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Rock Stars have long developed reputations as being ladies men. Here you can catch Jimmy in a private moment with some of his very favorite ladies. With three daughters and a loving wife Jimmy had a built-in female fanbase! CK

Andy Fraser began playing bass with John Mayall at just 15 years of age. Soon after, he left to become a founding member of the rock band Free and for the next 4 years Andy worked closely with vocal phenom Paul Rodgers. While Andy remains active in music to this day he may always be best known for co-writing and producing the Free rock anthem "All Right Now". With credentials like this, praise should not be taken lightly and praise is exactly what Andy offers of our dear friend Mr. Dewar. Many thanks to our good friend Richard Devlin for soliciting these words from Andy and our very sincere thanks and best wishes to Mr. Fraser as well. CK

"My association with Jimmy was made close through our mutual friend Frankie Miller. Free and the Robin Trower Group did several gigs together,  but Frankie was the one who brought him down to my house and opened my eyes to his incredible talent.

Just such a decent guy, hard working, lots of  kids to take care of, and obviously such a brotherhood between he and Frankie, who was always such a supporter of any Scotsman, especially if he was talented. I wonder if because I was born Andrew McIan Fraser, Frankie felt I just had to be alright with such a Scottish name.

Jimmy is such an incredible loss. His soulful singing speaks for itself, but mainly he was such easy going, accessible guy, not caught up in the usual nonsense so prevalent in the music industry."  AF

Now, I do not know who "CarlFia" may be but I feel I should clarify this is not me. He is however an ardent fan of the Robin Trower Band as anyone can see from the many YouTube postings he has shared of rare early Trower recordings. Possibly the most interesting James Dewar recording I have heard is a version of Daydream allegedly from 1973. The band is in good form but Jimmy has an even deeper and richer tone than normal (if that is possible) and I am glad to say that the recoding is plenty clear with Jimmy's voice well defined. I hope you enjoy and many thanks to "CarlFia"! CK



I have tried my hand at creating an iMovie video containing many of the photos from this site and a rare live recording of Jimmy with the RTB from 1976. I was actually at this concert and it was a magical night captured at the peak of Robin, Bill and Jimmy's talents. This is actually a cover that they did of a song written by the Gavin Sutherland in 1972. Although several artists including Rod Stewart released this song throughout the mid-seventies, none had the raw power and passion of the Trower version.

In an interview done with Jimmy shortly before he passed, he was quoted as having said he did not care for this song (the interview can be found on Steve Shail's site). I happen to like the song but what I find incredible is that Jimmy could knock this right out of the park despite evidently disliking the song. The man never ceases to amaze.

I have restored and enhanced the audio as best I can. The recording is low tech but absolutely worth a listen. I hope you enjoy!

Turn it up LOUD!

Carl

Respected drummer for Fairport Convention and many studio sessions, Dave Mattocks shares a brief comment on Jimmy as he reflects on contribution to the Stumbledown Romancer sessions. Find Dave's contributor page here.

CK