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I'm at 64 years old, and I still consider this one of the greatest rock anthems ever !
i'm 68 and had his 8 track back in 73 ' Cruisin' in my 67 LTD ''''''
Definitely
@@lisamoroney3036 hi Lisa thank you for your reply , the '70s was a lot of fun , fun in abundance . Even today , remembering some of the '70s a lot of it was still a blur . Lol 😆
@@michaelhartman738 agree !!
i like "Too rolingstoned
Were we not the luckiest age group to have lived thru this class of great musician ship in Rock and Roll ? So soulful.
Yes we were
Yes, I’m 110 yrs old and still rockin’ n’ a rollin’ along 😮😆
Very Fortunate
Absolutely! My sister and I saw so many great concerts. I consider myself very lucky to have grown up with such incredible music. Robin Trower was one of the best shows I've ever seen!
The real treat is that it’s also the era of hi fidelity cheap electronics to listen to it !
To this day I still consider this the most iconic guitar song of all times. Not because of the skill, which is obviously out of this world, but because of the unique sound Robin created with his guitar. Hendrix is the only other guitarist I've ever heard who had that kind of individuality.
You said it all my brother and you said it so well hell yeah
Exactly why his style of playing has been compared to Hendrix.. this was also one of the greatest albums from the 70s
@@Tom-ok2rh one of my favourite albums ever ♥
Listen to Hey Joe by Roy Buchanan,,,❤
@@mikeclaunch3135 I did. I'm totally impressed given that he was playing the guitar and it wasn't banks of effects and techs. He actually reminds me of the Unknown Hinson playing Little Wang.
A bass player that could sing like that, what a find. And Trower was quite possibly the most underrated guitar player of them all.
So very true, hard to play bass and sing lead, J. Dewar makes it look so darn easy,,,what a great voice too. I wouldn’t say Trower is “underrated” though, have known about him since Bridge of Sighs album (from older brother’s collection). Saw him a few years back,,,whew! What a trance he had me in, supreme!👌
Possibly the best white blues voice of a generation
Not 'was'...IS
@@KittyGrizGrizThe only other I can think of is Jack Bruce. He had such a great voice and bass skills.
Who under rates him?
I grew up in the 70's. People today don't know what they missed. A great era of music.
The most creatively explosive musical decade in American history across ALL genres! The 70's.
Believe me, we do.
right with you brother and even worse they don't care
First heard Trower on King biscuit flower hour 1974. Been a big fan ever since
Yeah, they know. If you hang around with young people, you find out what they actually listen to. It ain't today's music. To be honest, I'm completely mystified at how today's music companies stay in business. What is their income stream? Today's kids wouldn't pay a nickel for it. But they'll listen to the Stones, Led Zep, Rod Stewart, Billy Joel, The Beatles, Journey, Foreigner, Marvin Gaye, Hendrix, Michael Jackson, 60s soul, the Beach Boys, and others, all day long.
Today's music companies have completely lost the plot.
The night before my younger brother died, 58 yrs old, on 1/11/2019, upon leaving the hospital I jumped into my car and this song started playing, I freaked out, took a quick pic of the screen on my car and still have it on my cell phone. My brother and I would listen to Robin Trower often particularly when we were "chilling" back in the 70's. A song which will be with me forever here and also when I see my brother again. Thank you for sharing, it made my day! Joe
sorry for your loss Joe. just know that baby brother is jamming in Heaven rite now smiling down on you.... xoxo
Peace....
God bless you and your Brother's soul, friend.
@@rachelh4860 There is no rock jamming in heavan.
Sad, but beautiful song to anchor your grief
Just turned 80 and this album is in my man cave on display
Happy birthday Bob ranger.
@@brettgjesvold862 Well thank you. Happy Birthday to your when it comes around.
@@bobranger9382 68 here Bob. I hope I see 80. I had all of Trowers stuff on 8 track. Of course we remember those 8 tracks. Here's to good health.
@@Kevin_747 Yes I have lots of 8 tacks , lots of cassettes too. Records a[so, yes we had the best music eve3r.
38 here. Love this album.
I'm 65. I still listen to this all the time. Badass underrated iconic band that never sold out
I agree 💯 I saw Robin in 78 at the Boston Music Hall good show
same love tower top 3 shows I ever saw 1500 people high st at the Newport on Ohio state campus 15 feet from stage
trower typo
All of us growing up in the 60's an 70's know that was the greatest time in music!!!
Music and cars
Saw Trower open for Jethro Tull in '76 LA Memorial Collesium. Unforgettable.
and you'll are great parents to the 80's babies and 90's babies
@@mackydog99 nice i'm a 90's baby i grew up old school my parents raised me well on good music i rather listen to the older music than the shit today
Yes we did!!! I’m so grateful that I was there. And still am at 70
One of the most deeply haunting songs ever put on vinyl. Trower's tone is remarkable with his Strat and Marshall stack, Plus Dewar's vocal fits in perfectly. Just
turned 70 and it still resonates with me today.
