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Profile
West Side Andy & the Mel Ford Band
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1999 KBA Award Winner
Achievement for Blues on the Internet
Presented by the Blues Foundation
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Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd calls Andy Linderman, "one of the most dynamic electric harmonica players of our generation." Jazz musician Bed Sidran calls Mel Ford, "one of the finest blues [guitar] players in the Midwest." Combine the two and you have one exciting blues band. Andy Linderman and Mel Ford have known each for years but only recently have come together to form West Side Andy & the Mel Ford Band. Andy’s harmonica experience includes collaborations with James Cotton, Corky Siegel, Luther Allison, Muddy Waters, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Charlie Musselwhite, Paul Black and the Flip Kings, and the University of Wisconsin 250-piece band (where Andy put in a show-stopping performance). Guitar wizard Mel Ford began his professional career opening for acts like Albert Collins, Freddie King and Stevie Ray Vaughan. From there he went on to play with the likes of Bo Diddley, Sunnyland Slim, Zora Young, Junior Pettis, Bed Sidran and Paul Black and the Flip Kings (with Andy). West Side Andy & the Mel Ford Band perform lively renditions of old R&B and blues standards featuring Mel Ford’s hair raising solo guitar work and Andy Linderman’s highly inventive harp playing. Andy’s expressive harp technique has been described as sounding "like Little Walter sitting in with Slim Harpo." West Side Andy & the Mel Ford Band’s music is a celebration of the blues. These guys love this music and they love to play it even more.
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