Great comparison! I'm a MASSIVE Paul Rodgers fan, and I have long thought that Jimmy Dewar sounded the most like Paul above all other lead vocalists.

couldn't agree more

Dewar had cited Paul Rodgers as one of his favorite vocalists so, yea, it all makes sense.

There both so good. They don’t even compliment each other

Talent as talent. There was no star making machine back in those days

Dewar never got the recognition he deserved, he is Paul Rodgers #2

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I've seen Robin quite a few times as well starting in 1975. For me , the best trio was Robin with Jimmy RIP and Bill Lordan on drums. I also saw him in 2015 in my home town a small venue of @ 800 seats with a really young rhythm section and at 70 Robin could still bring it....🎼🎵🎶🎤🎸

​​​​@@Thundergod-Bill Leonard cannot come anywhere close to what Reggie was doing seriously Reggie was the PowerHouse of this band I really wish him and James would have got along because James was the one who brought Reggie lnto the group in the first place Robin said that himself there's a video on KZfaq of him saying that

James was a great rock / blues singer definitely underrated

He is Jimi Hendrix Jr.

@@mikeserra9462he sounds nothing like Hendrix. They each have their own unique sound.

@@branevans3705 “Nothing like Hendrix”? That’s ridiculous… he took a LOT from Jimi, and then punctuated it all with his own vibe to come up with a very dreamy and visceral soundscape that became his own signature sound, which was nothing short of fantastic.

There is a live album of that same performance

I was there.

As a drummer, I totally agree. His pocket was perfect & fills were great & tasty as well!

oh my, he killed it! total driving abandon!

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Agreed

By whom?

I don’t pay much attention to those who make “top” guitarist’s lists! Robin is GREAT no matter what any list says! He is Still going strong!

Maybe not by guitar aficionados but certainly by the mainstream.

Leave that to people who underate guitarists then but note he is a perfectionist of sorts and plays only handwired amos Wilko Johnson same as. Check it out if you don't believe.

What a memory!

Get out😏

Everyone was so young

@M B2 I remember being mesmerized by his style. i was just 15!

@@chrisirving8712 yes just 15!

I don't care about facial expressions he's the master

I couldn't imagine a better experience than that show. The bands are all favorites of mine. As of 2020 I still listen to those bands.

What a lineup!!!!!

Totally agree, Arthur. I was there with my 2 best friends. Great memories to cherish. They both passed close to 30 yrs ago & to this day I still miss them terribly.

Arthur, U Lucky Mo Fo,... That's A SUPER LINE UP,....I seen Rush, Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent Foghat in 79 in Chicago,.....Keep on Rockin....

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Reg Isadore is a MACHINE! I’ve watched this video over and over and over, blown away by the explosion of that baddest Man on the skins behind smokin’ Trower

@@markray4416 Reg Isidore was an ANIMAL!!! Great drummer, hard hitter!!! This line-up was tight as hell!!!

absolutely, and bravo to you fellas for acknowledging Reg!!!

Yes, drummers are pretty important in a band. Thank you.

I want to love you want too fight

Aint it great? Just wish I remembered more of what I saw.

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that man can bang those drums.

Autotune. Amazingly horrible stuff.. We had it lucky.. I'm ok being 70.. Growing up surrounded by such inventive musicians makes one realize how much they gave to the culture. British invasion. Blues. Psychedelia. Roots. R & B. Fusion. Classic pop. California. Album oriented. Concept driven. Reaching higher and higher.. We lived the dream!

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I think yall old timers just forgot how to find good music or something, I mean there's plenty of inventive and authentic bands out there today, they've just been pushed lower on in the general industry because of predatory label/industry exec practices. I don't listen to anything that has autotune in it myself, but I still listen to plenty of bands from today and many other decades but it's equal so it's not like it prefer it one way or the other, I just like music of all genres. Or if you just like the 70s sound, you can say that instead of acting like all modern music "autotune garbage". You mention the 70s specifically but the 60s, 50s, 40s, etc didn't have autotune either.

@@PlagueRattI love the old folks that say there isn’t good music anymore. They were lucky to live in a time where artistry was rewarded and this music was “pop” music so it was promoted and encouraged. There are so many incredible psychedelic, and heavy bands still reinventing the wheel but you have to find them and SUPPORT them cause no major labels or radio station is gonna do it.

