Robin Trower - Live 1973 - part 1 of 3

[sallyehr]

Right these ARE totally different lyrics - but i like this version just as much as the other more well known one!!!

[weednlogic]

not lyrics that I remember from Day of the Eagle.... hum

[lindan96]

@sthugh. Doesn't mean you can't look like you are enjoying it...They look like they are at a funeral instead of listening to some of the greatest music of all time.

[bglions2001]

still one of my favorite guitarists! :-)

[teleevangelist]

super tune here, rock as good as it gets, loved it in the early 70's, still love it today/wynn

[tripfunkmonster]

DAMN, I miss James Dewar.

[pinkpopcornx]

i've just discovered this band in the last 48hrs with 'Im out to get you'. & now exploring other songs... Im making a strong bond for the pure passions & talents

[clocktime11]

does anybody think...well....that aint the words on the album...i wonder...what the hell.........do they inter change words so easily..............wtf?

[LSergioAndrade]

I do not know if it was the same show but I was in one of them on this tour in 1973, Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland and was really amazing this new power trio, they opened the "Thick as a Brick" tout of Jethro Tull.

All the best 4 u all!!!!!!!!!!

[Salamanda77]

R.I.P. Reg Isodore

[lindan96]

Are those people tied to the damn chairs... How do you sit still with that kind of music playing... WTH!

[sthugh]

@lindan96 By being adults with functioning brains who had respect for the people behind them unlike USA audiences.

[metallian11]

channelling a seldom used source, Trower adds another 40 years of new stoner

rock...ever close your eyes to this shit!!...who's better than Trower...?

[MrRTFirefly]

Worked in the Fillmore East as a kid, a long time ago, So yeah, I'm old. Anyway, was

very lucky to see all the greats back then. I forgot how great Trower is.

[charles4hl]

Only a black drummer can play like that. Wow to his talent !!!!!

[MrJohnthegreat22]

@charles4hl why only black? John Bonham and Buddy Rich could..

[bdfilms01]

camera man is on the wrong side of stage--woulda been nice to Trower's finger/bridge action.

[jamesdewer]

Dewar had some pipes!



[stingray1964]

cool, it's Day of the Eagle with different lyrics....GREAT footage.

[Starfield1959]

Anything this lineup produced was Powerful and Mesmerizing. I miss Jimmy's vocal but The band as it is now, is just as exciting.

[synesthesia67]

killer band

[ctune1]

Never heard this early version of Day of the Eagle, cool!

[aa359]

I have tickets to see RT for like the 12th time on Friday at The Palace in Greensburg. He's gonna rock the house :)

[FeelingShred]

Yesterday was my birthday and thanks to Youtube I met this great guitarist called Robin Trower. Another fan here, cheers

[ChicagoBoomBoom]

@FeelingShred What? OMG, please listen to "Bridge of Sighs," "Live" and especially "Twice removed from Yesterday." I've seen Trower 7 times, and he always starts out with "Too Rolling Stoned." 1 of the best living guitarists alive, as well as Jeff Beck, Santana, Buck Dharma, Buddy Guy, Ronnie Montrose, theres a few more but Robin Trower is classic!!!!

[AngieinGovy]

I'm in heaven!

[heidegger101]

Just fantastic ! thanks for posting. I saw trower around '75 and he was amazing !

[WRK1958]

nobody does this kind of stuff anymore-it's a shame

[Aipom777]

@WRK1958 wrong, look in the right places and keep your eyes open. this stuff or similar music is still made. check out the band radio moscow (:.

[dyeballa04]

the song "too rolling stoned" is EPIC

[runingblackbear]

went to there concerts and had a grate time with friends

[TheMrRichardT]

Love this early Robin. Never really heard any of this with Procol Harum. Didn't see him until 06 at Hard Rock Cafe, Los Vegas, but I have my ticket for 5/28/11 Royal Oak Music Theater Royal Oak Mi. It will be Spell Binding for sure. Turtlefuzz

[jeffsdolphin]

stevie ray vaughan,robin trower and rory gallagher rule the universe .........for awhile

[lsharpe69]

I think I was 14 when I saw this concert tour in Knoxville, TN. Total concentration by Robin and a myriad of foot pedals in front of him. Every note feeding back through the original tube-powered Marshalls gives me goose bumps. If you still have your vinyl LP collection from the 70s? You were not a part of 'the scene', you ARE rock-n-roll!!

[superbeavo]

By '74 Robin and Jimmy had switched sides of the stage, and of course, drummers Bill loridan of Sly and fam stone took over.

