Robben Ford - Discovering The Blues (1972)(1997)

Artist: Robben Ford
Title Of Album: Discovering The Blues
Year Of Release: 1972/1997
Label (Catalog#) : ARG Jazz [74321 47421 2]
Country:: USA
Genre: Blues, Electric Blues
Quality: Flac (*image + .cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 60:19
Full Size: 433Mb(+3%)(covers)
Info:wiki

This powerhouse set of live recordings from early in Robben Ford's distinguished career boasts solo-laden 10-minute-plus versions of B.B. King's "Sweet Sixteen" and John Lee Hooker's "It's My Own Fault." Ford, who has worked with Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, and George Harrison, plays surprisingly sweet, agile saxophone on Don Raye's jazz ballad "You Don't Know What Love Is." His voice--if still that of a very young man--is throaty and melodic on the King and Hooker cuts. But it's his guitar that takes centerstage. Owing heaps to electric bluesmen B.B., Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Albert King, and Mike Bloomfield, Ford's rich tone, deliberate lines, and tuneful bends were world-class even in 1972. --James Rotondi

Tracks:
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1. Sweet Sixteen (Josea/King) 12:33
2. You Drive a Hard Bargain (Ford) 05:42
3. It's My Own Fault (Hooker) 10:28
4. You Don't Know What Love Is (DePaul/Raye) 08:49
5. My Time After Awhile (Badger/Feinberg/Geddins) 03:34
6. Raining in My Heart (Bryant/Bryant) 10:33
7. Blue and Lonesome (Little Walter) 08:25

Personnel:
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Robben Ford (vocals, guitar, saxophone)
Paul Nagle (keyboards)
Stan Poplin (bass)
Jim Baum (drums)

All thanks to original releaser