Artist.......: Marc Ford
Album........: Weary and Wired
Label........: Blues Bureau
Genre........: Blues
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Feb-24-2007
str.date.....: Mar-16-2007
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Featherweight Dreamland 03:15
02. Don't Come Around 03:41
03. It'll Be Over Soon 03:05
04. Dirty Girl 03:03
05. The Other Side 02:52
06. 1000 Ways 04:02
07. Smoke Signals 08:26
08. Greazy Chicken 05:56
09. CUrrents 06:03
10. Just Take The Money 02:51
11. Medicine Time 04:04
12. The Same THing 08:43
13. Running Man Blues 02:43
14. Bye Bye Suzy 02:58
15. The Big Callback 03:29
Runtime 65:11 min
Size 99,5 MB
Release Notes:
This significant recording shows Marc's strength as
a singer/songwriter, fueled by large doses of his
phenomenal guitar work that brings to mind such
masters as Clapton, Hendrix and Beck.
Guitarist Marc Ford began his career with the
blues-rock outfit Burning Tree in the late 1980's.
A power trio featuring Ford on guitars and vocals,
Mark Dutton on bass and Doni Gray on drums, Burning
Tree released their self-titled debut album on Epic
Records in 1990. A commercial failure but a
critical success, Burning Tree allowed Ford and Co.
to tour extensively throughout most of 1990 and
1991. Despite opening slots for such notable acts
as The Black Crowes, the band failed to gain the
attention Epic Records was looking for and was
dropped from the media giant soon after.
In late 1991, Marc Ford sat in several times with
The Black Crowes in-concert, performing The Allman
Brothers Band's classic hit, "Dreams." When The
Black Crowes severed their relationship with their
original guitarist Jeff Cease, Ford was asked to
fill the vacancy. Ford agreed and he was quickly
tossed into the mix for the band's 1992 sophomore
effort, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion,
which hit Number 1 on the Billboard charts and
earned a double platinum certificate for sales.
Ford would go on to perform on the next two Black
Crowes releases (1994's amorica. and 1996's Three
Snakes and One Charm), two unreleased albums
(1993's Tall and 1997's The Band) and a slew of
concert tours. His addition to the Black Crowes
sound, which features a healthy dose of slide
guitar and southern twang, helped define the band
as one of rock music's premiere acts. His fluid and
soulful technique connected with Black Crowes fans
worldwide, and his lead playing resonated up and
down the Black Crowes song catalog. Ford's ability
to adapt to core songwriter, Rich Robinson's music
and crunchy rhythm guitar sound, solidified he and
Robinson as the preeminent guitar duo of the
1990's.[1]
Ford was dismissed from the Black Crowes in the
fall of 1997, following the band's successful stint
on the summer-long Furthur Festival tour, leaving
fans wondering what direction the Crowes might be
headed. Black Crowes leaders, Chris and Rich
Robinson, cited Ford's excessive drug use as the
reason for his firing, but Ford himself is quick to
note that he was not the only one with a drug
problem. His absence from the Black Crowes was
noticed with the band's 1999 release By Your Side,
which lacked his guitar flourishes that defined a
large part of their overall sound. Subsequent
lackluster albums and tours would follow and the
Black Crowes never fully recovered.
After his departure from The Black Crowes, Ford
formed a solo band, Marc Ford and the Uninvited,
and continued to tour the United States for the
rest of the year. In 1998, Ford sat in numerous
times with renown jam band Gov't Mule before
joining the Chris Stills Band for a summer tour.
Upon the conclusion of that tour, Ford quit the
Chris Stills Band to form Federale, a joint venture
between himself and Luther Russell. The band gained
attention from minor label Interscope Records, and
a record deal was almost immediately in the works.
Federale toured briefly, opening for acts like
Gov't Mule, but disbanded after Interscope Records
was bought out by Universal Music Group and their
commercial viability was called into question.
During 2000, Ford joined the Pink Floyd blues
tribute band Blue Floyd, which originally featured
Allen Woody (guitar, bass), Matt Abts (drums),
Johnny Neel (keyboards) and Berry Oakley Jr.
(bass). Providing their own bluesy take on Pink
Floyd standards, Blue Floyd was a great success and
allowed Ford to remain the public eye while he
contemplated his next move.
Ford left Blue Floyd at the close of 2001, opting
to again to go solo. In January of 2002, during one
of his many regular appearances at the Malibu Inn
in Malibu, CA, Ford welcomed Chris Robinson to the
stage for a set of obscure-yet-memorable covers.
This performance marked the first time Ford and
Robinson had made contact with one another since
Ford's dismissal from The Black Crowes nearly five
years prior. Robinson again joined Ford at the
Malibu Inn the next week, confirming that they had
made amends. Ford even co-wrote "Sunday Sound," a
track featured on Robinson's solo debut, New Earth
Mud.
Following his acoustic-based stint at the Malibu
Inn, Ford decided to form a full-fledged electric
band. Featuring fellow Blue Floyd member Berry
Oakley Jr. (bass) and newcomers Gootch (drums) and
Chris Joyner (keys), Marc Ford and The Sinners hit
the road in early 2002. During the tour, Ford would
often take time out (with and without The Sinners)
to record tracks for his then-unnamed solo debut.
In 2003, Marc Ford and The Sinners gained some
helpful attention from country/rock singer Lucinda
Williams, who became somewhat of an ambassador for
the group. She secured the band a deal with Lost
Highway Records and Ford began finalizing his
material for the sessions.
The Lost Highway deal did not come to be, however,
as the band's representative at the label was fired
and things subsequently fell through. The Sinners
still had an opening slot on Lucinda Williams'
ongoing tour, a slot that was fairly open-ended.
Without a label backing them up, however, it was
almost financially impossible for The Sinners to
hit the road. Instead, Ford accepted an invitation
to join Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals,
relegating The Sinners to an indefinite hiatus.
Ford toured with Ben Harper and the Innocent
Criminals for the majority of 2003, from which
their live EP Live at the Hollywood Bowl was drawn
from. Ford continued his association with Ben
Harper and his band through the beginning of 2005,
when he was called to rejoin The Black Crowes for
their "All Join Hands" reunion run. This reunion
would serve as the platform for one of the greatest
rock and roll comebacks in recent years. It would
be the first time Ford would take the stage again
with his musical soul mates. Black Crowes fans were
beyond estatic when the news broke in March 2005
that Ford would be back in the fold. It was long
overdue. Ford never severed his ties with Harper,
however, appearing on his 2006 album Both Sides of
the Gun and performing a handful of shows in
support.