Bob Ford - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Bob Ford's not my real name but it's seemed to have stuck with my friends over the years. I smile and laugh a lot. I really enjoy my job as an Account Executive with a retirement planning company but my passion has always been music. Throughout my life I've played violin, trumpet, guitar, bass, drums and piano but the only one that's really stuck is piano. I self taught myself for 4 years before starting lessons in earnest during highschool and have never looked back. I love playing with various bands around Austin and also do some session work for a couple of studios in the area. If you'd ever like to see me play live, come see the Bill Jerram Band sometime. Join our friends list and we'll bug you about all of our shows.Other than music, in no particular order I have a passion for tennis, good lagers and merlots, boating/waterskiing, poker, great comedies, HDTV, sushi, and romance.Never been married, never had kids. Not that I don't want these things but just haven't found the right person yet. If there's anything else you'd like to know just ask! I really don't believe in BS'ing anyone unless there's money and cards involved.

My Interests

Music- listening, recording, performing, composing. Movies, Hiking, Tennis, Working out, Boating, Waterskiing, Technology, Retiring as early as possible, Helping others retire as early as possible

I'd like to meet:

All kinds of people: girls or guys that are musicians, Good conversationalists. Oh and John Lennon!

Music:

The Band, Al Green, Albert King, Alice in Chains, The Allman Brothers, Audioslave, Average White Band, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Beethoven, Ben Harper, Bill Withers, Billy Joel, The Black Crowes, The Black Eyed Peas, Black Sabboth, Mike Bloomfield, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Booker T and the MG's, Buddy Guy, Buena Vista Social Club, Cake, Chick Corea, The Clash, Coldplay, The Commodores, Creedence, Cymande, Damien Rice, Dave Mathews, David Bowie, David Gray, Delaney and Bonnie, Dr. John, Easy E, Eddie Kendricks, Electric Six, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Funkadelic, Galactic, Grand Funk Railroad, Grant Green, Grateful Dead, GnR, Heatwave, Herbie Hancock, Howlin Wolf, The JB's, James Taylor, Jamiroquai, Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Smith, Jonny Cash, Jurrasic 5, King's X, Led Zeppelin, Little Feat, Los Amigos Invisibles, Los Lobos, Louis Armstrong, Lyle Lovett, Maceo Parker, Mcoy Tyner, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Melodians, Moby, Mofro, Moses Guest, Mozart, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Paul Simon, Tom Petty, Phish, Pink Floyd, Professor Longhair, Ray Charles, Pixies, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rolling Stones, The Roots, The Shins, Soulive, Spoon, St. Germaine, Stan Getz, Stephen Stills, Stevie Wonder, Sublime, Tenacious D, The Toadies, Toots and the Maytals, Tower of Power, Traffic, U2, Wilco, Willie Nelson

Movies:

The Godfather I and II, Shawshank Redemption, Old Star Wars, Taxi Driver, Jesus Christ Superstar, Indiana Jones, Saving Private Ryan, Stripes, Animal House, Caddyshack, Gladiator, Dodgeball, Some Wes Anderson, Crash, American History X, The Usual Suspects, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction Team America, Poltergeist, War of the Worlds, The Matrix, Vacation, Office Space, Braveheart, Fight Club, Napoleon Dynamite, and many more I'm forgetting right now.

Television:

I watch ESPN and Houston Sports. Occasionally I'll mix in a Family Guy episode. I also watch about 15 minutes of news every day.

Books:

I think I've read just about every single book you can find at an airport book store (I read a lot when I travel): Tom Clancy, Dan Brown, Michael Creighton, Steven King, In the Company of Heroes, Douglas Adams, Into Thin Air, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Focault's Pendulum, Neuromancer, Lord of the Rings, Bob Dylan Chronicles, Ender's Game, Bob Spitz Beatles Biography.

Heroes:

Mom and Dad, Roger Clemens, The 4th Earl of Sandwich. Paige McConnell, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Billy Preston (RIP), Muhammed Ali, Andre Agassi, Brett Favre, Barry Sanders.