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Very impressive - for a moment I really believed you are working on a Mac!

gotcha...:lol:...however it`s in the wind mate.....i`m looking very closely at the new tiger since i started running windows xp on this new intel dual core/processor hardware....i like it.... :) :)

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"benny dancer"....robin trower..from the album "back it up" (1983)..

an 8 minute stratocaster-driven gem in which one of my favourite guitarists and his mate...late, great vocalist james dewar.... gives us the real message on the dangers of amphetamine use..... :)

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There's one word that both characterizes the guitar-playing of Robin Trower and distinguishes him from the bulk of rock guitar heroes: feeling. He may not be the fastest or most dazzling guitarist, but Trower makes each and every note count.

Born March 9, 1945 in London, Trower's first professional group was the Paramounts, which also included pianist Gary Brooker, drummer BJ Wilson and bassist Chris Copping (later replaced by Diz Derrick). The Paramounts got their start playing clubs in London's Southend section [sic] in 1963, and soon secured a contract with Parlophone Records. Through 1965, the Paramounts cut a series of unsuccessful R&B singles, including covers of Little Bitty Pretty One and the Coasters' Poison Ivy. When the group broke up in '66, Trower worked briefly as a painter.

It was soon after the Paramounts' breakup that Brooker met lyricist Keith Reid, formed Procol Harum, and released the classic A Whiter Shade Of Pale. The somber organ piece exploded to #1 in the U.K. and #5 in the U.S. Trower did not play on the song, but was enlisted full-time to complete Procol's début LP when original guitarist Ray Royer quit (drummer BJ Wilson also reappeared on drums). Regarded as the classic Procol lineup, Brooker, Reid, Trower, Wilson, organist Matthew Fisher and bassist David Knights released three superb records, helping to launch a new genre called "progressive rock."

When Fisher and Knights left after 1969's A Salty Dog, Trower's role in the band expanded greatly. Home saw Trower pushing the group toward harder blues-rock, as epitomized by the rollicking Whiskey Train. Trower's final album with Procol Harum, Broken Barricades, featured his own tribute to Jimi Hendrix, Song For A Dreamer, sung by the guitarist himself (a rare event). But Trower's electric blues stylings never synced with Brooker-Reid's gothic rock, and he left the band in late

Trower's first venture alone was a Zeppelin-influenced four-piece called Jude, featuring ex-Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker, bassist James Dewar (of Stone the Crows) and then-unknown pub-rocker Frankie Miller. However, Jude never managed to record [picture here]. Trower played a few solo gigs before signing with Chrysalis in 1973, and releasing his début Twice Removed From Yesterday.

Produced by Matthew Fisher, Twice Removed established a formula Trower would continually revert to: a guitar-bass-drums lineup and a dreamy, emotive style of blues guitar "once removed" from Jimi Hendrix (Trower switched from a Gibson guitar to a Fender Stratocaster after hearing Hendrix).

While critics played up the similarity, Trower has never denied his Hendrix bias. Unlike most latter-day Hendrix "clones," however, Trower realizes that Hendrix's gift was not so much flash or technique, but an instinct for and appreciation of the aesthetics of music.

In 1974, Trower released his magnum opus, Bridge of Sighs. His band, the same as on Twice Removed, included Jim Dewar on bass and vocals, and a West Indian drummer named Reg Isadore. The record's success brought heavy US touring, and songs from the LP are concert favorites even today: Day Of The Eagle, Lady Love, Too Rolling Stoned and the title track are classic Trower. That same year, Trower nudged out Jeff Beck as Guitar Player magazine's "Guitarist of the Year." Almost overnight, Trower had distinguished himself as a new guitar hero....

Trower continues to tour heavily across the US, faithfully incorporating his older classics into the newer material. A workingman's guitarist in the truest sense, Robin Trower still mesmerizes with those "magic fingers."

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"benny dancer"....robin trower..from the album "back it up" (1983)..

an 8 minute stratocaster-driven gem in which one of my favourite guitarists and his mate...late, great vocalist james dewar.... gives us the real message on the dangers of amphetamine use..... :)

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There's one word that both characterizes the guitar-playing of Robin Trower and distinguishes him from the bulk of rock guitar heroes: feeling. He may not be the fastest or most dazzling guitarist, but Trower makes each and every note count.

Born March 9, 1945 in London, Trower's first professional group was the Paramounts, which also included pianist Gary Brooker, drummer BJ Wilson and bassist Chris Copping (later replaced by Diz Derrick). The Paramounts got their start playing clubs in London's Southend section in 1963, and soon secured a contract with Parlophone Records. Through 1965, the Paramounts cut a series of unsuccessful R&B singles, including covers of Little Bitty Pretty One and the Coasters' Poison Ivy. When the group broke up in '66, Trower worked briefly as a painter.

It was soon after the Paramounts' breakup that Brooker met lyricist Keith Reid, formed Procol Harum, and released the classic A Whiter Shade Of Pale. The somber organ piece exploded to #1 in the U.K. and #5 in the U.S. Trower did not play on the song, but was enlisted full-time to complete Procol's début LP when original guitarist Ray Royer quit (drummer BJ Wilson also reappeared on drums). Regarded as the classic Procol lineup, Brooker, Reid, Trower, Wilson, organist Matthew Fisher and bassist David Knights released three superb records, helping to launch a new genre called "progressive rock."

When Fisher and Knights left after 1969's A Salty Dog, Trower's role in the band expanded greatly. Home saw Trower pushing the group toward harder blues-rock, as epitomized by the rollicking Whiskey Train. Trower's final album with Procol Harum, Broken Barricades, featured his own tribute to Jimi Hendrix, Song For A Dreamer, sung by the guitarist himself (a rare event). But Trower's electric blues stylings never synced with Brooker-Reid's gothic rock, and he left the band in late '71.

Trower's first venture alone was a Zeppelin-influenced four-piece called Jude, featuring ex-Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker, bassist James Dewar (of Stone the Crows) and then-unknown pub-rocker Frankie Miller. However, Jude never managed to record [picture here]. Trower played a few solo gigs before signing with Chrysalis in 1973, and releasing his début Twice Removed From Yesterday.

Produced by Matthew Fisher, Twice Removed established a formula Trower would continually revert to: a guitar-bass-drums lineup and a dreamy, emotive style of blues guitar "once removed" from Jimi Hendrix (Trower switched from a Gibson guitar to a Fender Stratocaster after hearing Hendrix).

While critics played up the similarity, Trower has never denied his Hendrix bias. Unlike most latter-day Hendrix "clones," however, Trower realizes that Hendrix's gift was not so much flash or technique, but an instinct for and appreciation of the aesthetics of music.

In 1974, Trower released his magnum opus, Bridge of Sighs. His band, the same as on Twice Removed, included Jim Dewar on bass and vocals, and a West Indian drummer named Reg Isadore. The record's success brought heavy US touring, and songs from the LP are concert favorites even today: Day Of The Eagle, Lady Love, Too Rolling Stoned and the title track are classic Trower. That same year, Trower nudged out Jeff Beck as Guitar Player magazine's "Guitarist of the Year." Almost overnight, Trower had distinguished himself as a new guitar hero....

Trower continues to tour heavily across the US, faithfully incorporating his older classics into the newer material. A workingman's guitarist in the truest sense, Robin Trower still mesmerizes with those "magic fingers."

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