The Blood & Bath Concert Review
The Blood & Bath Concert Review
Robin Trower at the Roseland Theater 9/16/06
It was a packed house at the Roseland Theater last Saturday night for the legendary Robin Trower. I gotta tell you folks, there’s nothing like the sound of a true master with a Fender Strat in his hands and a twin stack of Marshalls behind him. The biggest difference between seeing him this time and two years ago is that he’s hired a lead singer to do all the vocals so he can concentrate on what he does best, which is play guitar.
And play guitar he did, but there’s a huge difference in the way Robin Trower plays compared to a lot of other guitarists. Oh sure he can play loud, but he didn’t play so loud that it left you with a headache. Oh sure he can play fast when he wants to, but with Robin Trower that isn’t always necessary. Instead, he plays in a very controlled and subtle way, but with absolute precision and authority.
After the first few songs he finally tore into his big hits: Day Of The Eagle, Bridge Of Sighs, and I’m Too Rolling Stoned. A couple of years ago I was reading a lot of critics reviews that he’d been playing shortened versions of his extended jam songs, but not this time. He played the full meal deals. Although the set only lasted about an hour, he came back out and played a two song encore that finished up with a beautiful rendition of Spellbound. No complaints here. I left very happy.
The guy doing the lead vocals wasn’t especially great, but he was adequate. Robin Trower was very polite and appreciative toward the audience, and the audience was more than enthusiastic in returning the compliments. One thing that I have to add – Robin Trower is one of those guitar players that makes a whole lot of facial contortions when he’s playing. It’s sort of like he placed a whole lemon, peel and all, into his mouth and then spent an hour or so trying to chew it up and swallow it. It’s really a sight to behold. Nevertheless, it was a fine show and I highly recommend that anybody who hasn’t seen him live before get out there and see him before he gets too old and stops touring.
Tracy (Never Had A Nickname) McCall
Head Writer,
Singer, Songwriter,
Attorney at Log
Paulie Family Productions
Robin Trower at the Roseland Theater 9/16/06
It was a packed house at the Roseland Theater last Saturday night for the legendary Robin Trower. I gotta tell you folks, there’s nothing like the sound of a true master with a Fender Strat in his hands and a twin stack of Marshalls behind him. The biggest difference between seeing him this time and two years ago is that he’s hired a lead singer to do all the vocals so he can concentrate on what he does best, which is play guitar.
And play guitar he did, but there’s a huge difference in the way Robin Trower plays compared to a lot of other guitarists. Oh sure he can play loud, but he didn’t play so loud that it left you with a headache. Oh sure he can play fast when he wants to, but with Robin Trower that isn’t always necessary. Instead, he plays in a very controlled and subtle way, but with absolute precision and authority.
After the first few songs he finally tore into his big hits: Day Of The Eagle, Bridge Of Sighs, and I’m Too Rolling Stoned. A couple of years ago I was reading a lot of critics reviews that he’d been playing shortened versions of his extended jam songs, but not this time. He played the full meal deals. Although the set only lasted about an hour, he came back out and played a two song encore that finished up with a beautiful rendition of Spellbound. No complaints here. I left very happy.
The guy doing the lead vocals wasn’t especially great, but he was adequate. Robin Trower was very polite and appreciative toward the audience, and the audience was more than enthusiastic in returning the compliments. One thing that I have to add – Robin Trower is one of those guitar players that makes a whole lot of facial contortions when he’s playing. It’s sort of like he placed a whole lemon, peel and all, into his mouth and then spent an hour or so trying to chew it up and swallow it. It’s really a sight to behold. Nevertheless, it was a fine show and I highly recommend that anybody who hasn’t seen him live before get out there and see him before he gets too old and stops touring.
Tracy (Never Had A Nickname) McCall
Head Writer,
Singer, Songwriter,
Attorney at Log
Paulie Family Productions
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