🎵 ROBIN TROWER - Bridge Of Sighs REACTION

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  • @kurtfox4944
    @kurtfox4944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Bridge of Sighs is an actual place in Venice Italy. Prisoners were held on one side of the water and executed on the other.... hence 'a long time crossing' over the Bridge of Sighs...their last look at life.

    • @BootLegJustice
      @BootLegJustice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The way I understand it, the courts were on one side and the prison on the other. Not everyone that crossed over the bridge were sent to be executed, but everyone that crossed had been prosecuted of one crime or another!

    • @peccatumDei
      @peccatumDei 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Bridge of Sighs shown in the video, is in Oxford, England. Pittsburgh Pennsylvania used to have a Bridge of Sighs as well, between the jail and the courthouse.

    • @benshafer5198
      @benshafer5198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thought of this song while touring it about 20 years ago lol. The bridge connects the prison to the Ducal Palace, which housed the courts, the legislature and the residence of the Duke

    • @atheistconservative6211
      @atheistconservative6211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Damn. I didn't know that. Always thought the song was about regret

    • @Cory_Springer
      @Cory_Springer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This song always gave me goosebumps, but after learning of the actual bridge in Venice, even my goosebumps get goosebumps.

  • @doobd9
    @doobd9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Intense. Still get chills listening to this today. Saw it live in 75. Still feeling it. Opening the Trower box will only bring treasures. Good Stuff

  • @riskyseeds423
    @riskyseeds423 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Finally someone reacted to this. Great song Great guitarist

    • @vickieray
      @vickieray 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I know!! Been trying to get a reaction to this one for a very long time! One of my favorite albums ever!! ♥️

    • @stevenlawrence7340
      @stevenlawrence7340 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes. One of the greatest songs EVER.

    • @lbales6505
      @lbales6505 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great album, let's hear Lady Love and The Fool & Me!

  • @vellaropedart9190
    @vellaropedart9190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    In my opinion,a true definition of a "stoner rock" jam. You should really give this whole album a day in court. There's not a single bad track. Truly an underrated guitar legend!

  • @jimtatro6550
    @jimtatro6550 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    That riff gives me chills every time I hear it, I love this song so much!!!

  • @Sammylu-greenbeatsred
    @Sammylu-greenbeatsred 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    More great songs on this album, "Too Rolling Stoned", "Lady Love", "The Fool and Me", "Day of the Eagle", and from another album "Confessin' Midnight" is really cool.

    • @acfiv1421
      @acfiv1421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      FYI the Bridge of Sighs is a specific covered bridge in Venice that connected the old courthouse to the prison on the other side of the canal. As prisoners were marched after conviction to serve their prison sentence, they were offered one last glimpse of the outside world from the bridge, leading to its name.

    • @robertreitzel8021
      @robertreitzel8021 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Check out Caledonia

  • @Unclesmokey314
    @Unclesmokey314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    James Dewars voice, man..... what a loss. He was incredible..

    • @asimrashid3383
      @asimrashid3383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Probably one of the most underrated vocalists in rock...

    • @KreeptOut
      @KreeptOut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You're not kidding... so so so underrated.

    • @tonysoprano4755
      @tonysoprano4755 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes sir I agree Robin is very underrated also. My all time favorite song by Robin and James is In this Place. Love these guys I saw them at the Long Beach Arena in 1979 with Humble Pie and Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush. It was a great great show I will never forget it.

    • @jayniesgottagun
      @jayniesgottagun 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beat me to it.

  • @michaelbrooks2670
    @michaelbrooks2670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    To get the full effect of this song you need a black light and posters, incense and smoke machines from Spencer’s gifts - oh, a bong helps. At least that’s what I’ve been told by those who lived through the 1970’. 😉

    • @truckerjim7933
      @truckerjim7933 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      A fat joint and a brandy or cognac. A beer works too!

    • @Mr.wilson949
      @Mr.wilson949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      True story,only the names have been changed to protect the guilty.

    • @bradb3248
      @bradb3248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      An all time favorite album of mine and hadn’t thought of Spencer’s for decades!

