Bridge of Sighs - Sam Coulson - Robin Trower Cover
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- I used the Line 6 Helix with the ubiquitous vibe and Marshall JCM800 model. The strat is an American Special neck and Warmoth body. It has the Bare Knuckle Pickups True Grit Single Coils and FU-2 bridge from FU-Tone
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Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist and vocalist who achieved success with Procol Harum throughout 1967-1971, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio known as the Robin Trower Band.
Robin Trower was born in Catford, London, England, and grew up in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. In 1962, he formed a band that became the Paramounts, later including Westcliff High School pupil Gary Brooker. The Paramounts disbanded in 1966 to pursue individual projects. During this time, Trower created a local three-piece band called the Jam (not to be confused with the later group with Paul Weller). Trower then joined Brooker's new band Procol Harum following the success of their debut single "A Whiter Shade of Pale" in 1967, remaining with them until 1971 and appearing on the group's first five albums.
Before launching his eponymous band, he joined singer Frankie Miller, ex-Stone the Crows bassist/singer James Dewar, and former Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker to form the short-lived combo Jude. This outfit did not record and soon split up.
Trower retained Dewar as his bassist, who took on lead vocals as well, and recruited drummer Reg Isidore (later replaced by Bill Lordan) to form the Robin Trower Band in 1973.
Perhaps Trower's most famous album is Bridge of Sighs This album, along with his first and third solo albums, was produced by his former Procol Harum bandmate, organist Matthew Fisher. Despite differences, Trower's early power trio work was noted for Hendrixesque influences. Trower is an influential guitarist who has inspired other guitar legends such as Robert Fripp, who praised him for his string bending and the quality of his sounds, and took lessons from him.
In the early 1980s, Trower teamed up with former Cream bassist Jack Bruce and his previous drummers Lordan and Isidore for two albums, BLT (Bruce, Lordan, Trower) and Truce (Trower, Bruce, Isidore).[4] After those albums, he released another album with James Dewar on vocals titled Back It Up in 1983.[6] Robin Trower was dropped from Chrysalis Records afterwards
Trower at the Liri Blues Festival, Italy, in 2005
Trower was also a part of the Night of the Guitars II European tour in 1991, organised by Sting and The Police manager Miles Copeland. The tour featured Ronnie Montrose, Rick Derringer, Saga's Ian Crichton, Dave Sharman, Jan Akkerman and Laurie Wisefield.
Thirteen albums later, Trower's album Living Out of Time (2004) featured the return of veteran bandmates Dave Bronze on bass, vocalist Davey Pattison (formerly with Ronnie Montrose's band Gamma) and Pete Thompson on drums-the same line-up as the mid-1980s albums Passion and Take What You Need.
With the same bandmates, Trower gave a concert on his 60th birthday in Bonn, Germany. The concert was recorded by the German television channel WDR. It was then released on DVD and subsequently on CD throughout Europe and later the US under the title Living Out of Time: Live. Trower toured the United States and Canada in the summer and autumn of 2006.
In 2007, Trower released a third recording with Jack Bruce, Seven Moons, featuring Gary Husband on drums. A 2008 world tour began in Ft. Pierce, Florida, on 16 January 2008. Joining Davey Pattison and Pete Thompson was Glenn Letsch (formerly of Gamma) playing bass. European dates began in April. The show of 29 March 2008 at the Royal Oak Music Theater in Royal Oak, Michigan, was released as a double album on V12 Records.
Trower has described James Brown as his "big hero", particularly Brown's early work "where blues is crossing over into rock and roll".
In 2016, he enjoyed a successful tour of the US. On 20 March 2018, Trower played a show at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, Maryland. Ten minutes later (approximately 9:00PM EST) after playing back-to-back songs "Day of The Eagle" and "Bridge of Sighs", he announced on his microphone that he was not feeling well, handed his guitar to a stage crew, walked backstage and collapsed. He was transported by ambulance to the hospital for treatment
This must be played LOUDLY to be appreciated.
Thanks for taking the mystery out of the chorus chords. The spirit of the 70's lives on with you!
What I like is that if I click to hear Sam covering anything, I know it's gonna be an absolutely awesome version of whatever that original thing was.
you just melted my face off
Rebel. The coolest dude I've seen in 50 years! Thanks for listening/playing to this song.
I started learning this song and this is the best cover Ive seen, No vocals needed on this version. Great job!
I wonder if Robin has seen this video.
