Rickter Scale Show 199

[raysrealm]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

Robin Trower - from "Passion" (1987):

Caroline
Secret Doors
If Forever
Passion
Night
Bad Time

This is one of his lesser known records, the first to employ the vocals of Davey Pattison, former Gamma (Ronnie Montrose) vocalist. After his great
70's records, Trower hit a lull with records like In City Dreams, until he teamed up with Jack Bruce to do the BLT and Truce releases. Passion is more slick (due the production of bassist Dave Bronze), and sometimes goes into straight ahead rock. This is very evident on the opening track, one of my favorite Trower tunes. Davey Pattison sings his ass off, and Trower hits some great leads, although not as edgy as his blues-oriented material. The songs here will give you a good sampling.

This is a sort of forgotten one and nice to see it get a little time here. I always liked Pattison's vocals and I think they really work well with Trower's guitar work on this album. Like you said, it's not as raw as the early stuff but it's quite good and different. Speaking of Trower, I remember seeing hm back at the Baltimore Civic Center in...hmm...1976 or so...3 band bill with his band, Leslie West/Mountain and Montrose! That was a lead guitar bloodbath. My ears are still ringing 30+ years later.