We used to go to pubs, bars, etc or just chilling in the garage & it just seems like the music has faded, going to bars today just isn't the same..
Brilliant musician
Dewar was Robins best vocalist
He didn't have regular pick ups in his strat 🎸
I remember going to a local bar and bartender told us out on what you want put this on. Couple popsters complained he laughed at yhem
Happy to know I’m not the only one who considered Jim Dewar an absolute genius talent and vocalist
Agree 💯 I was fortunate to be able to attend this RT tour. One of the best performances. Very talented musical artists in their prime. The memories of this performance is vivid and stays locked in the sands of time forever. Thanks to modern technology helping to revive the moment and to relive the experience.!
No, he had an amazing voice.
Agree. If You haven't done so already, listen to him on his work with "Stone the Crows." Equally amazing.
I loved his bluesy voice!
Genius? Great vocals yes. What's the Genius part?
James Dewar (RIP) had the perfect voice to fit Trower's music. He had one of the best voices in RnR...ever!!!! -So Damn Great.
Agreed!
Dewar just makes this band...missed.
Absolute truth
Robin Trower is a prime example you don’t have to be a fast player to make a guitar sound awesome
He reminds me of David Gilmour
@@benpawlett9336 They make every note count
That said Robin could and can play fast
His guitar style was more reflection of the blues. No speed needed, just know how to make the audience feel the music
It’s not bad but this sounds like Hendrix trying to play machine gun after a lobotomy
James Dewar was in my opinion one of the top 10 rock singers of all time. Few if any ever did that smokey blues vocal style better. RIP
Paul rogers
@@paulgriffiths3082 Paul Rogers was another great one. Another in a similar vein to Rogers and Dewar was Kieran White that performed lead vocals for Steamhammer back in the late 60's and early 70's. Loved that band too.
Never got the recognition he deserved.
@@paulgriffiths3082 Agree with both Rogers and Dewar, Gregg Allman and Steve Marriott too.
Monster!!! Horribly overlooked vocalist/bassist!!! One of a kind🙏
I'm 59, Navajo Indian from jeddito,AZ..still listening,still rocking
Great stuff.!!! Don't forget to look at Walter Trout.!!!
ha ho.from ohio. trower grabbed all peoples to listen to his sounds. grew up with him. i am 58 and been a fan since 1972 at the age of 10
I'm an old codger too, and as a vocalist, M. Dewar is one of my main influence. Blue eyed soul at its best ! (And I'm half gypsy, so there !)
Keep on Rocking BROTHER YA!
Good for you, Welcome to the show that never ends
I'm 76 & have not heard this in 30 + years.........hauntingly beautiful............as always!
66 here & even his new live version , that will Stream Nov.4th 2023 Live , from the trailers of it Robin not missed a beat .
Robin Trower has done an amazing job his entire career. @@jimmypope4027
69 here this haunting song of bridge of sighs still gives me the He be ge bee's after listening to this for many years ..f.. k everything else trower rock/blues rock til I die 🎸🎸❤️
I caught Robin in a small venue in Elgin Il in the 1990s and I still have ringing in my ears!
Welcome back to the club. .Peace...66 years Young ...
This group never, ever got the recognition they deserved. Robin Trower was one of the best guitarists in the world. Just could do riffs and whines like no one else! And James Dewar's vocals can just send a chill right through me. I worship these guys and wish we still had them playing together. Just friggin' awesome!
Absolutely right, good comment. I'm VERY fortunate to be the proud owner of Robins 69 black Fender we see him playing here, i have it framed in a beautiful cherry wood/glass shadowbox. I look at it everyday, it's hanging on my wall above my tv. I play it a few times a yr. Best wishes lonestarry !!
What about Reg Isadore's drumming? Incredible control, and I've never heard anyone duplicate those one handed rolls. The real sadness. to me. is that we'll never hear this line-up again. RIP Reg and James. Long live Robin.
Dewar's voice reminds me of Miller Anderson, who sang on Keef Hartley's Halfbreed LP ..
Lonestarry ❤️❤️❤️Your comment!!!! And I 100% agree with you 👍.
Well, let’s not get crazy. Everyone I knew had this record and it was playing on the radio ALL the time.
Dewars voice is beautiful. He's frankly in a league of his own.
May he RIP.
This tour was awesome Robin was playing to big crowds
Sort of reminds me of Johnny Winter. Not exactly, but sort of similar.
Paul Rodgers in his prime was better
@@donjohn2695only dumb fucks that really don't know music compared artists.
