Robin Trower

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Robin Trower (1975)

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

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. ↑ Review of Coming Closer to the Day on classicrock.net, accessed March 23, 2019.

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personal data
SURNAME Trower, Robin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English rock guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Catford, London Borough of Lewisham , England