ROBIN TOWER

The iconic British Blues maestro Robin Trower continues his prolific period with the release of his new single, the slow-burning blues of, One Go Round. You can watch the lyric video HERE. The single is taken from his brand-new studio album, Come And Find Me. The record has a new release date of 16 May and will be out via Provogue.

Trower stands on the cusp of a whirlwind year that will see him put down heavy miles across America and the UK (“I’m chomping at the bit, because I had to cancel a US tour last year due to an operation”). You can pick up tickets HERE.

The guitarist’s famed musicianship takes centre stage on the swampy One Go Round, which lived up to the ‘seize-the-day’ lyric with its rapid birth in the studio. “That was almost an instant finished thing. It was like a hot knife through butter. All the lead work was improvised, and it’s exactly where I live. The lyrical meaning is pretty obvious. You only get one go round, so try and make the most of it,” Trower explains.

This follows the previous single A Little Bit of Freedom, which starts in combative style with a blast of wah guitar and a bold first line (‘I don’t need no-one to think for me’). “I had a strong sense that red tape and rules are really constricting things in the world,” says Trower. “Too much red tape, not enough freedom to think – it’s got to where you feel straitjacketed.”

Come And Find Me was Tracked sporadically over a twelve-month period at Newbury’s Studio 91 (the setting for all Trower’s recent solo albums), the genesis of Come And Find Me speaks volumes about the guitarist’s late-period momentum and high standards.

As he reaches his eighth decade, with a lifetime of accolades and a seminal body of music behind him, Robin Trower is still chasing the biggest high he knows. It always starts the same way, with a road-scuffed Fender Stratocaster and a revved-up Marshall amplifier, those skilful fingers exploring the fretboard until a riff sticks and a new song ignites. And from the cultural flashpoint of Sixties London with Procol Harum, through 1974’s stadium-filling Bridge Of Sighs, right up to this year’s acclaimed Come And Find Me, it’s these addictive moments of creation that have kept the guitarist vital, relevant and contemporary while his peers trade on past glories.

Always a sociable musician and generous collaborator, Trower enlisted his trusted studio band for Come And Find Me. Drummer Chris Taggart once again drives these powerful songs, with returning US bassist Glenn Letsch providing low end on Tangled Love and I Fly Straight To You (Trower played the remainder).

Long-standing vocalist Richard Watts brilliantly interprets the guitarist’s highly personal lyric sheets. For the fairydust, Trower turned to Studio 91’s owner Sam Winfield for the engineering and final mix – but the guitarist was intimately involved with every element.

Fiery, thoughtful and fuelled by real human emotion in a time of machine-generated music, Come And Find Me is hardly the work of a rock icon resting on his laurels. On the contrary: keenly aware of passing time, Robin Trower has made it his late-period mission to capture as many shards of magic as possible. “In one way, I can’t believe it, that I’m still going at 80,” he says. “It’s kind of scary. You know that you’re way down the road, and you could hit a brick wall at any time. But I still love doing this. For me, there’s nothing more rewarding than working on a new song…”

Track Listing

A Little Bit of Freedom
One Go Round
I Would Lose My Mind
Come And Find Me
Take This Hurt Away
The Future Starts Right Here
Tangled Love
Capture The Life Begun
Without A Trace
I Fly Straight To You
Time Stood Still

Tour Dates

14 May Buxton Opera House, Buxton – UK
15 May Oran Mor, Glasgow – UK
17 May Picturedrome, Holmfirth – UK
18 May Town Hall, Birmingham – UK
20 May Cheese & Grain, Frome – UK
21 May O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London – UK
11 Jun The National, Richmond, VA – US
13 Jun Penn’s Peak, Jim Thorpe, PA – US
15 Jun Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA – US
17 Jun Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank, NJ – US
18 Jun The Wellmont Theater, Montclair, NJ – US
20 Jun The Paramount, Huntington, NY – US
21 Jun Bardavon, Poughkeepsie, NY – US
24 Jun Tupelo Music Hall, Derry, NH – US
25 Jun The Wilbur, Boston, MA – US
27 Jun Aura, Portland, ME – US
28 Jun Blue Ocean Music Hall, Salisbury, MA – US
01 Jul Center for the Arts of Homer, Homer, NY – US
02 Jul Babeville, Buffalo, NY – US
03 Jul Palace Theatre, Greensburg, PA – US
05 Jul MGM Northfield Park Center Stage, Northfield, OH – US
06 Jul Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH – US
08 Jul Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI – US
10 Jul Brown County Music Center, Nashville, IN – US
11 Jul Copernicus Center, Chicago, IL – US
12 Jul Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, WI – US
14 Jul Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines, IA – US
16 Jul Upton Theater, Kansas City, MO – US
17 Jul Gillioz Theatre, Springfield, MO – US
19 Jul The Factory, Chesterfield, MO – US