My name is Chris Galloway. On the evening of july4th, 1982; my first wife who was pregnant with our daughter Lindsey were driving down a lonely 2 lane texas farm to market road when we were unexpectedly smashed into by a drunk driver that was driving a 3/4 ton pick-up right directly into our 1973 Toyota corolla. "No seat belts" it was a hit and run . I ripped my federal artery clean out of my right leg. It took them almost 3 hours to cut me out of the mangled mass and I actually died twice during the carnage! Glad to say we all 3 survived in the end; but the song on the radio being played was "Bridge of Sighs!" Every time I hear this song I feel like I am back there all over again. Great song that I think helped save my ass . God bless Robin Trower group. And just to let you know; both times my heart stopped beating; I was looking down on the mangled mess watching the medics working on my wife Karen and cutting me out of the car. True true story. Praise God and the Trower group for getting me through it all......
❤
Praise God Allelujah
God bless you believer!! Glad youre still rockin!!! And your wife is a rollin!!!!!
What an experience and what a track to pull you out of it. Glad you made it. Surely, however, your first words of thanks should go to the real people who were there with you, close and personal, who actually saved you, the para-medics? They must feel gutted that their work goes unappreciated and ignored by those who instead attribute their skill and dedication to blind faith and mythology. Shocking. I don’t see why people ignore the wonders and palpable evidence of medical science and go straight to an invisible, silent, uncontactable, unresponsive and thus callous deity that’s never proveably done anything for anyone, anywhere, ever. I find that surreal. Where was god when the hit and run driver rammed into you and your wife? Please… just thank the medics who did the actual work.
@@rorygilmoreNZ give it up. You'll find out soon enough what's real. God was too busy saving people like you.
Robin Trower's music is ethereal. Ive enjoyed it since the 70's, and it still blows me away today!
100 % 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
"ME TOO ... BROTHER IT STILL SOUND'S AS GOOD AS IT DID WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1975 ON DETROIT'S WEST SIDE ... I JUST TURNED 68 YEAR'S OLD A WEEK AGO , MAN , "A HUNDRED YEAR'S CAN GO BY IN A BLINK " ... AND IN ANOTHER 100 , IF WERE STILL HERE HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY ELSE WILL APPRECIATE/ENJOY ADD RECOGNIZE THIS TALENT ... "JUST TO THINK" THAT THIS WAS OUR GENERATION. ... 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
James Dewar was probably the most under rated vocalist in the history of "Rock & Roll"!
I concur
Beautiful soulful voice.
Probably? Definitely!
Love his voice.
Dang tootin. One singin mother&.
This song blew me away when I first heard it in 1974; it still does 47 years later. Superb lead guitar and vocals.
Watching this video in 2022. Probably going to do it again in the years that follow. Still missing James Dewar.
@@ldolphin34 Agree. Loved his vocals with Stone the Crows too.
same.
It was the moment I got stoned for the first time on New Years Eve, I was swimming in the music, will never forget.
The opening should be a classic in Rock music, like “smoke on the water”.
74 47.
Would've been awesome in person.
There will be only one James Dewar. No one else sings like that. He
sang the same way he played bass. Smooth as glass, smooth as
Tennessee whiskey.
Emil Justian well said!
Close your eyes and you hear Paul Rogers.
James played with The Gleneagles,(1963-1964), The name was changed to: Lulu & the Luvvers,(1964-1965), Sock 'Em JB, (?), The Power, (1968-1968), Stone The Crows,(1968-1971), Jude, (1971- 1972), Robin Trower Band, (1972-1980 & 1983), Jim Dewar Band, (1984), James Dewar solo, (1979-1980). James had a stroke in 1987 which put him out of commission. After James left Robin Trower's band, Robin went out on tour with out a vocalist.
@@hawkesworth1712 I was gonna say he sounds black til I read what you said. You're right. 👍🏿
kit cat
Think when he was in Stone the Crows he wasn’t even lead singer ! The magnificent Maggie Bell filling that role . Jimmy Dewar was one of rock music’s most under rated vocalists . Peace on his memory
The great Robin Trower, unfortunately missed him last year at Birmingham Town Hall, due to his ill health. How can anyone not like this track? Just about as perfect as it gets. We have have lost so many great guitar players in recent years: Zappa, Gary Moore, Jeff Beck. How lucky have our generation been. I rest my case!
yes it's a ONE of A KiND stRiNg BenDeR , and I really don't know , ah I reaLly dont kNOw how alot of media and controll moguls didn't lay on the attaboys , ah credit Robin with what he'd been laying down in the world of great guitar music. Wow what a musician , in all of it's perfect goodness, and what a singers voice this scottsman has applied to the magnificent thrust of a man robins excellence, his mind oF music into the stream of wonder, Robin trowers band, what IS an addition to of one of the greatest singing voices in the history of rock EvEr. Hey I always thought Robin was a singing 😂, James Dewar rip.
Saw Trower open for Tull in summer 1973 in Vancouver on Tull's "Thick As a Brick" tour. Both bands blew the roof off the venue. My god,I was so unbelievably lucky to be of this generation. THIS is musicianship.
dgrichmondbc I saw Trower with Jethro Tull too at Arrowhead Stadium...I believe Rory Gallagher was there along with a fourth act but can’t recall at the moment.
dfrichmondbc I agree! THIS is music and we are unbelievably lucky!!! I got to see Trower at a small venue in downtown St. Louis Mo. called Mississippi nights. It was up close and personal and I could see his fingers on the strings. I will never forget it!