    • @drgwhatsthetruth3783
      @drgwhatsthetruth3783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I'm 60+ years old and I barely made it through the 70's...with all of the necessities mentioned above.

    • @wadsworthaaron
      @wadsworthaaron 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Grade A stoner rock... in the 70s, Robin Trower was sometimes forgotten with Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, Tom Scholz, Neal Schon, Brian May, Alex Lifeson, Joe Perry, Phil Manzanera, and so many other amazing guitarists all putting out incredible stuff at the same time period.

  • @genesmith6512
    @genesmith6512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Robin Trower's Little Bit of Sympathy is a must and for me, I want it played at my funeral.

    • @LynnThompsonAuthor
      @LynnThompsonAuthor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was just about to recommend that they do that one next, since it's so different from this one!

    • @danb.6294
      @danb.6294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good choice. I want my funeral to be a party so I'm thinking a different song

    • @BoomerMcBoom
      @BoomerMcBoom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mine as well.
      Dedicated to my Grandchildren.
      “See, and let yourself be seen.”

    • @enorbet2
      @enorbet2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My all time fave Trower tune literally since it came out!

  • @custisstandish1961
    @custisstandish1961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Trower was a student of Jimi Hendrix. I saw him in his younger days when he was a guitarist with Procol Harum. The Robin Trower band featured the great vocalist, James Dewar, who died in 2002. It's a bluesy song that makes reference to the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy. That is the bridge where prisoners crossed to go be executed. It is still there. If a person was crossing the Bridge of Sighs it was the end, literally.

    • @richardlavarini7334
      @richardlavarini7334 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have crossed over that very Bridge of Sighs and lucky to be here to still tell you about it.

  • @frankbourne4560
    @frankbourne4560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    in venice, the bridge of sighs connects the doge's palace to the prison. prisoners saw the outside world for the last time as they crossed the bridge.

  • @funkster007
    @funkster007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    If Jimi was gonna pass the torch, then Robin took it honorably. Between Robin's searing blues playing on the strat, and Jimmy Dewar's golden pipes, it's sonic bliss. I don't think I ever clicked on faster on this channel.

    • @cherisparkes4447
      @cherisparkes4447 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ^This!^ only 1/2 hour since they posted this reaction and imho it’s already gonna be the best/ most accurate comment! 😉😁👍

  • @Wilson-cp4gx
    @Wilson-cp4gx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The slow rhythm of the song is the pace of the person trudging through a tough place in life…the bridge of sighs. The song expresses this perfectly.

  • @wallnut6666
    @wallnut6666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Brad and Lex, This song should _always_ ALWAYS be played with the song that follows it called "In This Place". "Bridge of Sighs" transitions into "In This Place" seamlessly with no space between except for that wind noise you hear. The two songs were meant to be played together! If you ever decide to re-do this reaction with both songs together, there is an uploaded video called, "Robin Trower - "Bridge Of Sighs / In This Place" th-cam.com/video/ul0vuetDYHo/w-d-xo.html

    • @forearthbelow
      @forearthbelow 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      👏👏👏👏Well Said, Mr. Nut👍👍

  • @jameskennedy721
    @jameskennedy721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Years before Stevie Ray was popular , Robin Trower was recognized as the guy who had the Hendrix tone .

    • @vicprovost2561
      @vicprovost2561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I saw SRV twice and though a great guitarist, Robin gave me more intense chills and this song live is otherworldly.

    • @jameskennedy721
      @jameskennedy721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vicprovost2561 Yep , Trower's albums are legendary .

  • @biff9999
    @biff9999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    One of the few times I've heard this song without having my consciousness altered in some way - and I have to say, it's still great. So moody, so introspective.

  • @mike-in-fla4717
    @mike-in-fla4717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    '70s stoners know Robin Trower VERY well! The entire albums "Bridge of Sighs" & "For Earth Below" are definite classics.

  • @bobschenkel7921
    @bobschenkel7921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Robin Trower, Bridge Of Sighs. Click. Next song from this album to play is "Too Rolling Stoned".

    • @denystull355
      @denystull355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah, The Fool and Me, it's more of rocker.

