Track Listing

1. Up the Line
2. Hard to Please
3. Don't Deny Your Love
4. Make Me Your Only One
5. Indianola
6. My Everything
7. Way You Treated Me (You're Gonna Be Sorry)
8. Sometime Love
9. Good to Love
10. Something for the Pain
11. It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)
12. Don't Deny Your Love [Remix]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61971 in Music
• Released on: 2002-03-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.co.uk
Robben Ford, whose album Blue Moon is a typically hard-hitting modern blues-and-soul collection, has one of the most bewitchingly loose-limbed and attractive guitar tones in the business. Coupled with his effortless technique and penchant for honest-to-goodness blues phraseology, that makes him one of the most pleasing guitarists on the circuit. The fact that he's a decent singer and accomplished songwriter, as well as an eagle-eyed spotter of talent for his supporting bands, means you've got a pretty safe bet that he's going to serve up superior blues-drenched music with a light dose of modern soul. Blue Moon delivers on the bet, being a beautifully produced, lean and hungry set of performances that never strays far from the mother lode. It doesn't matter whether the drummer is Vinnie Colaiuta or Tom Brechtlen, the bassist Roscoe Beck or Jimmy Earl, each performance cooks, and not a note is wasted. With a blues style that is both modern and traditional and production values that are second to none, this is a very welcome release indeed. --Keith Shadwick

Customer Reviews

You'll play this one a lot!
This is one great album. Don't buy it until you have time to listen to it several times at one sitting, because you will want to play it over and over. It just sounds great. Ford's playing is crisp and smooth. His voice is a little thin for the blues, but still sounds good. Something For the Pain, Indianola, and You're Gonna Be Sorry are terrific blends of jazz, rock and blues. A lot of jazz and blues guitarists get a little out there in terms of improvisational riffs. On this album Ford plays straight ahead melodies that are fun to listen to. You'll wear out the ol' air guitar listening to this one. Enjoy.

"Concord Jazz welcomes a new member...Robben Ford"
This is one of the best albums released by Robben Ford since "Handful of Blues"(1995),
"Blues Collection"(1997) and "Tiger Walk"(1997)...featuring tunes like "Rugged Road" and
"When I Leave Here"...but with this release from Concord Jazz, we find more Jazz with a
taste of blues.

Stand outs ~ "INDIANOLA", shows how much of a guitarist he is, tremendous arrangement
with great style..."SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN" and "DON'T DENY YOUR LOVE",
digs deep into the soul with a smidgen of rock thrown in for good measure..."IT DON'T
MAKE SENSE(YOU CAN'T MAKE PEACE)" and "MAKE ME YOUR ONLY ONE",
one is a Willie Dixon tune, the later by Ford, both have Jazz written all over them, some fusion
sprinkled moments.

Super job by Concord Jazz, Glen Barros and John Burk (executive producers)...a big
welcome to the newest member of their label...hope this is the beginning of a beautiful
friendship...ROBBEN FORD!

Total Time: 59:03 on 12 Tracks ~ Concord Jazz CCD-2112 ~ (2002)

Robben Ford's Blue Moon
The enigmatic Robben Ford hits pay dirt here.. I hesitate to call this a come-back album, but the last three or four albums Fod has put out have been unfocused, and sketchy. In contrast, Blue Moon sounds like it knows where it's going. I'd add a half a star here if I could.

Some of the hightlights:

Robben sings a lot more loosely and confidently then he has in the past. One gets the sense that he's having fun..

The guitar playing is not regulated to the back room. He does judicious time playing the hell out of his Telecaster and his Gibson scaled guitars. But the virtuosity does the music well, and there is a wonderful balance between the blues and just going out. His solos sing, and cry, and come to a wonderful point. Listen to the solo on "You're going to be sorry." Great job from a really great player.

He gets gooooooood backup, from the various combination of side men and backup vocalists. Some wonderful, subtle B3 and sax playing on this album. Again, think loose but funky.

One other thing. This album sounds great CRANKED. Turn it up.