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  • Bad-Ass! love it!

  • Great Video! There was a better version of this song on a few months ago, what happened to that one? I'm new to YouTube, do people just pull their videos after a certain amount of time or what? Thanks! Trower and Dewar just flat out Kill that song!

  • @jcmoodog Yess, I was wondering the very same thing.. as I'd seen that ultra-clean version of this video, also.

    Bill Lordan makes this song, IMO. When he joined the band, things started really moving in the right direction for Robin Trower & Co. He's a very "inspiring" (inspirational?) drummer :-)

  • For Earth Below-another underrated R.T.album.

  • AMAZING RYTHYM---DEWAR's VOICE SO Full OF EMOITION. TRULY AN INCREDIBLE SONG.WOW!!!

  • James Dewar in one word - MESMERIZING!

  • Jimmy Dewar lives on! Thanks very much for posting this! I've always loved this band and this is priceless.....!!!!

  • Even though this recording is shitty Dewer's voice is overflowing with tone and feel....wow. Trower's leads are "like butta". However this host sounds like he is commentating a golf tournament.

  • Hehe- one of the band passed me this on VHS- I copied ir ro hi-8, then digitized- so its 34 years old and about 4th gen- best I got pal. The announcer was much loved for his underwhelming delivery- see also "For Alathera's Love"...

  • Dont get me wrong...I totally enjoyed it. Thanks!

  • @shadoworld58 Hahaha! Golf tournament.. good one!!! LOL!!!!

  • Thanks, I looked- very creative- another one like Jeff Beck using fingers instead of a pick- I like it! Went straight to my guitar playlist for later exploring. Have u seen Monte Montgomery play Little Wing yet? Not too shabby.

  • Yes~~~I love Monte~~~Check out Michael Kelsey. He is a great young talent~~~a little different but so is Tommy Emmanuel~~~and who doesn't love him.

  • If you love Trower, SRV or Hendrix, check out Michael Landau Germany 2007 on You tube.

  • Love Robin Trower. Saw him in 77 (i believe) at the Philly Spectrum with Montrose and Rush on the ticket. I've been playing blues-blues/rock guitar for 30 odd years, and Jimi, SRV and Robin Trower were/are something special.

  • What about Rory Gallagher

  • best white afro ever?

  • looks brown to me?? I have supported this group since I was ten years young. Great show, always!

  • best white afro singer, ever.

  • LOVE THIS TUNE, what a great live rendition as well! Robin's ability to orchestrate the electric guitar is spot on. Hendrix's "Hey Baby" (New Rising Sun) is another great example of that kind of capability/talent. Great video, thanks for sharing/posting it!

  • Also, RT likes original tunes- he didn't ever play dopey "all-star-jams" w/ EC, buddy guy, srv, mato nanji, chris duarte, etc etc.they r always too crowded, never great music- he is the sole director of his career, not a co-star. I respect him for credbility as an artist, not a competitor for some mythical macho noodling crown.

  • There is footage of Trower playing in the night of the guitar thing on here. i for one would love to see trower jamming with beck and clapton. Hed blow em off the stage!!

  • Yes, Trower has always been tasteful and has a keen sense of humour when interviewed. He always has alot of respect for his audience and never gets upset.(which is rare for a rock axeman). The thing that always impresses me about Robin is that even after excessive use of his vibrato arm he hardly goes out of tune. (unlike Jimi and most others) He's real careful about how he plays.

  • I agree totally. I have no desire to hear John Mayer do "Little Wing" w/Buddy Guy. This idea all started after J.L.Hookers "The Healer" was issued back in 1990. That WAS a great album that revived the Blues but now it's become a circus.( and abit of a cop-out talent wise that is)

  • peteranal, your comment is just that. Hahahahahahahah! Excellent! Surely you jest- Jimi learned from everything and everyone- because he was fucking brilliant- but much as I love RT your statement is utterly ridiculous. Jimi would sit in, not down, and they would ROCK ASS!

  • I saw Robin Trower about ten years ago. He still kicked butt.

  • Great to see this again,I remember watching This back in 76/77 and I bought the LP 'For earth below' on the strength of the performance.

  • i got in 1980 aint never been the same since thankyou for sharing your mind!

  • I was a 19 or 20 year old soldier when a friend asked if I would go to a Robin Trower concert with him (I had the wheels)so I said I would. At that time, to my embarrassment, I had never heard of Trower. WOW, I've been a big fan of Robins ever since. That was 1977.

