He developed a style of playing the guitar that was obviously influenced by Hendrix’s ethereal sound but he made it uniquely his own. ![]() In 1974 he released Bridge of Sighs and it went “Gold” to become the first of four consecutive “Gold Records.” Trower confessed that his guitar playing was forever transformed after he witnessed a Jimi Hendrix performance. ![]() It was the last album that Trower played on before he left and joined a band called “Jude” but nothing came of it until he launched his solo career with the release of Twice Removed From Yesterday in 1973. It became one of my favorite albums at the time and I especially enjoyed “Poor Mohammed” and “Simple Sister” because of the stellar guitar playing. The first time that I became aware of Trower was in spring 1971 when I purchased “Procol Harum’s” 5 th album Broken Barricades. Robin Trower was born on March 9, 1945, in Calford, England, and began playing guitar professionally when he was a teenager.
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