TrueFire Live: Robben Ford - Uptempo Blues - Guitar Lessons

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[@kapchoi7332]

He has that magical touch.

[@zaqintosh]

His attack and touch is just out of this world.

[@GeorgeHessMusic]

Had the pleasure of meeting Robben at Ronnie Scott’s last month at a Yellowjackets set.

[@caesarforlife1663]

Dude is real smooth on that fretboard.

[@amortiguadora]

It doesn't matter if you come from rock, country, blues, jazz, metal, funk... Robben Ford is always the meeting point. Thanks Robben for your music!

[@azamikera]

He feels what he plays he plays what he feels Hé is what he plays and he plays what he IS

[@jack6136]

This musician sounds so fantastic and that guitar actually sounds like A GUITAR 🎸!!

[@GordiansKnotHere]

Love that Les Paul!!!

[@dfifty2]

Sincerely one of the finest guitar players of all time. I was following Robben since his Yellow Jackets project

[@user-sn3wf8hk8m]

8:50 shuffle blues in A comping 14:31 shuffle blues in A soloing 19:23 minor blues in C comping 20:49 minor blues in C soloing 31:55 slow blues in E comping 41:45 slow blues in E soloing 51:43 minor blues in d comping 53:57 minor blues in d soloing 57:45 shuffle blues in C soloing

[@loveone4292]

🙏🙏

[@musterionsurly]

everytime i listen to Robben Ford play i get a little better at playing from just hearing the guy.

[@TheDogPa]

After 40 years of playing...quite decently I might say...it just reminds me of how far I have to go still...and how there will just not be enough years...but life is the journey, right? This makes the journey better.

[@timothydaniels504]

What a great comment!

[@Way_loz]

Is true

[@tilschneidermusic2032]

100% right. He's a chosen one...the great Zen-Master of music.

[@adamhester8751]

Yeah, he's great at encouraging us even though some of have been playing for ages. Learned a hell of a lot from him

[@tomdecuca3627]

Robben has this endless vocabulary of notes and phrases, lines,etc. He is without a doubt the best sounding guitar player of all of them.

[@tomdecuca3627]

@@mraknz let me rephrase that and say I like his approach and style more. Those players are all great.

[@BrianVallotton]

Josh Smith, Kirk Fletcher, and Robben Ford all in one week! Wow! Truefire is on fire!

[@stingaling]

Hanging way off the back of the beat. Sometimes you think he missed it and then there it is - that little snatched jazzy chord. Genius.

[@babyfacedre2778]

I could watch this all day long and not get tired.👍👍

[@sclutovic]

My very favorite guitarist for the last 40 + years.... Beautiful brilliance

[@bernardliu8526]

Mr. Ford is not in Rolling Stone’s 250 best guitarists list. My other idol, Peter Green, is at 63, or thereabouts.

[@CrispySonOfA]

Robben is so down to earth. I have seen him live once, and his feel is unmatched. I got a chance to talk with him for a while, and he's just such a real person. He said it, he brings the jazz chords to his Chicago blues gig.

[@nathansmith6365]

Cool....It was a drum tech at American music in Tacoma that told me about Robben Ford....

[@gyanissimo]

Robben Ford is just a great Master. Brilliant.....sound... thanks man....

[@jamesphillips1468]

Folks this guy is the best we will ever see in our lifetime. A true treasure for all us amateurs. I spent my life emulating EVH, SRV, John Mayer among many others but Robben is from another place musically . If you’re just starting out, PLEASE pay attention to him. Can’t go without mentioning Eric Johnson as well. Phenomenal. Jerry Reed, Danny Gatton and Roy Buchannon are pretty good too lol!!!!! If you’re young ( I’m 50) please go back and let these guys show you how it’s done, then the most important point is to develop YOUR own style. Stand out for goodness sake.

