Robert Ford
Sign in to saveAlso known as Robert Newton "Bob" Ford, Bob Ford, Robert "Bob" Ford
American outlaw (1862-1892)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 100
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1919-02-13
- Active to
- 1991-10-17
boogiecountrycountry boogiecountry gospelgospeltraditional country
Discography
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- 143,690
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- 1,566,397
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bluesblues rockjazzguitarFusion
Robben Ford (born December 16, 1951) is a blues, jazz and rock guitarist with a diverse career. He was born in Woodlake, California and raised in Ukiah. He taught himself guitar when he was 13 and considered his first influence to be Mike Bloomfield. At 18 he moved to San Francisco to form the Charles Ford Blues Band (named after his father, who was also a guitarist) featuring his brothers Mark (mouth harp) and Patrick (drums). Robben was soon hired to play with Charles Musselwhite for nine
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Ford
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ray County
- Place of death
- Creede
- Occupation
- bounty hunter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Robert Ford.jpg
- Convicted of
- murder
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1862-01-31
- date of death
- 1892-06-08
- member of
- James-Younger Gang
- birth name
- Robert Newton Ford
- killed by
- Edward Capehart O'Kelley
- manner of death
- homicide
- Commons category
- Robert Ford (outlaw)
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- social classification
- outlaw
- start of work period
- 1882-04-03
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