[csong808]

Trippy...this song is Day of the Eagle but without the lyrics.

[GravyDaveNewson]

@csong808 This would have been before they recorded it. A nice treat for the fans, and us.

[Unclemoparman]

Thrashy, they've played better

[jeffsdolphin]

@Unclemoparman agreed.... but...... dewar is 1/2 trower in my world...when he died ,trower lost the grit in vocal.

[Unclemoparman]

@jeffsdolphin yep!

[RainCityBlues]

It would be nice if the camera man could actually catch some of the guitar work, instead of just his back...

[jsilence418]

Great stuff! thank you.

[keetain]

unbelievable! all this time i thought robin trower had a black lead singer. and here he is, a Scot with serious soul. and more soul coming from the drummer and of course ROBIN.

[TheEmmochka]

James Dewar wow !!!! Voice and sound is good....

[beableish]

flower child!!!!hippie dayzzz

[snatchsour]

Happy Birthday Rockin' Robin!

[honukeo]

This line up was the best. .OMG! James Dewar was so awesome! What a soulful sound. Wow! just close your eyes and roll with it!

[greengtrs]

This is incredible footage...1973! Day of the Eagle before it was Day of the Eagle!

[RockCleric420]

Reg Isidore Is fucking cool!

[1MGBarlos]

I do not care to type your name, James Dewar WAS the best vocalist.

[1MGBarlos]

Elroddin76, you sound like you haven't heard a note of Robin Trower. At least Robin is alive to play notes for you. How about that for being too close to a lost soul?

[elroddin76]

@1MGBarlos I have and it's nothing great. As far as being alive, that makes no sense. I can visit Hendrix anytime by listening to his music, we're all mortal dude.

[1MGBarlos]

@elroddin76 we are all impermanent, including I and the rest of this world.

[Flunder]

dreamy music and the most solid drummr Ive ever heard. wonderful.:) thanks

[jonsilence]

Theyre just going for it! No mannered MIT music school bullshit. Great energy.

[elroddin76]

Great player, but just too close to Hendrix.

[fenderstratguy]

@elroddin76 I actually want to punch that comment.

[puertoricanfl15]

@elroddin76 its hard not be, he developed a style that everyone just can't get enough of.

[MrGregmac]

Absolutely fantastic! Robin Trower is truly one of the greatest blues players of all time! It is a shame that so many people know so little of his music!

[kaylee932]

@MrGregmac yup ur right i think his music is awesome..this was rec when i was 1 yr old wow.hehe.i try to play like him...laters....

[TheGuv68]

@MrGregmac so lets spread the word and his music

[Arenalgarden]

RIP Jimmy. No better ever was.

[libsstink100]

eatin crow now are ya hemet92544? lol insert foot pal

[jpnoll]

way cool

[jmforge]

The reason that Trower "let Dewar go" was that James was dying of cancer. He had to quit playing bass before the end of his time with the band.

[GreenyMcFleetwood]

It pays to have a drummer who is physically strong and can beat the piss out of the kit, case in point: Reg Isidore

[libsstink100]

@GreenyMcFleetwood damn sure does bro,,,love your name dude good one,,that mofo sure could play a guitar as well

[hemet92544]

with all due respect, James is pulling two roles, bass and singing, and though nobody really knows why Robin let him go, it was probably due to ego, James probably after so many years went "Robin, need more money this aint fair", and its not all about you when i have TWO JOBS in the band......and so off he went, and Robin has paid for it ever since, as in Robin has been playing small venues for the past many many years

[tatsanddonna]

@hemet92544 james wote many of the songs 2

[maugustson]

Great footage of Reg. He looks to reach thats "Trower" place during Spellbound.

[danducati]

Ah, before it landed as "Day of the Eagle"....very cool!

[Gov502010]

FUCK OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[Docmatrix1]

A dental school classmate turned me on to Trower in '72 and I was mesmerized by Dewar's voice, Isadore's drumming, and, of course, Robin's masterful execution of the guitar. Since Hendrix' death, nobody had come close to that 'hot, passioned, guitar' sound, except for Robin and Frank Marino of Mahogany Rush.

[jeffsdolphin]

jesus .........dewar was reallly ,reallly something....i miss that dudes voice........alot

[mdpocoroba]

Which four morons would click dislike on this? Travis Tritt fans?

[balboaboats]

Makes me want to hit my bong for five or six big ones.

