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The Yellowjackets -- Like a River 
Jamming along to this gem with my bass (the fretless variety, for those of you keeping score at home). I can't believe how well this stands up af- ter all these years. Great compositions, excellent per- formances. Any other fans of this band on the site? | |
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I know them from their 1st album...
...which stays in my car. The lineup at that time was: Russell Ferrante - keys Jimmy Haslip - bass (and brother in the left-handed upside down club) Ricky Lawson - drums Robben Ford - guitar Really good tunes. tA  Tribal Disorder
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Puhchoolee said:
Jamming along to this gem with my bass (the fretless variety, for those of you keeping score at home). I can't believe how well this stands up af- ter all these years. Great compositions, excellent per- formances. Any other fans of this band on the site? The Yellow Jackets are great. I used to play some of their songs in a jazzband I was in. Robben Ford played guitar with them. Have you heard the keyboard improvisation on their song Goin' Home? Gorgeous | |
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Great comments.
I'm going to have to check out their disc- ography. Got their live CD that featured Take 6, as well as the follow- up to River, which featured Bobby McFerrin. Outstanding! Robben Ford is a real beast! | |
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Yellowjackets Fan over here!!
Over the years, these have been my favorites:   
Dreamland is my absolute favorite, with Bobby Mcferrin, as you mentioned. The same year this came out, The Yellowjackets were also his backing band and collaborators on his album, Bang, Zoom!: 
and of course there's the album that started it all, Robben Ford's 1979 album, The Inside Story: 
according to Yellowjackets Keyboardist Russell Ferrante, this album really signaled the birth of the group, although Robben Ford left to continue his solo career after their second album... ... [Edited 8/15/05 6:29am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Almost every
month, I pop in a Hendrix tribute disc on which Ford guested, just to hear his blistering so- los from the cover of "Rain- y Day, Dream Away." Fluid, melodic runs. Textbook.  | |
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Puhchoolee said: Almost every
month, I pop in a Hendrix tribute disc on which Ford guested, just to hear his blistering so- los from the cover of "Rain- y Day, Dream Away." Fluid, melodic runs. Textbook. Speaking of Robben Ford... 
...one of my favs. Roscoe Beck is a monster. tA France countdown - T-Minus 9 days and counting. 
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