# T-Model Ford (Blues guitar player) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-model-ford-blues-guitar-player/456923 "2008-07-18T04:29:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-model-ford-blues-guitar-player/456923/1 "2008-07-18T04:29:39Z")
I heard [T-Model Ford](http://www.fatpossum.com/artists/tmodel.html) on the radio today. I couldn’t find any good [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOGfbzmHVK4)s. He sounded better on the radio than on any of the YouTube vids. How old is he? Maybe 75. Maybe 76. [Blues in London](http://www.bluesinlondon.com/live/t-model_ford.html) said 86. Probably a typo. Or else the review just didn’t care. > [@](#): > > The 86 year old, who only started playing at the age of 50, seems to be a big draw as The Spitz is at bursting point once again, due largely to the “myth” rather than a direct result of his music I would suggest… > > For many people this kind of blues can get a little monotonous and I doubt half the audience would have tolerated exactly the same set had the band been white and under the age of forty… Well… He sounded pretty good on the radio today. But to be truthful I didn’t think he was ‘great’. Not that I’m any sort of judge. Still, it was a good interview and live session. Here’s an [interview on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zsUknf0eB4). (Obviously not the one I heard today.)