Absolutely incredible version of this masterpiece
Thanks so much! It would be amazing if he did! ❤️❤️❤️
Wow! My 6'4" grand mother would have been proud. She really loved Trower and that tune!
what 😭😭
Simply the best cover of this classic tune I've ver heard, bravo.
So F**king Cool I had to say it twice. LOVE IT! The best song you ever put on TH-cam.
Thanks brother! Hope you’re well ❤️
This guy has the greatest guitar face I have ever seen. Much respect!
Dude....unbelievable tone, this song rocks, especially on edibles it's dark and heavy.
Creative and interesting expansion on the theme; your enjoyment of what your are doing is contagious. Bonus points for the blue jeans, leather jacket, & Hendrix T.
Nice write-up on Robin.
Total Class.
Killed it absolutely crushed it dude WOW!
Great job. Aggressive, violent, beautiful, and awesome. Really nice. I love that tune.
Incredible Sam...
Wild.. awesome cover
im tryna sing along with jimmy dewars vocals
(why so unforgiving, why so cold? been a long time crossin, the bridge of sighssss...)
and failing miserably--but im still belting the hell outta them!
awesome cover, thank you...
Love it! Day of the Eagle would also be great.
Nailed it great sound! Played with soul and fire 🔥
Excellent!!
Amazing work 🤟🤟🤟
EXCELLENT!!!
AWESOME!!! My favorite effect too! Love that song.
Awesome trowerness🎸🦅 wish you would Day of the Eagle
That was awesome Sam, Robin has always been one of my biggest influences and inspirations. You did him justice by respecting the style and adding yours. Check out Frank Marino and mahogany rush!
Shred shred shred!!!!!! 🎸 ✌
When I first heard this song, it was heavy AF.
Hi Sam, love your videos. Would also love if you did a little tutorial after them to explain what gear you used, how you got your tones and maybe teach us a few licks. Fantastic playing good sir, looking forward to more
Yeah awesome 👍🎸🎶
Very good,very good.-
Quel solo
Fuck. Dude that was gnarly.
Thanks mate
face melted
This sounds killer! I need your helix vibe settings.. I mean I need all your settings tbh
Nice
Man im gonna cover your version holy shit
Tone is dead on.... awesome.
Mr. Come Face🤤
Love your work @Sam-Coulson, what strings brand and gauge do yo use mate?
Thanks man! 9-42 Ernie Ball
@@kingsammyc Thanks for the reply mate. I thought it might be 9s as I was loving those double string bends on your version of Night Prowler. (I am an Aussie so big ACDC fan). I have just started playing Fenders, I had been playing an SG before but wanted to get that single coil blues sound. I got a Fender Squire 60s Classic Vibe and it was bloody awesome. It had amazing pinch harmonics all over the place and was so much fun to play. I changed the pickups for some Zexcoil noiseless (was a loaded pick guard with all electronics so just swapped it out) and put a Floyd Rose Rail Tail trem it in it, and somehow it lost a lot of the harmonics. Like I can still do them but it is no where near as off tap as it was... I am not sure if it is the trem or the pickups that reduced the harmonics... but it is a bummer for sure... I am have been using David Gilmour signature series GHS Boomers on my guitars... but I am wanting to try some 9s which Ernie Balls specifically do you use?
Good F**** Job!
Is that a rotovibe?
I'm sorry if you don't mind me asking what scale are you using when you shred
Pentatonic, Dorian mode, the blues scale… all that kinda stuff! Cheers!
Awesome what pedal or sound effects are you hooked into @@kingsammyc
Interesting sound, but you lost me when you started tapping
Sounds more like Frank Marino.
Great face Sam...
Sam....Stop going to your Barber. Either grow it out or cut it off but the bangs....Come on Man lol the bangs and the faces you make
Let Sam be Sam.
Haha! Faces are involuntary I’m afraid and during the lockdown my wife has been cutting my hair 😊
Butchering Trower with bad tone and shred.
🤣
Adding your own flair is one thing but theres nothing left of the song bro..let it breathe a little.
I keep coming back to this video. This shit is by far the best cover of this Trower song. Maybe even better than the original.
Thanks for the kind words!!
@kingsammyc Not sure if you're a Metallica Fan, but on the Garage Inc. album, "The more I see" fast fwd to 3:45, the outro is Bridge Of Sighs and right when he starts wailing on it, the song ends and for the last 20 years, I've wished that they could have kept playing the song. You've granted me that wish and then some.
Nothing is better than the original, this is a killer cover though.