Robin Trower's debut solo album was the first evidence that the Fender Stra… Read Full Bio ↴Robin Trower's debut solo album was the first evidence that the Fender Stratocaster sound of Jimi Hendrix could be effectively replicated and even refabricated. And like Hendrix, Trower had paid his dues as a more-or-less backup musician, his former band Procol Harum having emphasized stately organ and piano rather than guitar. After leaving his old group, Trower experimented with different musicians and ideas for several years, which paid off when he finally released Twice Removed From Yesterday, a record that displayed the characteristics that would make him a guitar hero and stadium attraction of the mid-'70s.
He de-emphasized the Hendrix fuzz, feedback, and distortion, and let the reverb from his Strat become his dominant tonal device. He wasn't as flamboyant as Hendrix, as earthy as Eric Clapton, or as unpredictable as Jeff Beck, but he played cleanly, emphasizing singular, effective notes, and he brought a melodicism and creativity to the electric blues. His style is best suited for the slow, somber blues of songs like "Daydream" and "I Can't Wait Much Longer," where his solos are both carefully structured and melodic. The most intriguing tune on the album is the title track, a nugget of '70s-style psychedelic rock that showed Trower to be a pretty good songwriter.
The best aspects of Twice Removed would come to full flowering on his next album, Bridge of Sighs, but this debut showed Trower to be an effective interpreter of the Hendrix sound, and not just what numerous others who came in his wake would prove to be: mere imitators.
Line-up:
Robin Trower – guitar
James Dewar – bass, vocals
Reg Isidore – drums
Track-list:
01. I Can't Wait Much Longer
02. Daydream
03. Hannah
04. Man of the World
05. I Can't Stand It
06. Rock Me Baby
07. Twice Removed from Yesterday
08. Sinner's Song
09. Ballerina
2010 Bonus track:
10. Take a Fast Train
Allmusic ★★★★☆
He de-emphasized the Hendrix fuzz, feedback, and distortion, and let the reverb from his Strat become his dominant tonal device. He wasn't as flamboyant as Hendrix, as earthy as Eric Clapton, or as unpredictable as Jeff Beck, but he played cleanly, emphasizing singular, effective notes, and he brought a melodicism and creativity to the electric blues. His style is best suited for the slow, somber blues of songs like "Daydream" and "I Can't Wait Much Longer," where his solos are both carefully structured and melodic. The most intriguing tune on the album is the title track, a nugget of '70s-style psychedelic rock that showed Trower to be a pretty good songwriter.
The best aspects of Twice Removed would come to full flowering on his next album, Bridge of Sighs, but this debut showed Trower to be an effective interpreter of the Hendrix sound, and not just what numerous others who came in his wake would prove to be: mere imitators.
Line-up:
Robin Trower – guitar
James Dewar – bass, vocals
Reg Isidore – drums
Track-list:
01. I Can't Wait Much Longer
02. Daydream
03. Hannah
04. Man of the World
05. I Can't Stand It
06. Rock Me Baby
07. Twice Removed from Yesterday
08. Sinner's Song
09. Ballerina
2010 Bonus track:
10. Take a Fast Train
Allmusic ★★★★☆
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Twice Removed From Yesterday
Robin Trower Lyrics
Daydream We were laughing in a daydream With the world beneath our…
Hannah Hannah, walking in beauty, like the night Hannah, soft as th…
I Can't Stand It I think I've traveled here before And stood upon this velve…
I Can't Wait Much Longer There beneath the diamond sky Caviar and the moon light wine…
Man Of The World I want to be, I got to be I want to…
Rock Me Baby Rock me baby, rock me all night long Rock me baby,…
Sinner's Song Well I might be a sinner And I never was a…
Twice Removed From Yesterday "I think I've travelled here before, And stood upon this vel…