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I saw a vid. of him on facebook and he is definately getting on in years. He can still bring it without a doubt! I don't think a guitar player alive hasn't been influenced and inspired by him.

Would you believe that until a couple of years ago, I was only sort of familiar with the name and had never (knowingly) listened to him?

He had a mesmerizing affect on me live though. Everything changed then.

My opinion - he's the best of what's left of the old guard.

lol I thought Bridge of Sighs was a Hendrix tune for about 10 years..

By what's left I mean, "Still alive"

Yep . . . he rocks.

I've been following Robin since his days in Procol Harum (the 1970 album "Home" was my intro to him). I first saw him live in 1974 opening for King Crimson. He only played for 45 minutes, mostly stuff from the first album, then said "I want to get off and watch Robert". There's a lot more to the story...

I've spoken with a lot of people whom just had no appreciation for BRIDGE OF SIGHS .

To me that LP is a master stroke . . . the depth of sounds, masterful utilization of the stereo concept, simply surrounds one in the music.

Perhaps my drug use at the time had some influence, but I could sit in my ride and listen to that album for hours at a time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0d1HilfLxA

The tune (bridge of sighs) was penultimate to me.
When I found out it wasn't Hendrix, my jaw hit the floor.

It was inconceivable that it was anyone else but Hendrix, but some white guy? Wow, talk about a game changer.

I don't know too much else of his music, but that one seemed like Trower actually "channeled" Hendrix to get that tune and so inspiring that he could actually get something so close to that genre (imo).

Plenty of people aspire to play in a similar fashion and just don't make the cut, it was a real eye opener for him to reach the top of the mountain.
I guess it shows that "it can be done just as well by others", is what I am trying to say badly.

How anyone could mistake Trower for Hendrix is a complete mystery to me. For one, Trower didn't release "Bridge of Sighs" until June 1974. If you didn't know Hendrix was dead by then...and Jimmy Dewar's voice was one of kind and could never be mistaken for Hendrix. Except on a lot of acid. Is that what you're telling us?

At a passing glance, that's what I thought at first "Oh, a white, English version of Hendrix" - but he has a bunch of funky little licks that are much different.

To me his stuff is kind of hypnotic.

Jimmy, I'm talking about the music.

The melodic portion of it was a grandiose thing. (all of it)

Maybe it's too much for you to wrap your head around.
PS: I was born in 68' thus it was all old news by the time I got to it, already over.

The first album i ever bought was a Foreigner Album with "Cold as Ice" on it.
I didn't discover Hendrix till many years later. (sigh) lol

And to think I had to wade through ABBA and all that bs. (uggghhhhh)
And Disco.. (dry heave)

Those were some stark, boring and sad years.

Yep Zip, very hypnotic and very Hendrix-esque.
I've never felt that anyone or anything even came as close to that juicy style as Trower did.

The vocals are just window dressing (imo).

When Trower first came out, everyone compared him to Hendrix, but that only lasted a little while, because everyone soon realized Trower had his own style that was only influenced by Hendrix. Having lived through it I may have a different perspective.

Jimmy Dewar's vocals were a HUGE part of the Trower sound. Every vocalist he's had since is just an imitation of Jimmy. Sorry you don't think vocals are that important - they are.

I basically learned the first three Trower albums when I was a youngster, he was one of my main influences.

Trower is one of my favorite guitarist.

I try to see him whenever he plays in my area these days. Hes got great vibrato in his left hand, just amazes me how he can squeeze a note. One of the masters in my opinion.

Loved Trower, and yes people did compare him to Hendrix. I never saw why though. He stood out as a distinct sound. I some ways, he picked up where hendix left off and innovated a lot of electric signature.