    • @johntremmel3949
      @johntremmel3949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best track on the album is “it’s about to begin” followed by”little bit of sympathy “

    • @johntremmel3949
      @johntremmel3949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Whole album is fantastic to each his own”

  • @Ed9870
    @Ed9870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The song was based on an actual bridge in Venice Italy built in the 1600’s which linked the palace of justice to the prison and dungeons next door. Prisoners condemned would walk the bridge of sighs, seeing daylight for the last time before beginning their sentences in some medieval hellhole.

    • @redwine65
      @redwine65 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      trower really seems to capture that feeling with this jam..

  • @hamburgersandfuriousanger6820
    @hamburgersandfuriousanger6820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I wish you could’ve kept going into the next track, but the whole album is pretty badass

  • @eximusic
    @eximusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Robin Trower was one of the early "sounds like Hendrix" guitar players, before Stevie Ray Vaughn came around. There was also Frank Marino from Mahogany Rush. Trower wasn't just a Hendrix soundalike, he had his own sound and vibe. Great player - lots of phase shifter (pedal effect).

    • @rickg8015
      @rickg8015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And in this title track the guitar riff echoes, “Machine Gun”..

    • @eximusic
      @eximusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rickg8015 It does, good call.

    • @enorbet2
      @enorbet2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is a substantial difference between Trower and Vaughan. As much as I love SRV, Trower didn't cover, he tried to take the breakthrough further... sometimes he succeeded and he's still playing out to this day.

    • @eximusic
      @eximusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@enorbet2 I saw him live in the 70s in an unfortunate lineup (for Trower) where Rory Gallagher came on before him. Jethro Tull was headlining. After Gallagher, another great Strat player, Trower was an anti-climax. And a food fight broke out. It was at the Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum. But we did spend many hours playing Bridge of Sighs while passing the bong in high school.

    • @enorbet2
      @enorbet2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eximusic Heya. I suppose that's understandable if you were in High School in the 70s and especially if you're not a Musician. The timing has to do with the Psychedelic Genre where "heavy" very often was also "slow". That phase/style even affected early Black Sabbath. Once that style was out of favor, it no longer filled Pop charts or got radio play. Bands either moved on or ended up in the bargain bins. A very few always manage to find an audience. An example in later times would be Dinosaur Jr. still playing out to sizable crowds.
      Non-musicians, and beginners tend to revere speed because of the energy of youth and the difficulty early on in playing fast. The truth is that even if you don't have a musical bone in your body, if you keep practicing, you will get fast. What real Musicians strive for ultimately is expression, shaping notes to say something, to communicate passion. Many who achieve that still don't become household names let alone Pop Stars. The Music Biz is not a meritocracy. Commercial success has way more to do with fads, luck, and connections... oh yeah, and location.

  • @nicholasconnolly8141
    @nicholasconnolly8141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Jimmy Dewar, one of the richest voices in Rock, so underrated! Oh, and he was Walsh, enough said!

    • @barriehull7076
      @barriehull7076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      James Dewar (12 October 1942 - 16 May 2002) was a Scottish musician best known as the bassist and vocalist for Robin Trower and Stone the Crows, ...

    • @nicholasconnolly8141
      @nicholasconnolly8141 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My bad Barrie, thanks for the correction 👍

    • @FloridaRocks
      @FloridaRocks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      R.I.P. 🤘

  • @jhood758
    @jhood758 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember the days getting a little buzzed and cranking this song 🎶 UP!!

  • @kjw1886
    @kjw1886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Love this song. Saw him play at a bar in Houston 1983. Blew my mind, I knew he played guitar. But I thought he sang also.

    • @brooksboyd1959
      @brooksboyd1959 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saw him in houston in ‘75 ish.

