You don't have to doubt that American guitarist and singer Robben Ford will play the blues on a new album. The question is rather how he will do this. Gifted string man Ford played with and and was co-founder of the fusion group . From 1992 he started to devote himself completely to the blues, without ever looking back. At Purple House, cool blues rock with horns and Hammond dominates. Ford's
… qualities as a guitarist are beyond question, but this time his attention seems to be mainly on the songs and his vocals. In steaming own songs such as Tangle With Ya and Cotton Candy, he knows how to rearrange and bend many old blues and soul clichés. In Break The Chain, he receives assistance from soul singer . Again, Ford's skill and enthusiasm radiates from this driven blues record. (MR)more
