Robben Ford: HIS MOST INTIMATE Stories EVER REVEALED!

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

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[@garyguitar]

Yes Buddy Whittington. Saw that package live at SMU in Dallas.

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

I saw Robben live in Croatia,forgot the year. But he was...just fabulous! Great man

[@jerrymcgeorge4117]

Love the fact he mentions Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, James Cotton, etc. I grew up near Chicago, saw all those folks around the same time Robben mentions.

[@jerrymcgeorge4117]

If he was at Naropa in Boulder ‘74 he was there with my late wife. Small world.

[@guitarstevie2]

Excellent interview with one of the greats.

[@johnmaynard3989]

Living in Ojai at the same time as Robben it was possible to meet him, go have guitar lessons and even hang out once at his home. I met him too in Bakersfield before a gig and he spent s few minutes with my girlfriend and I. He was sometimes at the local Buddhist group meetings also. Without doubt he is one of the most genuine people you could ever meet; not an ounce of pretension or fakery. A true gentleman. Great interview...i could listen for hours more. Thank You.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thanks for your kind words @johnmaynard3989 and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫

[@kristofer603]

Robben is Soo Real.Ive got A lot of Respect for him.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed the interview @kristofer603, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

[@robzagar4275]

Thank you .Robben Ford is the bomb. Good job !

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed the interview @robzagar4275, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

[@FrettieFingers]

When it's a bad time for music it's a good time for the Blues.

[@mrsoul9200]

Mick Taylor's solo album is amazing 👏😜

[@loganpearson9206]

I'm not surprised at all to just now learn Robben has a developed meditation practice. His ear is fuckn incredible, his diction, body language etc. He has a massive like pause button. Readily available. Kiiiiiiiiler tone n feel. Yeah meditation practice, on top of the way he plays,is just bonus meditation! Love this guy.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thank you for listening Logan Pearson! 🎉🔥😇

[@jerrymcgeorge4117]

Time spent with Maestro Ford is time well spent. Bravo!

[@zinggdrew]

What an excellent interview. Very thoughtful..thanks.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thanks for your kind words @zinggdrew and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫

[@russellesimonetta9071]

When I was younger, as a musician, the road was everything!! I looked at it as an adventure! There was great times and shit times but looking back it was the best!

[@mikesedee7814]

Robben is auch a generous man & musician, thanx for this excellent interview 💎

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thank you for listening Mike Sedee! 🎉🔥😇

[@robzagar4275]

Super good interview, good job. Robben Ford is a fantastic guitar man. He also shows what a sweet guy he is. Straight up no bull.

[@cardoma]

Wow, what an amazing interview. Been a fan of Robben since Inside Story. I learned a lot about him!

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed the interview @cardoma, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

[@Geotubest]

I just love Robben Ford. What an amazing guy.

[@rogerwilliams2629]

Robben always struck me as the perfect blend of playing with feeling with extreme technical prowess, and a huge influence on me from his first album.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thank you for listening @rogerwilliams2629! 🎉🔥😇

[@edcrutchfield3447]

This man . Just met him on You Tube and he is my guitar 🎸 hero !🤩. Thank you for your good works!🎸🎸🕺🏾🎸🕺🏾🎸🕺🏾🎸

[@seannolan2259]

Buddy Whittington is the big guy from Texas ..a fantastic player,singer and writer.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thanks Sean :-)

[@1022rebelreddog]

great guitarist.....

[@TimsGuitarWorldwithTimFeskorn]

i was thinking Walter Trout. Ill have to check out Buddy. Thanks.😎

[@sclutovic]

Excellent interview with an extraordinarily brilliant guitarist, musician and person

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Nick, thanks for your comments and thank you for listening!

[@sotiristsamandanis6424]

Great interview 👍 Love Robben . My biggest influence and inspiration as a musician guitarist. Love the Miles discussion and how Miles challenged and you had to swim or sink with him .

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed the interview @sotiristsamandanis6424, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

[@paulcooper5748]

Love robben seen him live early this year was awesome and i really love also mick taylor.

[@joefox9765]

His philosophy is great.Many great guitarist have great philosophy. I'm not going to say his philosophy alone is all one should go by. Whatever works for you makes you great and unique

[@WindsOfNeptune]

I never knew Robben was a student of Tibetan teacher Chogyam Trungpa!? 🙏

[@hanskung3278]

Praise Jesus!

