Truth (Robben Ford album)
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Truth is a 2007 album by blues
artist Robben Ford
, notable for a well-received cover
of Paul Simon
's 1971 composition "One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor." "Riley B. King" is a homage to B.B. King.
Truth was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album
,
and in August 2007, it became the number one blues album on Billboard's charts.
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
artist 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...
, notable for a well-received cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
's 1971 composition "One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor." "Riley B. King" is a homage to B.B. King.
Truth was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album was awarded from 1988 to 2011. From 2001 to 2003 the award recipients included the producers and engineers as well as the artists...
,
and in August 2007, it became the number one blues album on Billboard's charts.
Track listing
- "Lateral Climb" (Robben Ford) 4:19
- "How Deep in the Blues (Do You Want To Go)" (Gary Nicholson, Robben Ford) 4:18
- "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Otis ReddingOtis ReddingOtis Ray Redding, Jr. was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul and R&B...
) 3:12 - "Riley B. King" (Kevin MooreKeb' Mo'Keb' Mo is an American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.-Early life:From early on he had an appreciation for the blues and gospel music...
, Robben Ford) 6:16 - "You're Gonna Need a Friend" (Anne Kerry Ford, Robben Ford) 5:44
- "One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor" (Paul SimonPaul SimonPaul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
) 4:37 - "Too Much" (Gabriel Ford) 4:13
- "Peace on My Mind" (Robben Ford) 6:01
- "There'll Never Be Another You" (Robben Ford) 5:15
- "River of Soul" (Danny Flowers, Robben Ford) 6:18
- "Moonchild Blues" (Robben Ford) 5:41
Personnel
- Robben Ford - guitar
- Will LeeWill Lee (bassist)Will Lee aka William Franklin Lee IV is an American musician and bassist, best known for his work on the CBS television program The Late Show with David Letterman as part of the CBS Orchestra....
, Chris Chaney, Jimmy EarlJimmy EarlJimmy Earl is an American jazz musician and composer. He has released two studio albums and recorded extensively. He has toured the world with major artists. He is ranked #22 on the DigitalDreamDoor list of greatest fusion bassists...
- bass - Charley DraytonCharley DraytonCharley Drayton is an American multi-instrumental musician and producer, who has played as a drummer and bass guitarist for many bands and artists and is currently the drummer in Australian rock bands Divinyls and Cold Chisel....
, Gary Novak, Toss Panos, Bernie Dresel - drums - Bernie WorrellBernie WorrellGeorge Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic...
, Larry Goldings, Jeff Babko - keyboards - Dave "Woody" Woodford - tenor saxophone
- Dan Fornero - trumpet
- Ken Stacey, Siedah Garrett - background vocals
- Susan TedeschiSusan TedeschiSusan Tedeschi is an American blues and soul musician, who has received multiple Grammy Award nominations, and is well-known for her singing voice, guitar playing, stage presence, and marriage to blues guitarist Derek Trucks...
- vocals on "One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor" - Russell FerranteRussell FerranteRussell 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...
- piano