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Nov 6, 2018 · There were a lot of great guitar bands in the late Seventies, but one of the greatest to see in concert was the Pat Travers Band. The ultimate lineup — consisting of Pat Travers and Pat Thrall on dueling lead guitars and the rhythm section of Peter “Mars” Cowling on bass and Tommy Aldridge on drums (before he left to join Ozzy Osbourne’s band) — was a powerhouse dynamo, but ...
Apr 12, 2022 · Several years later, in 1979, Travers and his rhythm section – bassist Peter “Mars” Cowling and drummer Tommy Aldridge – were in a Miami rehearsal studio working on material for his fifth studio album, Crash and Burn. Hours went by as the band waited for their second guitarist, Pat Thrall, to show. “We jammed on a number of things ...
Sep 4, 2024 · Travers and his band take a metallized spin on this old time blues classic, reinventing it from ’50s barroom brawler to a ’70s arena anthem, complete with a shout-along chorus. You’ve definitely heard this bad boy on FM radio enough over the years to know when Travers says, “Boom boom!”, you go, “Out go the lights!”.
Sep 9, 2023 · Rising star Pat Thrall quit to hook up with Travers’s old pal Glenn Hughes in Hughes/Thrall. “It wasn’t a surprise”, says Travers. “We all knew each other and moved in the same circles.”. Tommy Aldridge left to work with Gary Moore on the Dirty Fingers album, and would soon tour in Ozzy Osbourne ’s Blizzard Of Ozz.
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During 1977, Travers added a second guitarist to his band, changed drummers twice including using Clive Edwards, and by the time Heat in the Street was released in 1978 had put together the Pat Travers Band. [2] This grouping featured Travers on vocals and guitar, Pat Thrall on guitar, Cowling on bass, and Tommy Aldridge on drums and percussion ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Born in Toronto in 1954, Travers first picked up the guitar just prior to entering his teens, after witnessing a local performance by the great Jimi Hendrix. Guitar mentors: It wasn’t long before Travers was studying the other top rock guitarists of the day (Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, etc.), and paying his dues by playing in bar bands in the Quebec area.
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Aug 26, 2021 · Happy Birthday Pat Thrall. Guitarist Extroadinaire for Pat Travers Band, Meat Loaf & Hughes Thrall. I took this picture in 1989. #photographybydavidplastik #vintagemusicimages #patthrall
