1. Marc Ford was born on April 13,1966 and is an American blues-rock guitarist, songwriter and record producer.
71 Facts About Marc Ford
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Marc Ford was born in 1966, in Long Beach, California, United States.
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Marc Ford used to listen to his mother's small music collection of old 45s consisting of Chuck Berry and Little Richard.
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Marc Ford had early fond memories of the Beatles' music based on where he grew up in Los Angeles, Ford did not have a whole lot of exposure to music and its genres.
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Marc Ford described it as being in a "very bland-white-suburb".
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Marc Ford was taught the acoustic guitar in elementary school, and attended his teacher's music night class for house wives.
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Originally, Marc Ford played the trumpet in his school's band class.
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Marc Ford was dissatisfied with the trumpet, despite being encouraged by his father to pursue it.
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Marc Ford came to appreciate learning an instrument, as it first introduced Ford to the world of music, and the effect it can have on a room full of people.
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Marc Ford delved deeper into Southern roots music, and his love and appreciation for it still upholds to this day.
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Marc Ford graduated from high school in 1984, and left to pursue a career in music in Hollywood, Los Angeles by 1986.
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Marc Ford played guitar on the self-titled 1984 EP on which he was credited as "Mark Ford".
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Marc Ford was briefly in the Orange County band The Scarecrows.
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When Marc Ford launched Burning Tree with drummer Doni Gray and bassist Mark "Muddy" Dutton, Marc Ford had played an integral role in revival of the Scarecrows, which came back in early 1988 after a year's absence.
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Marc Ford contributed to the Scarecrows demo recordings and played in many of the band's live shows.
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The album The Scarecrows featuring Marc Ford was released in 2006, based on the band's 1988 recordings.
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Marc Ford was reluctant to sing at first, but Stevie Ray Vaughan inspired him after watching him perform at the Greek Theatre.
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In 2006, fourteen years after the disbanding of Burning Tree, Marc Ford unexpectedly reunited with his original bandmates.
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Marc Ford first listened to the album while out driving with his wife and he pulled the car over, even before getting on the freeway, in utter disbelief.
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Marc Ford was overcome with a burning passion for their sound.
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In mid-1991, Marc Ford sat in a couple of times with the Black Crowes in concert, performing The Allman Brothers Band's classic hit, "Dreams".
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Marc Ford accepted the offer, but a few days later he was asked by Slash to join Guns N' Roses, after the departure of rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin from the band.
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Marc Ford later said in 2017, that he would probably be dead now, had he joined them.
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However, in 1992, Marc Ford was involved in the recording of Izzy Stradlin's solo debut Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds where he was featured alongside the talents of Ron Wood and Ian McLagan of the Faces.
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Marc Ford stepped into the Crowes' lineup as their newest guitarist to record their 1992 sophomore album, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion.
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In late 1992, Marc Ford said that the band's two guitarists had developed a partnership that allowed for a greater interplay.
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Marc Ford performed on the next two Black Crowes releases, Amorica and Three Snakes and One Charm, and is credited for tracks from the band's two unreleased albums.
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Marc Ford had a realization "light bulb" moment while the Crowes were on tour, opening for The Rolling Stones during the 1995 Voodoo Lounge Tour.
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Marc Ford became disillusioned with the rock star dream while watching Keith Richards and Ron Wood behave like 12-year-olds in Wood's hotel suite after a show in Montpellier in 1995.
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Marc Ford was dismissed from the Black Crowes in August 1997, following the band's stint on the summer-long Furthur Festival tour.
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In 2000, Chris Robinson said that he "will always be happy knowing that Marc Ford didn't die while he was in the Black Crowes," and added that Ford was doing well and making music with friends in Los Angeles.
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In 2016, Marc Ford reflected on his time in the Crowes.
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Marc Ford left Blue Floyd at the close of 2001, opting to again to go solo.
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Marc Ford co-wrote "Sunday Sound", a track featured on Robinson's solo debut, New Earth Mud.
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In late 2003, Marc Ford accepted an invitation to join Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, relegating The Sinners to an indefinite hiatus.
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Marc 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.