[@MrInfinite43]

Ol Roy, my fav Tele player

[@j.p.7708]

DON’T FORGET JACK PEARSON……🎸

[@bernardliu8526]

Mr. Ford is not in Rolling Stone’s best 250 guitarists list! Can you believe that ?😊

[@anthonygonzalez8684]

Robben Ford. Definitely one of the Greats of All Time 🤗🎸

[@elrafa782]

Oh Robben 🥰

[@richardthomas9198]

Pure class, beautiful phrasings, killer tone! I've been following Mr Ford for about twenty years. Definitely one of my favorite musicians. Thanks for all the music, your the bomb

[@robertclinger7351]

Much appreciated, from Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

[@jamesemerson4102]

Some of the nicest comping I've ever heard. Truefire is such a powerful tool for learning from the worlds best playing. Just an awesome company and awesome guests!

[@TobyMottershead_]

An original 50’s gold top with P-90’s - damn! Now that’s a dream guitar - not to mention Robben’s playing.

[@braddietzmusic2429]

Soo much respect: talent? Yeah, a lot of people have that... but Robben seems approachable, nice and thoughtful as he is talented, and THOSE things in combination and in seemingly equal measure is RARE, and makes me respect him immensely as not only a musician but equally importantly (at least to me) AS A HUMAN BEING.

[@campfirecrooner]

Thank you Robben for sharing this awesome Les Paul ,,,,the intro vamp sounded great as you usually do. Long time fan of blues guitar and your original songs. Love your videos on substitutions and alternative grips, I've learned a lot so far. Jam on.

[@jaguarsunburst1570]

Super.!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@johnhendricks8140]

Robben Ford grooves heavy, and he doesn't waist notes, every note hits you where it needs to.

[@bjdenil]

I am more of a lead guy and even when he is playing rythm he is better at lead than me... Love his blues style... it's like Jazz and blues at the same time. Usually when a Jazz guy does blues it is Jazz with blues overtone... this was actually Blues but with the sophistication of Jazz

[@Brabdog]

Who is that boss man? Definitely running the show….

[@WickBeavers]

I got lucky this morning and put on Larry Carlton and this young feller tacking it up and wound up here an hour or two later. Good morning! Now I gotta get up and go get my guitar.

[@maurorossirouge]

Robben Ford unique and unmistakable I will never get tired of listening to your music, thank you!!

[@andiwonorahardja2120]

❤what a relic guitar ... catch my eye 😊

[@closeoutsaleusa5322]

I've always played a game called: Stay In Key - where I will pick a key and play notes up and down the neck, not caring about making "statements" with the notes or playing licks - just playing notes and staying in key. I started doing that when I was 19 (played since I was 12) and I'm still doing at at the age of 64. Great way to warm up and I've created some new songs and riffs by doing that. And some of my "mistakes" wound up being some of my best compositions.

[@sermorel]

Robben is a monster player !!

[@bayoMusic]

Master teacher, is the only definition that fits Robben Ford

[@togkei]

From Tokyo. A great guitar lesson.

[@frisell1968]

Simple but so elegant or classy.

[@thebeaun7646]

Remember watching the Ford brothers band at Barney Steele's in Redwood City in the early to mid 80s? Great blues....awesomely delivered. Thanks Robin!

[@markskorczewski4456]

Robben Ford is the truth.

[@Geotubest]

National treasure.

[@horstlippitsch]

Robben!! The living legend!!👍🙏

[@jgdroptop1]

Great job Robin....that vintage LP with the P-90’s is pure beauty

[@nicuf6546]

Foarte bun chitarist solo si exceptional in armonie . Foloseste cu usurinta sentime majore, minore, diminuate ,e fascinant cu ce usurinta face acest lucru. Este un tip respectat de toti chitaristii de marca. Eu IL ascult cu mare placere.

[@headsails]

50's gold top. Robben was a major influence on me and still is. I'm just now learning his pick palming technique. Lari Basilio was the one that pushed me to palm my pick but never took time to do so. I have wonky fingers.

[@mickaelteverini8211]

Best guitarist on the world ❤️🙏

[@user-xs3pc1vo6i]

Awesome playing and Ukiah my pit stop on my way to Blue lake ... Humboldt county

[@IvanoAntico]

He’s got everything

[@Andrelix67]

This is amazing!

[@krball56]

Robben God

[@winstonsmith8240]

Such a class act.

[@nacienlos70]

Man what a flow and swagger. Pure class

[@Bklynviathebridge]

He is a gem.

