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Marc Ford
Marc Ford (born April 13, 1966) is an American blues-rock guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is a former guitarist of the rock and roll band The Black Crowes, the former lead guitarist of The Magpie Salute and the leader of his own bands: Burning Tree, Marc Ford & The Neptune Blues Club, Marc Ford & The Sinners, Fuzz Machine, and Jefferson Steelflex.
Ford ranks as a world class musician. He was awarded a Grammy and an NAACP Image Award—an honor bestowed on few Caucasians, for his work with Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama on There Will Be a Light (2004).
Marc Ford was born in 1966, in Long Beach, California, United States.
Ford grew up in a non-musical household. He used to listen to his mother's small music collection of old 45s consisting of Chuck Berry and Little Richard. He had early fond memories of the Beatles' music, however, based on where he grew up in Los Angeles, Ford did not have a whole lot of exposure to music and its genres. He described it as being in a "very bland-white-suburb".
At the age of ten, his grandmother bought Ford his first guitar from the Rose Bowl Flea Market/Swap Meet. Ford was taught the acoustic guitar in elementary school, and attended his teacher's music night class for house wives. Originally, Ford played the trumpet in his school's band class. He was dissatisfied with the trumpet, despite being encouraged by his father to pursue it. He 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.
In his early teens, he became influenced by Elton John, Jimi Hendrix, and the 1960s English bands Pink Floyd, and The Jeff Beck Group—in particular the first two albums, which featured guitarists Jeff Beck, Ron Wood, and the vocal talents of Rod Stewart. He delved deeper into Southern roots music, and his love and appreciation for it still upholds to this day.
Marc Ford started out playing the Southern California/Los Angeles underground punk rock scene in the early to mid-eighties in garage bands such as Citadel, which later went by the names Citadel Ltd & Head. Formed by Ford's acquaintances in high school, Citadel eventually disbanded due to disagreements with their singer, which led to the formation of Burning Tree. Ford and his high school bandmates were influenced and lived vicariously through the rockumentary films: The Who's The Kids Are Alright (1979), and Jimi Hendrix (1973). Ford graduated from high school in 1984, and left to pursue a career in music in Hollywood, Los Angeles by 1986.
In 1984, eighteen-year-old Ford played in the post-T.S.O.L. band Cathedral of Tears, led by Jack Grisham and Greg Kuehn. He played guitar on the self-titled 1984 EP on which he was credited as "Mark Ford". In 2019, 1983 Demo EP was released, based on the band's previously unreleased demos from 1983. Ford was not involved.
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Marc Ford
Marc Ford (born April 13, 1966) is an American blues-rock guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is a former guitarist of the rock and roll band The Black Crowes, the former lead guitarist of The Magpie Salute and the leader of his own bands: Burning Tree, Marc Ford & The Neptune Blues Club, Marc Ford & The Sinners, Fuzz Machine, and Jefferson Steelflex.
Ford ranks as a world class musician. He was awarded a Grammy and an NAACP Image Award—an honor bestowed on few Caucasians, for his work with Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama on There Will Be a Light (2004).
Marc Ford was born in 1966, in Long Beach, California, United States.
Ford grew up in a non-musical household. He used to listen to his mother's small music collection of old 45s consisting of Chuck Berry and Little Richard. He had early fond memories of the Beatles' music, however, based on where he grew up in Los Angeles, Ford did not have a whole lot of exposure to music and its genres. He described it as being in a "very bland-white-suburb".
At the age of ten, his grandmother bought Ford his first guitar from the Rose Bowl Flea Market/Swap Meet. Ford was taught the acoustic guitar in elementary school, and attended his teacher's music night class for house wives. Originally, Ford played the trumpet in his school's band class. He was dissatisfied with the trumpet, despite being encouraged by his father to pursue it. He 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.
In his early teens, he became influenced by Elton John, Jimi Hendrix, and the 1960s English bands Pink Floyd, and The Jeff Beck Group—in particular the first two albums, which featured guitarists Jeff Beck, Ron Wood, and the vocal talents of Rod Stewart. He delved deeper into Southern roots music, and his love and appreciation for it still upholds to this day.
Marc Ford started out playing the Southern California/Los Angeles underground punk rock scene in the early to mid-eighties in garage bands such as Citadel, which later went by the names Citadel Ltd & Head. Formed by Ford's acquaintances in high school, Citadel eventually disbanded due to disagreements with their singer, which led to the formation of Burning Tree. Ford and his high school bandmates were influenced and lived vicariously through the rockumentary films: The Who's The Kids Are Alright (1979), and Jimi Hendrix (1973). Ford graduated from high school in 1984, and left to pursue a career in music in Hollywood, Los Angeles by 1986.
In 1984, eighteen-year-old Ford played in the post-T.S.O.L. band Cathedral of Tears, led by Jack Grisham and Greg Kuehn. He played guitar on the self-titled 1984 EP on which he was credited as "Mark Ford". In 2019, 1983 Demo EP was released, based on the band's previously unreleased demos from 1983. Ford was not involved.