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Robben Ford
Robben Lee Ford (born December 16, 1951) is an American blues, jazz, and rock music, rock guitarist. He was a member of the L.A. Express and Yellowjackets (band), Yellowjackets and has collaborated with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Larry Carlton, Rick Springfield, Little Feat, and Kiss (band), Kiss. He was named one of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century" by ''Musician (magazine), Musician'' magazine. Early life Robben Ford was born in Woodlake, California, and raised in Ukiah, California. He began playing the saxophone at age 10 and the guitar at age 14. Robben and two of his brothers (Patrick and Mark) created the Charles Ford Blues Band in honor of and named after their father. A fourth brother died in the Vietnam conflict. Career At age 18, Ford's band was hired to play with Charlie Musselwhite, and recorded two albums ''The Charles Ford Band'' and ''Discovering the Blues''. He recorded two albums with Jimmy Witherspoon called ''Live'' and ''Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodlake, California
Woodlake is a city in Tulare County, California, United States. It is situated in the San Joaquin Valley near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The population was 7,419 at the 2020 census, up from 7,279 at the 2010 census. In 1912, the city of Woodlake was founded by Gilbert F. Stevenson. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (14.83%) is water. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Woodlake has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. Demographics The 2020 United States census reported that Woodlake had a population of 7,419. The population density was . The racial makeup of Woodlake was 28.0% White, 0.7% African American, 2.1% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 46.6% from other races, and 21.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 88.1% of the population. The whole population lived in households. Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Culture of India, Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work. Although most of the band's songs were written by Lennon–McCartney, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions, including "Taxman", "Within You Without You", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Something (Beatles song), Something" and "Here Comes the Sun". Harrison's earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt; subsequent influences were Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry. By 1965, he had begun to lead the Beatles into folk rock through his interest in Bob Dylan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inside Story (album)
''The Inside Story'' is a 1979 studio album by Robben Ford. Ford supported the album with a North American tour. Critical reception The ''Lincoln Journal Star'' called the album "enjoyable and distinctive," writing that it rises above "'studio player' anonymity." ''The Spokesman-Review'' called Ford "a virtuoso electric guitarist with his feet nicely placed in both the jazz and rock camps." Track listing All songs written by Robben Ford except where noted #"Magic Sam" – 5:53 #"For the One I Love" – 4:22 #"North Carolina" – 4:38 #"There's No One Else" (Ford, Russell Ferrante) – 6:52 #"The Inside Story" (Ford, Russell Ferrante) – 5:30 #"Need Somebody" (Gordon Edwards, Richard Tee) #"Far Away" – 5:40 #"Tee Time for Eric" – 5:09 Personnel * Robben Ford – guitar, vocals; Roland electric piano on "Need Somebody" * Alan Rubin – trumpet * Tom Malone – trombone, baritone saxophone * Lou Marini – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, horn arrangements * Russell Ferr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Davis Robben Ford 1 3
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of length; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised between the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States by an international agreement in 1959, when it was formally redefined with respect to SI units as exactly . With qualifiers, ''mile'' is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly equivalent to the Roman mile (roughly ), such as the nautical mile (now exactly), the Italian mile (roughly ), and the Chinese mile (now exactly). The Romans divided their mile into 5,000 (), but the greater importance of furlongs in the Elizabethan-era England meant that the statute mile was made equivalent to or in 1593. This form of the mile then spread across the British Empire, some successor states o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Of Aisles
''Miles of Aisles'' is the first live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released in 1974 on Asylum Records. It is a double album documenting her concerts in support of the ''Court and Spark'' album with her backing band for the tour, the L.A. Express. It reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and became one of her biggest-selling records, certified a gold record by the RIAA. Content This was Mitchell's first tour with backing musicians; prior to this she had generally performed solo, and had never organized a tour with a band. She hired an already existing group, the jazz fusion band L.A. Express, members of which had appeared on her previous studio album, ''Court and Spark'', the biggest commercial success of her career. The band accompany her on sides one and four; Mitchell performs solo on sides two and three. A track from this live album, "Big Yellow Taxi", was released as a single. Four years after the studio version had stalled at No. 67 on the ''Billb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Scott (saxophonist)