[@ThreeChordMonte]

Wonderful interview and fantastic interviewer. What a pro. So rare. Perfect.

[@ThreeChordMonte]

Thank you Mr. Garber and Mr. Ford.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Wow, thanks for your kind words ThreeChordMonte and so glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫ - Happy Holidays :-)

[@williamlenihan7536]

Great interview with Robben! Thanks for this.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed the interview @williamlenihan7536, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

[@leighsayers2628]

Fabulous interview ..love robbens music .. From Australia 🦘🦘🦘

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed the interview @leighsayers2628, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

[@michaelvaladez6570]

Thank you for this post Greatly appreciated.I have seen Robben Ford many times and never a disappointment.I knew of him early on but it wasn't unti i saw him on George Harrison Dark Horse tour...they came out like gang busters an instrumental and up fron watching George .Wow great times.Love Robben Fords playing and singing.Thanks again!

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

Blood Sweat and Tears' second album with "openers" John Mayal's "Room to Move" was my very first concert experience. I kept searching blues players after that and mostly play guitar comp and fill and lead in a horn band these days. My Solo instrumental stuff I practice at home so as not to get too "stale" with the public stuff. I try not to "can" my parts but just concentrate on what works the best at any moment. It's the "sharing while playing" that keeps me interested. I learned to read and play piano before but the guitar helped me leave all that behind. I like being a lone arranger.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thank you for listening @KZbinmademeaddahandle! 🎉🔥😇

[@christian_a_uk]

My earliest inspiration was Robben. My drum tutor put me onto him and then I was like...I'm learning to play guitar, a big point for me and a huge inspiration still. So glad I found this interview, brilliantly put together and super enjoyable. Kudos to both guys here

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thanks for your kind words Christian and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫ subscribe: elg.fun/subscribe

[@MegaTubescreamer]

IN RELATIVE TERMS ! if this was an interview with say schubert or motzart ,or bach,, et al ,,this is a priceless insight from one of music`s broad family tree of important branches or limbs,, here we get robben`s light of reason filtering through his own leaves of perception and experience, a gift beyond value.🤔😇

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thanks for your kind words William and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫

[@MegaTubescreamer]

@@EveryoneLovesGuitar most welcome and thankyou ! its the first of your shows i`ve seen and here`s to many more,

[@davidallen346]

Ok Robber Ford made a lot of guitar videos, to a true RF fan is not enough. Still plenty of Robben Ford guitar videos to go around on KZbin

[@vvblues]

Great interview. I just finished an interview with Mr. Ford about his years between working with George Harrison and the first Yellowjackets album. He's in my top 5.

[@sharonla8071]

I really enjoyed this interview. I've enjoyed Robben's music for almost 20 years but just recently sensed that he had an interest in Buddhism. Shortly after I started playing, I almost went to one of his seminars in Ohai but I was too intimidated as a beginner. Recently I've started to play again and I will be signing up for his Dojo, probably tomorrow. I've seen him in concert 4 times and am looking forward to seeing him again once we're over the pandemic.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Right on SharonLA, thanks for listening! 🎸💥🙌🏻

[@andrewthesea]

its actually very interesting. First time I heard Robben's song 'Nothing to nobody' I remember I thought oh Robben should be into some Buddhism or any Advaita Vedanta or anything like that for sure. Only later I found out I was right.

[@johnbrown1851]

Great interview. Really good questions and Robben was very gracious to answer them.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thanks for your kind words john Brown and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫

[@defcrew7435]

Another good interview with one of my very favorites. Robben's an interesting character and strikes me as very unaffected. Thx

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thanks for listening!

[@defcrew7435]

@@EveryoneLovesGuitar My favorite part of the interview was when you asked him if there was anything remarkable about playing with George Harrison and he sort of paused and then just said, "No." Classic RF, I LOLed.