[lancealexander1]

saw him in L.A. in 76. Daydream was...surreal

[rinfster]

This is freakin' awesome! Never heard "Day of the Eagle" with these lyrics before, though.

[JimmyLeeVanDePutte]

no words, well just one. SOUL!!!

[bluesboy68]

The 4 dislikes must be watching a Ludicris vid. LAME!

[valentinecrusade]

I was at this concert, I was 15 years old by then... my 1st gig... and a blazing memory forever...

[jeffsdolphin]

sorry liz richie -thought you were dissing them ---i'm an idiot

[LizRichieBand]

4 dislikes?

they should be sought out & shot right where they stand

[LizRichieBand]

@jeffsdolphin

i hope you have cancer

[jeffsdolphin]

@LizRichieBand  really nice

[LizRichieBand]

@jeffsdolphin ENJOY!

[jeffsdolphin]

@LizRichieBand off yourself douche -(go to war-maybe it will be fun)

[jeffsdolphin]

dewar is a little like paul rogers but not really. Trowers music would not sound the same without that dude. Even though he's a god guitarist .anyway.

[jeffsdolphin]

i need to know more about james dewar.............his voice is badass

[trbogt]

Love Robin Trower ...and thanks for the vidieos...and all the fans.......I want more....see Y'a....bye.*john

[newflipvideos]

Why are cameramen so ignorant toward capturing musicians? Looking at a guitar players back during his solo just doesnt cut it.

[MistyMountainsky]

@newflipvideos I agree,seems you see that nonsense all the time

[virussize6]

@newflipvideos ageed, thats just realy bad camera work all the way tho, it was the 70's tho, we have moved on a bit \m/

[10inchrecord]

@newflipvideos The cameraman probably didn't want to stand front and center on the stage. The crowd might not have liked that much.

[HARMONIMONSTER]

Nice. The second song, DAYDREAM, reminds me of Hendrix' DRIFTING.

[rngomes]

the amazing thing bout them is that RT solos are always different, inventive and awesome, Dewar's vocals are soulfully and Reg gives the perfect connection.

[cavemanfarts]

The drummer should be in a Gatorade commercial.

[kingkull0423]

You can hear a strong Hendrix influence in his playing style. Some of his licks sound reminesent of "Cross Town Traffic."

[phishhed44]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[christonaa]

Robin was my great inspiration since '69 when I was "surprised" by him attending a Procul Harum concert in Ft Lauderdale. Who knew ???? He was the best kept secret in Rock and Roll back then. Got my brain jerked out and handed to me at the door!

[cindylouallen]

I have never heard this, it has the tune of Day of the Eagle but different words...

[occb1987]

@cindylouallen It's the second verse of Day Of The Eagle

[magus6247]

Wow, what a great video set. Thanks for posting this nice memory from the past, which I must admit, I relive everytime I hear Trower.

[VoodooChildsReturn]

This is pure magic!!!

[luridplanet]

It's great that the audience kept their traps shut during the quiet part at the end - probably too stoned too cheer anyway lol

[Randallkoller]

what's interesting here is they didn't have the final lyrics for day of the eagle written yet.. James seems to be kind of making them up as he goes

[bagrat22]

video quality unreal for '73. Thanks for this post. Trower a part of my youth for sure. RIP James Dewar.

[teleevangelist]

These are the one and only Robin Trower Band Video's t watch and listen to

[aspersive]

Reg Isidore is a real animal on the drums, looks like the black Clive Bunker almost!

[Gaskin2000]

The 2 biggest influences in my musical career, Robin-guitar & Jimmy Dewar vocals. The most soulful voice Ive ever heard, including Paul Rogers.

[runningelk19]

Ahh! The Good Ole Days of hard British Rock! Cool Stuff Man!

[VercettiVice]

hendrix reincarnated with trower.

[dchinva]

Hey platinumplus, it's funny that you thought James was Robin. The first time I saw them, I was surprised that it was the bass player singing and not Robin. For some reason I thought the guitar player was suppose to sing too..... Robin Trower is a hero to many including myself - but none of his lineups compare to early '70s with james at the mic!

[platinumplusenter]

James Dewar is sadly one of the most unknown and unsung great talents of his era. I always loved the Robin Trower songs and thought he was Robin Trower until recently. He sang brilliantly and deserves far more recognition for his great talent. He will be missed and died too young.

[MrGMmusic]

Couldn't agree more. Jim Dewar was one of the greatest soul singers ever.  He made a huge - essential - contribution to the sound of this great band.

