My Career in Five Songs
THROUGHOUT HIS REMARKABLY sturdy 50-plus-year career, Robin Trower has often been pegged as a “psychedelic blues guitarist.” As it turns out, the man himself takes issue with that description. “The psychedelic thing is a flavor I’ve used from time to time,” he admits. “But I really consider myself a rock and roll player who’s heavily influenced by the blues.”
He thinks for a moment, then elaborates further. “Of course, I would say that the blues is really the alphabet for the language of rock and roll, but I can’t call myself a blues player. A guitarist like B.B. King is the blues.
Obviously, I’m not B.B. King, so I can’t lay claim to being a true blues player.” He laughs. “But I do my best with what I’ve got.”
Tracing his development as a guitar player, Trower draws a distinct line between his early days in the British art-rock band Procol Harum and the period in which he set the and 1977’s .
