Discography
38
Most popular
Talk to Your Daughter
1988
Truth
2007
Blue Moon
2002
Supernatural
1999
Tiger Walk
1997
Jing Chi
2001
Bringing It Back Home
2013
A Day in Nashville
2014
The Inside Story
1979
Schizophonic
1994
Larry Carlton & Robben Ford Unplugged
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Two Shades Of Blue
2026
I Practice What I Preach (Live San Francisco '94)
2025
Jump Blues Live 1972
2025
Need All Your Love (Live Santa Rosa '91)
2025
Night in the City
2023
Don't Dog Me Around (Live San Francisco '93)
2023
Pure
2021
The Sun Room
2019
Purple House
2018
Live at Rockpalast
2017
Lost in Paris Blues Band
2016
Into The Sun
2015
Unplugged
2013
City Life
2013
When Jazz Meets Blues
2012
Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford (Live at The Ash Grove, 1976)
2011
Renegade Creation
2010
Soul On Ten (Digital E-Booklet)
2009
Soul on Ten
2009
Live In Tokyo
2008
Keep On Running
2003
A Tribute to Paul Butterfield
2001
The Blues Collection
1997
Minor elegance
1989
Anthology: The Early Years
1972
Sunrise (Live)
1972
Discovering the Blues (Live)
1972
Singles & EPs
24
Perfect Illusion
Single · 2026
Ain't Nobody's Business
Single · 2025
Ain’t Nobody Home
Single · 2025
Make My Own Weather
Single · 2025
My Babe
Single · 2025
Cotton Candy (Live)
Single · 2023
Chasin' Sanborn (Live at Pasquale's on Malibu Beach, 1983)
Single · 2023
Anto'nate'n'tate (Live)
Single · 2023
Feeling Good (Instrumental)
Single · 2023
Stick Together (Live at Pasquale's on Malibu Beach, 1983)
Single · 2023
Common Ground
Single · 2022
Inside Track (Live At The U.C. Berkeley Jazz Festival, 1984)
Single · 2022
Sentimental Mode
Single · 2022
Passaic
Single · 2022
Go
Single · 2021
Balafon
Single · 2021
A Dragon's Tail
Single · 2021
White Rock Beer...8 Cents
Single · 2021
Insomnia
Single · 2019
Catch a Ride
Single · 2019
Gold on My Shoulder
Single · 2019
Tangle with Ya
Single · 2018
Bound for Glory
Single · 2018
Somebody's Fool
Single · 2018
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Robben Ford (born December 16, 1951) is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist. He was a member of the L.A. Express and has collaborated with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and KISS. He was named one of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century" by 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 his brothers created the Charles Ford Blues Band in honor of their father. 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 Spoonful. In the 1970s, Ford joined the jazz fusion band, L.A. Express, led by saxophonist Tom Scott. In 1974 the band supported George Harrison on his American tour and played on the Joni Mitchell albums, Court and Spark, Hissing of Summer Lawns and Miles of Aisles.
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After leaving the L.A. Express in 1976, Robben Ford recorded his solo album, The Inside Story with a band that later became the Yellowjackets.In 1982, Ford was one of several guitarists who appeared on the KISS album Creatures of the Night, playing lead guitar on the songs "Rock And Roll Hell" and "I Still Love You". Miles Davis & Robben Ford in Montreux in 1986 Ford worked briefly with Miles Davis in 1986; and can be heard on Davis' Montreux box set. Ford released his album, Talk to Your Daughter in 1988. He joined Philippe Saisse, Marcus Miller and J.T. Lewis in the cast of The Sunday Night Band for the second and final season of the late-night NBC television program, Sunday Night in 1989. In the 1990s he released the albums, Robben Ford and the Blue Line, and Tiger Walk. Robben Ford has received five Grammy Award nominations and was named one of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century" by Musician magazine. He credits pianist and arranger Roger Kellaway and saxophonist and arranger Tom Scott as a major influence on his musical development, who he met while playing for Joni Mitchell. Equipment Robben Ford uses Dumble Amplifiers and Celestion G12-65 speakers. When traveling abroad he uses Fender Super Reverb amplifiers along with a Zendrive overdrive pedal by Hermida Audio. Sometimes he plays a vintage 1960 Fender Telecaster, Gibson Les Pauls or a guitar custom-made by Taku Sakashta. Currently, Ford travels with just two vintage guitars: a 1966 Epiphone Riviera (with the original Bigsby trem removed and replaced with a stop tailpiece) and the 1960 Fender Telecaster. Personal life Ford is married to the cabaret singer Anne Kerry Ford.
Robben Ford in brief
- How many Robben Ford releases are on Riffiter?
- 62 releases are catalogued, spanning 1972 to 2026.
- When was Robben Ford formed?
- Robben Ford formed in 1951.
- What is the most recent Robben Ford release on Riffiter?
- Perfect Illusion, released in 2026.