Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental hand/groin coordination consultant Fah Lo Suee and I will be off to lovely In any event, further posting by moi will have to be sporadic for a day or two. In the meantime, then, here's a hopefully fun little project for us all: Best or Worst Post-Elvis First Pop/Rock Band Featuring an Artist Who Became Better Known in a Subsequent Band!!!...
Guitarist Robin Trower has announced UK tour dates for the end of the Summer. The former Procul Harum guitarist will play 13 dates in September. The dates are as follows... Sept. 08 - Cardiff, Globe Sept. 09 - Bilston, Robin 2 Sept. 10 - Birkenhead, Pacific Arts Centre Sept. 11 - Glasgow, Academy Sept. 12 - Holmfirth, Picture Dome Sept. 15 - Norwich, Waterfront Sept. 16 - Newcastle, Academy Sept. 18...
Count Basie, from the film, “Rhythm and Blues Review,” October 1950. The Players: Count Basie, piano; Wardell Gray, tenor sax; Buddy DeFranco, clarinet; Clark Terry, trumpet; Freddie Green, guitar; Jimmy Lewis, bass; Gus Johnson, drums. Related Posts: Enough is Enough! Late Night at the PB Pub Presents – Robin Trower An Interesting Movie An Interesting Video The Automotive Bailouts:...
Title: Somebody Calling Artist: Robin Trower It's hump day and I thought some Robin Trower might hit the spot. Much like Hendrix and Marino , Trower wasn't afraid of using effects pedals to expand his sound. His signature Univibe tone is legendary. Perhaps best known for the song Bridge of Sighs , I could listen to him play for hours. Come to think of it...I actually have.
Here's a very clean looking "Bridge of Sighs" Strat from the Custom Shop's Tribute Series. It's NOT a Trower Artist Series signature production model. According to the COA in the seller's eBay listing, this is indeed a Tribute model, and we see the Custom Shop stamp and signature in the top photo. The seller indicates this is from the 100 piece run. A cross check to an article at Strat-Collector...
According to Ultimate Guitar , Green Day and Guns N' Roses could become eligible for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame if organizers decide to change its rules. Currently Hall Of Fame rules state that nominees can only be put forward if it's 25 years after the release of their debut album. Now, according to Showbiz411, co-founder and publisher of Rolling Stone magazine and Hall Of Fame chief Jann Wenner...
Many years ago, in a land far away, Paul Du Noyer thought up a picture feature idea. The idea was that in the long, rich, strange history of bands adopting uniforms or, at least, "looks", there was always one member who looked more ill at ease when dressed up than the others. Take this picture of Procol Harum from 1968, for instance. I think the member who's least convinced by the idea is...
A 'blue moon', technically, is a second full moon occurring within a month of a previous full moon. And there's one today. Which is not only Hogmanay, obviously, but also my 54th birthday. The lists thing began yesterday with 'my top ten live albums of all time' and then provoked a couple of old pals (Douglas Small and Phil Blakeman) into requiring my top ten ALBUM albums of all time. As by that time...
Gibson Lifestyle blog posted this clip from a recent Netherlands performance, along with a cool article on the Bruce-Trower collaboration Seven Moons Live . In spite of their age, these cats still have IT. Jack Bruce's voice sounds great as ever, and Trower's vibrato gives me the goose bumps as always. Drummer Gary Husband more than fills the bill here, having worked in monster fusion formats with...
Again, another list from 2006. I worked too damned hard that year on these not to share them again! But before that, go vote for Trojan! Less than 10 days to go! Go to a previous post for the link (too tired to add it here...). First, the honorable mentions: The only addition since 2006 would be James Taylor's "At Christmas". Probably helps if you're a James Taylor fan though (I am). Another...
we were laughing in a daydream with the world beneath our feet and the sun smiled on the water where the skies and the ocean meet we were spellbound oh ... spellbound I was riding along Mulholland tonight listening to Robin Trower and the music and the words and the sunset and my feeling of joy came together perfectly
Some of the music I love the best I stumbled upon completely by chance. Nowadays there are various ways to discover new music, but, as a self-declared minimalist, I've discovered a method that involves using only my Twitter account and the free app TweetTheBeat by iDrew Software . TweetTheBeat is very simple to use because it provides only two options: Tweet This Track, which generates a tweet containing...
In my search for rare vinyl - in record shops, boot sales and charity shops - I come across the good, the bad and the ugly. These days I tend to buy anything that looks interesting, as long as the price is right, which means I sometimes land up with crap, but sometimes hit pay dirt (like Ronnie Self's Bop-a-lena which I featured a few weeks ago). From time to time I intend to feature some of these...
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