Indy Star (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
The Music Mill, an isolated concert venue amid the 82nd Street retail corridor, will close Feb. 27.
The XPN All About The Music Blog (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
This morning on the XPN Morning Show I played Robin Trower's song Bridge of Sighs from 1974 and talked about the bridge for which the song was named. This is from veniceforvisitors:com: Antonio Contino's bridge over the Rio di Palazzo in Venice--Ponte dei Sospiri or Bridge of Sighs--was erected in the year 1600 to connect the Doge's prisons, or Prigioni, with the inquisitor's rooms in the main
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 12/17/2008
Robin Trower '75 - Bong hit recommended. ignore the 1st minute of black screen. It all comes together. dig stoner rock.
Truth In Shredding (Free subscription) | 12/17/2008
News: 01-12-2008: Robin Trower's new CD, Seven Moons Tone is in ready, Brian Tarquin asks Robin Trower about his recording techniques on his latest, Seven Moons: I used 2 Cornell “Plexi” 18/20 amps—these are the 20 watt 1x12 combos. I would split from my pedals, running one clean and one more overdriven. On the track “Just Another Day,” I used my DejáVibe going through one amp and the other... This...
THE OUTRAGED SPLEEN OF ZION (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Robin Trower Bridge of Sighs ~ 1977 Robin Trower Alathea ~ 1975 Robin Trower I Can't Wait Much Longer ~ 1975
Strat-O-Blogster Guitar Blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Everybody wants some (sustain for days)... I want some too! The RTO is Fulltone founder, Michael Fuller's newest pedal offering, developed in coordination with Robin Trower himself during a recent tour. Fuller's description includes "huge sounding, sustain for days..." and with Trower's personal stamp on it-- really, what more do you need to know?! Gearmanndude likes it a lot and made 2 demo vids...
Business Tools Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
By week we use business tools, but on the weekends we can be anything we want to be - even a rockstar! Have you ever wanted to play the guitar, but expensive lessons were out of reach? Check out Gibson’s free lessons at http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Lessons/ The lesson will be even more fun if you have a Gibson Les [...]
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
The British guitarist's peak period is given a very good overview on this new compilation.
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
Singer-bassist Jack Bruce was a superstar for just two years — as one-third of Cream, with guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker — from the summer of 1966 until the fall of 1968. But as a solo artist, collaborator and pillar of every rhythm section he has passed through, the Scottish-born Bruce, now 65, [...]
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Guitar night at the LNMC! Bridge Of Sighs-Remastered There’s some good older videos that I could not embed.
Sleevage (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The simplicity and humor of this albums cover reminds me of XTC’s Ten Feet Tall. The brief must have come in with the album name and then it would have been “You know what let’s whack a sandwhich on the cover” then they went out and got wasted.
Steven Rubio's Online Life (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
While looking up info for my latest 1968 post, I came across a scan of a ticket from a Day on the Green concert that I attended, which was on August 3, 1975. General admission, $7.50 per ticket. The acts...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Fowler grew up listening to British blues cast like Robin Trower and Kim Simmonds and the Texas blues of Johnny Winter, and brings plenty of rock'n'roll attitude to his music. He's been playing since he was 12, and has a checkered career behind him including film scores, prolific work as a sideman, and a famous benefit concert for Tourette Syndrome that featured REM's Bill Berry on drums, who guests...
The Red Ferret Journal (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
John Pearse’s D Angle Guitar Hanger is an ingenious solution to an ancient problem. How to keep your guitar out of harm’s way, even when travelling. $17.99 and all the Robin Trower you can eat. Hang your axe just about anywhere. Innovative design can be hung from almost any horizontal surface. Coated [...] 61 words | email this | permalink | no comments | digg this related entries Play that funky...
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
I know in the past I've confessed to listening to moron rock on 107.7 "The Bone." I've also confessed to getting high with our music lab guys and listening to Robin Trower at incredibly dangerous volumes. Well a few days ago I was down in the music lab getting baked with one of the guys there, this dude named Travis, and I mentioned that day when I was down there listening to Trower and he was like,...
