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 ...
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 ...
Robin Trower worships at the church of blues where fellow guitarists Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan have ascended to sainthood: the use of distortion, wah-wah and whammy bars to bend, fold and ...
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 ...
Considered one of the great innovators of rock guitar, Robin Trower has been electrifying audiences with his axe playing for more than five decades. Now 73, the guitarist first burst on the national ...
The grail of the guitar solo seems, increasingly, to be an old man's article of faith. That, at least, was the impression Robin Trower's audience presented at the Egyptian Room last Monday night. Most ...