Maya Ford
{{Short description|American musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Maya Ford
|image = The Donnas by tatu43 03.jpg
|caption =
|background =non_vocal_instrumentalist
|birth_name = Maya Anne Ford
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|01|08}}
|origin = Oakland, California, U.S.
|genre = Rock
|occupation = Bassist
|years_active = 1993–present
|label = Lookout!, Atlantic, Purple Feather
|associated_acts = The Donnas
|website = {{URL|http://www.thedonnas.com/}}
}}
Maya Anne Ford (born January 8, 1979, in Oakland, California) is an American musician and the former bass player of rock band The Donnas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285780/bio|title=Maya Ford|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-03-21}} She also goes by the name Donna F.
Early life
Maya Anne Ford, was born on January 8, 1979, in Oakland, California, on the same day as her former band member Torry Castellano. She met future bandmates Torry Castellano, Brett Anderson and Allison Robertson in junior high school.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Mayhem-and-mood-swings-a-day-with-the-Donnas-2676731.php|title=Mayhem and mood swings -- a day with the Donnas|date=2004-11-06|website=SFGate|access-date=2016-03-21}} They formed a band in 8th grade called Ragady Anne, later calling themselves The Electrocutes at Palo Alto High School. Ford started to play the bass guitar at age 13. Initially she was playing guitar (she received an acoustic guitar from her cousin), but then she decided to switch to the bass.{{Cite web|url=http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-18503-the_donnas_with_blondie_and_pat_benatar.html|title=The Donnas with Blondie and Pat Benatar|author=Baker, Brian|date=August 10, 2009|publisher=Cincinnati CityBeat|website=citybeat.com}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bassmusicianmagazine.com/2011/05/maya-ford-a-real-thunderbird/amp/|title=Maya Ford: A Real Thunderbird|author=Futterer, Allee|date=May 1, 2011|publisher=Bass Musician Magazine|website=bassmusicianmagazine.com}} When her band (then known as Screen) started in May 1993, she had had approximately six months of playing experience.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130429010529/http://www.thedonnas.com/ The Donnas' official website (archived from 2013)]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_lM-wx8QNM Maya Ford gets cast for a Keep a Breast exhibition]
- {{IMDb name|0285780}}
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Category:American rock bass guitarists
Category:American women bass guitarists
Category:Musicians from Oakland, California
Category:Musicians from Palo Alto, California
Category:Guitarists from California
Category:21st-century American women musicians
Category:21st-century American bass guitarists