Birth name Gabriel Ford Genres Rock music Role Musician | Name Gabe Ford Years active 1990s – present | |
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Born June 8, 1973 (age 50) ( 1973-06-08 ) Instruments Drums, Guitar, Keyboards Associated acts Robben Ford, Little Feat Albums Rooster Rag, American Cutie (Live), Electrif Lycanthrope (Live), 40 Feat: The Hot Tomato A, Live In Holland 1976 Similar People Kenny Gradney, Sam Clayton, Fred Tackett, Bill Payne, Richie Hayward | ||
Music group Little Feat (Since 2009) | ||
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Gabe Ford (born June 8, 1973) is an American musician probably best known as the current drummer for Little Feat. He was born into a musical family. His father, Patrick, is also a musician as are his uncles Mark Ford and Robben Ford. He plays drums, guitar and keyboards.
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Musical career
Ford spent his early career in the San Francisco Bay area playing with a popular pop band called 008. He played the blues at the same time by playing and recording with his uncles as well as Chris Cain and Michael Osborn.
In 2006 Ford released his first self-titled solo album. Other musicians that play on the album are Robben Ford, Chris Cain, Joe Colgan, Mark Ford, John R Burr, Dewayne Pate, Chris McGee and Johnny Bennett.
In early 2009 Ford backed his uncle, Robben Ford, on drums when he toured with Jorma Kaukonen and Ruthie Foster.
Ford had been the drum technician for Little Feat since 2006. In 2009 original Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward announced he was leaving work indefinitely to pursue treatment for a severe liver disease. Ford filled in on drums. After Hayward's death in 2010, Ford joined the band as a full-fledged member.