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I remember seeing his first couple of albums in record shops way back at the end of the '70s, and Schizophonic gave me the impression he was as much a saxophonist as a guitarist. Then about ten years later he became much better known and there was no mention of saxophones...!
I stopped buying albums in the end, they were too hit and miss for me (have 6 or 7)
So weirdly, I came to think of Robben as a kind of rough-and-ready alternative to Eric Johnson...! In retrospect of course, the Robben Ford albums are actually rather slick and a bit "easy listening" at times.
(I'm often surprised at the stuff I bought 30 years ago... I think of myself as only listening to teh Bro0talz...)
https://youtu.be/A-X9dU28qyA
Here's an utter classic from it..
I also don't really rate Talk To Your Daughter.
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The Talk to Your Daughter album features his 'modern' tone on tracks like 'Talk to your daughter' and 'Help the poor' and is good one to listen to as a contrast to his subsequent material, which has a roarer sound . The 2 songs I've mentioned are benchmark sounds for me and how 'I' thought a Dumble sounded, but as we now know different players, they're different sounding. To that point, A Handful of Blues is a good representation of his rootsier, bluesier playing and sound and worth a listen.
Whilst his Tele features a lot, on some albums he'll stick with one different guitar like a Casino and that influenced the material.
An album I love is 'Pop Pop' by Rikki Lee Jones where she covers jazz standards and he plays wonderful accompaniment on acoustic guitar.
One thing of note...Robben Ford is not as strong in the singing department but as a guitarist, he's up there with his mate, Larry Carlton and you may hear the term 'outside playing' applied to their respective styles because of the twist they put into their scale and note choices
One thing, I wish he'd played on a Steely Dan record
Vinnie on drums is masterful though.
Many will disagree - But I wonder, with any artists, that can you keep turning out umpteen albums and stay fresh/inspired, or after a while does it sound like another version of what you've heard