  • i was just watching the whistle test story documentary on bbc4...loads of clips of bands were played, but not even a 5 second clip of trower made it on to the program.

    disgraceful

  • thanks for posting lets hope the bbc opens its vaults and gives us music fans some real music instead of the innane rubbish we get at the moment

  • Back in the early 70s i hardly missed an episode of OGWT. Bob Harris was the BEST!

    This was by far one of the finest sessions on the programme. Robin's sound was alot more darker than Hendrix, more gothic sounding and spooky. Jimi didn't use minor keys as much as Trower does and this is Robin's strong point and main difference to Jimi. I wonder what it would've been like if they ever jammed together?

  • If Hendrix and Trower jammed together well Hendrix would have to take a seat and learn how it is done from this musical genious.

  • I saw Jimi live on several occasions and i have to say Trower was always very consistant in comparison. Jimi was either very good or very bad

    all according to what trip he was having. But saying this, SRV had a huge fight with his brother Jimmie, in which he got his broken nose, all because he was called the 'Texan Robin Trower'.

  • Where did you hear this? Wonder why SRV didnt like Trower?

  • It's in most of the bios about how SRV got his broken nose and what caused the argument and quite a few commentors know about it. e.g. If you look for the video "SRV & The Fabulous Thuderbirds" on here. I think the Vaughan Bros considered Trower to be abit of a poser, perhaps an unauthentic Hendrix ripoff similar to the way Aussie blues guitarist Dave Hole is held in derision by many blues purists.

  • Thanks for taking the time to reply. I wonder how Trower and Dewar are not respected by the Vaughan Bros; Those two obviously have a great ear for music, and I would have thought that the extreme soulfullness would make them immediate fans. SRV is far more of a hendrix impersonater IMO, he did many covers of jimi whilst Trower did none!

  • That's a good point you raised. I agree with you. The fact that Trower actually met Jimi makes him more authentic. I think SRV, being a nice guy, respected Robin to some degree but his bro is more of a Texan purist who probably doesn't rate British musicians. You have to remember that Jimmie Vaughan(as much as i like him) is a G.W. Bush supporter!

  • It suprises me that you say J.Vaughan is a Bush supporter- I have seen videos of him talking on a conspiracy show about how all governments are corrupt etc. really, although i rate SRV and his brother very highly, they come no where close to the composition and vision of Trower's music IMO. I think that the Vaughans probably didnt give Trower a proper listen- if they did, they surely would realised his greatness.

  • Jimmie played at GW's inauguration and knows him personally. SRV differed greatly from his bro. Robin, for me, sounds typically British and carried the dark Procul Harum/Pink Floyd sound to another level. I have loved his sound from when i was a teen but many think it's too thin in comparison to SRV's heavy strung attack. I also come from near Catford, South London where Robin was born. Robin is one of the sincerist musicians alive today.

  • I have never understood the thin sound comment, robin plays with 12's, but even when he played with tens in the 70's it was still a very fat tone.

  • Yes,i know what you mean however in comparison to SRV's tone it's thinner and has that '70's vibe. Not that's inferior, just different. Very few people are going to acheieve SRV's tone simply because he had bass frets installed on his Strats, used very heavy strings and had a stripped paint finish on his "No.1".

  • like trower and jimi, he had magic fingers.

  • Robin's overall sound is closer to Jimi than SRV's. SRV had a jazz guitarist setup on a Strat. The most astonishing solo Robin did, in my opinion, is on "King Biscuit Flower Hour" CD on the track "Too Rolling Stoned". On it he changes the middle part to a very slow 12 bar blues and does some unbelievable string bends combined with vibrato that strips walls.

  • Lordan seriously abuses the cymbals on that song doesnt he. Dewars on top form on that gig. suprising that robin doesnt play the normal riff at the end there. your right it is an excellent example of his soloing. i think his best solo is in the 2005 dvd bridge of sighs. every note perfect.

  • Absolutely true.His solos are much shorter these days which is a shame because i like it when he stretches out like on Daydream" from "R.T. Live in Sweden 1975". Amazing usage of feedback on that track, it would've made Jimi jealous.I would say it's one of the best blues guitar solos of all time. I wore out several vinyl copies of that album.

  • I am interested to know when you saw jimi live, did he play machine gun or any of his lenghthier jams? your right that is an excellent version of day dream, also love rolling stoned on that album. suprised that bridge of sighs isnt on there.

  • I saw Jimi at the "Bag O Nails" club, at "The Uppercut" and also at the Royal Albert Hall.

    'The Bag O Nails' club was packed solid. Many people passed out from lack of air. I rushed out gasping and spent half the session listening from outside. Jimi played badly that night. He was having a bad trip.He was totally off key. The Albert Hall gig was brilliant however as the CD tells us today. Myself and some schoolfriends used to see Jimi in various music stores in Central London around 1967.