    • @johntremmel3949
      @johntremmel3949 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too over off Richmond in a strip mall but I’d seen him in 75 Boston opened for him

    • @cesarnarro6013
      @cesarnarro6013 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didn't really like his facial expressions when he plays

    • @Escapee5931
      @Escapee5931 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw him in Bilston UK in about 2017.
      Still cranking it out...
      👍🏻

    • @m.r.t9298
      @m.r.t9298 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I saw Robin Trower In a bar in Detroit around 83' definitely some great blues rock. I've cut my rock and roll teeth on this album. My 10 yr. senior sister brought this album home in 74' I was 11. I turned all my friends on to RT while smoking dope in
      "High School" definitely not my favorite song on the album, but you really can't go wrong with his music. Brad and Lex, Experience
      Spell Bound, Too Rolling Stoned, Day of the Eagle, Lady Love.

  • @foghornleghorn8651
    @foghornleghorn8651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    A cool reaction video, you should check out another great guitarist from the 1970s. Rory Gallagher - Do You Read Me ( rock goes to college, 1979 ), Jimi Hendrix called Rory Gallagher the best guitar player in the world, Rory sold over 30 million albums over his career witch want between 1966 thru 1995.

  • @bradsense7431
    @bradsense7431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This LP was voted by listeners of WXRT radio in Chicago as number one album for 1974. WXRT began in 1973 and still today playing rock format. LP full of gems.

    • @TriGator
      @TriGator 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If my memory serves me in 1974 WXRT was operating out of a studio on Belmont Avenue across the street from Foreman HS. I wonder if they are still in that location.

    • @bradsense7431
      @bradsense7431 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TriGator 4949 West Belmont. I don't know if they are still there or not. I remember those early days before they were a 24 hour rock format they came on around 11 pm and aboit 5am the format switched to serve the Lithuainian or some other such community. I would sleep with the radio on WXRT all night (Terri Hemert) and be jolted awake at 5am by this loud strange music and guy speaking in another laungage ha ha.

    • @TriGator
      @TriGator 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bradsense7431 I grew up at Belmont and Harlem in the late 60's and early 70's. XRT was the best!

  • @Prone2Thrill
    @Prone2Thrill 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Too Rolling Stoned" is banger material

  • @MrTheCamel
    @MrTheCamel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Robin Trower is underrated. I always thought he had a great feel in his solos. it was about the right note, not how many I can play

    • @vicprovost2561
      @vicprovost2561 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, like another Fender Master, the great David Gilmour. Dudes like them, become one with their instrument and what they can do with pace, tone, soul and dynamics. Inspirational, even spiritual playing. 🎸

  • @holgerschussler9107
    @holgerschussler9107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My ever first concert in life...back in 1977....I was 14! Brings back memories!

  • @DougEvans
    @DougEvans 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love Trower! Love that you guys finally reacted to Robin Trower! Deep, moody, introspective.
    I catch your streams every Fri/Sat. You gotta' check some fast paced Trower now, "Day of The Eagle" or "Too Rolling Stoned"

  • @jamesking9807
    @jamesking9807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The best description I ever saw of Robin Trower was "If there'd never been a Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower would be talked about like Hendrix is."
    'Bridge of Sighs' is one of the most atmospheric songs ever. I could be in the middle of the desert in August, hear it, and feel chilly.

  • @ericanderson8886
    @ericanderson8886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Love the guitar work he did with Procol Harum

    • @ericanderson8886
      @ericanderson8886 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@northernlight2598 Oh yeah Whiskey Train made me say "Who is that on guitar".

  • @vodkarage8227
    @vodkarage8227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a song you listen to when you feel beat down and do not have it in you to fake happy.

  • @charlesgarner2177
    @charlesgarner2177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My favorite guitarist ever! Met him many times and he is such a humble and nice man. Also a incredible guitarist. Listen to the entire Live album, you will not be disappointed...

  • @lorendenney7614
    @lorendenney7614 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Total classic. Saw it live back then and it sounds just as good now. Loved it the first time I heard it!!The album will be around for a lot of years. An unforgettable classic.

  • @jamessweet5341
    @jamessweet5341 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not every song has to be a foot tapper. This is deepest electric blues and an awesome one. RIP James Dewar, we miss your soulful voice.

  • @paulrosenberg4227
    @paulrosenberg4227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A classic album from start to finish. James Dewar...a one-of-a-kind voice. Brilliant guitar from Robin.