[@joeurbanowski321]

Great interview..with an amazing artist..! I totally relate to Robben’s stories about going to AMAZING concerts in the early 70’s… but I grew up in Philly.. and we had the (original) Electric Factory.. 3 bucks for a ticket to see people like Traffic..Johnny Winter… Janis Joplin..Steppenwolf…and on and on..!! I,also, missed the Who at the Factory.. but saw them later at the Spectrum (a hockey arena) along with Zeppelin’s first tour…and countless other acts of the time..!! It was a totally awesome time.. and now that I’m much older, I can appreciate how lucky we were to exist then..!!!!!✌🏼😎❤️

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

I still can't get past $3 to see those bands lol... those WERE the days! Thanks for listening Joe :-)

[@joeurbanowski321]

@@EveryoneLovesGuitar .. lol..! You’re welcome..! My pleasure.! And even considering the devaluation of the dollar since the 70’s., it was pretty amazing.. I agree..!!! Now..trying to make ends meet in my semi-retirement,, I haven’t been to a concert in almost 2 decades..!!!😩 The music biz has gotten incorporated in a big,bad way..!!😡 Thank God for UTube,though..!👍🏼❤️

[@corso461]

An excellent and informative interview!! I don't understand though why people don't ask him about the Fender guitar he used for so many years. The only time I saw him was at Buddy Guy's in the late 80s. He was playing that of course. And why people don't ask him about the distorted tone that defined him for years and so many guitar players continue to emulate.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed the interview @corso461, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

[@bluespig1]

Great interview, thanks Robben & ELG. Much appreciated.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thank you for listening Ford Driver! 🎉🔥😇 subscribe: elg.fun/subscribe

[@petedambski3792]

Enjoyed this interview immensely

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thank you for listening Pete ! 🎉🔥😇

[@joncaradies3155]

Super , great interview !!! I've been following Robben's journey since the early seventy's . Maybe have seen like 50 shows over the years ..... Always different always growing ... I feel lucky .... :D

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thank you for listening jon caradies! 🎉🔥😇 subscribe: elg.fun/subscribe

[@georged9615]

Big blues guitarist from Texas whose name Robin couldn't remember is Buddy Whittington. Great player.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Yes, I agree @georged9615 - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

[@WindsOfNeptune]

'Flame Top' aka 'Sunburst' Les Paul guitars became available in 1958. Bloomfield's Burst was indeed a '59.

[@greenmanalishi6963]

I love robben and fantastic interview… I wonder if Mr Ford saw Peter greens FM with Danny Kirwan?how undervalued Peter Green and Danny Kirwans interplay was. Imo those 2 are the hardest to replicate. Just their vibrato and unique phrasing alone. Not too mention their singing and capabilities to create melody’s

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed the interview Green Manalishi, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 ! And I agree, both of those guys were incrediby unique. I Play Danny Kirwan's "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues" every time I pick up my guitar, as part of my practice routine!

[@greenmanalishi6963]

@@EveryoneLovesGuitar woah that’s really cool and not an easy number to learn. I could see why it’s a warmup!

[@randycalifornia]

I appreciate Mike Bloomfield tremendously but I think when we are talking about blues guitar virtuosos, the first one must have been Lonnie Mack for sure.

[@AlHenryGarcia-mo6yj]

Thought Randy (Wolf) California drowned!?!🤔 Caught Lonnie Mack, opened for SRV at the Greek (L.A.); HE was a Rockabilly/Country STAR before he made those "blues" Lps, BUT Bloomfield could "emulate" the playing styles of EACH AND EVERY blues Great!🤦‍♂️ It's evident in his INCREDIBLE homage Lp "IF YOU LOVE THESE BLUES, PLAY 'EM AS YOU PLEASE".🙏

[@hanskung3278]

Indeed!

[@johndkastel7972]

Yellow jackets blew everyones mind, the yellow honeycomb just dropped the honey hammer on all blues prior to that. Robben, Holdsworth, Steely Dan, Zep live, Frampton, Pink Floyd Animals That was me

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed the interview @johndkastel7972, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

[@edcrutchfield3447]

Also great musician and great INTERVIEWER 🎸🕺🏾

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thanks ed crutchfield, Rock on! 🎸🙌🏻🔥🎶

[@rdmkeytohwy]

This a great balance of information both personal and professional. There are many takeaways here but having confidence in yourself as a player and musician and having a vision for your future and where you want to be is great advice. I’m 53 and figuring out where I want to go next and this really helped. I want to really listen to other musicians I play with and serve the song. Robben’s advice along those lines is very good as well. Very smart, thoughtful questions and I really enjoy this channel. Great work!!!!

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thanks for your kind words rdmkeytohwy and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫

[@raulsevero8512]

the tension that concentration requires is not compatible with the freedom to create. Creating is not something automatic, with formulas or 'shortcuts'... on the contrary, 'shortcuts', formulas, methods, etc... only lead along known paths, nothing different... If you want, need, dream of creating great songs, without unnecessary suffering, all I can say is that it goes hand in hand with discipline and carelessness... follow your heart...