Saw jt in StLouis ...
Forgot who opened for them ...
@@tammieparrishmiller3669 been there ...
Amen
People like Robin Trower, JImi Hendrix, David Gilmour etc literally become the guitar. It is metaphysical.
Well said.
Having a Strat helps :-)
don't forget Stevie Ray Vaughn
You got it Brother Love them too.
@@carolemcfarlane9541 I always thought there was a physical resemblance as well
That tone tho.
Jimmy Dewar's soulful voice is missed terribly, such an underappreciated singer and bassist.
A fine example of not overplaying on a song. So fun to listen to
You know a group is great when live show is as good or better than the recorded version .
That's the true test.
Thats Real Talent
Went to his concert in San Antonio few years back never missed a lick spot on
Except, live concerts people would get stoned so OF COURSE it was better!
Saw him in the late 1980s. Was still amazing live! The fluid section at around the 4:00 mark shows his excellence (among other parts).
The only man on earth that can bend a note around a fencepost and bring it back clean
What a beautiful skill right!
Robin let me play one of his Strats back in 1984 when I opened for him at Brassy's in Cocoa Beach,Florida.The combination of string gauge and action height made it incredibly hard just to do a full step bend.He has extremely strong hands.
Apparently he tuned a tone down!
MrMrwilson11 ohhh yahhhh&in 2015 he still has it , signed my shirt @HouseOBlues Hou. Tx, ps :google Bridge of Sighs?
He was from the 70s
Dewar was one of the best voices in rock. Absolutely haunting on this tune. RIP James
His complete album Stumbledown Romancer is on You Tube
This trio *conspicuously* succeeded Cream as the Great Power Trio, right down to a great bass-playing lead vocalist.
Dewar could Dew it !! ..Loved this band when Dewar was doing vocals..I miss him..😎❤☮
And please don't forget Reg Isadore. Everytime I listen to Robin Trower I am mesmerized by his drumming. Never been a fan of heavy cymbals but man does he play them on another level.
I also may be confusing Reg Isadore with Bill Lordon. I have been listening to a compilation album (day of the eagle). As I look closer, Bill Lordon is playing many of the later and live tracks.
Well said.
You actually feel the music not just hear it. I'm so glad I was born into this era. Fantastic!
Thanks for your love and support❤
It's incredible how that amazing music is coming from only three guys. Trower is so underrated.
Very underated!
So was Dewar.
Don Scott, I agree. Like RUSH, three guys. It is amazing, given how other bands use all kinds of instruments, and don't come close to the sound and over all experience. I saw RUSH in concert too, but I would have like to see Robin Trower. Really stoned too.
yep ,,,bad as they come
Don Scott years and Robins 4 of them
As awesome as Robin's playing/tone/atmosphere is, Dewar's vocals are a BIG part of why this band was so friggin' amazing.
Yes.. couldn't agree more, especially on this song.. Haunting almost.. My Mom fell in love with this song.. she actually stole my cassette..
@@Wrongway1965 that's so cool...my parents just shook their heads at me :)
@@madddog6790 That's what my Dad was doing... LOL
So right
VERY CORRECT ,,! IM GLAD THER R PEOPLE GET IT !!
Because Robin always chose small venues he's never gotten the praise he truly deserves.Definitely one of the best!
I saw Trower in 1976ish with Boston OPENING! Maple Leaf Gardens Concert Bowl so maybe 10,000. Six months later Boston was selling out full sized arenas.
Saw Robin at a bar venue called The Crystal Lake Ballroom in Ellington Connecticut promoting this album. The place sat around 250 people. Full open bar. Got wasted that night. I remember just being blown away by his guitar playing. Incredible show. Stacks of Marshall amps 75 feet away. When the show ended, I remember almost shaking walking back to the car. This video is exactly what it looked like and sounded like. To this day one of the most stunning shows I ever attended. One of the best power trios in history. 🎸✌️🎸
I saw Trower with Montrose and Rush in Philly at the spectrum in 1976 in front of 18,000 + Trower’s Guitar melted this place!
Saw him and many other groups at Winterland in the 70's. Grateful to have grown up in the best era for Rock and Roll. Love Trower, have seen him 4 times. @@user-zi1xb7rj2x
I think it gets lost what a great singer James Dewars was. RIP James \m/
The Melnibonean / totally agree!
No doubt, he was fantastic..
The Melnibonean schuster lorant
The Melnibonean Great !!!
wow...all of those bands are my life growing up...robert fripp of k.k. alvin lee of tya and robin.....you one lucky mo-fo.
Guitarists- remember it's not how fast you can play!
tlaxation a million times, yes! See also, Paul Kossoff.