Thomas Wright Scott (born May 19, 1948) is an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He was a member of the Blues Brothers and led the jazz fusion group L.A. Express. Early life, family and education Scott was born in Los Angeles, California, US. He is the son of film and television composer Nathan Scott (composer), Nathan Scott, who had more than 850 television credits and more than 100 film credits as a composer, orchestrator, and conductor, including music for ''Dragnet (series), Dragnet'' and ''Lassie (1954 TV series), Lassie''. Career Tom Scott's career began as a teenager as leader of the jazz ensemble Neoteric Trio, and the band Men of Note. After that, he worked as a session musician. In 1970, Quincy Jones said of him: "Tom Scott, the saxophonist; he's 21, and out of sight! Plays any idiom you can name, and blows like crazy on half a dozen horns." Scott wrote the theme tunes for the television shows ''Starsky and Hutch'' and ''The Streets of San Francisco''. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBGO
WBGO (88.3 FM, "Jazz 88") is a public radio station licensed to Newark, New Jersey. Studios and offices are located on Park Place (AKA "Wayne Shorter Way" as of April 2022) in downtown Newark, and its transmitter is located at 4 Times Square in Manhattan. The station primarily plays jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ... music. In addition the station airs public affairs programming, locally produced newscasts, and NPR-produced newscasts and programming. History WBGO's first license was granted on January 26, 1947. Originally owned by the Newark Board of Education with studios in Central High School, it was established as the first public radio station in New Jersey when in 1979 the broadcast license was transferred to Newark Public Radio in cooperation with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Porter (record Producer)
Robert Porter (June 20, 1940 – April 10, 2021) was an American record producer, discographer, writer, and radio presenter. He was responsible for reissuing many classic blues and jazz recordings, and in 2009 was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Bob Porter was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Biographical note AllMusic. From the 1960s, he produced over 200 albums of jazz and blues music, first for Prestige Records where he also wrote liner notes, in the 1960s, then as reissue producer for Savoy Records (1975–1980), and then Atlantic Records (1986–1991). He subsequently worked for many other record labels. It was said that "The result of his painstaking efforts is the restoration of much of the 20th century's most indelible music, now preserved for future generations and sounding better than ever before." In 1981, he started to broadcast ''Portraits In Blue'', a syndicated radio program covering blues, R&B and soul music, which he launched at WBGO in Newark, New Jersey. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Witherspoon
James Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American jump blues and jazz singer. Early life, family and education Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. His father was a railroad worker who sang in local choirs, and his mother was a piano player. Witherspoon's grandson Ahkello Witherspoon is a cornerback for the Los Angeles Rams. Witherspoon served in the Merchant Marines until 1944. Career Witherspoon first attracted attention singing in Calcutta, India, with Teddy Weatherford's band, which made regular radio broadcasts over the US Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II. Having made his first gramophone record, records with Jay McShann's band in 1945, he first recorded under his own name in 1947, and two years later, still with the McShann band, he had his first hit, "Ain't Nobody's Business", a song that came to be regarded as his signature tune. In 1950 he had hits with two more songs closely identified with him—"No Rollin' Blues" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Musselwhite
Charles Douglas Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944) is an American blues harmonica player and bandleader who came to prominence, along with Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, and Elvin Bishop, as a pivotal figure in helping to revive the Chicago Blues movement of the 1960s. He has often been identified as a "white bluesman". Musselwhite was reportedly the inspiration for Elwood Blues, the character played by Dan Aykroyd in the 1980 film, ''Blues Brothers, The Blues Brothers''. Biography Musselwhite, whose father and paternal grandfather were also named Charlie Musselwhite (making him Charlie Musselwhite III), was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi to white parents. Originally claiming to be of partly Choctaw descent, in a 2005 interview he said his mother had told him he was of distant Cherokee descent. His family considered it natural to play music. His father played guitar and harmonica, his mother played piano, and another relative was a one-man band. At the age of three, Musse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukiah, California
Ukiah ( ; Pomo: ''Yokáya'', meaning "deep valley" or "south valley") is the county seat and largest city of Mendocino County, California, Mendocino County, in the North Coast (California), North Coast region of California. Ukiah had a population of 16,607 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. With its accessible location along the U.S. Route 101 in California, U.S. Route 101 corridor, Ukiah serves as the city center for Mendocino County and much of neighboring Lake County, California, Lake County. History The region has been inhabited by the Pomo for thousands of years. The modern area of Ukiah derives its name from the Pomo village (band) of Yokáya, meaning "deep valley" or "south valley". Russian Era Russian American company led by commander Ross visited Ukiah and the Russian River in 1750, during their exploration of the Alaskan Northwest and Hawaii. Eventually Point Cabrillo was visited and named by the Spanish explorers, although Cabrillo only lived in San Dieg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