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Marc Ford continued his association with Ben Harper and his band through the close of 2004, featuring on Harper's collaboration with The Blind Boys of Alabama, the Grammy award-winning album There Will Be a Light.
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In 2006, while still an active member of the Black Crowes, Marc Ford never severed his ties with Ben Harper.
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Marc Ford appears on Harper's 2006 album Both Sides of the Gun and performs at a handful of Harper's shows in support.
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In March 2005, it was announced that Marc Ford would be returning to play on lead guitar.
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Marc Ford toured with the Black Crowes on the All Join Hands Tour, through to the summer of 2006.
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On September 5,2006, two days before he was due to hit the road for the fall leg of the ongoing Black Crowes reunion tour, Marc Ford's lawyer notified the Black Crowes management via fax that, effective immediately, the guitarist would no longer be a member of the band.
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Shortly after his sudden departure from the Black Crowes, Marc Ford unexpectedly reunited with his original Burning Tree bandmates.
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The tour continued through to the end of 2007, and Marc Ford took a short break.
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In February 2010, Marc Ford self-released his fourth studio album, Fuzz Machine, featuring material recorded while on a touring break in the fall of 2007 with the band of the same name.
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Early in 2008, Marc Ford played sporadic shows on the West Coast, some with his Fuzz Machine band and some with his new venture, Jefferson Steelflex.
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Marc Ford played slide guitar on Bingham's appearances on The Tonight Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the summer of 2008.
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Marc Ford first met the Chicago-based power trio when their bands shared a festival bill in Bilbao, Spain.
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Steepwater Band subsequently provided support for Marc Ford's headlining gig at the Double Door in Chicago on July 26,2007; this time Jeff Massey and Tod Bowers joined Marc Ford's band for their encore.
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In May 2009, it was revealed that Ford would be joining the touring band for blues artist Booker T Jones.
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Marc Ford was confirmed as the guitarist for June through September 2009.
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Marc Ford signed with the Naim record label in the UK and released his fifth solo album, Holy Ghost on April 14,2014.
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Marc Ford announced the new album in Country Music magazine.
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Marc Ford released a video coinciding with the release on the story behind the new album.
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In 2015, Marc Ford played on his friend, singer songwriter Craig Helmreich's album Blood On the Table, which was recorded with producer John Vanderslice at Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco.
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In early 2016, Marc Ford reunited with the Neptune Blues Club.
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Marc Ford returned to Tiny Telephone Studio, located in the Mission District of San Francisco, to record his sixth solo album, The Vulture, released on October 14,2016.
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In October 2016, it was announced that Marc Ford had joined the newly formed The Magpie Salute, led by his former Black Crowes bandmate Rich Robinson.
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Marc Ford joined The Doors' Robby Krieger and the ABB to play "Trouble No More" and "Roadhouse Blues".
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In 2022, Marc Ford was a special guest on the west coast shows of the sixth Allman Family Revival tour.
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At the time, Marc Ford was unaware that his live set was being recorded by the now discontinued venue.
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On this east coast tour, Marc Ford performed with Phil Jones, and Berry Oakley JR.
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In 2024, Ford is on the Marc Ford Tour, touring around the States with Phil Jones and Jim Wilson.
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May 18,2018: Marc Ford played his first full solo acoustic show at the Thunder Road Club in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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November 2,2019: The Marc Ford Band performed at the second annual benefit concert for Patch Outreach and the Ayer Masonic Association at a private venue in Georgetown, Massachusetts.
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June 10,2023: The Marc Ford Band played the fourth benefit concert for Patch Outreach featuring Marc Ford, Berry Duane Oakley Jr.
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May 18,2024: The Marc Ford Band played the 5th benefit concert for Patch Outreach featuring Marc Ford, Jim Wilson and Phil Jones.
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Marc Ford and wife Kirsten Konte have one son, Elijah Marc Ford, born in 1989.
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Marc Ford designed his Signature Guitar Model with Bill Asher.
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Since late 2016, Marc Ford has toured with a personal preference for the Electro Sonic "Gold Top".
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On occasion, Marc Ford loves telling the story of how he first came across the guitar hanging up on Asher's wall with Craig Ross.