If there ever was a guitarist whose genre allegiance has been impossible to define, it’s Robben Ford: and even a short list of artists he’s played with and for reveals the veteran’s stylistic unpredictability – and reliability too: Jimmy Witherspoon and STEELY DAN, Miles Davis and KISS. And of course, the American’s solo career, launched with appropriately titled “Schizophonic” back in 1976. Fast forward almost two decades, and Robben and his band THE BLUE LINE found themselves perform at the prestigious jazz festival in Montreux, their showcase focused in then-latest “Mystic Mile” album, and it’s this set that will be issued as a CD/DVD combo on November 1st.
And the set is interesting, to say the least, as the platter the collective were promoting at the time featured such remarkable covers as CREAM’s “Politician” and “I Don’t Play” by Willie Dixon, both played on that night, with Robben’s partners-in-crime being bassist Roscoe Beck and drummer Tom Brechtlein. It’s 55 minutes of the purest rapture, so delving in “Live At Montreux 1993” should be a pleasure.
1. I Don’t Play
2. Politician
3. Worried Life Blues
4. You Cut Me To The Bone
5. Step On It
6. Busted Up
7. Mama Talk To Your Daughter
8. Tell Me I’m Your Man