[Lenjia]

I guess in the 70's they didn't believe in having cameras in front of the stage either...lol...lol....

[Ganjamancer]

The great James Dewars \m/

[Grumberf]

cool Ive never heard this in my hole life BUT IT KICKS ASS :D DAy of the eagels?

[mj99a]

amazing how trower improved over five years!!!! if you see some of the procol vids from 67 his guitar work was sometimes very unorganized. but here he is fully realized and very direct in his musical statements. he really came into his own and became a "front man."

[anchovyangel]

In an interview Robin said that prior to the smash hit 1974 Bridge of Siges album

they had all the matereiel rehearsed from live shows but were still developing the lyrics. The first song is a perfect exmple of how day of the eagle came about in its early stages. Simply awesome Thanks for posting this bit of history.

[recordhead59]

@anchovyangel I was wondering why e did not hit the vocals I'm so used to hearing. Thanks for the clarification!

[avery7001]

(o; This was before Robin Trower became an image to uphold ..before Bridge of sighs ;o) love to thee

[anchovyangel]

Thanks so much for the post. I just wish we could see more close ups of Robin working that awesome 70s strat.

[assfacedfucker]

dewar is one of the best vocalists

[apachestar]

@assfacedfucker agreed !

[jcpuiia]

@assfacedfucker yes he is and Trower remains one of the most underrated guitarists. Love this threesome.

[popomczowzow]

I say this with the most respect possible: It's crazy how much Trower and Jimi sound alike: tone, phrasing, and riffs.

[jc19641]

O melhor vocalista que Trower já teve foi James Dewar

[Bluesbarri]

Trower ............these were the days when you actually had to write a song and this one kicked ass what a great team Trower Dewar ( rip) Isidor.....hey ! that's not Isidor...........lol

[BigWhiteTurkey]

And that song evolved - it split off into 2? (the first one)

This is totally awesome, BTW. Video quality beyond belief.

[Electricgypsyboy]

I wish I could have been there!

[jerryjoe88]

This is just toooooooooooooo delicious !!!

[Abrohill]

es lo mas cerca a Hendrix que es posible escuchar y se parece a Stevie Ray Waugham otro cercano..magica coincidencia

[gblueslover2]

They're great, but doesn't it seem they rushed this song a bit ? It just seems faster than it should be....

[jbdbsb]

It was awesome to hear Robin carry on the Hendrix sound.

[AfricanGrey1369]

Amazing footage! All (3) of these clips bring me back in time. It's a rarity to hear the pre-release of Day of the Eagle. What a power-trio! Thanks for posting!

[teleevangelist]

Spellbound is the most wicked song ever, James Dewar has the best tone in the voice catagory period!!!...Trower is as always on top of it all, and then some, lol, and Billy Lordan keeps the beat going as he does so well, my pick of my top alltime 3 bands, grateful dead, robin trower band/orig and Little Feat

[jbdbsb]

Actually the song is "Daydream" .

[mcgyverracing]

#200 5 stars!!!!!!

[Hellishcrusade]

I've bin to many a biker-party...lol....the good ones were where good sounds were playin' LOUD in the sunset tho'.

Nothin', but NOTHIN', comes close to havin' one Trower track after another BOOOOOOMIN' out those big motherfuckin' speakers when the beers are a-flowin' an' the bro's are a-rollin' !!!

[cb3961]

it was called another day, another night...before they reworked the vocals into day of the eagle that came out on the LP a year or so after this was filmed...to the best of my knowledge.

[ifutureman]

This is great, but the edits kind of suck. What's with leaving out huge chunks of the song "Daydream"? And what happened to "I Can't Wait Much Longer"?

I do love the work-in-progress version of "Day of the Eagle" however.

[v6n4m0d4]

Trower Hendrix Clapton Malmsteen Tonino Baliardo-Gipsy Kings. That's It know one else.

[gobles68]

Fuck malmsteen.

[xbones101]

What's wrong with Malmsteen?

[GregERobertson]

>>alternate lyrics??

[guitarjerry1126]

After Jimi left us, Robin was the first to carry on the spirit and he was obviously very into Hendrixs' playing as was Stevie Ray Vaughn,some years later.

[lebowski61]

it wouls had been great to see hendrix and trower jam in the same band with dewar and isidore..

[Exiles800]

Yeah, that's what I say. Imagine the Trower/Hendrix jams that could have been. Trower was in Procol Harum while Jimi was alive.

