Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with
Procol Harum
Procol Harum () were an English rock music, rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have List of best-selling singles, sold over ...
throughout 1967–1971, and then again as the bandleader of his own
power trio
A power trio is a rock and roll band format having a lineup of electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit (drums and cymbals), leaving out a second rhythm guitar or keyboard instrument that are often used in other rock music bands that are quartet ...
known as the Robin Trower Band.
Biography
Robin Trower was born in
Catford
Catford is a district in south east London, England, and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Lewisham. It is southwest of Lewisham itself, mostly in the Rushey Green (ward), Rushey Green and Catford South Ward (electoral subdiv ...
, London, England, and grew up in
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, east of central London. It is bordered ...
, Essex. In 1962, he formed a band that became
the Paramounts
The Paramounts were an English beat group based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. They had one hit single with their cover version of " Poison Ivy", which reached No. 35 on the UK Singles Chart in 1964, but are primarily known as the forerunner to Pro ...
, later including Westcliff High School pupil
Gary Brooker
Gary Brooker (29 May 1945 – 19 February 2022) was an English singer and pianist, and the founder and lead singer of the rock band Procol Harum.
Early life
Born in Hackney Hospital, East London, on 29 May 1945, Brooker grew up in Hackney ...
.
The Paramounts disbanded in 1966 to pursue individual projects. During this time, Trower created a local three-piece band called the Jam (not to be confused with
the later group with Paul Weller).
Trower then joined Brooker's new band
Procol Harum
Procol Harum () were an English rock music, rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have List of best-selling singles, sold over ...
following the success of their debut single "
A Whiter Shade of Pale
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum that was issued as their debut record on 12 May 1967. The single reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, i ...
" in 1967, remaining with them until 1971 and appearing on the group's first five albums.
Before launching his
eponymous
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Usage of the word
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band, he joined singer
Frankie Miller
Francis John Miller (born 2 November 1949) is a Scottish rock singer-songwriter and actor.
Miller wrote for and performed with many recording artists and is best known for his 1977 album ''Full House'', the singles "Be Good To Yourself", " D ...
, ex-
Stone the Crows
Stone the Crows were a Scottish blues rock band formed in Glasgow in late 1969. They are remembered for the onstage electrocution of guitarist and founding member Les Harvey.
History
The band were formed after Maggie Bell was introduced to L ...
bassist/singer
James Dewar
Sir James Dewar (20 September 1842 – 27 March 1923) was a British chemist and physicist. He is best known for his invention of the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with research into the liquefaction of gases. He also studied ato ...
, and former
Jethro Tull drummer
Clive Bunker
Clive William Bunker (born 30 December 1946) is a British drummer. Bunker is best known as the original drummer of the rock band Jethro Tull, playing in the band from 1967 until 1971. Never a self-professed technical drummer, Bunker engaged ...
to form the short-lived combo Jude.
This outfit did not record and soon split up.
Trower retained Dewar as his bassist, who took on lead vocals as well, and recruited drummer
Reg Isidore
Reg Isidore (4 April 1949 – 22 March 2009) was a rock drummer best known for his work with Robin Trower. Isidore was Trower's first drummer and he played on the Robin Trower Band's first two albums ''Twice Removed from Yesterday'' (1973) and '' ...
(later replaced by
Bill Lordan
Bill Lordan (born May 22, 1947 in Minneapolis, MN), is an American rock music drummer who has been in a number of bands, such as The Mystics, Gypsy, Robin Trower Band and Sly & The Family Stone. He began playing in sixth grade when his teacher o ...
) to form the Robin Trower Band in 1973.
In 1974, the group released ''
Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs (Italian: ''Ponte dei Sospiri'', vec, Ponte de i Sospiri) is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Priso ...
''.
This album, along with his first and third solo albums, was produced by his former Procol Harum bandmate, organist
Matthew Fisher. His early power trio work was noted for
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...
influences.
Trower is an influential guitarist who has inspired other guitar legends such as
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session ...
, who praised him for his
string bending
String bending is a guitar technique where fretted strings are displaced by application of a force by the fretting fingers in a direction perpendicular to their vibrating length. This has the net effect of increasing the pitch of a note (or notes ...
and the quality of his sounds, and took lessons from him.
