# Robin Trower **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-trower/484741 "2009-02-06T19:23:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-trower/484741/1 "2009-02-06T19:23:59Z")
Halla-fuckin’-lulah I scored tickets for his Chicago show in June. I’m really bummed that I have to wait three and a half months. So tell me…have any of you seen him? I want to hear your impressions. (dang it…I have butterflies in my stomach already!!) ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-trower/484741/2 "2009-02-06T19:40:24Z")
Yes, but not recently. He was headlining a bill with PFM, the band I went to see, so stayed for Trower. Probably Bridge of Sighs tour. At the time I thought, another Hendrix wannabe. Plus he kept giving the finger to the crowd, don’t know what that was all about. There were some rowdies. But you sound excited, so I hope it’s a great gig. You asked! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-trower/484741/3 "2009-02-06T19:44:03Z")
Oh damn…you’re killing me! I think Bridge of Sighs is one of the great albums of the 70s. I hate to hear he’s a weird guy. I hope he mellowed out. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-trower/484741/4 "2009-02-06T19:57:08Z")
I remember riding around in my red Pinto listening to a lime green 8-track tape of Robin Trower Live. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-trower/484741/5 "2009-02-06T20:04:40Z")
I saw him in Detroit in the early 80s (Harpos, yeh!). From what I remember, he was absolutely amazing. Definitely an underrated guitarist. Bridge of Sighs is a classic, a large part being the late James Dewar’s vocals…haunting. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-trower/484741/6 "2009-02-06T20:15:11Z")
My first live concert was during the Bridge Of Sighs tour. It was at Winterland, in San Francisco. IIRC, the opening band was T-Bone Burnett, then Humble Pie, then Robin Trower. Hearing the opening chords of Day Of The Eagle (at that level of gain) was amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-trower/484741/7 "2009-02-06T20:23:25Z")
> [@rhythmonly](#): > > My first live concert was during the Bridge Of Sighs tour. It was at Winterland, in San Francisco. IIRC, the opening band was T-Bone Burnett, then Humble Pie, then Robin Trower. > > Hearing the opening chords of Day Of The Eagle (at that level of gain) was amazing. Wow. I saw Humble Pie back in the day, too. Damn…concerts were good back then. I just scoped out Trower’s website and he has a new album with Jack Bruce. I love that B.L.T. album, too. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-trower/484741/8 "2009-02-06T20:36:05Z")
One of my all-time favorite guitarists, and I agree with **lost4life** about the fantastic Jimmy Dewar. The only time I got to see Trower live was in 1976, second on the bill to Jethro Tull at a huge stadium gig in San Diego (also on the bill were Rory Gallagher and Starcastle). The thing I remember most was that long, long sustained feedback note in “Daydream,” a trick that can also be heard on the _Live_ album. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-trower/484741/9 "2009-02-06T20:46:24Z")
I saw him open for Peter Frampton in 1994. I remember it was pretty good, but at the time I had no idea who he was, and neither did the guy I went with. It became a running gag with us: “Who the hell is Robin Trower?” ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-trower/484741/10 "2009-02-06T20:52:28Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > I saw him open for Peter Frampton in 1994. I remember it was pretty good, but at the time I had no idea who he was, and neither did the guy I went with. It became a running gag with us: “Who the hell is Robin Trower?” This just makes me feel old. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-trower/484741/11 "2009-02-07T11:11:29Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > This just makes me feel old. ☹ In that vein, when I caught that gig, it was with the memory of him as Procol sideman. He had a unique style with them, maybe not stellar- but hearing him almost a decade later with NONE of that probably soured the experience. So, yeah, tempis fuggit.