Editing Robben Ford (section)

==Career==
At age 18, Ford's band was hired to play with [[Charlie Musselwhite]],<ref name="AMG"/> and recorded two albums  ''The Charles Ford Band''<ref name="Larkin"/> and ''Discovering the Blues''.  He recorded two albums with [[Jimmy Witherspoon]]<ref>[[Bob Porter (record producer)|Bob Porter]] radio show December 8, 2012, on [[WBGO]] "Portraits in Blue"</ref> called ''Live'' and ''Spoonful''.  In the 1970s, Ford joined the [[jazz fusion]] band, L.A. Express,<ref name="AMG"/> led by saxophonist [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]].  In 1974, the band supported George Harrison on his American tour and played on the Joni Mitchell albums ''[[The Hissing of Summer Lawns]]'' and ''[[Miles of Aisles]]''.<ref name="AMG"/>

[[File:Miles davis robben ford 1 3.jpg|thumb|Miles Davis & Robben Ford in Montreux in 1986]]After leaving the L.A. Express in 1976, Robben Ford recorded his first solo album, ''[[The Inside Story (album)|The Inside Story]]'' with a band that later became the [[Yellowjackets (band)|Yellowjackets]].<ref name="AMG"/>

In 1977 Ford was one of over half a dozen session players asked to play a guitar solo for the [[Steely Dan]] song "[[Peg (song)|Peg]]." The band eventually used a version by [[Jay Graydon]]. In 2006, a tribute album to Steely Dan – ''The Royal Dan'' – was released, with Ford covering "Peg" in his own style.

In 1982, Ford was one of several guitarists who appeared on the KISS album ''[[Creatures of the Night]]'', playing lead guitar on the songs "Rock And Roll Hell" and "I Still Love You".

Ford worked briefly with [[Miles Davis]] in 1986;<ref name="AMG"/> and can be heard on [[The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux|Davis' Montreux box set]]. Ford released his second solo album ''[[Talk to Your Daughter]]'' in 1988.<ref name="Larkin"/>  He joined [[Philippe Saisse]], [[Marcus Miller]] and J.T. Lewis in the cast of The Sunday Night Band for the second and final season of the late-night [[NBC]] television program ''[[Sunday Night (American TV program)|Sunday Night]]'' in 1989.<ref>''Sunday Night'' – episode #121 (1989), [[Broadway Video]], Inc.</ref> In the 1990s, he released the albums ''Robben Ford and the Blue Line, Mystic Mile, Handful of Blues, Tiger Walk and Supernatural''.<ref name="Larkin"/>

Robben Ford has received five [[Grammy Award]] nominations<ref>{{cite web|author=Karen Lindell |url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/2008/jan/31/matter-of-truth/ |title=Ojai's Robben Ford doesn't mince words, or licks, on his Grammy-nominated blues CD |publisher=VC-Star |date=January 31, 2008 |access-date=September 7, 2015}}</ref> and was named one of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century" by ''[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]'' magazine.<ref>[http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=2767]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026175051/http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=2767|date=October 26, 2006}}</ref> He credited pianist and arranger [[Roger Kellaway]] and saxophonist and arranger [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]], whom he met while playing for [[Joni Mitchell]], as major influences on his musical development.<ref name="Lesson">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/_kBtZ3WyZ_Y Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121126073124/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kBtZ3WyZ_Y&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kBtZ3WyZ_Y|title=Robben Ford Guitar Lesson - Crafting a Solo - Blues Revolution|date=September 14, 2012 |publisher=TrueFire|access-date=March 15, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Robben Ford was married to [[Anne Kerry Ford]]. As of 2022 he lives in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web|author=Bob Bakert |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghYGJ8tFtLc|title=Robben Ford Talks Candidly About His Career - October 2022| date=October 12, 2022 |publisher=Jazz Guitar Today |access-date=October 14, 2022 }}</ref>

In October 2022, Ford toured in Italy opening for [[Eric Clapton]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Robben Ford aprirà i concerti di Eric Clapton in Italia |language=it-IT |work=Rockol |url=https://www.rockol.it/news-732318/robben-ford-chi-e-aprira-concerti-eric-clapton-in-italia?amp=1 |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref>