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T-Model Ford: Bad Man
by Robert Jarovi
You know you're in for the real deal when 78-year-old James T-Model" Ford shouts out the low-down truth. After a quick and dirty drum roll on this (studio) live set, he announces: I'm a tail-dragger from Greenville Mississippi. I'm the boss of the blues. Can't read, cant write, and dont been to school a day in my life!" Guitarist/vocalist Ford and his drummer Spam are the only musicians on this disc, aptly entitled Bad Man, but they sound like a ...
read moreT-Model Ford and Gravelroad - Taledragger (Alive Records, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
One of the last of the oldtime bluesmen, T-Model Ford's life would make a great film or book, filled with stories both apocryphal and true. Hooking up the much younger band Gravelroad, he has injected fresh energy into his music and has continued to tour and record despite health problems. All of the pieces fit well on this album, with Ford and the band developing a hypnotic groove, putting their own spin on original material and some fresh takes on ...
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