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Mr Brooker at the piano in his leather weskit, microphone on a long boom Jerry Lee style. | |||
| Robin Trower lets rip: the vocal mike for
him suggests that these pictures date from post Wish
me Well Matthew Fisher in the background at the Hammond. I can see no Leslie in sight |
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BJ Wilson at rest, with the fairly minimal kit that is familiar at that period. BtP features several photos of Barrie in that particular shirt! | |||
| Wholly characteristic Trower pose, and a glimpse into the workings of Matthew's Hammond. Larry Pennisi informs us that this is not a C3 but an M-102. 'The slope of the sides surrounding the keyboard is arched and the C3 had absolutely straight lines to it. It is also lower to the ground than the C3.' |
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Randy Barnett writes, 'Trower is using a mid - late '50s Les Paul Special (Gibson would not reissue this guitar until much later). Interesting choice of weapon - most of his contemporaries would play the humbucking pickup-equipped higher end Les Paul models or Strats. Lesley West is the only other guitarist that seemed to favor P-90 pickup guitars (I think he had a Junior - single pickup version, almost a student model). These guitars are worth a fortune now due to their unique sound and relatively low survival rate. | |||
| Another glimpse of Robin and Matthew,
with further lurkers by the Hammond. Note the lack of psychedelic light-show on that somewhat dreary rear wall! |
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The predominance of Trower photographs underlines one of the band's image-problems: the vocalist is sitting at the piano and you never see him face-on. This problem was overcome on 1990s tours when the digital piano largely took over from the acoustic grand, and allowed Gary to face outwards from the middle of the band. | |||
| It appears that Gary is crossing the stage while guitar and drums are still playing ... or perhaps this was taken at a soundcheck? |
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A very rare glimpse of Dave Knights, between the Commander and our beloved Octopus. Robin seems understandably reluctant to let go of his prize guitar: not so Dave his bass. | |||
| Coming offstage, BJ, Robin, Matthew in fetching jacket with gold trim. Who's that lurking in the background? Could it conceivably be Kellogs? |
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