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Robin Trower

Blues
Blues

Robin Trower is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Clive Bunker, Gypsy, Matthew Fisher, Jimi Hendrix and James Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Robin Trower arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Free, Humble Pie, Roy Buchanan, Ten Years After and James Gang, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Chris Reifert, Roy Z, Paul Gilbert and Robert Fripp, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Robin Trower, reaching back through Clive Bunker and forward to Chris Reifert. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Robin TrowerClive BunkerGypsyMatthew FisherJimi HendrixJames BrownGeoff EmerickChris ReifertRoy ZPaul GilbertRobert FrippFreeHumble PieRoy BuchananTen Years AfterJames GangWishbone AshPeter GreenThe Jeff Healey Band

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Robin Trower connections

Robin Trower grew out of Clive Bunker, Gypsy, Matthew Fisher and Jimi Hendrix, shares an orbit with Free, Humble Pie, Roy Buchanan and Ten Years After, went on to shape Chris Reifert, Roy Z, Paul Gilbert and Robert Fripp. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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