Robin Trower never really got the accolades due to him at the time when he was at his peak. It is only now that he is really recognised as one of the true greats of the guitar. Part of this is down to the negative impressions he created in the mind of many. Criticism that he imitated Hendrix is largely unfair – Trower played blues rock with a force and style that he made his own. And even so, he always admitted his debt to Hendrix, though that admission is regarded by some as a heresy rather than adopting the old maxim that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Yet scant mention is ever made of the enormous contribution Trower made to the sound of Procul Harum, his former band
Assisted by former Harum bandmate, Matthew Fisher, as producer and with Beatle's engineer Geoff Emerick also assisting, this is THE finest guitar album of the Seventies
Too Rolling Stoned
Little Bit of Sympathy
In This Place
and, of course, the brilliantly chilling title track
Bridge of Sighs
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