The Inside Story is a 1979 studio album by Robben Ford

Robben Ford

Robben Ford is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist.-Biography:Ford was born in Woodlake, California, United States, but raised in Ukiah, California, and began playing the saxophone at age 10, picking up the guitar at age 13...

. This Robben Ford's solo album can be regarded as the start of the Jazz fusion band

Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...

 the Yellowjackets

Yellowjackets

Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion/smooth jazz quartet.-History:The original group, called The Robben Ford Group, was formed in 1977, and consisted of Robben Ford, Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip and Ricky Lawson, all top-notch L.A. session musicians...

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Track listing

All songs written by Robben Ford

Robben Ford

Robben Ford is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist.-Biography:Ford was born in Woodlake, California, United States, but raised in Ukiah, California, and began playing the saxophone at age 10, picking up the guitar at age 13...

 unless otherwise noted.

1. "Magic Sam" – 5:53 instrumental
2. "For the One I Love" – 4:22 instrumental
3. "North Carolina" – 4:38 vocal
4. "There's No One Else" (Ford, Russell Ferrante
   Russell Ferrante
   Russell Keith Ferrante is a jazz pianist from San Jose, California who is a founding member of the group Yellowjackets. During his early career, Ferrante performed with American blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon and guitarist Robben Ford. He also toured with Joni Mitchell. The group Yellowjackets...
   
   ) – 6:52 instrumental
5. "The Inside Story" (Ford, Russell Ferrante) – 5:30 instrumental
6. "Need Somebody" (Gordon Edwards, Richard Tee
   Richard Tee
   Richard Tee was a pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger.Tee graduated from the High School of Music and Art and attended the Manhattan School of Music. Though better known as a studio and session musician, Tee led a jazz ensemble, the Richard Tee Committee, and was a founding member of the...
   
   ) – 5:21 vocal
7. "Far Away" – 5:40 instrumental
8. "Tee Time for Eric" – 5:09 instrumental

Personnel

• Robben Ford - Guitar, Electric Piano, Vocals
• Russell Ferrante
  Russell Ferrante
  Russell Keith Ferrante is a jazz pianist from San Jose, California who is a founding member of the group Yellowjackets. During his early career, Ferrante performed with American blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon and guitarist Robben Ford. He also toured with Joni Mitchell. The group Yellowjackets...
  
   - Moog Synthesizer, Arp Odyssey, Synthesizer Programming
• Steve Perry
  Steve Perry (musician)
  Stephen Ray "Steve" Perry is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Journey from 1977–1987 and 1995–1998. Perry had a successful solo career throughout the late 1980s and early '90s.Perry's voice has garnered acclaim from musical peers and music...
  
   - Synthesizer Programming, Roland
• Jimmy Haslip - Bass
• Ricky Lawson
  Ricky Lawson
  - Overview :Ricky Lawson started playing drums at the age of 16. He would borrow is Uncle's drum set, and would carry it to his house all the way across town via the Detroit Buses that ran in the town. In high school Lawson played in his high school jazz band, which consisted of only 5 members...
  
   - Percussion, Drums
• Starz Vander Lockett - Percussion
• Tommy Vig
  Tommy Vig
  Tommy Vig is an award-winning jazz vibraharpist, drummer, percussionist, arranger, big band leader, film, television, and classical concert composer, inventor, author, and educator.- Life and Work :...
  
   - Percussion
• Mark Ford - Harmonica
• Alan Rubin
  Alan Rubin
  Alan Rubin , also known as Mr. Fabulous, was an American musician. He played trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet....
  
   - Trumpet
• Tom "Bones" Malone
  Tom Malone (musician)
  Tom "Bones" Malone is an American jazz musician. As his nickname implies, he specializes on the trombone, but also plays trumpet, tuba, tenor sax, baritone sax, flutes, piccolo, and other instruments....
  
   - Trombone, Horn, Baritone Saxophone
• Lou Marini
  Lou Marini
  Lou Marini, Jr. is an American saxophonist, arranger and composer. He is noted for his work in the jazz, rock, blues and soul music traditions.-Early life and range of musical experience:...
  
   - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Horn Arrangements

Production

• Steve Cropper
  Steve Cropper
  Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
  
  - Producer, Mixing
• Bruce Robb - Engineer, Mixing
• Bernie Grundman - Mastering
• Ron Coro - Art Direction
• Johnny Lee - Art Direction, Design
• Gary Heery - Photography
• Robben Ford - Liner Notes

Releases

CD Elektra 5702
1979 LP Elektra 169
Elektra 6E 169
1998 CD Wea International 61021
2006 CD Wounded Bird 169