Rick Ford: Feb 29th 1948-July 13th 2025

Award winning Novelist, Lawyer, Travel Writer, Lumberjack, Singer, Songwriter, Climate Change activist, Founding Co-Director of the Peace Through Folk Trust.

This collection was inspired by "Across the Border", a song he wrote initially in memory of his old dog Barney. All the songs are live performances of recordings made by Rick between 2016 and 2022. Initially this album was to be called 'Rich Ford Raw and Ready' because that was what these recordings are: Rick - Live, Raw and Ready. Some were recorded at Peace Through Folk events at various places, the rest at Mixon, his farm high in the Staffordshire Moorlands. Sadly, Rick was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia during the spring of 2025 to which he eventually succumbed on July 13th. Rick was first and foremost a live singer/songwriter who told his songs in his own way with and honest, crustal-clear perception of the human condition and a love of his family and friends and all species that inhabit this fragile Earth.

The songs are: Sailor by Trade, Failed Experiment, Chainsaw Man, Bats and Wildlife Meet, Muktar, Shasine, Jo Cox, Colin's Song, The Tree, Across The Border

Video & Sound Recording by: Malc Hawksworth, Tom Mundy, David Barrs, Geoff Berrow, Ray Johnson

All Proceeds to the Douglas Macmillan Hospice, Barlaston Rd, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 3NZ.  https://www.dougiemac.org.uk