The slow-burning blues single is featured on his latest album
The iconic British blues maestro Robin Trower continues his prolific period with the release of his new single, the slow-burning blues of “One Go Round.” The single is taken from his brand-new studio album, Come And Find Me, now set to be released on May 16th via Provogue.
The guitarist’s famed musicianship takes centre stage on the swampy “One Go Round,” which lived up to the “seize-the-day” lyric with its rapid birth in the studio. “That was almost an instant finished thing. It was like a hot knife through butter. All the lead work was improvised, and it’s exactly where I live. The lyrical meaning is pretty obvious. You only get one go round, so try and make the most of it,” Trower explains.
This follows the previous single “A Little Bit of Freedom,” which starts in combative style with a blast of wah guitar and a bold first line (“I don’t need no-one to think for me”). “I had a strong sense that red tape and rules are really constricting things in the world,” says Trower. “Too much red tape, not enough freedom to think – it’s got to where you feel straitjacketed.”
Trower stands on the cusp of a whirlwind year that will see him put down heavy miles across America and the UK (“I’m chomping at the bit, because I had to cancel a US tour last year due to an operation”).
Come And Find Me was tracked sporadically over a 12-month period at Newbury’s Studio 91, the setting for all Trower’s recent solo albums. The genesis of the project speaks volumes about the guitarist’s late-period momentum and high standards.
As he reaches his eighth decade, with a lifetime of accolades and a seminal body of music behind him, Robin Trower is still chasing the biggest high he knows. It always starts the same way, with a road-scuffed Fender Stratocaster and a revved-up Marshall amplifier, those skilful fingers exploring the fretboard until a riff sticks and a new song ignites. And from the cultural flashpoint of Sixties London with Procol Harum, through 1974’s stadium-filling Bridge Of Sighs, right up to this year’s acclaimed Come And Find Me, it’s these addictive moments of creation that have kept the guitarist vital, relevant and contemporary while his peers trade on past glories.
Always a sociable musician and generous collaborator, Trower enlisted his trusted studio band for Come And Find Me. Drummer Chris Taggart once again drives these powerful songs, with returning US bassist Glenn Letsch providing low end on “Tangled Love” and “I Fly Straight To You” with Trower playing the remainder.
Long-standing vocalist Richard Watts brilliantly interprets the guitarist’s highly personal lyric sheets. For the fairydust, Trower turned to Studio 91’s owner Sam Winfield for the engineering and final mix – but the guitarist was intimately involved with every element.
