T-Model Ford • I Was Born In A Swamp

 

Biography
by Richard Skelly
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist T-Model Ford (James Lewis Carter Ford) played a raw-edged, visceral style of blues from the Mississippi Delta, accompanied much of the time by his drummer, Spam (Tommy Lee Miles). Ford caught a break when he opened up on a national tour for Buddy Guy and his band, playing respectable theaters and some festivals, but he was chronically under-recorded. He began playing guitar late in life and hadn't really toured much outside the Mississippi Delta until the 1990s and into the new millennium. He was well received at Antone's nightclub in Austin during the South by Southwest Music Festival, at the Chicago Blues Festival, and on tour with Guy and his band. When not on the road, playing mostly blues nightclubs, T-Model Ford and Spam set their instruments and amps up on Nelson Street in Greenville, Mississippi, where they would play for as much as eight hours straight. Ford's sound was raw, unadulterated Delta blues, and the music on his albums tends to sound sparse but is very rhythmic, given that his sole accompanist was the drummer Spam. His albums, all for the Fat Possum label, now based in Los Angeles, include Pee-Wee Get My Gun (1997), You Better Keep Still (1999), She Ain't None of Your'n (2000), and Bad Man (2002). After a six-year break from recording -- though he toured regularly -- Ford returned to the bins on the Alive imprint with Ladies Man in 2010; he followed it with Taledragger in 2011. Two years later, he died at home of respiratory failure after a short time in hospice care.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/t-model-ford-mn0000656822/biography

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Biografía
por Richard Skelly
El cantante, compositor y guitarrista T-Model Ford (James Lewis Carter Ford) tocaba un estilo de blues crudo y visceral del Delta del Mississippi, acompañado la mayor parte del tiempo por su batería, Spam (Tommy Lee Miles). Ford tuvo una oportunidad cuando abrió una gira nacional para Buddy Guy y su banda, tocando en teatros respetables y en algunos festivales, pero fue crónicamente sub-grabado. Empezó a tocar la guitarra tarde y no había hecho muchas giras fuera del Delta del Mississippi hasta los años 90 y el nuevo milenio. Fue bien recibido en el club nocturno Antone's de Austin durante el Festival de Música South by Southwest, en el Festival de Blues de Chicago y en las giras con Guy y su banda. Cuando no estaban de gira, tocando principalmente en clubes nocturnos de blues, T-Model Ford y Spam instalaban sus instrumentos y amplificadores en la calle Nelson de Greenville, Mississippi, donde tocaban hasta ocho horas seguidas. El sonido de Ford era un blues del Delta crudo y sin adulterar, y la música de sus álbumes tiende a sonar escasa pero muy rítmica, dado que su único acompañante era el batería Spam. Sus álbumes, todos ellos para el sello Fat Possum, ahora con sede en Los Ángeles, incluyen Pee-Wee Get My Gun (1997), You Better Keep Still (1999), She Ain't None of Your'n (2000) y Bad Man (2002). Tras un paréntesis de seis años sin grabar -aunque salía de gira con regularidad-, Ford regresó a los contenedores en el sello Alive con Ladies Man en 2010; le siguió Taledragger en 2011. Dos años después, falleció en su casa de una insuficiencia respiratoria tras un breve periodo de cuidados paliativos.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/t-model-ford-mn0000656822/biography

Tracks:
A1 - I Was Born In A Swamp (Intro) - 1:56
A2 - Someone's Knocking On My Door - 5:13
A3 - Big Legged Woman - 7:56
A4 - Chicken Head Man - 7:50
B1 - I'm Coming To Kick Yer Asses (Intro) - 2:00
B2 - Hip Shakin' Woman - 10:23
B3 - My Babe - 2:49
B4 - Same Old Train - 7:05

    
Credits:
    Artwork By – Geoff Crowe
    Bass – Jon "Kirby" Newman*
    Bass, Piano, Organ, Guitar – Brian Olive
    Drums, Percussion – Martin Reinsel
    Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Organ [Hammond] – Matthew Smith
    Guitar – Aaron Moreland, Stefan Zillioux
    Harmonica – Dustin Arbuckle
    Mixed By – Dave Cooley (tracks: A1, A4, B1-B3), Jim Diamond (2) (tracks: A2-A3, B4)
    Percussion, Musette [Muse] – Starr Harris
    Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Robert Matheu
    Photography By [Cover Photo] – Patrick Boissel
    Recorded By – Arthur Alexander (5) (tracks: A2-A3, B4), Brian Hussey (3) (tracks: A2-A3, B4), Paul Carter (30) (tracks: A1, A4, B1-B3)
    Slide Guitar – Mike Weinel
    Vocals, Guitar – T-Model Ford

Label: Alive Naturalsound Records – 0215-1
Released: Jul 9, 2021
Genre: Blues
https://www.discogs.com/release/19437691-T-Model-Ford-I-Was-Born-In-A-Swamp

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