John Ford

Tonight at 7pm, John Ford will be entertaining through 10:30pmDoors open 4pmExtended Happy Hour 4pm - 11pmDaily Drink Specials - save 2x while it's happy hour!Dance lessons from Diana Barr 4:45-6pm ($5 for a lesson, no partner needed) Please reserve your class by calling 806-680-5302To better serve our customers interested in making reservations & our Eventbrite users, reservations are now to be made through Eventbrite.  Preferred seating will be first come first serve basis. On busy nights. You may be asked to share your table with other guests.21+ onlyFew musicians have ever entered room 414 of The Gunter Hotel in San Antonio Texas – the hallowed ground where Robert Johnson recorded 16 out of his 27 songs in November of 1936. Singer/songwriter, John Ford was fortunate enough to spend a couple days there, in October of 2012, recording a collection of original & traditional blues songs. The yet to be released “Songs from Room 414” will be available in the spring of 2013. Ford is a veteran of the Cincinnati music scene, playing classic rock, punk and alt country in various bands, influenced by everything from classic & college rock to country blues. currently playing a repertoire of self-composed American roots music. “I’ve been writing songs since my early teens” John explains, “Whether it be songs I’ve written or an old song from the 1930’s, I play what I fall in love with. Many times people ask if I’m doing all original music; sometimes I do, depending on the venue, but sometimes it’s just an old Son House song or a new Chris Smither song that people have never heard, that I consider to be a great song.” Over the past couple of years he has performed at “The Purple Fiddle” in West Virginia, “The Old Time Music Festival” in Metamora, Indiana & “The Bluebird Café” in Nashville, as well as many local Cincinnati venues including Fountain Square (Acoustic Thursdays) and The EdenSong Summer Concerts. In 2011, he put out his first solo EP, “Injection of the Blues” and is currently working on a couple other projects, including a song called “Ma Sibbi’s Chicken & Dumplin’s” with Katie Lauer lending her vocals.