Walter Trout
NewMusicforOldFolks says …
If you like searing guitar solos or just album names with fish puns, Walter Trout is the guy for you. Trout, who has played backing the likes of John Lee Hooker and John Mayall, has battled through severe liver disease and a transplant to return to the stage and recording studio a little thinner but just as scorching on the guitar. Following his illness, The Blues Came Callin' was one of Trout's best albums and the followup Battle Scars is out Oct. 23. I started with Live Trout in 2000.
Artist's Info
Website: waltertrout.com
See him live: Tour dates
Record company: Provogue Records
Genre: Blues
If you like this, look into: Joe Bonamassa, Tinsley Ellis, Coco Montoya
Bio (From the artist's website)
With bristling energy, unflagging virtuosity and lyrics that cut to the core of human hope and willpower, Walter Trout’s new album, Battle Scars, chronicles his horrific battle with liver failure. But the 12-song set, which will be released worldwide by Mascot Label Group’s Provogue Records on October 23 also captures the international guitar hero, on a new high — playing and singing at the peak of his abilities, infusing even his darkest numbers with creative joy that sweeps like a beacon. "I’m thrilled about this album, about my life and about my music,” says Trout, who returned to the stage in June at the prestigious Lead Belly Festival in London’s Royal Albert Hall. “I feel that I’m reborn as a songwriter, a singer, a guitarist and a human being. I have a new chance at being the best musician and the best man that I can be. And I’m incredibly happy and grateful.” (more)
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Recordings
Most Recent
THE BLUES CAME CALLIN' (2014): Recorded throughout 2013 and early 2014, the new album features 12 new songs including 10 originals. Walter appropriately covers John Mayall for the occasion, as he was a member of the Bluesbreakers. Walter searches his soul on this album and lays it bare allowing new appreciation for life. The blues comes full circle; both as a reflective statement about his life and career, and as an all-penetrating desire to get back on stage and do what he loves most.
OTHERS
Walter Trout
Life in the Jungle (1990)
Prisoner of a Dream (1990)
Transition (1992)
No More Fish Jokes (live) (1992)
Tellin' Stories (1994)
Breaking The Rules (1995)
Positively Beale St. (1997)
Walter Trout and the Free Radicals
Livin' Every Day (1999)
Face The Music (Live) (200)
Live Trout (2000)
Walter Trout and the Radicals
Go The Distance (2001)
Relentless (2003)
Deep Trout: The Early Years of Walter Trout (2005)
Full Circle (featuring guest artists) (2006)
Walter Trout
The Outsider (2008)
Unspoiled By Progress: 20 Years of Hardcore Blues (2009)
Common Ground (2010)
Blues For The Modern Daze (2012)
