Robin Trower
Robin Trower
Robin Leonard Troweris an English rock guitarist and vocalist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth9 March 1945
guy energy cold
My energy flagged because of heavy cold but the guys took up the slack.
proud be-proud
It's great to have something you can be proud of.
running play feelings
It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.
night two sideways
I go through about two Fender mediums a night because I don't pick straight down; it's sort of sideways, and it shaves them off.
track albums flaws
I don't tend to have a favorite album; I tend to have favorite tracks. There are flaws in every album that spoil it for me.
blessed creativity able
I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.
albums firsts feels
I feel that my playing on the first album was probably some of my best.
guitar want instruments
I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.
player guitar today
I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.
guitar important scream
A wah-wah is important as well. I love it; it makes the guitar scream.
artist certain-death certain
A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.
singing weak very-good
It was an experience being on a Beatles tour. They weren't very good. The singing was great, but the playing was a bit weak.
hands notes i-can
I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets.
born music-is ability
The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.