• From: Sandy Eggo
  • Registered: 2007-04-29
  • Posts: 1,369

Topic: Robben Ford, Coach House, 1/17

Oh MAN! What a show! This is the third time I've seen Robben but I've never even HEARD of him being this on! Maybe it was the moon or the NAMM show or I don't even know, but Robben was in great spirits and put on one hell of a show. He even stuck around after the show to sign a few autographs and I got to shake his hand. My guitar teacher Griff Hamlin told me that he met Robben once and was off-put by the fact that Robben had a super loose dead-fish handshake, and he was just kind of timid. Robben was having a great time tonight though and gave me a nice firm handshake, which is small but its a small part of how I judge character personally...anyway here's a set list:

Lateral Climb
Indianola (AWESOME, this one really tore the roof off the place)
How Deep In The Blues
Nothin' To Nobody
Riley B. King
Cannonball Shuffle
Too Much
Spoonful (he brought Yogi Worsham up to sit in on this)
Moonchild Blues
Never Be Another You
Peace On My Mind
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Random jam with Yogi
Supernatural

Just a great experience overall. The second opening band was horrible but were going to ignore that fact because Give Me Back My Wig was great...the pipes on that Kara are incredible!

Interesting story about the first opener Give Me Back My Wig though...I've got a couple really random connections to that band so I never would have imagined were there. The guitarist Joe Campbell used to teach guitar at the place I took lessons years ago. He subed for my guitar teacher when he went to Poland once. So there was that. AND our own Libby is good friends with the bass player Bill Hayes. So in the end I never really needed to buy a ticket. Joe's wife Kay (wonderfully nice lady) got me in for free and sat my guitar teacher and I with her family, great seats.

So anyway, yeah, incredible night. Robben was really on his game and seemed to have a lot of fun.

Oh real quick, Libby, I didn't get a chance to speak with Bill. I looked for him after Robben played and nobody had stuck around it looks like. I did get to talk to Tanya though, she and I were on exactly the same page in saying when Robben is on he's ON.

"Music is the only thing that you can share with a million million people and you don't lose, you gain. It helps you to get energy and to live long, because when your soul is very happy then you don't want to die." - Ali Akbar Khan
  • From: Was NY now FL/GA line
  • Registered: 2007-12-16
  • Posts: 2,855

Re: Robben Ford, Coach House, 1/17

Bill Hayes is a long time friend of mine. Glad you enjoyed the show Danny. Sorry you didn't get to meet Bill. He's a class act!

  • From: Sandy Eggo
  • Registered: 2007-04-29
  • Posts: 1,369

Re: Robben Ford, Coach House, 1/17

It was Yogi Lonich, not Worsham, my bad! He kind of looked like Peter Green up on that stage, it was eerie...

"Music is the only thing that you can share with a million million people and you don't lose, you gain. It helps you to get energy and to live long, because when your soul is very happy then you don't want to die." - Ali Akbar Khan