Subj : Robin Trower - on tour..
To   : Brett Mccoy
From : Martin Ridgley
Date : Tue Jul 25 2000 12:48 pm

-=> BRETT MCCOY wrote to MARTIN RIDGLEY <=-

MR> Robin Trower - there's a name I haven't heard for a while.
MR> What's he up to (musically) these days?

BM> I'm not sure what he's doing anymore or if he's still even playing.
BM> He's been around town here (Washington, DC area) a few times in the
BM> past decade, but it has been a while.  He may have retired, for all
BM> we know.

  Apparently, not.  I just did a quick check and found that he's
actually on tour in the southern U.S. right now.  Here's the dates
for anyone who might be interested:

                 Robin Trower Tour
                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Date                 City                        Venue
  ~~~~                 ~~~~                        ~~~~~
Tues.   07/25/00      Myrtle Beach, SC            House Of Blues
Wed.    07/26/00      Greenville, SC              The Handlebar
Thurs.  07/27/00      Atlanta, GA                 Variety Playhouse
Fri.    07/28/00      Jacksonville, FL            Florida Theatre
Sat.    07/29/00      Lake Buena Vista, FL        House Of Blues
Sun.    07/30/00      West Palm Beach, FL         Carefree Theatre
Wed.    08/02/00      Petersburg, FL              Jannus Landing
Fri.    08/04/00      New Orleans, LA             House Of Blues
Sat.    08/05/00      Lafayette, LA               Grant Street Dance Hall
Sun.    08/06/00      Houston, TX                 City Streets
Mon.    08/07/00      Austin, TX                  Antone's
Wed.    08/09/00      Dallas, TX                  Canyon Club

BM> He's definitely a guy who can play a single note that is worth far
BM> more than album's worth of Yngwie's scale ripping.

  Hehe... yeah, I always liked Trower's playing, if not his songwriting
and choice of lead vocalists.  I believe he's just done a blues album,
too.  That's going to be another one for The List!   ;-)

   Cheers,
            Martin
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