Emerging from the ashes of his first stint in The Black Crowes, Marc Ford teamed up with singer/songwriter Luther Russell to form the powerhouse known as Federale. The pair wrote and recorded several songs together and performed some stellar shows to captivated crowds. Interscope Records came knocking in early 1999 and it seemed that Federale was poised for greatness.

The stars were not aligned for Federale, however. After recording demos together (included here as “The Ventura Sessions”), inner turmoil at Interscope Records lead to interest in the band being abandoned. Ford and Luther went their separate ways and Federale was no more. Ford would incorporate some of the songs he wrote for Federale into his solo release over the following years, but sadly the band would never drift back together.

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Where can one even start a discussion about Marc Ford? He’s a journeyman, an endless well of creativity and talent that has lent itself to countless bands and other musical projects for the better part of the last three decades. He is of course most well known for his tenure with The Black Crowes, whom he joined in 1992 and helped forge what is perhaps their most endeared era. It was in that band that Ford not only developed his signature sound, but also forever intertwined himself with the band’s co-founder and co-songwriter, Rich Robinson.

Ford would stray from The Black Crowes twice: the first time in the Summer of 1997 and the second in the Fall of 2006, after he had returned for the band’s reunion run in 2005. In between and following, Ford pursued a creatively-successful solo career (yielding six impressive albums), played with some of the best names in the business (Ben Harper, Booker T. Jones, Warren Haynes) and even assumed the role of producer for the formative albums of some of music’s brightest talent (Ryan Bingham, The Steepwater Band, Phantom Limb).

Included here are some of his solo performances, ones that are essential to his evolution as a solo artist in many different ways. Also up for grabs is a short-but-sweet collection of some rare tracks from his career. Shows will continue to be added, so check back often!

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