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Marc Ford
Biography
Although he has been performing as a solo artist since the late 1990s, guitarist/singer Marc Ford is best known for his contributions to the famous roots rock/hard rock/rock & roll band the Black Crowes. The Los Angeles native, however, was not an original member of the Black Crowes, who were together eight years before he joined. Formed by brothers Chris and Rich Robinson in Atlanta in 1984, the Black Crowes had sold millions of albums by the time they officially hired Ford to replace guitarist Jeff Cease in 1992 -- and even though Ford wasn't a major name in the music world during his pre-Crowes years, he did have some noteworthy things on his résumé. Born in Los Angeles on April 13, 1966, Ford was in his early twenties when he formed the L.A.-based power trio Burning Tree with bassist Mark "Muddy" Dutton and drummer Doni Gray in the late 1980s; greatly influenced by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Blue Cheer, and Cream (among others), Burning Tree favored a psychedelic hard rock sound that was reminiscent of the late '60s. Burning Tree, for which Ford sang lead and played guitar, were not well known, but they did record a self-titled album for Epic/Sony in 1990 before breaking up.
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