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thank you for listening @raulsevero8512! 🎉🔥😇

[@gwgwgwgw1854]

A very nice discussion.

[@62customtele]

Been a fan of Robben for many many years. This interview was great!

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed the interview @62customtele, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

[@davidbusby2550]

great interview

[@Shawn-hs8qk]

Kind of interested in the story of what he thinks of stratocasters. when you mentioned them.

[@JohnPriceJNPMusic]

Anybody have a link to that interview where he talks about the strat?

[@gillan5]

I first saw him here in Germany when I was 12 years old in 1972 with Charlie Musslewhite and thereafter many times. He is not the get to guy who communicates with the audience. As he says in the interview that going on the road is not his favourite lifestyle. Last concert here in 2024 in Aschaffenburg he had one sentence for the audience. Not a very "warm" guy on stage: it is more of "here is my craft - you have paid for it" that is the deal. A bit awkward. Fantastic musician. Check out his live concert whenn he was really young with Jimmy Witherspoon from 1975 (kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmjIg4GcbZiiarM) . To me that is his best playing ever. He is playing the Blues at this concert.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Right on!

[@robertneal4726]

Buddy Whittington was the guitarist with Mayall…

[@pantera6]

putting john mayer tag for john mayall

[@TheMarillionaire]

I wasn't a fan but I am now!

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thanks Adam, glad you enjoyed the interview 😀

[@claudionesdebologna2533]

Great

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

Used to see him play alto sax w Jimmy Witherspoon . Played a Gibson es 175

[@GS-uy4xo]

Curious to know what he was like on alto.

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

@@GS-uy4xo Good ! Knew lots of bird licks

[@renakmans3521]

Didn’t know he was hip to meditation!

[@guitarclasss]

38:41 John mayall !?

[@johndrake2729]

I thought the flame tops came out in '58.

[@Iamgavrilo]

wow...

[@verissimo_musica]

John Mayall not John Mayer

[@hanskung3278]

Hendrix wasn't as good as Bloomfield? Really?!

[@dennisalevizos4903]

Flame top's started in 58'.

[@privateprivate4378]

Mike Bloomfield had squat to do with Indian music. Robben always fails to admit the elephants in the room when it comes to obvious influences. Eric Clapton, whose tone he has been chasing his entire career, BB King, Albert King, Freddie King, Buddy Guy,

[@brianmatthews232]

Wanted to listen to this but had to stop due to incessant Ad's 🙄

[@hanskung3278]

Did Robben Ford ever do drugs?

[@ChromaticHarp]

He used to do drugs. He still does, but he used to too.

[@hanskung3278]

@@ChromaticHarp How do you know this?

[@WeThePeopleMaricopa]

@@ChromaticHarpok Mitch

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

How is songwriting a “chop”? “You just have to push yourself”? What is that? How came Billy Joel hasn’t been able to write anything for 20 yrs now.Same w Dylan, Joni and Stevie.. Robber’s a great guitarist but what great songs has he written? I respect the heck out of him but songwriting is pure fairy dust, G-d and magic and it visits when it wants to..It doesn’t care how hard you work… Otherwise great interview.

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Thank you for listening Wyatt Lite’n’in’! 🎉🔥😇

[@veco5731]

@Charles Telerant some people are better at it than others. You can practice writing like anything else and get better with time. Its a chop like anything else

[@stephanleo]

I disagree: Songwriting is a craft that you can (and have to) practice just like an instrument. I'm sorry, but only folks who never experienced the process can say it's just "fairy dust". Songs do always function within the context of the times and some have more impact than others. The songwriters you mentioned all had their creative peak in the 70ies. You can't burn for decades. Even Robben doesn’t play like he did 40 years ago.

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

@@stephanleo It’s not a “craft” . If it was “practice “ then people’s later songs would be better than the earlier ones . It IS “magic dust “ and it’s not akin to playing an instrument. Instrumentalists are common, composers and songwriters of any consequence are much rarer .

[@stephanleo]

@@WyattLite-n-inn Does Robben Ford play "better" than he did 40 years ago? He definitely plays different now - that's life. Let me suggest this book to you: "Tunesmith" by Jimmy Webb. A great read about the craft of songwriting :)

[@dave_gillan]

'A who's who of everyone that's important' REALLY!??????? Not been out much, have we!?

[@analogman9697]

Fat lot lot of good a fat statue will do for ya. Sorry to hear this.