When Robin Trower left Procol Harum in 1972, his future was anything but certain. As the guitar player in a keyboard-dominated band, his name was virtually unknown outside of a very limited audience.

“My three mentors are B.B. King, Albert King and Jimi Hendrix,” Trower affirms. “I don’t think it does Hendrix any service for me to be compared to him, because he was a genius. I knew not to copy ...

Born in South London in 1945, Robin Trower announced his molten-soul guitar touch on Procol Harum’s first five albums, then vindicated his split for a solo career with his second solo album, 1974’s ...

Upon Robin Trower's departure from Procol Harum in 1971, he initiated his solo career with Twice Removed From Yesterday (Chrysalis, 1973). It was an understated debut to be sure, the entire first side ...

In March, Robin Trower joined the rarefied group of rockers still going in their 80s. The London-born guitarist began his music career in a group called the Paramounts, then followed bandmate Gary ...

An intriguing night of guitar magic that posed a few more questions than one might have expected. The evening opened with a 45 minute set by the excellent Joanne Shaw Taylor and she burst out of the ...

Robin Trower could easily have skated through to living-legend status just for having played on Procol Harum’s psych-prog-rock albums in the late-’60s and early-’70s. And while his playing on those ...

Forty-five years ago Robin Trower released his first solo album, ‘Twice Removed From Yesterday,’ and he hasn’t looked back since. With good reason. Coming out of the ranks of Procol Harum, Trower ...

At 72, English guitar deity Robin Trower, who blazed away at landmark 1,850-seat art deco palace that is the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles Sunday night, remains the thundering monster of the ...

Robin Trower, who on Wednesday celebrates his 66th birthday, is a rare musician who gets better with age. His innovative sounds were developed in his native Britain and are much in the same vein as ...

Robin Trower launches into the solo of slow blues number “Lonesome Road.” Credit: Sanford Nowlin Since the blues is based around a scale of just five notes, it’s a form that frequently veers into ...

The main hub to get tickets to see Robin Trower’s upcoming Bridge Of Sighs Tour will be Ticketmaster. It looks like there will be a few different presale events for select dates starting on April 17 ...