Trevor Rabin

Trevor Rabin (born Trevor Charles Rabin on January 13, 1954) is a South African guitarist and film composer, best known for being the guitarist and writer for the band Yes from 1983 - 1995, and since then, as a film composer.

The UK

By 1979, Rabin emigrated to Britain, where he began his career as producer and session player. Some of his prominent work included South African vocalist Margaret Singana ("Where Is The Love") and fellow expatriate, Manfred Mann and his Earth Band. Rabin still found time to record Face to Face, touring England in support of Steve Hillage in early 1980.

Related Topics:
Margaret Singana - Manfred Mann

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Neither Trevor Rabin nor its follow-up succeeded commercially, although they enhanced his reputation for versatile songwriting and tasteful guitar melodies. With the advent of punk in the late '70s, Trevor Rabin began looking for more fertile ground for what would be characterised in the U.S. as Album Oriented Rock AOR.

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With 1981's Wolf, Rabin severed ties with Chrysalis Records. His third album featured some of his best guitar performances, and it benefited from the co-producer, Ray Davies of The Kinks. Wolf marked Rabin's collaboration with bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Simon Phillips, whose presence underscored Rabin's potential within a band format. However, Rabin would move to Los Angeles to sign with David Geffen. Rabin briefly considered joining the supergroup Asia, featuring former Yes members Steve Howe and Geoffrey Downes, but the project did not interest him. Although Geffen Records dropped him in 1982, Trevor Rabin kept composing material for a projected fourth solo album.

Related Topics:
David Geffen - Asia - Steve Howe - Geoffrey Downes

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