In the early 1980s, Trower teamed up with former
Cream
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bassist
Jack Bruce
John Symon Asher Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish bassist, singer-songwriter, musician and composer. He gained popularity as the primary lead vocalist and bassist of British rock band Cream. After the group disbande ...
and his previous drummers Lordan and Isidore for two albums, ''
BLT
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'' (Bruce, Lordan, Trower) and ''
Truce
A ceasefire (also known as a truce or armistice), also spelled cease fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), is a temporary stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. Ceasefires may be between state act ...
'' (Trower, Bruce, Isidore).
After those albums, he released another album with
James Dewar
Sir James Dewar (20 September 1842 – 27 March 1923) was a British chemist and physicist. He is best known for his invention of the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with research into the liquefaction of gases. He also studied ato ...
on vocals titled ''
Back It Up'' in 1983. Robin Trower was dropped from
Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records () is a British record label that was founded in 1968. The name is both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders' names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis. It started as the Ellis-Wright Ag ...
afterwards.
![Robin Trower 3 - Robin Trower Band - 1975](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Robin_Trower_3_-_Robin_Trower_Band_-_1975.jpg)
Trower was also a part of the Night of the Guitars II European tour in 1991, organized by
Sting
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* Stinger or sting, a structure of an animal to inject venom, or the injury produced by a stinger
* Irritating hairs or prickles of a stinging plant, or the plant itself
Fictional characters and entities
* Sting (Middle-eart ...
and
The Police
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manager
Miles Copeland. The tour featured
Ronnie Montrose
Ronald Douglas Montrose (November 29, 1947 – March 3, 2012) was an American guitarist who founded and led the rock bands Montrose and Gamma. He also performed and did session work with a variety of musicians, including Van Morrison, Herbie H ...
,
Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer (born Richard Dean Zehringer; August 5, 1947) is an American guitarist, vocalist, producer and songwriter. He came to prominence in the 1960s as founding member of his band, the McCoys. Their debut single, "Hang on Sloopy", was ...
,
Saga
is a series of science fantasy role-playing video games by Square Enix. The series originated on the Game Boy in 1989 as the creation of Akitoshi Kawazu at Square (video game company), Square. It has since continued across multiple platforms, ...
's
Ian Crichton
Saga is a Canadian Rock music, rock band from Oakville, Ontario. Bassist and keyboardist Jim Crichton and Welsh-born vocalist and keyboardist Michael Sadler were the principal songwriters.
Saga had numerous line-up changes over the years. Ian ...
,
Dave Sharman
Dave Sharman (born 10 September, West Midlands, England) is an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, whose primary genre is rock and metal. He is also a multi-instrumentalist and record producer.
Career
Sharman started to teach himself to play ...
,
Jan Akkerman
Jan Akkerman (born 24 December 1946) is a Dutch guitarist. He first found international commercial success with the band Focus (band), Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer. After leaving Focus, he continued as a solo musician, adding ja ...
and
Laurie Wisefield
Laurence Mark Wisefield (born 27 August 1952) is an English guitarist, best known for his contributions to Wishbone Ash during the 1970s and 1980s.
Early career
Prior to his stint in Wishbone Ash, Wisefield performed with the progressive rock b ...
.
Thirteen albums later, Trower's album ''Living Out of Time'' (2004) featured the return of veteran bandmates Dave Bronze on bass, vocalist
Davey Pattison
Davey Pattison (born November 18, 1945 in Scotland) is a San Francisco Bay Area based rock vocalist. Pattison recorded his first music in 1969, and his career took off after arrival in the United States in 1979, on invitation from Bill Graham ...
(formerly with
Ronnie Montrose
Ronald Douglas Montrose (November 29, 1947 – March 3, 2012) was an American guitarist who founded and led the rock bands Montrose and Gamma. He also performed and did session work with a variety of musicians, including Van Morrison, Herbie H ...
's band
Gamma
Gamma (uppercase , lowercase ; ''gámma'') is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek, the letter gamma represented a voiced velar stop . In Modern Greek, this letter re ...
) and
Pete Thompson
Pete Thompson (born 1952) is an English rock drummer who has played with Silverhead, Robin Trower, Robert Plant, Pete Haycock, Eric Bibb, Ken Hensley, and David Byron. He has been a professional touring, recording and session drummer through ...
on drums—the same line-up as the mid-1980s albums ''Passion'' and ''Take What You Need''.