  • I recall seeing Dewar when he was with "Stone The Crows". Wow, what a voice! He was the Scottish Ray Charles. So sad he's not around. Lordan's drumming was tremendous.

  • I agree & doubt if we'll ever c another 3 piece band as talented as this line up. RT is literally beyond compare, Dewar's voice was angelic/his bass playing complimented Robin's guitar better than any one to follow and Lordan is the quintessential Master of the top end of a drum kit.

  • Jeff Beck & Trower have alot in common. They both are South Londoners, born just a few miles from each other, and both tend to avoid hype. I know Jeff looks like an posing egotripper but actually he's just having fun and is hilariously self depracating. Jeff is a totally unpredictable player and a very hard guy to keep up with. They both had the same influences (BB & Albert King, Otis Rush and Hubert Sumlin etc)

  • My goodness, Jimi's fingers were LONG. He could stretch 8 frets with ease! That's why on tunes like "Electric Ladyland" he'd hit notes that no one else can reach and could play strange bass notes to accompany chords.

  • ya know how many people can do an "8 fret" stretch , any body can my brother does it every day , all day long, i seen em and saturdays , and sundays and holidays too!i seen em its easy if you practice long enough!

  • Good luck to your bro! Granted many people can..many guitarists can play as fast as Van Halen also but how many can construct a solo like "Electric Ladyland". It requires imagination also as well as ability.

  • I hitchiked from the suburbs of San Francisco to the Winterland Ballroom and saw them in 1975. They killed! Never heard a better sound from 3 guys live- missed Jimi as i was a bit young. Everyone lit matches and lighters. it was new thing then, first show I ever saw that-a sea of flame begging for more.

  • I saw this performance at the time too. I think the other song they did on the show was 'Gonna Be More Suspicious'. OGWT - Bob Harris presenter. :) The next day I saw the RTB at the Liverpool Stadium. It changed my life.

  • Cool- wanna see that tape 2! 2 songs from early you don't hear much are "man of the world" and Little bit of sympathy- theres a great early tape up now- 1973- they play day of the eagle, but w/ different words.

  • RobinofSactown, you are a genius for posting this one! Many thanks for it.

  • I watched this on OGWT all those years ago and I've never forgotten it.  Wonderful.

  • Top three power trio's....Cream,Rush,Trower!

  • I'll buy two thirds of that.

  • thunder2112-Uhh rush? If JHE was not the first and greatest power trio then the term is meaningless. but then who cares...just listen.

  • Yeah, JHE were around 30 years ahead of time.Even today their songs sound fresh. My 20 yr old son and his friends think that "Voodoo Chile" is the best song ever done. Today there's nobody around in Jimi, Robin or Jeff's league. They were innovators. Everybody else are copyists.

  • sweet !!

  • Definitely one of the best bands of all time. I listen to the Bridge Of Sighs CD every day. For Earth Below is a great one, too. Love this video, thanks for posting it.

  • Sure, babe- I didn't want to wear out my hi-8 copy of this so I only watched it once in the last 6 years! Now its on YouTube I watch it here!

    Boy what a slippery time signature on this obe! listen to Bill's cymbals! wow!

  • Yes, it is a strange time signature come to think of it. I just have to play this tune on a sunny day because it's so uplifting.

  • Robin, hellow for you from Russia.I like your early years very much.

  • One of THE BEST bands in history! These guys totally rock it! I've always loved them & always will!

  • dewar was the best

  • god I loved "For Earth Below". Nobody can bend strings like trower.

  • Howard is the Winterland tape guy. I was a t that show, it was fantastic. Thanks again for that Howard,

  • Got it - sorry about that. Any idea where this one and the other latest finds were recorded? Maybe some 70s BBC show or something? The low key narrator dude is a hoot.

  • Howard - you've done it again!!! More amazing vintage Trower!!! THANKS!!! Rob from StratoGeezer

  • Names not Howard but yr welcome.

  • Thank you for this classic Robin Trower video of "Fine

    Day" from the 1975 LP.... "For Earth Below." This video is a good example of Robin's outstanding vibrato technique which is as good today as it was back in 1975. Saw Trower & the band twice this year(2006)in July at the Fitzgerald Theatre (St. Paul) and again in October at Bogarts in Cincinnati. WOW!!!! No double WOW!!! wOW!!!

  • sure buddy- just added a nice "bridge of sighs" a lil higher quality vid. check it out!

  • wow !!! very nice post...thanks much!

  • My pleasure. They are so undersung. Great music.

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