@@trevsmith9773 Ah yes Kossoff was amazing, kudos to Trower as this sounds so exactly like the studio recording.
There's only one kid out there that comes to mind when I think of those being naturally born "with it" and that's James Bell. At 13 years old, he was playing with the feeling and heart of a 62 year old seasoned guitarist, having gone through 3 bad divorces, bankruptcy, his favorite dog dying and his brand new truck impounded. People should check out James. Link: th-cam.com/video/BsZ6ABHN6WA/w-d-xo.html
P.S. he also did a Robin Trower cover at 13.
Yup. Shredding is an interesting aberration -- an impressive skil. Melodic playing like Hendrix, Gilmour, Trower, SRV, Kossoff, Martin Barre, and so forth, is what most people really like.
Totally agree. Its about the feeling you are expressing with your fingers and soul.
One of the greatest voices in rock. RIP Jimmy Dewar.
Still chills me to the bones every time , even at 57 years old I still can't get enough of James Dewars vocals , and I'm a guitar player .
That voice....reaches deep into my soul. Im 64 now, but first heard it when I was 16/17. Stopped me dead in my tracks
Who else is here jamming during quarantine?? God bless you all!!!
GOD BLESS YOU... ROCK ON
One of the greatest songs .🤘
Hell yeah
Hey Rach...yea still goin...
On my 79 strat hardtail 🇺🇸
This guitarist is a prime example of how less, is so much more.
Indeed - every note has meaning
Its about the space in between the notes..
I really dont like the guitar gymnastics of some of the "greats" one of the reasons the moody blues music endures. No guitar hype playing needed.
tight technique too, I bet he could shred if He wanted too. very nice, like Clapton and Hendrix smooth and quicker than they look, With beautiful vibrato and sustain. very nice
@@bpaynejr75 Miles Davis quote
Robin till this day is so underrated, shame on the music industry!! His playing is so soulful and entertaining!!! It’s just amazing how he plays!!🤘🤘🤘✌️✌️
Robin Trower is in no way shape or form “underrated”, what’s with this “term” lingo? Just weird.
@@KittyGrizGriz 'Under rated Vocal tho..🤔
Maybe he is not widely known, but we know he is a great one. Lots of people don't know about the Great Roy Clarke. Both are great, can't be compared to each other. K
Yes Amazing 🤘🤘
@@KittyGrizGriz what the hell are you talking about
one of the most savage and immense guitar tones ever. no other player makes a strat through a marshall sound anywhere near as enormous. incredible tone.
Didd he originate these ideas? And did they surface again during jimis Rainbow Bridge brief period around 69 70 I'm not sure...
@@matthewtaylor7355 who cares if he originated these ideas? i still dont think even jimi made his strat sound as big and ballsy. doesnt mean they both arent awesome.
This has got to be the loneliest spookiest mystic blues ever written.
I agree....it's haunting.....
Listen to the song "serotonia" by highly suspect, I can hear the influence of this song in the song I have told you about.
Musicians sang, what they saw in that time of their life.. Or just, words for a song? I highly, respect that either way... Classic Music, and vocals......
Not sure if most people know what the Bridge of Sighs is. You can now walk the Bridge of Sighs in Venice as a tourist. It is an enclosed bridge that goes from the back of the royal church at San Marco square to the prison, directly behind the church, over one of the many water ways in Venice. The church, back in the old days, served as the court. If you were found guilty by the church of some crime and sentenced to the gallows (to die), then after sentencing you'd be taken across the bridge, where there is a single opening in the side wall of the enclosed bridge. You were allowed to pause, look out the window across the water for a final look at the outside world, have a moment (to sigh)... and then they'd take you away, forever. The haunting and lonely song is derived perfectly from the real history of the bridge. Still gives me shivers when I think of it now, as I thought of the song when I was on the bridge looking out at the water and town on the coast, looking out at that same view as the many poor souls before me did.
Robert Mayer thanks for the description. One of my favorite songs. Magical.......
Robin Trower never got the recognition he deserved fantastic guitarist by all means Bridge of Sighs watches best LP in my opinion
Trower changed his style from Procal Harem days because he heard Jimi Hendrix. Trower is a Guitar God. I've met him in 74.Saw him 3xs always a good show.
Well, he had three Gold records. How much more does a man need?
I know many people who consider Trower to be a great guitarist. He is one of my faves. Guitar playing is more than just speed. Trower could make music with feeling which not many guitarists can do.
Absolutely one of the most awesome pieces of music I have ever heard!!!
I love listening to Robin after all these years but I think most people have forgotten that he was a bloody perfect guitarist
True. I saw him at Central Park Music Festival in 1972 for a dollar. He was the open for Black Oak Arkansas and Foghat. What a joke that he opened for those losers
Thanks for your love and support❤
I wore this record out I played it so many times 14 years old in 1974.
+Humpy What do kids have to listen to now?
