LIVINGSTON BROWN BASSIST PRODUCER ROOTS AND BRANCHES, THE PLAYFUL HEART, WHAT LIES BENEATH.
TOURED WITH TROWER IN THE LATE 90S WITH DRUMMER CLIVE MAYUYU
REG WEBB KEYBOARDS ON "PASSION" AND "TAKE WHAT YOU NEED
PAUL PAGE
PRODUCER ENGINEER MIXING ON LIVING OUT OF TIME 2004, KEYBOARDS ON GO MY WAY 2000, ANOTHER DAYS BLUES
"" To be a record producer is to be the one person who moulds, shapes, masterminds and oversees the creation of music from raw chords and lyrics, through performance and creation in the studio, to a finished album ready for the world to hear and enjoy. The record producer is the ultimate musician and the recording studio is his or her instrument. The world’s biggest, most complex and most expensive instrument in fact - and the most difficult to master. ""
The name Paul Page has been associated with the work of Robin Trower since the release of
1997's "Someday Blues" . Producer, Bass, Keyboards, Mixing, recording and even a photography credits are found on Someday Blues, Go My Way Living Out Of Times.
I have always been interested in the behind the scenes aspect of Robin's music.
STEEVI BACON
DRUMMER ON FOUR TRACKS "GO MY WAY' ONE TRACK ON "ANOTHER DAYS BLUES'
Robin Trower's release of 2000's Go My Way was once again, a change of direction for his music. This is a very raw album with a new sound, Robin still at the mic for the most part and new vocalist Richard Watts is heard for the first time. Robin recorded with three drummers for this cd, Alvino Bennett, Chris Taggert and Steevi Bacon.
Steevi saw my site and wrote in to say hi. A really friendly guy, who I asked, after a number of emails, if he would share a bit of the experience of being in the studio recording Go My Way.
November 1999 U.K.
After passing a nerve racking audition whilst invited to jam with Robin in the recording studio, I was booked to record the last few tracks on Go MyWay scheduled to carry on at the beginning of the New Year...
January 2nd 2000 U.K.
We all met at the rehearsal studio (Robin, Richard and myself ) the day after New Years Day where we worked on the pre-production of many, many mind-blowing tunes for nigh on a week...
"where were the tunes coming from?" I kept asking myself!
I could see Robin was putting us thru our paces as well as seeing how the material sat within the trio, (his attention to detail -impeccable)..until he had decided which tracks were favourites for the Album...
I found Robin to be not only an incredible musician, but he had a "way" (maybe his smile!!) to coax and encourage exactly what he needed out of his band members so as to bring the songs to life... my flash 'chops' were not welcome here... less was most certainly more!!
A week later I started recording live with Robin and Richard at Trackside II (my good friend Paul Page's Studio- He co-produced with Robin - as it was actually Paul that recommended me to Robin.
( cheers m8!)
The recording sessions were both challenging and rewarding, we got such an earthy sound from my kit... the 24" kick just bit into the 2"master tape!!
The songs had their own pockets and grooves... you just had to go with them like a moth to a flame...
The colour palettes Robin uses are very seductive... his music seemed to have a life of its own, we just needed to be there to let it thru us ...
Richard was also an inspiration to work with and I later went on to play on his own solo album -Radiate
It was a real honour to work for the legend that is Robin and to be asked to' fill in' for Alvino Bennett.... a drummer so way outa my league - Steevi Bacon
Steevi's website
ADDITIONAL ARTISTS
WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE MUSIC
HAZEL FERNANDEZ VOCALS ON ONE TRACK OFF ' ANOTHER DAYS BLUES'
ROBIN ON LIVI
CLIVE MAYUYU ;
ROBIN MET CLIVE I BELIEVE AT THE NIGHT OF THE GUITARS AND HE ALONG WITH LIVY WERE THE HOUSE BAND FOR ALL THE ARTISTS. A MUTUAL LIKING BROUGHT ABOUT ROBINS TOURING BAND IN THE 90S
WORK IN PROGRESS
