Purple House is co-produced by Casey Wasner, features nine powerhouse tracks and the album's genesis, according to Ford, was simple and uncomplicated. On Purple House we hear special guests appearances such as blues powerhouse vocalist Shemekia Copeland; she sings a duet with Ford on "Break In The Chain." Travis McCready, the lead singer of the Natchez, Mississippi band Bishop Gunn, contributes the lead vocals on "Somebody's Fool." And we hear a fantastic guitar solo of Bishop Gunn's guitarist Drew Smithers on the album's closing track "Willing To Wait".