  • @frankgarcia1
    @frankgarcia1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of my all lifetime weirdest LSD trips involved listening to this song. I think it was in 1982 and I was 18.

  • @billcope9476
    @billcope9476 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Robin Trower was highly inspired and transformed as a guitarist by Jimi Hendrix

    • @cesarnarro6013
      @cesarnarro6013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Some obvious Hendrix riffs throughout the album but i guess that's why i liked it.

    • @philerrup9948
      @philerrup9948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Trower says he was more of a fan of bb king with the long vibrato bends.

    • @billcope9476
      @billcope9476 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@philerrup9948 wow I never heard that

  • @neighborscomplaint6859
    @neighborscomplaint6859 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Bridge of Sighs, Ponte dei Sospiri in Italian is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge passes over the Rio di Palazzo connecting the New Prison (Prigioni Nuove) to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It has windows with stone bars and was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was given by Lord Byron in the 19th century from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the windows before being imprisoned in their cells.

  • @sterlingknight8087
    @sterlingknight8087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Bridge of Sighs is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison (Prigioni Nuove) to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antonio Contino, whose uncle Antonio da Ponte designed the Rialto Bridge, and it was built in 1600. The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bequeathed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri", from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.
    Robin Trower is the God of Psychedelic Rock and yes, at age 77 he is still touring and has lost nothing at all on the way.

  • @richardjordan5036
    @richardjordan5036 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    the infustion of jazz blues and rock.robin trower is one of the best guitar players there is.not a whole lot of people like his music and to me was a head of its time.

    • @klasseact6663
      @klasseact6663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      There's alot of people who like his music, TRUST ME💯

    • @chrismiller5875
      @chrismiller5875 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wouldn't say he was ahead of his time.. Hendrix did it better years earlier and rock starting moving out of blues

    • @francus7227
      @francus7227 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Mankind_-
      I judge all guitarist against Ted Nugget. It's not that I think Ted is the GOAT. He's not. His just so good that I think he a solid standard to judge by. Robin is on the same level.

    • @klasseact6663
      @klasseact6663 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chrismiller5875 I wouldn't say rock started moving out of blues in the 70's...Led Zeppelin, Allman Brothers, ZZ Top, Foghat, BadCo and Skynrd...to name a few

    • @chrismiller5875
      @chrismiller5875 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@klasseact6663 Zeppelin too, was the norm of the time though and new era was coming in ... don't get me wrong probably my favorite time of rock

  • @glennburch1081
    @glennburch1081 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Robin Trower was with Procol Harum prior to the start of his solo career in 1972 as the lead guitarist for his self entitled power trio band. He has had several lead singers thru the years, but none better (Not even arguable) than James Dewar during the early part of Robins solo career. James passed in 2002, RIP. This song features James Dewar on lead vocals as well as bass and Reg Isidore carrying the beat. This song is one of Robins most popular songs since his brilliant career began. The hole is as deep as any with 26 studio albums to date, so JUMP ON IN! Some of my favorite songs by RT: Too Rolling Stoned, Somebody Calling, Althea, For Earth Below, and Further on up the Road are just a few. BTW, RT is still active.

  • @janetf23
    @janetf23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I vividly remember falling in love with James Dewar's voice while listening to "Hannah" in 1973. It was on the Twice Removed from Yesterday album. 🔥

  • @AW-yj6md
    @AW-yj6md 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It sounds like a long arduous crossing, journey, doesn't it,..the guitar riff goes along with the lyrics, such pain, and sorrowful, the riff just hooks you in, hooked me, just hit me, stopped me in my tracks,..Trower so reminds me of Hendrix,..very methodical player,..do keep going, him, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, carried the mantle on you know after Hendrix was gone,.back then we still had great guitarist, and since then,..but in the early days after, they held it up, so love the 70's, carried on an improved on what the 60's had done,..do keep going, Godspeed ,Peace ✌

  • @RobertErnestLewis
    @RobertErnestLewis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sorrow in life grows the older you get ... Trower is a master blues guitarist and Dewar had such a brillant soulful voice. He is so missed ....

