Search - Ford Blues Band :: Another Fine Day

This CD is Excellent!

Gary W. Rice | Fenton, Michigan United States | 01/27/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have listened to blues music for a long time and the Ford's music for about the past 12 years. I find this CD of theirs a wonderful listening experience. By adding horns to their basic 4/5 piece blues band, it improved my appreciation of their music greatly.As usual, the entire band is excellent, but, of special note, Andy Just's vocals and harmonica work is outstanding (and I don't like much harmonica in bands!) and Volker Striffler's guitar work is just plain scorching...whew!There are not many CDs in my large collection that I like every cut, however, this does come close. The only cuts I find myself skipping over are One Man's Opinion (Patrick Ford..I think...talking while the band is playing...sorry...I prefer singing!) and Be Careful What You Wish For. Otherwise, everything is excellent. Great Job, Guys!"

An old-style Texas blues-rock record

Arthur Shuey | Wilmington, NC USA | 01/30/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Ford Blues Band

Another Fine Day

Blue Rock'it Records BRCD138

www.bluerockit.com

An old-style Texas blues-rock record in the tradition of Edgar Winter's White Trash, this is a guitar/bass/drums/harp quartet with horns and keys grafted on for the studio sessions, this is an outstanding good time record. The title track should be picked up as a theme by morning radio program hosts the blues world over. It's full of punch and blue-eyed soul and a good clue as to what those cracklingly electric horns and keys are going to be doing for the rest of the album.

There's a feeling of hip early '60s detective program background music to the whole project, too. It flirts with danger and minor keys, but always comes out right and with another drink and cigarette at the end. Specific delights include the tight, echoing jam between guitar and keys, the crescendos with everyone joining the back line on the last note of song lines to force listeners' feet to move and the tense, dragged out mastery of traditional blues openings perfectly executed.

This is a great record in itself and a fine tool for the band. With this release out there, we should see the Ford Blues Band headlining festivals all over the States and beyond for the next few years, and that's going to be a good thing for all of us."