With the same bandmates, Trower gave a concert on his 60th birthday in
Bonn
The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...
, Germany. The concert was recorded by the German television channel
WDR. It was then released on DVD and subsequently on CD throughout Europe and later the US under the title ''Living Out of Time: Live''. Trower toured the United States and Canada in the summer and autumn of 2006.
In 2007, Trower released a third recording with Jack Bruce, ''Seven Moons'', featuring
Gary Husband
Gary Husband (born 14 June 1960) is an English jazz and rock drummer, pianist, keyboard player and bandleader. He is also a composer, arranger and producer.
Husband is a member of John McLaughlin's group The 4th Dimension, he also regularly pe ...
on drums. A 2008 world tour began in
Ft. Pierce, Florida
Fort Pierce is a city in and the county seat of St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. The city is part of the Treasure Coast region of Atlantic Coast Florida. It is also known as the Sunrise City, sister to San Francisco, California, the Suns ...
, on 16 January 2008. Joining Davey Pattison and Pete Thompson was
Glenn Letsch
Glenn Letsch (born June 23, 1949) is an American bass guitarist. He was in a Los Angeles band with Mitchell Froom called "Bullet Park" . After Ronnie Montrose produced their demo, he asked Letsch to join his band Gamma, where Letsch became friend ...
(formerly of Gamma) playing bass. European dates began in April. The show of 29 March 2008 at the Royal Oak Music Theater in
Royal Oak, Michigan
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Royal Oak is located along th ...
, was released as a
double album
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on V12 Records.
Trower has described
James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honor ...
as his "big hero", particularly Brown's early work "where blues is crossing over into rock and roll".
In 2016, he enjoyed a successful tour of the US. On 20 March 2018, Trower played a show at the
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
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in
Annapolis, Maryland
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. Ten minutes later (approximately 9:00PM EDT) after playing back-to-back songs "Day of The Eagle" and "Bridge of Sighs", he announced on his microphone that he was not feeling well (he had
flu
Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms range from mild to severe and often include fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pain, headache, coughing, and fatigue. These symptom ...
symptoms), handed his guitar to a stage crew, walked backstage and collapsed. He was transported by ambulance to the hospital for treatment.
In 2019, it was announced that Trower had signed to
Mascot Label Group
Mascot Label Group is an independently-owned record label. Founded in 1989 in The Netherlands under the name Mascot Records, the company was renamed Mascot-Provogue in 1999 and since 2010 has been known as the Mascot Label Group. The company is ba ...
, alongside the announcement of a new studio album ''Closer To The Day.'' Regarding the album's title, he told
Guitar World
''Guitar World'' is a monthly music magazine for guitarists – and fans of guitar-based music and trends – that has been published since July 1980. ''Guitar World'', the best-selling guitar magazine in the United States, contains original art ...
, "I'm not thinking about dying — far from it. What I'm saying is, 'If I'm nearer the end than the beginning, then I've got to get going.'" The album was released on 22 March 2019, while its supporting tour was canceled as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
On 18 February 2022, Trower announced his latest studio album, ''No More Worlds To Conquer,'' alongside its title track. The record was released on 29 April 2022.
Equipment
During a 1971 tour with
Jethro Tull, Robin Trower arrived early for a sound check and found
Martin Barre
Martin Lancelot Barre (; born 17 November 1946) is an English guitarist best known for his longtime role as lead guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull, with whom he recorded and toured from 1968 until the band's initial dissolution in 201 ...
's
Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster, colloquially known as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed from 1952 into 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares. The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has continuously ...
(which Barre used for slide playing) propped up against an amplifier. Trower picked up the guitar, plugged it in, and with a shout that resounded around the auditorium he yelled, "This is it!" "I then switched to Strat" he says. "Up to then I had been playing Les Pauls."
Since then Trower has been an ongoing proponent of the Fender Stratocaster. He currently uses his custom-built Strat (made by the
Fender Custom Shop
The Fender Custom Shop is a division of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, housed within their headquarters complex in Corona, Riverside County, California. The Fender Custom Shop produces special-order guitars for customers through a Custo ...
