We do hope Robin Trower is OK. All his US dates were cancelled in 2013, the UK and Europe dates were due to be rescheduled this autumn but his web site still has no news for 2014.
There is word that he was in the studio in November with Jack Bruce.. wow! the outcome of that will move mountains, but nothing is confirmed yet.
He was in terrific form for his last album 'Roots and Branches' released earlier this year. (Available from his site TrowerPower)
In today's world Trower's guitar sound is a dark storm blown in from another time. Check this track with some mean vocals by Richard Watts. "See My Life" has to be one of the guitar solos of the year. Stunning.
Autobiographical lyrics too.
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See my life as one long day,
Evenings passed and midnights on its way.
Many treasures still lay buried
That may be how it should remain.
And though the light begins to fade
I may have time to turn one last page.
See my footprints in the dust,
Faded now the hands to touch.
Across the face show scenes of loss
Backward stare, fingers burned.
Maybe one bridge too far,
But I just wanna play my guitar.
See that train that I rolled on,
Well, it went down a dark place.
Ran back home before too long
The heart would not survive the chase.
Eyes that see the future clear
End up now a million miles away from here.
