SOMEBODY FORGOT TO TELL ROBIN Trower that, at the age of 72, he’s supposed to be slowing down. In 2016, the veteran guitar master issued Where You Are Going To, packed with enough fiery blues-rock to satisfy his legion of fans for years, and he recently followed it up with Time and Emotion [V-12], a deeper, more expansive and extravagant work on which he raises the bar for brawny, soul-rattling soloing to almost vertiginous heights.
“I don’t see any reason to stop,” he says, adding, somewhat casually, that he’s working on yet another new record. “The fact is that I write a lot, and I enjoy playing, so I keep making records. Now, that said, I’m always trying to improve, and I imagine that will continue. Certainly, in this last…
