Guitarist Robben Ford is among the most traveled musicians of the last five decades. As a sideman, he has worked alongside legends including Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmy Witherspoon, Miles Davis, George Harrison, Mavis Staples, and Joni Mitchell, just to name a few. As a leader, he's recorded a diverse body of work that cuts across and/or melds blues, jazz, rock, funk, soul, country, and fusion. Pure, his first instrumental date since 1997's Grammy-nominated Tiger Walk, altered his normal recording process with excellent results. Ford usually enters the recording studio with a band, cuts tracks for a few days, then fixes mistakes and adds overdubs during post-production. He started out that way here, too. Along the way, something didn't sound right; the other players were influencing the music too much. Ford and co-producer/engineer Casey Wasner went back to the drawing board. Wasner recorded Ford playing all guitars and most keyboards. When they finished, they dubbed in various rhythm sections and saxophonists Bill Evans and Jeff Coffin.

1		Pure (Prelude)
2		White Rock Beer...8 Cents
3		Balafon
4		Milam Palmo
5		Go
6		Blues for Lonnie Johnson
7		A Dragon's Tail
8		Pure
9		If You Want Me To

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