  • @texasca9753
    @texasca9753 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bridge of Sighs is more an experience than a song. Love it.

  • @yeehaw94
    @yeehaw94 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been trying to remember this guys name for at least 10 years or more. My dad who first told me of him couldn't remember when I tried to inquire about it again. Every now and again I would find myself thinking who was that guy. No way I would have ever remembered without seeing this video. Thanks for listening to this one!

  • @steveneck2153
    @steveneck2153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    just smoke a joint and kick back and relax ,enjoy the music as it flows..thast how u enjoy this kind of classic rock...

  • @hungfao
    @hungfao 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This riff....instantly recognizable. It hurts so good. And, it's great fun to play on guitar. Trower was such a craftsman putting together his music.

  • @donstuard2546
    @donstuard2546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Robin Trower is one of my favorite guitar players. Mr. Dewar is also a good bassist and vocalist. This is my favorite Trower album, Bridge of Sighs. This song is a full blown psychedelic song. The slow melodic guitar and bass lines are great. Try the songs Day of the Eagle and Too Rollin Stoned. The are aldo great

  • @Rock_Snob
    @Rock_Snob 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Way way back before social media, we would hang out at whoever had the best stereos house & smoke “hippy lettuce” and listen to music together and just kinda get lost. It was very communal. This is a perfect example of the type of music we would enjoy ☺️

  • @angb6561
    @angb6561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is such a great song! Glad you checked it out.

  • @Rwededyet
    @Rwededyet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a good song for trudging through a broken landscape with all your worldly possessions strapped to your back

  • @RobertLindabury
    @RobertLindabury 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Saw him play live at a fairly small club and it was amazing! Unforgettable.

  • @grandwazoodebris1015
    @grandwazoodebris1015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Trower was and is still great. This is a powerful song, but have to be in the mood for it. Trower's playing is all about mood, feel, emotions. Some more uptempo great songs from same album are Little Bit of Sympathy, Day of the Eagle, Too Rollin Stoned. If you want some really really great blues, killer, listen to Rock Me Baby from his 1st album. He's got lots of other great songs (Somebody's Calling, For Earth Below, I Can't Wait Much Longer, Caledonia, Gonna Be More Suspicious, No Island Lost, Extermination Blues, ...)

  • @norbertkovanda9636
    @norbertkovanda9636 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the most underrated guitarists in psychedelic music (formerly guitarist with Procol Harum)

  • @josephpowell3949
    @josephpowell3949 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw Robin Trower twice, once at the old Tampa Stadium, Tampa Fla. with Jethro Tull, Robin Trower, and Jonny and Edgar Winter In the 70s then I saw him in an old theater in riverside, Ca. in the 80s, and damm he can play the guitar!

  • @juliapernicka2698
    @juliapernicka2698 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love Robin Trower. The best way to enjoy this song is to lay back, close your eyes, and let your whole body mellow out.

  • @timothybush9633
    @timothybush9633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi Brad and Lex, a Great song on that album is "Day Of The Eagle", Great Guitar

  • @KellyKasia
    @KellyKasia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    he played at our high school right before his album came out. we didn't really know much about him, other than he had been with Procol Harum. It was a pretty amazing evening listening a very intense performance and book of songs with a very unique sound.

  • @ronp1903
    @ronp1903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OMG you finally found the GREAT Robin Trower!! I rarely recommend songs for you both to listen to, but, "Too Rolling Stoned" & "Day of the Eagle" are a must reaction. And, they have an album called "Victims of the Fury", a rare find, that rocks from beginning to end. The self titled song, "Jack and Jill", and "Only Time", are excellent tunes. Rock In Peace, James Dewar. 🤘

  • @allans2642
    @allans2642 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got to see Trower at a small club back in the day…front row table, cocktails and a doobie…awesome 🤘

  • @mckelljenkins1025
    @mckelljenkins1025 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "It's like watching an hour glass." Lex
    I've been experiencing this entire album since it's release, and Lex has finally explained this tune like I've never been able to explain it before. Thank you, Lex. Your continued genius at description astounds me.