[waldo2384]

That guitarist looks like Robin Hood fucked a Keebler elf.

[dave11463]

the coolest thing about the older videos is there wasn't a lot of special effects(i.e. lights,smoke,etc.)They lived or died on their musicianship alone!! and indeed they did !

[tweedle53]

@dave11463 And there wasn't 1000's of media students trying to make themselves look good at the expense of the real talent on stage!

[clarkewi]

@dave11463 The stage in those days was like a gladiator pit. Brutal. Only the strongest survived (and many of the STRONGEST didn't!!!!! Like Hendrix). But my God there were some great acts. Trower was (is) one among them. These days live music lacks "life and death" drama. I saw the Doors in early '67 when they were only known around LA and hadn't gone global yet. The stage had the atmosphere of an execution. I'd never witnessed anything like it before or since. Morrison was dead 3 years later

[barnetboy1]

@dave11463 Spot On Mate!

To Kingkull's earlier post,Robin is Robin,Jimi was Jimi.He never wanted to be Hendrix.the shallow rock press,back in the day branded Trower as Hendrix "Karaoke";for want of a better phrase, because they we'ren't ready for what RT was bringing to the table,the sad litlle pre-punk, trendy, berks!

[guitarthroat]

@dave11463 Fuck yes. Musicians were so much more talented back in the old days.  Today, these newer guys are mostly a fucking gimmick. Robin and Jimmy Dewar fucking rocked!!!

[jcmclovin77388]

@dave11463 Yeah, and they had less effects like pedals and such. I saw Robin Trower 2 years ago in Houston and one of the best performances I have ever seen, he's still got it, even w/o James and the old crew. He's on tour again and coming to Houston 2/11/2011, I will be there again.

[cajunstrat]

Gonna see Trower tonight in Austin Texas

[UnknownSun556]

Just saw Trower in Phoenix two days ago. Fucking amazing, one of the greatest guitarists ever, and he's inspired so many other great musicians too.

[runningelk19]

way cool, I saw Trower at :Portland Coliseum summer '75 and they kicked it hard for four hours..Robin's da Man!

[jimpage62]

did you go see him at the roseland this year?

[coen360]

@runningelk19 YEA THATS A FACT COEN3601@VERIZON.NET

[khote14]

@runningelk19 I saw Trower live in '77, with Cheap Trick believe it or not, and Todd Rundgren in New Orleans. One of the people I went to the concert with couldn't handle all the acid we took, took off all his clothes and ran down in front!

What a fucking memory, yeah!

[poindexterqueef]

"Robin Trower was, & STILL IS one of the best!"

[jeff1surfs]

Awesome Post!! thanks!

Gonna see RT May 29 at House of Blues!!

Unfortunately minus Reg or James...

But Robin won't dissapoint!

[kocisko]

Brilliant band indeed! Sometimes people seems to forget how fantastic the stage persona of Reg was............Surely much missed!

Whoever lives close to London, Robin plays Sheperds Bush with Jack Bruce on bass and vocal in a few months time....

[waldo2384]

What happened to Reg? DId he choke on someone's vomit?

[mrtonebone]

No, he spontaneously combusted.....

[schmenge01]

Reg is living in London. I jammed with him a couple of times last year. I think he's had a tough go since the seventies but I gotta tell ya... it was a thrill to jam Too Rolling Stoned with the original drummer.

[jimpage62]

reg passed away earlier this year

[wacked4]

R.I.P reg Isidore. you will be missed.

[maximiliancohen]

Out of sight ,man! Thanks for posting this hidden gem.

Long live Trower, Dewar, Isidore ,Lordan et al...

[LedBlues]

I found out about Trower in 1975 when a guy my dad worked with turned me on to the live album, when Lordan was in the band. So I never knew until just now, 12:30am Central time on 5/1/09, that Reg Isidore was black. LOL. Sorry to hear about his passing. And I think that Dewar is one of the most hideously underrated singers ever. RIP JD. Hope Trower gets to stay around a while.

[gfrazer69]

Robin, awesome saw him 8/15/1976 with Starcastle, Rory Gallagher & headliner Jethro Tull LA Coliseum 90,000 General Admission Great Show!! Back in the good old Air Force Days!!

[GP4T]

Twice removed From Yesterday=Timeless Classic

[hoaxey]

Let the sweet music of trower and co overflow.

[vangelisideras]

vaya! que lástima; en fin nos queda su interesante legado musical participando con buenos músicos como peter green o rick wright entre otros, RIP