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Today's CoronaVinyl category is "T," and I have a couple Robin Trower records, and he's turning 76 next week, so why not go with one of those?
Admittedly, though I know the difference, I often mistake in my mind Robin Trower (who is English), Irish blues rock guitarist Rory Gallagher, and American psychedelic rock pioneer Roky Erickson. They're all great in their own right, but today we're talking about Trower.
After playing in some local bands with some minor success, Trower joined Procol Harum in 1967, before leaving the band in 1971 to form his own band. Twice Removed From Yesterday was his solo debut, released in 1973. Joining Trower is James Dewar on bass and vocals and Reg Isidore on drums. It's a great rock album, with elements of blues rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock. Dewar's voice reminds me a lot of Paul Rodgers, which is a huge compliment.
The album only reached #106 on the Billboard album chart, but Trower had some pretty decent success after that, as his next seven albums (six studio albums and one live album) all charted in the Top 40 on the Billboard album chart, with five reaching the Top 25, three reaching the Top 10, and one reaching the Top 5. And all of that success was without any significant radio airplay, which makes it more impressive.
Over the following nearly 50 years, Trower has continued to make music and put out albums, even releasing an album last year. All in all, he has released 24 solo albums, 10 live albums, 5 albums with former Cream bassist Jack Bruce, and 3 albums with former Roxy Music frontman Brian Ferry.
Favorite song from Side 1: "Daydream"
This is the only song on Side 1 that isn't a ballad or super slow, and it has a Caribbean/reggae feel to it, which makes sense, since it was recorded in Jamaica with members of Jimmy Cliff's backing band and members of Toots & The Maytals.
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