarist who some of the greatest guitarists in the world look to for inspiration when they feel they’ve hit a wall with their playingĪchingly soulful, incredibly musical, and with unparalleled technical control, Ford is the archetype of a great guitarist.
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