  • @EclecticInstinct
    @EclecticInstinct 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I bought that on Vinyl the day it came out in the UK. Great trio. James Dewar, the singer and bass player was Scottish.

    • @klasseact6663
      @klasseact6663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      RIP James Dewar...every bit as soulful as Paul Rodgers, no doubt about it❗️

    • @stevebengel1346
      @stevebengel1346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      James Dewar never really got the praise he deserved

    • @klasseact6663
      @klasseact6663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stevebengel1346 amen🙏❗️💯

  • @danielproctor9939
    @danielproctor9939 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Alot of great songs mentioned with alot of great comments. I didn't see it though, perhaps, someone put it out there. For me "Daydream" (aka "Spellbound") cuts into my soul and brings me back a special memory of a girl and a lake in Texas. A fleeting moment a long time long ago. Drop the needle on the 1975 "Trower Live" version and roll a doob. And check it out with someone you love. You will melt into it. Magic!

  • @RG-kz9yt
    @RG-kz9yt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This entire album is awesome and a top notch classic.Long Misty Days is another awesome song. My brother who passed 4months ago introduced me to this and many other awesome bands from this Era, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, R.E.O.,

  • @oldenslo4141
    @oldenslo4141 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gotta tell ya a story! I was in one of those high-end stereo / electronic stores, a big dang place. Another customer was asking the salesman about their high-end speakers. The sales guy only had some lousy music, this was the 90s. Hold on, hold on I said, don't go anywhere. In my car, I had this album on a cd, got it, and ran back inside. This album is more than 20 yrs old at the time and we cranked it. You should have seen the crowd! The speakers belted it out and the place was moving. Yep, this song is slow but the others are faster. Robin Tower is amazing on the guitar.

  • @fhare666
    @fhare666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    For guitarists, this was a cornerstone sound: the Uni-vibe on Bridge of Sighs (or Hendrix Machine Gun or Pink Floyd's Breathe). Just a great great sound. The song itself is simple yet deceptively hard to play with the same emotion and feel.

  • @vernv84
    @vernv84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I never thought I'd see someone react to Robin Trower. He's amazing

  • @lepantoslim7058
    @lepantoslim7058 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m glad you guys are getting into the real 70’s music. Just visualize the music.

  • @hookstomper7322
    @hookstomper7322 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nobody plays slow-burn blues-based guitar songs like Robin Trower. When he plays "Bridge of Sighs" live, he does a truly tremendous guitar solo. You can see it on TH-cam.

  • @josephgrijalva9395
    @josephgrijalva9395 ปีที่แล้ว

    yes, the 70s were just like that. Black lights and posters, incense, etc. i remember passing the long nights with friends and the radio station playing songs like this .

  • @thomasflynn5366
    @thomasflynn5366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everyone seems to overlook Long Misty Days. Great song. Try it next.

  • @DinoRG59
    @DinoRG59 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now ya did right...my fav guitarist...my GOAT...everything he does is amazing..RT rules the axe!

  • @FloridaRocks
    @FloridaRocks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    FINALLY!! Love this song!
    Awh, no "In This Place" -- this is what we were listening to back in mid-70s. Such an incredible album!!

  • @kevinvegas1916
    @kevinvegas1916 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    High School 1974
    Robin Trower 8 track
    Major fatties💨

  • @damonhines8187
    @damonhines8187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For a Trower banger go with 'Day of the Eagle' from the same album.
    Saw him in '75 in Toronto with Boston opening and in '76 at the Superdome near Pontiac, Michigan, opening for Jethro Tull. Brilliant guitarist. Heavy Hendrix influence.

  • @thannaske5371
    @thannaske5371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great Robin Trower song is "River." A rousing, classic-rock sound!

  • @mlhesler68
    @mlhesler68 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best concerts. Robin Trower, Leslie West (Mountain) and the Stampeders (Sweet City Woman.)

  • @daveclark7053
    @daveclark7053 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My fun high school years included some great Robin Trower, some of my "way too straight" classmates didn't get Trower, ZZ Top and all of my southern rock. I was the oddball kid wearin' concert t-shirts ($8 - $10 tickets and t-shirts $10-$20) with old blue jeans and cowboy boots. Aerosmith, Robin Trower, Bob Seger even some Ted Nugent (before he lost his mind) awesome stuff.

