   Robin Trower
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Robin Trower was one of the premier guitar players from the 70's. Inspired by Jimi Hendrix, Cream and other blues rock guitar players of the era, he left Procol Harem and started his own band in the early 70's. He met critical success with his first album "Twice Removed From Yesterday" and obtained hero status with his critically acclaimed and commercially successful "Bridge of Sighs". Saturday night at the House Of Blues, Robin showed why he is still looked upon as a guitar hero with a stunning set that brought continuous cheers from the good sized crowd. The sound system, generally excellent for most shows was the best I have heard to date for any show at the HOB. Robin opened with "Too Rolling Stoned", my personal favorite Trower song and continued throughout the short 90 minute set mixing hits that are played regularly on the radio ("Day of the Eagle" and "Bridge of Sighs") along with new songs from his recent CD "Someday Blues". Robin sings for the first time on his new CD and his voice works well on his choice of material. The crowd included fans that had driven from Tampa, Jacksonville, Ocala and other points spread all over the state and they were rewarded with great guitar playing. Robin has a fairly simple live stage rig and is able to get a wide range of tones from very few effects. His sound ranged from his classic "airy" shimmering guitar sound to a very up front "in your face" blues sound. The evening included plenty of super blues guitar fretwork which I could listen to for hours. He spent a lot of the time on stage with a big smile on his face, clearly enjoying himself and responding to the positive energy of the crowd. The crowd included one fan who had a 3' x 4' picture frame with over 30 Trower CD covers under glass with him. Most of the CD's were signed from previous show and he intended to get the rest of the CD's signed that night after the show. Robin did come out for a meet and greet about 30 minutes after the show ended. He was very personable and clearly was enjoying the whole evening as well as the fans. Great sound, great music, hey I have to give the evening a 10 all around!
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