Lance, cRAP via cell phone I guess, or through those fucking based out car systems that bug the shit out of us, and make me want to shoot a rocket at! Lol
+Humpy ---yep good stoney music.....back in the day...
+Humpy I thought Robin Trower Live was the best record- the guitar tracks smoke
+Lance A. Boyle Good question.
The Bridge of Sighs album hasn't got one bad cut on it. Fantastic album!
Robin will still be playing when he’s 100. No one can ever match his ultimate amazing brilliantness. Thank you so much Robin. Your very existence is a pleasure to me.
One of the most haunting songs ever written. Ever played. Ever sung. It shaped my musical tastes in that era as much as Jimi, Led Zep, or any other band.
Bridge of sighs was one of my first albums when I joined Columbia house record club with the others in "get 10 for 99cents or whatever." I had no idea who he was, bought the record for the cool cover. (hey, I was like 13..😁) this album blew me away, changed not just what, but HOW I listened to music.
@@bradleygilbert1571 Cool that you stumbled onto it. I actually heard it on the radio and said "WHO the fk is THAT?!! I was already an accomplished guitarist and it was very easy to play....but Robin's tone was another story.
@@sandy8499 I went 35 yrs ago. My wife bugs me to this day to go....because it was business and she stayed home. Oh well, back to Italia for me I guess. (wine)
It's one of those few songs that you can only describe as 'genius'. Epic!
I hope some of today's youth will discover artists like Robin.
+peterbilt37042 Im 25 and love it. Seven Moons, his recent album with Jack Bruce (RIP) is also amazing. Long Live Robin Trower!
+peterbilt37042 Im 18 and love Trower, Hendrix, and Peter Green
+peterbilt37042 I'm 20 and I discovered Procol Harum last year (I'm a big prog rock fan, I listen to anything with the "prog" label). I liked Trower's guitar playing so I went out and bought Bridge of Sighs and I love it.
I'm 16 and I love Robin Trower.
hey im 14
James Dewar best blues rock voice ever !!! Robin's guitar tone is massive !!!
63 yrs old and just started playing this on my Strat. Cheap Chorus and Phaser pedals blended together with Overdrive gets you in the ballpark. Great Stoner song !!
I'm so glad I grew up listening to music like this from the 70's. I'm also glad I got to see Trower twice with James Dewar on vocals. ☮️♥️🎶
I hadn't ever heard this song before, then I got some internet radio station that played deep cuts of classic rock, they played it and my mind was blown. Still can't figure how I hadn't heard this before. Hauntingly beautiful.
This album is absolutely flawless.
If you don't have the Bridge of Sigh's album in your collection, you don't really appreciate rock.
I certainly do have it👍👍
This old boomer still has the 8 track.😂
so true Boom...be well my friend
The comment I was looking for to thumb up. An epic album that’s in my “Funeral” playlist.
Love the CD release with the bonus live tracks... it's a must have!
Love Robin.......Lets give it up for James Dewars..not only a skilled bassist......but one HOLY Hell of a vocalist.......YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Hell yeah 🙋
Neebin Makwah Hell to the yeeeaaaaaahh!!
The Great One
I remember this song as one of my favorites when I was a teenager. I would put on some headphones and turn it up almost as loud as I can get it without actually hurting my ears. Robin has the gift that every young guitarist wants!
I seen Robin Trower about 1983 small venue in Orlando Florida the point-after it was awesome I'm 60 now and still rock out I love Trower Lynyrd Skynyrd love me some great guitar work who do you rock out to?
Stevi ray Vaughn, Edgar winter too, but Robin put me in a trance in agoodway!!!!!!!
This proves that you don't have to be "fast". Just hit the right notes with feel. Awesome.
Right! Speed doesn’t equate excellent playing ability!
I think that when you play too fast ..you might lose some of the emotion and feel of a song..just my opinion .lol.
One of the most haunting songs I have ever heard. Just a pure rock classic.
I still love to smoke a doobie and relax with some Trower. “In this place”, “two Rolling Stoned” “little bit of sympathy” and this masterpiece are some of my favorites. They don’t make real music like this anymore.
Donny Fite's Dad's basement.
Day of the eagle
My favorite of this collection is 'In this Place'. It takes me back to that 'place' in time. Shows he can take you away easy or bring you back HARD like 'Little bit of Sympathy'. Both unmatched. Both taking you with them.
Daydream is my favorite but it’s so hard to choose, this is talent!!
Trower power
Remember hearing this album for the first time when it came out. The entire album rocks like no other band. Robin still rocks that guitar today. Feel it baby💪🍺🍺🍺🍺
I’m 59 now and I still listen to Trower , he carried the torch after Hendrix passed. I think he was influenced by Hendrix among others!!!👍✌️🤘Im glad he’s still around !!
Jimi influenced everybody.
he wasnt influenced by hendrix , he was in procol harum around the same time , he made his own way
@@MrKeithwelsh everyone was influenced by Jimi Hendrix everyone
@@MrKeithwelsh You are either joking or in denial. This whole song screams Hendrix, including or especially the use of the univibe.
