Robin Trower
Robin Trower (born March 9, 1945 in Catford, now the London Borough of Lewisham , United Kingdom ) is an English guitarist and rock musician.
Life and work
He became known through the band The Paramounts and from 1967 with Procol Harum . He left the group in 1971, founded the group Jude in 1972 with Frankie Miller , Clive Bunker and James Dewar , which however remained unsuccessful. In 1973, Robin Trower founded a band under his name, which musically modeled on the guitar sound of Jimi Hendrix and later developed it further. The first three albums were produced by Matthew Fisher . Trower's albums were very successful in the United States by 1981 .
From 1980 Trower worked with changing musicians, including Jack Bruce . He participated in the 1991 reunion of Procol Harum and appeared on the album The Prodigal Stranger . Following that, he focused again on his solo career.
On his 60th birthday, Robin Trower gave a concert in Bonn, which was recorded by WDR and published on DVD and CD .
tape
- Robin Trower - guitar, vocals
- James Dewar - bass, vocals
- Reg Isidore - drums
- Bill Lordan - drums
- Rustee Allen - bass
- Jack Bruce - bass, vocals
Discography
- 1973 Twice Removed From Yesterday
- 1974 Bridge Of Sighs
- 1975 For Earth Below
- 1975 Live
- 1976 Long Misty Days
- 1977 In City Dreams
- 1978 Caravan To Midnight
- 1980 Victims Of The Fury
- 1981 BLT (Bruce, Lordan, Trower)
- 1981 Truce
- 1983 Back It Up
- 1984 Beyond The Mist
- 1987 passion
- 1988 Take What You Need
- 1989 No Stopping Anytime
- 1990 In The Line Of Fire
- 1991 Essential Robin Trower Compilation
- 1994 20th Century Blues
- 1994 BBC LIVE Robin Trower
- 1995 Robin Trower In Concert
- 1997 Someday Blues
- 1999 This Was Now (74-98)
- 2000 Go My Way
- 2003 Living Out Of Time
- 2005 Living Out Of Time - Live
- 2005 Another Days Blues
- 2008 Seven Moons (with Jack Bruce)
- 2009 Seven Moons - Live (with Jack Bruce)
- 2009 RT @ RO 08 (Live At Royal Oak 2008)
- 2009 What Lies Beneath
- 2010 The Playful Heart
- 2011 At The BBC 1973-1975
- 2013 Roots And Branches
- 2015 Something's About To Change
- 2016 Where You Are Going To
- 2017 Time And Emotion
- 2019 Coming Closer to the Day (EV: March 22, 2019)
Notes and individual references
- ↑ James Dewar, bassist and singer, born October 12, 1942; † May 16, 2002 in Dykebar Hospital, UK; last production: solo album Stumbledown Romancer (producer Matthew Fisher).
- ↑ Review of Coming Closer to the Day on classicrock.net, accessed March 23, 2019.
Web links
- Official website of Trowers
- Interview with Trowers in the journal “Guitar Player” on August 17, 2011
- WDR Crossroads 2005, Robin Trower live on March 3rd, 2005
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Trower, Robin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English rock guitarist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1945 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Catford, London Borough of Lewisham , England |