BRIAN ALLEN BASS SOLO, ROBBEN FORD BAND, MEZZ BREDA 2015
Accomplished bass guitar solo by
Brian Allen, when
Robben Ford and band played the MEZZ venue in
Breda,
The Netherlands on
Friday, May 1st,
2015.
Extract from Robben's website: BRIAN ALLEN, bass: Hailing from
Columbus, Indiana,
Brian started playing the bass at age eleven. His playing won him several awards throughout high school, including the prestigious
Louis Armstrong Jazz award. After graduating, he moved to
Los Angeles to attend the
Musicians Institute. There he received his
Bachelor’s Degree in
Music and also won the outstanding student of the year. Since graduating, Brian has performed a diverse range of live shows as well as recording sessions. His playing spans the musical spectrum from jazz to rock and everything in between. Brian plays all types of basses, from a standard four string to a six string fretted and fretless. He also plays upright bass and cello.
Guitar virtuoso Robben Ford’s new
album ‘
Into The Sun’ shines a bright light on his artful, contemporary songwriting and the stunning playing that’s made him a favorite foil of
Miles Davis,
Joni Mitchell,
George Harrison and other legends….his extensive discography, which embraces more than 35 albums under his own name and with his various bands. There’s also
Ford’s session and sideman work, which includes hundreds of concert appearances and albums by
Bonnie Raitt,
Barbara Streisand,
Charlie Musselwhite,
KISS,
Ruthie Foster,
Jimmy Witherspoon and
Rickie Lee Jones. ‘
Into the Sun’, which follows last year’s critically acclaimed
A Day In
Nashville and
2013’s
Bringing It Back Home, explores the breadth of Ford’s sophisticated, visionary writing and playing, creating a new chapter in his brilliant musical history. The album features a coterie of guests: gritty
Southern rock newcomer
Tyler Bryant on “
Stone Cold Heaven,”
Allman Brothers guitarist and
Gov’t Mule frontman
Warren Haynes on “
High Heels And
Throwing Things,” slide guitar guru
Sonny Landreth on “
So Long 4 U,”
Americana and blues icon
Keb’ Mo’ and pedal steel wizard
Robert Randolph on “
Justified,” and vocal sensation
ZZ Ward on “
Breath Of Me.”
Niko Bolas, whose credits include
Neil Young,
John Mayer and
Keith Richards, engineered
.
...supporting harmonica virtuoso Charlie Musselwhite.
Later, Robben played with blues giant Jimmy Witherspoon on festival stages. In
1974, Robben joined the historic fusion group
Tom Scott &
The L.A. Express and began touring with Joni Mitchell. Later that year ex-Beatle George Harrison enlisted
Ford and
Scott to join him on his
Dark Horse tour, which was followed by more touring with Joni Mitchell. Ford went on to record and tour with the likes of Bonnie Raitt,
Bob Dylan,
Phil Lesh and a host of others. By the time he joined Miles Davis’ group in the ’80s, he’d developed a signature approach based on an axis
of blues, jazz, pop and rock. Since leaving
Davis’ band, Ford has primarily forged his own path — touring and cutting a series of varied sounding albums with the Ford
Brothers, Blue Line and
Renegade featuring fellow guitar master
Michael Landau.
Links:
http://robbenford.com/?page_id=9
BRIAN ALLEN
BASS SOLO
BRIAN ALLEN BASS SOLO
BRIAN ALLEN BASS SOLO
ROBBEN FORD MEZZ BREDA
ROBBEN FORD MEZZ BREDA
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