People used to say that he was nothing but a Hendrix rip off but if you look at his catalog he never did a Hendrix song. He is pure blues . The only covers he ever did back in the seventies was a BB King song and a Bobby bland song otherwise it was all original but no Hendrix. But if you play BB King and Otis Rush runs through a marshall stack with assorted pedals it just sounds like Hendricks and you can't help it. If anything Stevie Ray Vaughan and Frank Marino were the Hendrix copy cats . But even they had lots of originality but Robin was a total originator. 😊

This may be Robin

Bill Lordan

Sorry, Mistake: here we have Reg Isidore

I ALSO GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN 1973. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN TO THE REAL BRIDGE OF SIGHS IN ITALY SEVERAL TIMES. YOU PROBABLY KNOW , BUT IT'S CALLED THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS BECAUSE IT LINKS THE COURTS TO THE PRISON. IT'S THE LAST TIME ANYONE GOING OVER IT TO THE PRISON WILL BREATH FREE AIR.

@Dana Bigelow - You have to remember it’s Day of the Eagle, singular. No one likes a know-it-all, especially because they so rarely know it all.

Exactly brother thought my Def ass wasn't hearing it right lol never heard this version before...

@@gibsonexplorer8777 I have to agree with you. I was stunned to hear this song with different lyrics. My brain kept sing the lyrics to DotE, Dewar kept singing something else.

I'm thinking it was 1973 and the song was evolving up until they recorded Bridge of Sighs.

​​@@01yojimboLOL that's the same exact thing happened to me I was like something sounds different I was waiting for the part where he says people seem to think I'm Superman

You forgot Davey Pattison. HES BEEN A BIG PARTof of Trowers music.

@@armandochavez3365 Indeed my friend

Fuck yeah

Lil bit of hendrix

Bill?

@@sullyb23511 Sorry what a mistake, its Reg, of course!

@@sullyb23511Bill is alive and well living in Arizona, I correspond with him regularly.. he has an amazing collection of recordings for sale….

The, deceased, Reg Isidore.

replaced sounds so harsh, great drummer! wonder what's the history behind that reason, falling out with Trower?..

We might ask the same question about Bill Lordan. Trower won't even mention his name anymore.

@@jaymcd8577 Just musical differences, imo Bill was more jazzy and innovative, Isidore was a straight drummer, great time keeper but not so much impro.

@@wildbillhackett Any reason why?

@@sullyb23511 Sorry if you saw a different message Will. I accidentally replied to the wrong thread. As far as your question goes, I'm guessing it might be religious differences. I read someone years ago that Lordan became a Christian and started playing in some Christian band settings. So just a matter of growing apart philosophically I suppose.

And, let's be honest, Reg Isidore on drums made this line up.

5. I can't stand it

Sinners song that's the one I wish they would have done especially the way it starts off wow ! 🎛️😩🎸🎛️🔥

I don’t know what doper means (I’m in uk), but why do people still compare him to Hendrix?, totally different guitar style and musical style.

@@Lauriedriver he definitely has similarities to Hendrix, but those the years close to Hendrix, but I'm not saying one is better. A lot of people compare Stevie Ray Vaughn to Hendrix and still it's the same type of deal, they're all great in their way. I know could have seen Hendrix live since I was a little kid, but I've seen Stevie Ray Vaughn many times, I'm sad that I've never seen Robin Trower live.

@@richtomlinson7090 I have seen Hendrix at Isle of Wight festival (i'm not a young one and i was there for the five days!!!), a few weeks before his tragic death, i have seen Trower in 1976 in Paris (France), and i have seen S R Vaughan in Paris too! Unfortunately SRV was almost totally drunk and talked more than played! It was very regrettable because i traveled a long distance for see him! I appreciate each musicians and all have/had different style, and there were more similarities between Hendrix and SRV for their funky side, which doesn't really appears into Trower play. Trower is (like Paul Kossoff) a "slow" player, able to make you cry with only one simple note! They aren't many on this guitar "market" able to do that nowadays! The three was/is great, and hopefully Trower is still alive, certainly the one who never abuse of magic powder, cause music is his unique energy! Thanks and congratulations to him for all the hours of pleasures he gaves to us!

My Idea is they changed the lyrics later on since this was probably a very early performance about a year prior to “Bridge of Sighs” release

I noticed that to. He sings the same lyric all 3 verses.

Trower was a disciple of Jimi. Surely he'd disagree. Many of Robin's riffs,. and chord voicings were lifted right off of Jimi's fingerboard. Ironically, Jimi would probably agree with you. That's how humble he was. He idolized people, besides Dylan, like Terry Kath, and John Fogerty.

Trower was basically taking Jimi's formula and refining it. Technique-wise and tone-wise ... As a slew of other players were doing (or at least trying to do) in the post-Hendrix era. Still for nearly a decade nobody could really make their own mark until EVH arrived. But to Trower's credit, he stood the test of time and created his own legacy. Jimi clone or not, he's still amazing.

Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower, Stevie Ray Vaughan what more do ya need😎

​@@funkster007It's slightly tighter, funkier and a bit more contemporary than what Hendrix did. Music made a significant stylistic shift two ,three years after Jimi's unfortunate demise.

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Like my back Has no bones.