He comes every year to a club in my little village (same place Johnny Winter comes every year, and lots of others). So I'll see him again this February. Bonnamassa's coming this month, too. I'm a lucky guy.
ROBIN TROWER seems to never get the credit or acknowledgment he so justly deserves.
This just one of his many great songs.
Do you have a favorite TROWER song?
Maxi...................
Bootsy Collins:
I pledge allegiance to the funk, the whole funk, and nothing but the funk, so help me James, Sly and George, Amen!!
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He comes every year to a club in my little village (same place Johnny Winter comes every year, and lots of others). So I'll see him again this February. Bonnamassa's coming this month, too. I'm a lucky guy.
"Always go heavy on the effects and try to blind the audience with expensive gear." - hubberjub
I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.
Dweezil Zappa
I have always maintained that Bridge of Sighs is one of the top Rock albums of all time.
I recently discovered him as a blues Artist. Another days Blues is an amazing album.
Zip: Please stop it you are killing me.
Robin is the reason I have so many Fulltone pedals. LOL
And of course a BFM. (Big Fargen Marshall)
The Blues is alright!
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Natch:
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"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
I saw him live a couple of times back in the late '80s when I was in college. The first time I got to see him live for free. One of my friends was a journalism student and got free tickets so that she could see and review the show. I believe it was to support his In the Line of Fire album.
The main thing I remember was that he was ungodly loud. The venue was fairly small and he had four 100W Marshall stacks. My ears rang a couple of days after that show.
Great player, and great live.
I really dig his playing and his songwriting. His sound is awesome, as is his playing, and yes he's the perfect Fulltone user. Mike can be proud of such an endorser.
My favourite song is "Day Of The Eagle".
"A lot of people in the industry want to blame downloading for the state of the business. But I think if most music wasn't shit to begin with people wouldn't be downloading it for free," - Corey Taylor (Slipknot)
I've been greatly influenced by Robin. I about wore this album out while I was out on the road.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
To be brutally honest, I think part of the reason he doesn't get much credit is because of how he looks. I've heard a few stories about people never taking off musically because of their looks (either butter face or weight).
Seeing pictures of Trower in his younger years, I have to wonder if this was something that factored in.
Guitars: Gibson LP Studio, MIA Fender Precision, Carvin C350Originally Posted by Spudman
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The one thing I can't get over with him is that if you hear him in a live, situation say on a DVD, and he plays one of his songs, it sound exactly note for note the way he played it on the mixed record version. It is really amazing.
The Blues is alright!
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Thanks for that MAXIFUNK I love that song & I just went & dug my old vinyl copy out & let it rip.
Cheers.
Ever seen Slash close up?Originally Posted by Eric
Case closed.
"Always go heavy on the effects and try to blind the audience with expensive gear." - hubberjub
I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.
Dweezil Zappa
No, but now I'm curious; can you direct me to any good pictures? Thing about him though is that he at least has the good sense to hide it under a mop, sunglasses, and a big hat.Originally Posted by Zip
Guitars: Gibson LP Studio, MIA Fender Precision, Carvin C350Originally Posted by Spudman
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If this were the 80s-onward I'd say that might have something to do with it. In the 70s that wasn't as much of an issue (otherwise it's hard to explain the careers of, say, Tom Petty and Keith Richards). Video did, in fact, kill the radio star (see Cross, Christopher). I would think a good chunk of it is that a) he never set out to be commercial, and b) too many people considered him to be just a Hendrix rip-off artist.Originally Posted by Eric
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"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
Interesting points. I'll buy that explanation.Originally Posted by marnold
Guitars: Gibson LP Studio, MIA Fender Precision, Carvin C350Originally Posted by Spudman
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This one's my favorite - slow and moody!
Thanks, Maxifunk, for reminding me of an artist that I don't listen to enough.
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OK, Eric - which one is Slash, and which one is your Aunt Theresa from Brooklyn?
"Always go heavy on the effects and try to blind the audience with expensive gear." - hubberjub
I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.
Dweezil Zappa
I'd say it's big part, the first thing I thot when I first saw his pic was 'boy, he's got an uphill battle'. But once the music plays, you know he's sincere, and that's what matters.Originally Posted by marnold
Keef had Mick (who wasn't much himself...), and went for bad boy reputation over looks, and Petty looked OK when he first hit big. If starting off in today's market, both would have different careers.
I dunno. It's not all Taylor Swifts and Jonas Brothers out there these days. The band Fall Out Boy is/was pretty big in some emo-pop circles, and look at their lead singer:Originally Posted by msteeln
I think it depends on how you go about marketing yourself, but as you say, some people do have 'an uphill battle.'
Guitars: Gibson LP Studio, MIA Fender Precision, Carvin C350Originally Posted by Spudman
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THIS is my favorite Trower song. I LOVE the Bridge of Sighs album. I've got it on CD and listen to it all the time. Too Rolling Stoned and Bridge of Sighs are really good songs too.Originally Posted by marnold
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