#1914 – BRIDGE OF SIGHS – 12/15/2019

To my mind, a perfect song for a cold and snowy day here in Denver. The so-called BRIDGE OF SIGHS is located in Venice. It gained its name because the view of Venice from the bridge was the last a prisoner would see before completing the crossing to the confinement in the prison on the other side.

It is also the title track of Robin Trower’s second solo release after leaving Procol Harum the year before. Trower used the classic power trio recipe to create a string of exceptional albums throughout the 70’s with bassist/vocalist James Dewar and drummer Reg Isadore. The LP was the trio’s biggest commercial success and included many of what would become Trower’s standards.

It would be nice if the actual bridge were the reason for the evocative title, but actually it was the name of a horse in a sports magazine Trower had read and he thought it sounded cool. So much for THAT theory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHNQNv_XGuQ

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