David Ford
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Following the demise of his first band in 2004, David Ford bedded down in his Eastbourne, Sussex, flat over the winter and set about recording what became his debut solo album, I Sincerely Apologise For All the Trouble I’ve Caused, which was independently released in the UK on the Magnolia Label in the autumn of 2005. Shortly thereafter, he filmed a video for key track “State of the Union,” the first of two, one-take videos that would prove pivotal in his career.
The wonders of the Internet allowed the good people at SonyBMG in New York to see this video and within no time, Ford found himself in New York and signed to Columbia Records. I Sincerely Apologise… was released in the U.S. in 2006 and he spent the next year on the road in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, in support of artists such as Ray LaMontagne, Aimee Mann, KT Tunstall, and Gomez. The album, meanwhile, found fans at the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and American Songwriter, among others. Ford also made his network television debut on Last Call with Carson Daly before heading home to England.
Throughout 2007, Ford wrote and recorded his second album, Songs For The Road. Once released (October 2007 on Independiente in the UK; April 2008 on Original Signal Recordings in the U.S.), the critical acclaim that greeted it is was even greater than before. Ford landed a cover of the Sunday Times and glowing reviews in The Sun, The Word, Q, and Uncut in the UK; and PopMatters, Reuters, Women’s Wear Daily, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, and AM New York came calling in the U.S.
Ford took his one-man show on the road, supporting Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Aimee Mann, Bell X1, and Augustana on successful tours of the U.S. and Canada, and a UK solo run followed in 2008, each including a couple of triumphant shows at New York’s Mercury Lounge and London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire. During this time, he filmed a second one-take video for new album opener “Go To Hell,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVky7hwuebU in which he performed multiple instruments (here including even a water cooler, tea kettle, and fork and knife) live and looped the sounds to create his own imaginary backing band – similar to as he does at each and every show. The video astonished many and became a viral sensation, with 600K hits on YouTube to date and coverage in New York Magazine’s ‘Approval Matrix,’ AOL Music’s Spinner blog, PasteMagazine.com, Apple’s Quicktime page, and Wired’s Listening Post blog, among others.
His third album, Let the Hard Times Roll is now ready for release in the USA and Canada. The album was made in some rather some unlikely venues: The tracks were all were recorded in an empty industrial unit in Eastbourne UK; except for the track “Missouri,” which was created in a room at the Rodeway Inn motel in Warrensburg, MO, next to the Taco Bell and additional piano parts and group sing-along vocals were captured in a former convalescent hospital in southern England. Ford plays nearly every instrument on the record, save additional violin and trombone provided by friend and occasional touring partner Hannah Peel. The album is produced and engineered by David Ford himself with help from his close friend James Brown – who recently engineered the forthcoming Foo Fighters album.
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The wonders of the Internet allowed the good people at SonyBMG in New York to see this video and within no time, Ford found himself in New York and signed to Columbia Records. I Sincerely Apologise… was released in the U.S. in 2006 and he spent the next year on the road in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, in support of artists such as Ray LaMontagne, Aimee Mann, KT Tunstall, and Gomez. The album, meanwhile, found fans at the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and American Songwriter, among others. Ford also made his network television debut on Last Call with Carson Daly before heading home to England.
Throughout 2007, Ford wrote and recorded his second album, Songs For The Road. Once released (October 2007 on Independiente in the UK; April 2008 on Original Signal Recordings in the U.S.), the critical acclaim that greeted it is was even greater than before. Ford landed a cover of the Sunday Times and glowing reviews in The Sun, The Word, Q, and Uncut in the UK; and PopMatters, Reuters, Women’s Wear Daily, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, and AM New York came calling in the U.S.
Ford took his one-man show on the road, supporting Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Aimee Mann, Bell X1, and Augustana on successful tours of the U.S. and Canada, and a UK solo run followed in 2008, each including a couple of triumphant shows at New York’s Mercury Lounge and London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire. During this time, he filmed a second one-take video for new album opener “Go To Hell,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVky7hwuebU in which he performed multiple instruments (here including even a water cooler, tea kettle, and fork and knife) live and looped the sounds to create his own imaginary backing band – similar to as he does at each and every show. The video astonished many and became a viral sensation, with 600K hits on YouTube to date and coverage in New York Magazine’s ‘Approval Matrix,’ AOL Music’s Spinner blog, PasteMagazine.com, Apple’s Quicktime page, and Wired’s Listening Post blog, among others.
His third album, Let the Hard Times Roll is now ready for release in the USA and Canada. The album was made in some rather some unlikely venues: The tracks were all were recorded in an empty industrial unit in Eastbourne UK; except for the track “Missouri,” which was created in a room at the Rodeway Inn motel in Warrensburg, MO, next to the Taco Bell and additional piano parts and group sing-along vocals were captured in a former convalescent hospital in southern England. Ford plays nearly every instrument on the record, save additional violin and trombone provided by friend and occasional touring partner Hannah Peel. The album is produced and engineered by David Ford himself with help from his close friend James Brown – who recently engineered the forthcoming Foo Fighters album.