) which comes in black, white, and burgundy. The guitar is equipped with a 1950s reissue pick-up in the neck position, a 1960s reissue in the middle position, and a Texas Special at the bridge. Other features included a custom C-shaped maple neck featuring a large headstock with a Bullet truss-rod system, locking machine heads and a maple fingerboard with narrow-spaced
abalone
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In biology, a common name of a taxon o ...
dot position inlays and 21 jumbo frets. The Strats he plays live are an exact model of his signature guitar, which is entirely unmodified. For his first two albums, his guitar was
tuned in Standard Tuning
EADGBE. Starting from the third album, he detuned the strings a semitone to an
Eb Tuning
Guitar tunings are the assignment of pitches to the open strings of guitars, including acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and classical guitars. Tunings are described by the particular pitches that are made by notes in Western music. By ...
(Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb). It is reported that during live performances, his guitar is tuned a full step down to a
DGCFAD tuning. This long-established practice of detuning may have been prompted by his preference for very heavy gauge guitar strings. Trower's three top strings measure, high E, B and G = .12, .15 and .17 gauge. By comparison, the most common choice of rock and roll lead players is .09, .11, .15. The width and weight of Trower's string set are similar to common acoustic guitar strings, and that weight makes vibrating and bending the strings more difficult, especially with the full tension of a standard tuning. Detuning them a half-step or more lower eases the tension and provides greater control. Trower told Guitar Player Magazine in a July 1980 interview that he recommends every young player try a thicker set of strings. "The thicker sound alone is worth it, but they also help keep you from forming bad habits." (String gauge measurement: .12 = .012 inches diameter).
![Robin Trower Liri Blues 2005](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Robin_Trower_Liri_Blues_2005.jpg)
Trower uses between one and three 100-watt
Marshall
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Places
Australia
* Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Islands
* Marshall Islands, an i ...
heads with four to six cabinets on stage. While he usually uses two JCM 800s and a JCM 900, he also links
100-watt Marshall Plexi heads. In studio sessions, Trower uses a mix of amplifiers, such as a Fender Blues Junior and Cornell Plexi Amplifiers models to acquire different tonality.
He has recently been using Fulltone pedals and effects. He favors the OCD, Distortion Pro, Fat Boost, CLYDE Deluxe Wah, Deja Vibe 2, Soul-Bender, and a BOSS Chromatic Tuner. He runs his Deja Vibe into his distortion pedal to get his famous tone. He was given his own signature Fulltone Robin Trower Overdrive in late 2008.
For his 2009 and 2011 US tours Trower was using his Fender Custom Shop Signature Stratocaster into a Fulltone Deja Vibe 2, Fulltone Wahfull, Fulltone Clyde Standard Wah, Fulltone Full Drive, Fulltone Robin Trower Overdrive, and Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner into two Marshall Vintage Modern 2466 heads.
On his 2018 tour he used the same gear but through two 50 watt Marshall Plexi Reissue Heads, the 1987X.
Discography
With Procol Harum
* 1967 ''
Procol Harum
Procol Harum () were an English rock music, rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have List of best-selling singles, sold over ...
''
* 1968 ''
Shine on Brightly
''Shine On Brightly'' is the second studio album by English rock band Procol Harum, released in 1968 by record labels Regal Zonophone and A&M.
It is considered an early example of progressive rock.
The album's single, "Quite Rightly So", faile ...
'' (Trower sings backup on "Wish Me Well")
* 1969 ''
A Salty Dog
''A Salty Dog'' is the third studio album by English rock band Procol Harum, released in 1969 by record labels Regal Zonophone and A&M.
Content
''A Salty Dog'' has an ostensibly nautical theme, as indicated by its cover (a pastiche of the ...
'' (Trower sings lead on "Crucifiction Lane")
* 1970 ''
Home
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''
* 1970 ''
Ain't Nothin' to Get Excited About
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History
Strictly speaking, this is not a Procol Harum ...
'' (a vintage rock'n'roll side-project by members of Procol Harum, recording as 'Liquorice John Death')
* 1971 ''
Broken Barricades'' (Trower sings lead on "Song for a Dreamer" and "Poor Mohammed")
* 1991 ''
The Prodigal Stranger
''The Prodigal Stranger'' is the tenth studio album by Procol Harum, released in 1991. Recorded after a 14-year break, it met with an underwhelming response from listeners but served to kick off a largely successful reunion for the band.
