T-Model Ford
James Lewis Carter Ford (c. early 1920s – July 16, 2013) was an American blues musician, using the name T-Model Ford. Unable to remember his exact date of birth, he began his musical career in his early 70s, and continuously recorded for the Fat Possum label, then switched to Alive Naturalsound Records. His musical style combined the rawness of Delta blues with Chicago blues and juke joint blues styles.
Biography
According to records, Ford's year of birth was between 1921 and 1925, though at the time of his death his record company gave his age as 94, suggesting a birth in 1918 or 1919. Starting with an abusive father who had permanently injured him at eleven, Ford lived his entire life in a distressed and violent environment, towards which he was quite indifferent.
Ford, an illiterate, worked in various blue collar jobs as early as his preteen years, such as plowing fields, working at a sawmill, and later in life becoming a lumber company foreman and then a truck driver. At this time, Ford was sentenced to ten years on a chain gang for murder. Allegedly, Ford was able to reduce his sentence to two years. He spent many of his years following his release in conflicts with law enforcement.
Ford, T-Model Filmography
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2014, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2008, role: actor
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2003, role: actor
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2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1997, role: actor , character name: Himself
T-Model Ford
ALBUMS
- Taledragger released: 2011
- The Ladies Man released: 2010
- Jack Daniel Time released: 2008
- Bad Man released: 2002
- She Ain’t None of Your’n released: 2000
- You Better Keep Still released: 1998
- Pee-Wee Get My Gun released: 1997
Died: 2013-07-16
