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Taken from 2024's In Concert with Robin Trower - released 14th September 2024.

Too Rolling Stoned is a Robin Trower classic from 1974's 'Bridge of Sighs'

"Robin is playing in high gear. His guitar work is truly like no other. An iconic guitarist that plays with so much heart and passion. Mind blowing good!" - PressMaven

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Un-freaking believable... dude is 79 years old and this sounds at least as good as the original.

Of course, he doesn't look the same, but he's not one of those who shoulda just stopped long ago.

Here's the whole concert:

www.robintrower.com

thread link

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#1 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-11 07:57 PM | Reply

Gary Moore Jack Bruce Ginger Baker - "Spoonfull"

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all three one of the world's best on their instrument, all three gone now

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-11 09:39 PM | Reply

"NEW " Ain't That Peculiar - Marvin Gaye {Stereo} 1965

posted 40 mins ago

Oct 11, 2024
1965......#8 U.S. Billboard Hot 100

Original video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound.

The single was produced by Smokey Robinson, and written by Robinson, and fellow Miracles members Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin.

It became one of Gaye's signature 1960s recordings, and was his best-known solo hit before 1968's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"."

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#3 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-11 10:41 PM | Reply

Unfortunately, never had the opportunity to see Mr Trower in concert back in the day.

I thoroughly enjoyed, and still do enjoy, his Bridge of Sighs album. The title song is excellent.

And I remember his Procol Harum days as well.

This song, on which he plays guitar, but does not sing, was starting to show his eventual split with the group...

Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (1969)
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#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-12 06:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Carlos Santana with Jerry Garcia 08/02/89

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duo at 11:30 in

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-12 07:11 PM | Reply

Jeff Beck w/ David Gilmour

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#6 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-12 09:30 PM | Reply

I saw Robin Trower on 10/8/76 at Stadthalle, Offenbach/Frankfurt, Germany (with Thin Lizzy), though I don't remember Thin Lizzy. concerts.fandom.com The venue was small much like a basketball gym. We had floor seat about 20 feet in front of stage left. eventseeker.com This is the album released in '76 and likely the tour I saw. www.google.com

I'm sure of the venue and its feel because I saw Crosby, Still & Nash in the same venue on 9/19/76. www.setlist.fm Our seats were literally the pull out bleacher seating seen in school gyms. BTW David Crosby is an a*****e.

#7 | Posted by et_al at 2024-10-12 11:03 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Speaking of comets (another thread drudge.com ) and A3 ...

A3 (Alabama 3) - Too Sick To Pray (2000)
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Curious, A3 is a British band, Alabama 3.


#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-13 12:18 AM | Reply

@#7 ... I'm sure of the venue and its feel because ...

Yeah, I have a similar "feel" for the performances (I am reluctant to call them "concerts" for such an intimate setting) that I attended at Toad's Place.

Ditto for the performances I attended at the Nightshift Cafe (on Rubber Avenue) in Naugatuck, CT back in the day.

Fond memories that bring a smile to my face.


#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-13 12:24 AM | Reply

OK, I looked into my tunes accumulation, and I found that I have a 96/24 version of Bridge of Sighs., which is current playing.

The meaning of the song? From what I have learned over the years (decades)...

Bridge of Sighs
en.wikipedia.org

... The Bridge of Sighs (Italian: Ponte dei Sospiri, Venetian: Ponte de i Sospiri) 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. It was built in 1600.[1]

Etymology

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 bestowed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri",[2][3] from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.[4][5] ...


#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-13 12:32 AM | Reply

OK, going back to 1971...

James Gang - Midnight Man (1971)
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One thing I especially enjoy while listening to that song is the solo by Mary Sterpka about halfway through the song..

Her brief solo is awesome.




#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-13 02:04 AM | Reply

fwiw...

James Gang was Joe Walsh before joe walsh became Joe Walsh.

#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-13 02:06 AM | Reply

Deep Purple - Child In Time - Live (1970)

Deep Purple Official
1.31M subscribers

181,161,946 views

Taken from their fourth album Deep Purple In Rock, the band performs 'Child In Time' live on the British TV show "Doing Their Thing".

The performance features the "Mark II line-up": Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

www.youtube.com

(tv audience was told to be quite for the studio recording)

#13 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-13 12:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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