Maybe a few people who have never heard "Owner Of A Broken Heart," megahit of Yes weblog 1983. Few, surely, however, are those who know the name of him who was the architect of that sound: Trevor Rabin. Trevor Charles Rabinowitz was born in South Africa January 13, 1954 from a musical family: his father is Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra first violin. As a child takes piano lessons, at age 12 he discovered his talent for guitar rock. In 1974 he formed his first band, Rabbitt, with whom he recorded two albums, Boys Will Be Boys (1975) and A croak & a grunt in the Night (1977), which also earned him national recognition. The Rabbitt, unfortunately, can not go on tour abroad because of the pro apartheid policy of their country, so Rabin decided to leave the band and in 1978 he moved to London to pursue a solo career. Between 1978 and 1980 recorded three albums, "Trevor Rabin" (also known by the title of "Beginnings", 1978), "Face to Face" (1980) and "Wolf" (1981), the latter made the former Cream bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Simon Phillips, in which highlights a rock mature and varied, expressive voice and excellent guitar playing. In 1981, knows Chris Squire and Alan White, drummer and bassist, respectively, of the legendary progressive band Yes, just broke up, and they decided to start a new musical project, which soon took the name of Cinema. Keyboards, after the resignation of Eddie Jobson (UK, Jethro Tull), the three historic recruit another member of Yes, Tony Kaye. The search for the singer is more labor intensive: at first he was contacted Trevor Horn (former lead singer of Yes on the unfortunate "Drama", 1980), che declina; poi si pensa di affidare l'incarico allo stesso Rabin, infine un fortuito incontro a Los Angeles tra Squire e Jon Anderson, voce originale degli Yes (ancora loro!), scioglie ogni dubbio. A questo punto, con 4 ex membri degli Yes su cinque, la scelta di riesumare il mitico monicker appare scontata, nonostante lo scetticismo dello stesso Rabin, che non vuole correre il rischio di essere considerato dai fans della band madre come il sostituto di Steve Howe, quanto piuttosto come il chitarrista di una nuova band. Nel 1983 viene pubblicato "90125" (nome preso dal numero di catalogo con il quale esce per l'Atlantic), che trascinato dal singolo "Owner of a broken Heart" si rivela essere uno dei dischi più venduti della storia del gruppo. The entry of Rabin, which in addition to composing many of the songs and playing the guitar, often duets with Anderson on lead vocals and plays keyboards, is instrumental in its success. It 's true that, apart from the angelic voice of Jon Anderson and some distinctive vocal mixes, the new course of Yes music has nothing in common with the original sound of Rabin's guitar is more modern, hard, essential, than that of Howe (who has never made any secret of not stand it), but knows if necessary repeat brilliantly virtuosic twists that made her famous predecessor. In 1987 it was the turn of "Big Generator", which contains the single "Love Will Find A Way", written entirely by Rabin. At this point ancient disagreements emerge between Chris Squire and Jon Anderson, resulting in official documents and courtrooms: the band broke up. In 1989, Rabin took the opportunity to release his fourth solo album, "Can not Look Away." In 1991 he re-formed Yes with training extended to eight elements: "Union" is the title, significantly, their new album. Ups and downs Rabin continues to play with them until 1995, when he leaves, determined to devote himself to composing soundtracks: These include "Armageddon," "Gone in 60 Seconds," "Flyboys," and Snakes on a Plane ". Musician little known and appreciated by the public, but estimated by experts, Trevor Rabin was a multi-instrumentalist rock di assoluto valore, ottimo compositore.e arrangiatore, valente esecutore. A chi ancora non lo conosce consigliamo di recuperare, a parte i dischi incisi con gli Yes - soprattutto i primi due -, almeno il terzo e quarto da solista, considerata la difficile reperibilità dei due cd dei Rabbitt. Non è detto che, tra un Linkin Park e un Green Day, tra un Interpol e un Kid Rock, per non scomodare le icone dell'hard & heavy o del prog rock, non riesca a ritagliarsi un piccolo spazio nella vostra discografia.
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