Backgr ...
''
* 1995 ''
The Long Goodbye''
With Robin Trower Band
Studio albums
Live albums
* 1976: ''
Robin Trower Live
Robin Trower Live is a live album by Robin Trower. Recorded at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Sweden on 3 February 1975 for the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, it was released on vinyl in 1976, and re-released on CD in 1990, 2000, and 2004.
T ...
!'' (recorded 2/3/75, Stockholm) – UK #15, US #10,
AUS #73
SWE #40
CAN #52
* 1985: ''
Beyond the Mist'' (recorded April 1985 at The Marquee Club, London)
* 1992: ''BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert'' (recorded 1/29/75)
* 1996: ''King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Robin Trower in Concert'' (recorded 10/18/77, New Haven, CT)
* 1999: ''This Was Now '74–'98'' (recorded 1974, Pittsburgh, PA; 1998, Seattle, WA) -2-CD set
* 2006: ''Living Out of Time: Live'' (recorded 9/3/05, Bonn, Germany)
ote: also available on DVD* 2009: ''
RT@RO.08
Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum throughout 1967–1971, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio known as the Robin Trower Band.
Biography
Robin Trowe ...
'' (recorded 3/29/08, Royal Oak, MI)
* 2011: ''Robin Trower at The BBC 1973–1975'' (recorded 3/26/73
ohn Peel Session 9/26/73
ob Harris Session 2/20/74
ob Harris Session 3/5/74
ohn Peel Session 1/28/75
ohn Peel Session and 1/29/75
'BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert'', omitting 2 songs but adding 2 others -2-CD set
* 2013: ''State To State: Live Across America 1974–1980'' (recorded 1974, Philadelphia; 1974, California; 1976, Illinois; 1977, Oklahoma; 1980, Missouri) -2CD
* 2015: ''
Rock Goes To College
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1980'' (recorded 2/25/80, London)
Compilations
* 1987: ''The Robin Trower Portfolio''
* 1991: ''Essential Robin Trower''
* 1991: ''Robin Trower: The Collection''
* 1994: ''Robin Trower Anthology''
* 2002: ''Speed Of Sound: The Best of Robin Trower''
* 2004: ''Dreaming the Blues'' -2-CD set
* 2008: ''Day of The Eagle: The Best of Robin Trower''
* 2010: ''A Tale Untold: The Chrysalis Years 1973–1976'' -3-CD set
* 2012: ''Farther On Up The Road: The Chrysalis Years 1977–1983'' -3-CD set
* 2014: ''Compendium 1987–2013'' -2-CD set
* 2014: ''Original Album Series'' (contains ''Twice Removed from Yesterday'', ''Bridge of Sighs'', ''For Earth Below'', ''Robin Trower Live!'', ''Long Misty Days'') -5-CD set
* 2015: ''Original Album Series, Vol. 2'' (contains ''In City Dreams'', ''Caravan to Midnight'', ''Victims of the Fury'', ''B.L.T.'', ''Truce'') -5-CD set
* 2019: ''The Studio Albums 1973–1983'' (contains all 10 Chrysalis studio albums presented in card-sleeves housed in a clamshell box) -10-CD set
With Jack Bruce
* 1981: ''
B.L.T.'' – US #37
* 1982: ''
Truce
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'' – US #109
* 1989: ''No Stopping Anytime'' (compilation of ''B.L.T.'' and ''Truce'')
* 2007: ''
Seven Moons
Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum throughout 1967–1971, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio known as the Robin Trower Band.
Biography
Robin Trowe ...
''
* 2009: ''Seven Moons Live'' (recorded 2/28/09, Nijmegen, Holland)
ote: also available on DVDre-released as ''Songs from the Road''
With Bryan Ferry
* 1993: ''
Taxi
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''
* 1994: ''
Mamouna
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''
* 2007: ''
Dylanesque
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''
References
External links
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Spotify
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Robin Trower songs & albums to be listenedon
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"Funky" Paul Olsen's album cover artwork for Robin Trower OlsenArt.com
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1945 births
Procol Harum members
Living people
English rock musicians
20th-century British guitarists
21st-century British guitarists
Blues rock musicians
English rock guitarists
Lead guitarists
Musicians from Essex
Chrysalis Records artists
Atlantic Records artists
The Paramounts members