[@glenguldbeckmusic3410]

What a wonderful session!!! And very happy to see Jeff McErlain's new album, Now, being plugged. An equally gifted artist with his own distinct voice.....

[@stevelasner]

Robben's courses are inspirational!

[@andrewreynolds2647]

Robben Ford, what an amazing talent, the guitar sounds amazing.

[@johnmac8084]

Thanks Robben & Truefire for sharing. Robben, you've been so generous with you time with TrueFire, and now another course, looking forward

[@davemassie3726]

Love your music! Thanks for sharing.

[@CurtisMcLeodMusic]

My fav.

[@TheHerki666]

simply love robben!!

[@vodoo5748]

Blues legend Mr Robben Ford!

[@altadena57]

Beyond Sweet !!! I'm in

[@100streamliner]

Great guitar player! Excellent Teacher! Pure artist! Greetings from Greece!

[@finoroverato7640]

A true improviser I could listen to him just comp all day long

[@bengom68]

YES !

[@wilsonluisdecarvalho2924]

Wonderful! This is the master!!!

[@thewrongtoneguitars]

Awesome playing!

[@cemalcakr5609]

what a honest man🎸🎼🎵

[@sargentppeper]

I just love it! Thanks Robben for your humble sharing! :)

[@Bluesguy22]

Great to be here in Crestone, CO USA

[@rohanganguli7556]

the best ever!

[@rui123]

Genius!

[@pn641]

So sweet playing ♥♥♥

[@Nivenization]

Thank you.

[@japrovost123]

Thank you for this wonderful performance. Nice lesson!

[@johnbrown1851]

Thanks Robben , very inspiring !

[@wilsonluisdecarvalho2924]

Great!!!!

[@kbb643]

Cheers, Prost, Salut to Mr. Ford :)

[@mixisixi2367]

Just joined and very much appreciating Robben's talents.

[@eduarderlenbusch170]

KLASSE !!!

[@7of9kids]

This guy just kills! Such an amazing player...

[@mattthompson7074]

That guitar 🤤🤤🤤

[@ronwood7029]

Brilliant improvisation

[@evelinehoetelmans9406]

For the first time i've heard you play down in the Netherlands Awesome

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

Great video. I used to listen to Robbin with the Charles Ford Band back in 1972.

[@alejandrolara9873]

HELLO Greetings from Mexico Robben you are great

[@CitizenWarwick]

Wow Robben Fords Chord Revolution totally blew my mind really need to get back to the trufire series soon!

[@benjaminmead1336]

If you never studied another guitar player and only learnt from Robben... you’d be fantastic player! Robben is so knowledgeable and a wonderful teacher... oh and he’s alright at guitar!!! Thanks TruFire!!

[@diego9000]

Amazing True Fire and Robben!! Congrats!! Love this!! I would love to see a True Fire with Steve Lukather and John Mayer!!! Keep rockin!!

[@telistzo]

Robben's comping based on guide tones (3rd + 7th) of the chords and some drop 3 chords. he uses them in a very sophisticated way!

[@ralphculp4852]

KING DAVID

[@stratcat7162]

Sounds fantastic man. Saw RF last year in Nashville with Jeff McErlain. They we're killin it! I also thought he was primarily a bridge pup kind of guy? he seems to be doing most of his demonstrations with the neck pup. Sweet tone!

[@adamrafferty]

I can imagine Robin will say this in the video, but listening to the opening track it sounds like he’s a real, Grant Green fan. Everybody don’t sleep on Grant Greene he’s one of the greatest there ever was as well!

[@netoluthier2642]

Robben Ford is genial!!!!

[@larrysixstring6790]

Hello from Ottawa

[@loekification]

robben the master.

[@irena7777777]

Better than Eric Johnson?

[@MikeHenrick1]

1 of the top 100 players. Mmm. Probably the top 1 I’d say top 5 easy but for his ability to do blues, jazz, rock etc the early years are awesome, you can name lots of guitarist’s but I feel this guys feel musically is by far the best, I’ve seen many live musicians, including Robben ford You can tell that he’s listening to everyone play whatever instrument they play and takes what his heard makes it is own, and better. Not about speed just what sounds good. Effortlessly genius.

[@farukcosic7099]

Big like.😎