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Okay, I'll start!
ACT: ROBIN TROWER
WHEN: Wed. April 13th
WHERE: City Lites / a live music club in Colorado Springs. Charge was
12.50. SRO capacity was about 1000 or so. Not too
many bad seats.
Robin Trower is alive and still rockin'. Since he does not do big arenas
anymore, this smaller club, more intimate atmosphere, was perfect for the
true guitar afficionados(sp).
With his 3 Marshalls and 2 Strats, that Trower-esque power, really did Trower
lovers justice. He opened with some of my Trower favs of old. "Winners take
the Honey and Losers sing the blues" and into...yes, "Like a rolling stone"
(his version not Dylans). The next hour n' a half was filled with both old
favs and newer Trower tunes. Some others were, Love attack (new), Bridge of
Sighs, Day of the Eagle, No Time for Us.
Although the "Passion" lp uses more synthesizer stuff, Robin is still
sticking to the basics of his patented sound. Guitar, bass, drums, and a
vocalist. I didn't catch all the other players names, but the vocalist has
been with him for awhile now. The overall mix was not great, drums could've
used a better overall mix and the bass was a bit muffled, but considering
the clubs dynamics, it was decent. Trower came through loud n' clear.
Robin still has fire in his licks. He can capture the sounds that made him
famous, live, as well as in a studio. His gear was pretty staight forward,
2 Strats, 3 Marshalls, wah's, phasing, chorus and a few others not a lot of
pedal stuff. You could tell Robin is a lead player 'cause he be makin' all
those faces lead players do!
Warming up was a group called "Dr. Doug Curtis and Housecall". They were
your basic Boogie-Blues band. The bass-player was formerly with Skynard and
Pat Travers. Dr. Doug played 335's through Marshalls also. The group was,
Curtis on guitars, a bass/rhythym trade off, drums, keyboards, vocalist/bass
trade off. The opening tune was killer with some good guitar blues licks
but they were horribly mixed and soon the novelty of 3-chord boogies wore
off. They wrapped up their 45 minute set with an old Savoy Brown tune,
nicely re-done. "Ring in his nose and a ring on her hand".
If you get the chance to catch Trower on this current tour I'd say do it.
I've seen better shows, but the chance to see a guitar great up close and
personasl is a good one.
RATING: On a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being excellent...
3 stars... and that ain't too bad.
Later guys 'n gals, happy reading.
�Rick�
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| OK, I'll start (although I'm hardly a professional critic!)
Stevie Ray Vaughn
April 9, 1988
Lowell (MA) Memorial Auditorium
Actually, for anyone who has seen SRV before, you know how good
he can be, and what kind of show he puts on. But out of the seven
times I have seen him before, this was the best yet! I was
suprised, because I almost didn't want to go, having seen him so
much already. But luckily, someone had already bought the tickets
and I was forced into going.
He played the longest I've seen him play, over two hours. Not that
much in the way of blues, only "Change It" and "Texas Flood".
Most of the set was cookin', such as "Couldn't Stand the Weather"
"Pride and Joy", "Look at Little Sister", etc. The encore conssited
(of course) of an extended "Voodoo Chile".
It was a very personal show, much more than usual. The other times
I've seen him, he was shy, and even played a lot of solos to the
drummer. This time, however, he approached the front of the stage
for many of the extended solos, and even sat on the edge of the
stage for one song, shaking hands with audience members and talking
to them briefly.
Suprise song: a cover of Harrison's "Taxman"!
How's that for a start?
Alan S.
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