Five David Ford vids for the price of one

Okay, I guess when you consider that everything on this site is free, the above statement doesn’t mean much, unless you actually take the time to watch through all five of these in which case you’ll really appreciate the true value of what’s being delivered on this page.
 

 
The one thing I really love about David Ford’s video work is that he never does the cop-out pantomime and lip sync you get with 99.99999% of all videos ever made by anyone else. With Ford, you always get a new perspective on the tune, such as his overdub bonanza reinterpretations of “Go to Hell” and “State of the Union.”
 
This version of “Alright Now,” originally from Ford’s most recent LP Songs for the Road, features Ford performing the song in four takes (one each for guitar, piano, bass and drums).
 
After I was done enjoying this tune, I noticed a few more recent videos I was hitherto unaware of, including sessions at the legendary Sun Studios (he’s on the same floor where Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Howlin’ Wolf, B.B. King and Jerry Lee Lewis once stood). Evidently, Ford’s been making good use of his time stateside to start working on a third disc (hell yeah!).
 

 
This one is currently untitled, and as you can gather from the little interview bit he’s not even sure if it’s done, but I’ll take Ford’s unfinished tracks over most people’s finished ones.
 

 
Here’s yet another take on “Go to Hell” showing his use of his handy-dandy loop device. Notice how he uses his palm on the acoustic guitar strings to create a bass drum sound near ther end. I love how he never seems to play this song the same way twice (forgive me if I gush).
 

 
Here’s another one called “I Don’t Care What You Call Me” that goes back to his first record (I Sincerely Apologise for All the Trouble I’ve Caused).
 

 
I’m going to leave off today’s installment of “I just can’t get enough of that David Ford stuff” with a new version of “State of the Nation” where Ford actually talks about his loop machines; you can even get a good look it them a few times. For the tech-geek-curious, he’s using an Electro-Harmonix 2880 Super Multi-Track Looper (and I want one).
 

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