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T-Model Ford: Bad Man

Read "Bad Man" reviewed 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, can”t write, and don”t 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 ...

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T-Model Ford and Gravelroad - Taledragger (Alive Records, 2011)

T-Model Ford and Gravelroad - Taledragger (Alive Records, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland

One of the last of the old—time 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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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Bad Man

Fat Possum Records
2003

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