Slow groove. DRENCHED in the Blues. And deeply informed by the ghost of Jimi Hendrix while expressing their own intentions in a strongly original way.
Beautiful. Transcendent.
Very few rockers (or jazz musicians) can settle into a deep, slow groove like this and stay in it inviolably to the end. These guys did it. And they did it beautifully.
Nice post Paul. It was like...you were describing a complex Bordeaux.
Never heard anything worded so well.
You took the words right out of my mouth. Actually, I could never have stated them so well ! thanks and rock on !
James' honey voice combined with Tower's guitar mastery is unduplicated. Robin is the most under-rated guitarist ever. Iconic!
Herbert Brogli idk about MOST underrated but he sure is up there on the list
I cant think of anyone else so unappreciated in comparison to how otherworldly his playing is.
KyRangerMan depends on who you're talking to. I rate him right up there with God (SRV), KWS, Jimi, Terry Kath, Jimmy Olander and all the other greats. This world has seen some awesome guitarists from many genres.
This has blown me away, that fellas voice is smoother than my grandmother's gravy and that guitar ffs....effortless
Grandmothers gravy he says! Im dyin over here man!!😄😄😄😄🤘🇺🇸
...thicker than oatmeal.....
One of the most iconic guitar riffs ever played it still resonates when I heard it in the 70's and today...
Not only Robin’s soulful playing, but man, Dewar’s vocal is devastating...music comes and goes, but this remains entrenched forever.
My brain thanks me every time !! This sound is syrup...just oozes into your sense's... Thanks Robin and James n Skins for a unique blend !!!
One of the best albums of all time. Love listening to it with headphones and a Doob.😁😁😁
There are album you only can listen with Headphones, That Record Is Exactly A Perfect Album For Headphones
Haven’t heard this in years. Such a unique, heavy song with Trower’s signature tone and Dewar’s unrivaled vocal.
It is said quite often of many great guitarists, and Robin Trower was completely underrated!! His style and sound are so unique!!!
Probably the only time I've heard underrated and thought.....yep in this case that term fits....spent a couple years listening to Bridge of Sighs and For Earth Below when released, great times back then.
yeah, probably in the 70's he was overshadowed by jimmy paige.
@@carlschumacher3257 apples to oranges. Rob played a very ethereal sound whereas Jimmy was probably the father of hard rock. We are fortunate to have lived in this era.
@@Astro_touches_children i understand what you are saying michael, but the paying customers preferred led zeppelin and deep purple, hence the overshadow aspect.
So many were underrated. He was grt! An many of those grts were here one day n gone next. Sadfully said
Many have called Robin a Hendrix clone. Totally false. This guy is awesome. Love the vocals. Robin has written some awesome songs. Timeless. This is one of my favorites.
The mood of this song is amazing
That was the rap back in the day when people heard the Uni-Vibe throbbing. For Earth Below didn't feature it and sold bigger for it. Maybe folks paid attention then, IDK. Was a long time ago. Seems like yesterday.
Right. I have never heard him even cover a Hendrix tune. Not one. Ever.
I'm just discovering Trower's music now because i've heard so much talk that he was just a Hendrix clone. Honestly i just don't hear that at all; was it because he played Strats with a uni-vibe pedal? This song is a masterpiece of mood and controlled tension, with an absolutely great vocal from James Dewar
@@mattpeckham667 epic epic ahit right here
Just the opening chords make the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Memories of the 70s, good music, good friends, strange cigarettes and a few beers. Saw Trower play live in Manchester around 77, still remember it vividly.
I think we've all loved how Trower took Hendrix-like tones and 'verbs and then took them in his own direction. He has the ability to generate so many different over- and undertones with his music is is truly mystical to listen to.
To me he sounds like Hendrix more than any other player. But he is not copying him, he just integrated a lot of the same tones and timing into his playing.
Was driving a 1970 Lincoln Mark III up Coal Creek Canyon playing this on ten one afternoon after work when I was T-Boned by a 3/4 ton dodge pick up. saw it coming and knew my legs were going to be pinned under the bridgework. He went through the windshield and ended up in an ambulance headed back down the canyon. I got out the passenger door, wandered around to the driver side to see it was totally demolished bumper to bumper, and standing there in a daze realized I was still listening to Bridge Of Sighs from inside the car. Great Song - Great car. Knew at that moment I would live forever.
Very cool.
Similar thing happened to me with "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Metallica) going too fast around a turn in rural Tennessee... . .
Of course, I think yours is actually more amazing then mine... (!!!)
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Kit Levey, Wow what an amazing story. And to the perfect song. Dusty the 2nd.
holy fuck. the universe wasn't done with you yet
Kit Levey: You'll only live forever if you keep driving a 70 Lincoln.
