Tom Robinson Band

[Hobbayne]

Came across this old chestnut on the tube. Simple but effective bass playing from young Tom.

 

[Raymondo]

I'm not averse to a bit of the old Tom Robinson band ….life was simpler then🙂

I saw the man ,on his own, when he played what is now called the Splendour festival ( I think it was then the plain old Heineken Music festival )  in Nottingham a few years back.

His solo rendition of "War Baby" was mightily impressive.😎

[casapete]

Saw TRB in the late 70’s at Bridlington Spa, really good band. The guitarist (Danny Kurstow?) was particularly impressive, at a time when punk / new wave players often weren’t. I’ve still got their first album somewhere.

[Steve Browning]

Yes. I was a fan back in the day and agree about Danny Kustow, a very fine guitar player. TR seems to be a very genuine and pleasant bloke although I have to disagree with his taste in Cortinas, my 1600E was aubergine.

[geoffbyrne]

1 hour ago, Steve Browning said:

....my 1600E was aubergine.

They were ALL aubergine at one time .. I remember looking down at a motorway trafficjam running through the centre of Glasgow and at least 9 out of 10 cars were aubergine.

 

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[Norris]

I saw him at a festival last year. Although I wasn't particularly a fan, his set was one of the highlights for me. He gave us a bit of his life story as he played through his hits. A very eloquent and entertaining performance. 

Oh, and it was fantastic hearing 5000 people singing along to Glad To Be Gay at the tops of their voices