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jalan48

(13,884 posts)
Tue Mar 7, 2023, 01:13 AM Mar 2023

Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs

"The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bequeathed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri",[2][3] from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_Sighs

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Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs (Original Post) jalan48 Mar 2023 OP
Sweet BigOleDummy Mar 2023 #1
Great Song ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #2

BigOleDummy

(2,272 posts)
1. Sweet
Tue Mar 7, 2023, 09:16 AM
Mar 2023

Was JUST thinking of posting this song a few days ago. Great minds, huh? lol Of course you could take ANY song from that album and post it to amaze people.

ProfessorGAC

(65,170 posts)
2. Great Song
Tue Mar 7, 2023, 03:49 PM
Mar 2023

I was in Venice a few times. Went to see The Bridge Of Sighs once, just because of this song.
Robin was one of my first influences when I added guitar to my repertoire even though this album was a few years old.
The sound he gets with a Strat on the middle pickup. On this song (which opens the album) you can really tell he was a Hendrix disciple.

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