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Introduction:


A series of essays wherein I explore the numerous musical identities of my favorite musician: from child prodigy to teen idol to guitar hero to singer/songwriter to award-winning in-demand film composer.
Featuring news/updates and commentary/analysis of Trevor's career and associated projects.
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Saturday, February 16, 2019

it's always "Now"

Spotted on Instagram: this album, released a couple months back by Swedish AOR/Melodic Rock vocalist Peter Sundell, features a cover of (and is named for) Trevor's song "Now" from 1979's Face To Face - which I'm happily in favor of as I believe it's one of the best efforts in Trevor's solo career.  And from what little I've been able to hear of the title track, it sounds like it has an interesting arrangement with some orchestral flourishes.
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Peter Sundell / Now (2018) 🎵Only Time Will Tell 🎵Endless Summer スウェーデンの実力派シンガーの1stソロは彼が影響を受けたアーティスト達の名曲を歌うカヴァー作品💿 . 清涼感溢れる美声による歌唱が堪能できるのは勿論、 マニアを喜ばせる選曲が素晴らしく全てがツボ! . 1. #Airplay / Stranded 2. #TrevorRabin / Now 3. #TheTubes / Don't Want To Wait Anymore 4. #GlenHughes #PatThrall / The Look In Your Eye 5. #Asia / Only Time Will Tell 6. #DavidRoberts / Someone Like You 7. #BillyJoel / All For Leyna 8. #Kansas / Dust In The Wind 9. #Survivor / Poor Man's Son 10. #TheLACowboys / Endless Summer 11. #Vandenberg / Different Worlds . #2018 #PeterSundell #ピータースンデル #GrandIllusion Guests #ChristianSundell #JakobLindahl #OlaAfTrampe etc. Writers #DavidFoster #JayGraydon #FeeWaybill #GeoffDownes #JohnWetton #KerryLivgren #JimPetrik #AdrianVandenberg etc. . #cd #cdcollection #rock
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However, this release appears to be rather difficult to find in that I haven't been able to locate it on any of the digital distribution platforms, and it seems the CD itself was a limited release in territories other than the US.  And that's unfortunate as I would really love to hear the album.


As can be viewed from the tracklisting (which you can see in the second photo of the Instagram post), this album features various classic rock covers (it seems, at least from the intro, that his version of Airplay's "Stranded" is nearly note-perfect) and I find it interesting that Peter also included the Asia song "Only Time Will Tell" which long-time fans know Trevor sang during his "audition" process with that band.