  • @maukasara808
    @maukasara808 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This feels like a cold day. Not a warm vibe. Blues , Gods, Myth, awesome.

  • @lorainelavoy4083
    @lorainelavoy4083 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for showcasing one of my most favorite songs ! Keep up the good work ❤️

  • @billblackbone7152
    @billblackbone7152 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw these guys in the mid 80's at the Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee Wisconsin, awesome show.I had won a pair of tickets from a local radio station.VERY VERY LOUD, but worth the hearing damage.

  • @Mr.wilson949
    @Mr.wilson949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I remember this song growing up. Didn't know it was so old. 1974? Wow!
    Thanks Brad and Lex.

  • @martybirkhart9581
    @martybirkhart9581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wooooow you no I've owned this album probably for 50 years now him and Michael schanker are a huge influence on my guitar playing great album great song peace out ✌️

    • @vicprovost2561
      @vicprovost2561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Michael Schenker altered the rock landscape in UFO, they should do Lights Out or Rock Bottom.

    • @martybirkhart9581
      @martybirkhart9581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vicprovost2561 they need to do the whole lights out album it's UFO best I think.

  • @rick6582CNCMedicalParts
    @rick6582CNCMedicalParts 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw him live great - too rolling stone Good song too....best to you both great music from the past..

  • @NathanThurberMusic
    @NathanThurberMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Classic album. Every song is 🔥

  • @troyshepherd2424
    @troyshepherd2424 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I LOVE RT!! I was 16 when my had me listen to this album...........oh the good days. I'm 62 now and have the best memories ........and no....i'm not telling. LOL

  • @lancevaughn432
    @lancevaughn432 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bridge of Sighs, one of my favorite Robin Trower songs. I figured you two wouldn’t like it. try “Day Of The Eagle”.

  • @heentlasaa9974
    @heentlasaa9974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes, Robin Trower - "Bridge of Sighs" Lp, I still have his LP's on Cassette. Custis is correct, Robin Trower favors the Fender Stratocaster like Jimi Hendrix, Myself and countless others, Strats are American made and world played. Robin uses a similar effects chain as Jimi and he plugs into a Marshall Amp. My friend Walter & I used to jam "Jack & Jill, Victims of the Fury, Day of the Eagle & To rolling Stoned," We used to jam alot of tunes from his "BLT" LP "Into Money, What it is, No island Lost, Life on Earth, & Once the Bird has Flown." Tunes worth hearing. :)

  • @charlesberton2581
    @charlesberton2581 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Robin Trower is the perfect background music for a party, but not a kids' party, a grownup party.

  • @robertthompson5908
    @robertthompson5908 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this song. My friends and I used to listen to this in high school in the 70s on LSD.

  • @lancecornell9978
    @lancecornell9978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A staple of the music catalog we played in the 70s

  • @johnprice6066
    @johnprice6066 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to cover this and several other Trower songs in my band in high school... You owe it to yourselves to check out more of his catalog... Things really got interesting when they added drummer Bill Lordan from Sly and the Family Stone.

  • @gmunden1
    @gmunden1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is an image of the Bridge of Sighs at the beginning of Trower's music video. The Bridge of Sighs was built in 1600 Venice, Italy. Trower mentions a racehorse by the same name and thought the name would be a great title for his song.

  • @RobertSmith-xg5md
    @RobertSmith-xg5md 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The entire Bridge of Sighs album is a masterpiece. Easily in my Top 5 albums of all time! 🤘🤘

  • @davidlitchke4964
    @davidlitchke4964 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw them play this song, at the Fitzgerald theater in the twin cities. Old type theater, with the balconies. Great acoustics.

  • @johnniekight1879
    @johnniekight1879 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Robin started out with Procol Harum (Whiter Shade Of White). Check out their songs "Whisky Train" or Robins tribute to Jimi "Song For A Dreamer" also by PH.

  • @charliecochran3035
    @charliecochran3035 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Scree that bridge"...lmao. I agree.