I first became aware of Jim Ford about 10 years ago when I ran across a copy of his album Harlan County. I knew from first listen that he was an extremely funky cat in that unique white Southern country soul kind of way. Imagine if Tony Joe White had hung out and worked with Sly Stone and Bobby Womack. That’s exactly what this Kentucky native did back in the late 60s and early 70s. The result is a nearly one of a kind synthesis of Appalachian soulfulness combined with the psychedelic funk of Sly & the Family Stone and the hard edged R&B of Womack.
His version of the oft-covered Willie Dixon/Howlin’ Wolf classic Spoonful is simply the best I’ve ever heard.
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Jim Ford – Spoonful
Jim Ford – Mixed Greens
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