That proves the fates are hard of hearing. They thought it was Bridge of Thighs
God I miss James Dewar, RIP there's nobody like him, I remember the first time I heard this, wow nothing like it!! "Love Robin Trower"
An alltime favorite vocalist. A voice like no other
Pure class Robin was blessed with a unique style and tone. AND the best vocalist in James Dewar on bass he got lucky there big time let's not forget the Great James Dewar please 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍
I only had a chance to see him once thus far. One of my favorites. Each note he plays is for a reason. He's not one to see if he can go 16 measures of 64th notes. He's telling you a story. A beautiful one it is.
Nicely said - each note for a reason - I am so tired of this meaningless shredding - there is nothing interesting or compositional about it.
Well hes close to 80 now so dont think you'll see him doing any more shows. Too bad ya gotta settle for youtube vids... jk
But he isnt nearly as healthy ,,,but nah that coulnt be it. Monk knows it all!!!
Awesome! wore this record out in my youth! It is also interesting to note that I am posting a comment on a post from someone who uses Don Knotts picture..... Robin Trower always makes a face like Mr. Limpet when he lays it down!
well said,, refreshing to my ears, nothing but respect for Robin too
This is the real deal right here...Robin is killing it..as usual. Respect!!
A fantastic album. Not a bad track on it. Rare, even in the 70's.
I was 22 in 1974 and wow was this a great time to be a young guy enjoying the music scene! Fantastic music!
i was 21 and feel the same way. it's our job to educate the young minds of today about what they missed.
A master of reverb, his phrasing is a haunting delight. Always was. Always will be.
Yeah Hendrix copied his ideas around 69 70 during his Rainbow Bridge period. And never had the decency to give Rob the credit in1974...
Big hit in 1974 when I graduated high school. I remember singing this to myself when I crossed the actual Biridge of Sighs in Venice in 1977.
AWESOME
I went to Venice, Italy and saw the "Bridge of Sighs" really cool!
Trower still puts it DOWN! RIP Mr. James Dewar...
Jeff Hartwig Crazy you say that. When I went to Venice in '05, the first thing I thought of when I saw The Bridge of Sighs was Robin Trowers magnificent song by the same name.
Jeff Hartwig I walked across this bridge near St Marks square in Venice and took a picture looking out. Pretty surreal
Totally loved this in 74. The sound of the univibe on this is still awesome to this day. Excellent vocals. The whole album is in my top 10 all time.
I had just gotten my driver's license and was driving home with the radio on. This song came on and I pulled over to the side and stopped just to listen to it. I was mesmerized. Robin Trower is a guitar hero!
The late great Scotsman, James Dewar, on lead vocals and bass. Reg Isidore on drums.
(Sadly, slightly less well known than American Bill Lordan, his replacement.)
And the amazing Robin Trower, master of the Stratocaster, on guitar.
What insane tone.
Absolutely love Robin Trower and all of his music. 🔥❤🎸
Good girl Cynthia , you have good taste ✌️👍🎧😎🤘
Thanks for your love and support❤❤❤
R.I.P. James Dewar. What a soulful, perfect voice for this band. And Trower's Strat on this is one of my favorite guitar pieces ever.
Seen him 8 times, Seattle, Chicago, Portland. He used to start out w Too Rolling Stoned each time I saw him. He is pure magic!!!
Thats the same song he started out with in Kissimmee House of Blues (commonly known as Orlando,Fl...technically its in Kissimee tho. I got ya beat,Ive seen him 9 times. Yea us JR :)
Yo howdy Ambria!
There's a few people I really miss that I never got to see live, Montrose, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughn and BB King.
Seen Gary Moore 3 times when I was in Germany. Bro, sorry but you missed some great shows. Saw Stevie back in 89 @ Merriweather Post with the Stray Cats. Can't even try to explain how awesome Stevie was. No words, just AWESOME.
JR Rosalez
I was lucky enuff to see all of those fine guitarists. The one I had a chance to see & didn't was Randy Rhoads.
I was 14 yrs old when my brother came home and played this album which ofc was on vinyl back in the days! I have loved this music ever since I am now 57 🙂
I had the exact same experience! I am the same age and when I was 14 my brother came home on leave from the army and had the Bridge of Sighs 8 track tape playing in his VW Beetle. I have spent the rest of my life a Trower fan and still listen to their music regularly.
Freaky my older brother too I just got goosebumps !!
Thanks for your love and support👋👋👋
This guy/his music needs much more attention! So soulful, such a vintage era for us to appreciate.... wow...
I can feel this song down to the depth of my soul. WOW !!!!! Just in awe !
haunting mesmerizing addictive enthralling.I am 68,have stage 4 cancer, I light a joint and come back to this time and again and I am back in my younger days in the US army with my roomies getting stoned on hashish and cranking the akai stereo setup . So thankful for this life... peace and blessings
Peace be with you Eli, glad you’re enjoying Trower✌️
One of my favorite albums of all-time across any genre.