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Twice Removed From Yesterday is the solo debut album from the former Procol Harum guitarist Robin Trower. His departure came as no surprise as his more blues based sound was not an easy fit within a predominantly keyboard band. (US:106)
“Robin Trower's first solo album after leaving Procol Harum, shows him carrying on the musical style of Jimi Hendrix in the best possible way, stripping it to its bare essentials and adding R & B, soul, and funk influences to his hard rock. The result is a great album that still sounds timeless today.”
“Robin Trower steps out on his own and delivers a quite surprising slab of hard guitar oriented rock that's quite different from Procol Harum, who at heart were always a keyboard driven band. Twice Removed From Yesterday is anything but; this is loud and hard guitar rock. Trower unleashes an arsenal of thick and heavy chordal slabs, fiery and fluid Jimi Hendrix style runs, and sustain drenched gorgeously melodic lines.”
“What instantly strikes me about this album is the mood. It's dreamy yes, but underneath the beautiful guitar playing and vocal melodies I sense a fairly melancholy and depressing vibe. It's like being in heaven alone.”
“This is where it all began. I have been a fan of the work of Robin Trower since his days as a guitarist with the legendary Procol Harum. From the very beginning, you could hear in his play that he had something special, and that there was a musical pioneer yearning to blaze his own trail. Trower became more assertive in his influence on Procol Harum's sound until one fine day he took the leap that was to launch him into musical immortality.”
“If you enjoy real rock, or 70s rock or hard rock or even blues-rock, this is a must have. Starting off with a trio of what would become Trower's trademark sound, slow ethereal blues songs, mystic in nature. It’s a page out of Hendrix's book for sure. Trower though, takes the format and totally makes it his own.”
“What a debut. Robin Trower was in Procol Harum where his guitar was confined and controlled but given his freedom to rock, he really erupts.”
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