Jeff McErlain's Brooklyn Lockdown Conversations featuring Robben Ford 

Watching again two years later, Robin Ford is so real and talented . Jeff also is doing such a good job here. Thank you so much my friends !

ha I've been playing for 50 years, just today I learned the guitar is tuned to the pentatonic scale! thanks Robben!

YES! 1968 0N NOW!! listen to it often, what a great album~. BTW JEFF, this conversation with Robben when he was relaxed, not able to travel, etc. wow what a fabulous opportunity to hear the two of you talking about all these things when you both have down time. There were some pretty interesting descriptions of how to learning ways of making your own expressions heard in your playing. I'm sure those who hear this will benefit greatly in hearing these nuances & working on their abilities to do just what Robben has progressed to & you as well. I saw the live concert with you both with Andy Hess & Toss Panos playing Oasis, man, you played so beautifully. I wish there was a way we could also see the nights when Robben came into Brooklyn in the late Spring to perform with you, please if there is any way...

Great!!!

My future brother in law gave me his copy of Micky Baker's first book in 1980, I still attempt to revisit those chords, in fact one of the first exercises is a progression I like to use at jams to wake the drummer....

Sweet soul.

Robben's tips on playing are indispensable, and he tells great stories. Lots of us learned chords from Mickey Baker's book and later, Ted Greene's book, back in the day when there was no RU-vid and no CDs, only LPs, 45 RPMs, and analog cassette tapes.

Really an interesting and simple way to work out rhythm guitar parts - using voice leading to logically determine which chord to use. I have used Mickey Baker's books (1&2) for 30 years. I don't recall he said this so simply. Thanks Robben. Thanks Jeff for suggesting Robben cover this.

Great lesson on how to make a simple vamp interesting, thank you both for this enlightening 1h45mins great job !

Thanks Jeff, Thanks Robben both made my week end wonderful...

Thank you to both of you for sharing generously and kindly your time and knowledge. It’s was a real pleasure to watch.

I have been working on blues courses from both Robben and Jeff from the Truefire, digesting one by one broadening my blues day by day. Thanks for all .

Thx for the lesson Robben. Loved it :)

Great info and thanks for sharing the pdf! Both of you guys are awesome when it come to sharing your knowledge. And yes I believe most of us have been buying the Mickey Baker book

Jeff, Robben, These are great session. Thank you. Cool to talk about the overtone series. By the way the 7 contained in the overtones is the b7 (or as close as it gets),... so I figure the universe wants us to play the blues.

this is great..!

Very glad I found this. Robben was one of my very earliest inspirations and both his and Jeff's content is incredible. Wonderful interview between two real artists of the 🎸

Mickey Baker's Complete Course in Jazz Guitar, Book 1, Part One, Lesson 1: "Below you have 26 chords which you must learn to use right away. There are more chords to learn, but these are the most important. We have to limit ourselves to the most important chords, because, as you know, there are so many meaningless chords for guitar...." :)

i use a 15" with marshell origin but will try a little walter

IMO effects pedals can be played.. it is an art..

Killer. Don't know how missed this. Dude is on his toes. I gotta learn more chord voicings! Lol

Holy shit robben... I hate technology also

Always great learning from greats...Ill tell ya, in 18 months playing guitar, at 8 to 10 hrs a day, thats how infatuated i got...Im now not only writing and producing my own blues album, im the sole guitar player on it...Not everyone can put 10 hrs a day in to practicing guitar, im lucky to finally make music my full time job..it has consumed my life, has kept me away from booz and other foreign substances lol...The only regret i have is that ? i traded women in for my guitar, last night i fell asleep sitting up, guitar in hand, lol.., .So, in reality i dont sleep alone haha...Anyway, before i started blabbberinggg. I wanted to say i cant imagine how difficult it was in the 60s learning guitar...Even with books, translating and a lesson a week from a teacher...What ive learned in 18 mths wouldve taken 5 yrs EASY! I know this because, i tried it the old school way for 5 days, it was a nightmare, lol We have it made today as far as a learning platform....Theres a instant answer to any guitar question just a few clicks away...Once i sniffed out all the bull shit artist on youtube, and realized what i needed at that moment it was there...Just think, Jeff and Robben Fu$%ing Ford, are teaching us right now...PRICELESS! And does anyone have a guitar, that as soon as they pick it up, either a song comes out or they just bond with? .....What i thought was my least favorite guitar, i realize everytime i pick it up i either write a song or riff....such as life, i guess, we dont always end up with the chick or guitar we initially fall for!

He lost me already.first 5 minutes.lol..damn it😞

I wish i could understand what he ist talking about! 🙄

I ADORE Robben Ford as a guitar player, but I'm convinced he doesn't actually remember how he learned (and practiced) to be able to do what he does now on guitar. As an example, when asked "what's your practice routine" he only manages to remember 6 months of playing scales and frequently talks about learning chords from a book. It's frustrating to hear this, because while he's not deliberately withholding information, this is in NO WAY what it actually takes to learn and play at his level, not by a mile. How did he figure out how to improv? Did he spontaneously figure out how to improv while touring with Miles Davis? Ummm no, doubtful. Did learning the diminished scale make him great so he just had to practice that? No. A word of advice to anyone out there: Your guitar heros might not be the best guitar teachers, being an amazing guitarist and musician is a different skill than the skill of learning to teach guitar.. and the challenge is sometimes a guitar master doesn't understand this as they attempt to teach others. Robben is standing on the shoulders of a younger Robben that current Robben doesn't remember well :)

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