Robin Trower is one of the great players to have created reference quality guitar tone, to have harnessed the power of tube amps pushed hard into the red zone in search of enriching harmonic content, and maybe – what the heck – adding a Uni-Vibe in front for kicks.
As he joins GW for a quick chat about first songs learned, first gigs played – and of course his most embarrassing moments onstage (this is the Inquirer section, after all), we have to say that we were not surprised one bit to learn that the English Stratocaster master’s amp blew up aflame onstage – not after what Buzz Osborne of the Melvins told us about Trower being the loudest player he had ever seen.
