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Walter Trout - 2019 - Survivor Blues (qobuz Hi Res) [FLAC@96khz24bit]
Artist: Walter Trout
Title: Survivor Blues (qobuz Hi Res)
Format: 12 × File, FLAC, Album, Remastered, 24bit 96kHz (qobuz Hi Res)
Producer: Eric Corne, Marie Trout
Release Date: January 25, 2019
Recorded: September, 2018 - October, 2018 at Horse Latitudes Recording Studios and Kingsize Soundlabs, Los Angeles, CA
Label: Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Duration: 65:01
Walter Trout:
Wikipedia:
Walter Trout (born March 6, 1951, Ocean City, New Jersey, United States) is an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
Trout's career began on the Jersey coast scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He then decided to relocate to Los Angeles where he became a sideman for Percy Mayfield and Deacon Jones. He also worked in the bands of John Lee Hooker and Joe Tex.
In 1981 he became the guitarist for Canned Heat. This led to an invitation to play in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers where he shared the stage with fellow guitarist Coco Montoya. Trout recalled in a 2018 interview with Blues Radio International that while playing with John Mayall, he was rescued from a complete descent into alcohol and substance abuse by a post-gig encounter with Carlos Santana. Trout left the Bluesbreakers in 1989 and formed the 'Walter Trout Band' which developed a successful following in Europe, especially Scandinavia where he was managed by Thomas Helweg. The Walter Trout Band made its UK debut in Blackpool after being brought to the UK by the late Mick Schofield in 1990. Walter also made an appearance at the Redcar Blues Festival the same year and was also interviewed by Bob Harris before returning to the US for his wedding.
In 1994 the official Walter Trout Fan Club for the Netherlands and Belgium was founded, followed in 1996 by the official International Fan Club which has members in 14 countries in Europe, America, Asia and Australia. In 2006 the official International Fan club celebrated its tenth anniversary by giving fan club members an exclusive live CD recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada, which was the last performance of the late bassist, Jimmy Trapp, who died in 2005.
In 1998 Trout released his self-titled US debut album and renamed his band 'Walter Trout and the Free Radicals' (later renamed 'Walter Trout and the Radicals' and currently simply 'Walter Trout'). Since that time Trout has been recording and touring in North America, Europe and India.
In 2002, he was featured on the Bo Diddley tribute album, Hey Bo Diddley – A Tribute!, performing the song "Road Runner" and many more guest appearances on other recordings.
In 2013, his album, Luther's Blues, was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Rock Blues Album of the Year' category.
In June 2013, while touring Germany, Trout got the first signs that he was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver. With his health deteriorating, he continued to tour until told he needed a liver transplant within 90 days. Supported by donations from fans, his wife raised the money needed for the operation. In 2015 Trout had recovered and was able to go on Tour in Europe.
His 2015 album, Battle Scars, chronicles his battle with liver failure.
In November 2015, Trout became a patron of The British Liver Trust so that he can help raise awareness and much needed funding. “I’m only still here because someone donated their liver” he said.
In 2016, he won two Blues Music Awards for "Gonna Live Again" (Song of the Year), and the Rock Blues Album of the Year for Battle Scars.
Survivor Blues:
Blues Rock Review by Meghan Roos:
Walter Trout is back, and he’s once again encouraging his listeners to embrace the blues in a new way. For Survivor Blues, which Trout recorded for release on Provogue Records at Robby Krieger’s private studio in Los Angeles, Trout had dozens of songs in mind that he was interested in covering and, with the help of his wife Marie, narrowed the list down to 12. Odds are good that you haven’t heard most of these, even if you are a diehard blues fan—and that’s precisely the point of this album.
“The songs are survivors,” Trout recently told Blues Rock Review. “They remain beautiful and relevant.” Trout’s idea for this project came when he heard Muddy Waters’ oft-covered “Got My Mojo Workin’” on the radio—another cover by yet another band. After spending decades immersed in the genre as both a fan and contributor of new material, Trout recognized the value of exposing new audiences to classic songs and realized there was an opportunity for him to do the same with songs that are often overlooked.
Beginning with Jimmy Dawkins’ “Me, My Guitar and the Blues,” Survivor Blues takes listeners through songs by Sunnyland Slim, Otis Rush, J.B. Lenoir and others, with Trout skillfully steering his band through heavy hitters like “Woman Don’t Lie” and “It Takes Time” and transforming Lenoir’s delicate “God’s Word” into the slow burner that concludes the album. Like most of Trout’s projects, Survivor Blues features a nod to John Mayall, hearkening back to Trout’s time performing with Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and the collaborations they’ve shared as peers and friends in the years since. After revisiting Mayall’s catalog, Trout chose “Nature’s Disappearing” for its cultural relevance and the challenge it posed to bring the tempo and volume down. “We approached it very differently, very quietly,” Trout said. “There’s not even one drum fill. We really tried to pay homage to the original, but we also tried to keep it dynamically quiet.”
The effort behind this version of “Nature’s Disappearing” is what makes Trout’s records so exciting: At 67 years old, he’s eager to tackle new challenges with each project and doesn’t settle for easy answers when picking his next move. His vocals are strong and his guitar playing is on point, as sharp and focused as ever. Now that Survivor Blues has wrapped, Trout already has his sights set on the challenges ahead: first an American tour with dates through April, then whittling down what he estimates to be 150 original songs, a handful of which will appear on an album that he hopes to release in late 2019. The year is shaping up to be an exciting one for Trout—and it all starts when Survivor Blues officially drops on January 25.
Mascot Label Group Review:
Walter Trout Returns with a new deep blues cover album.
No ordinary artist. No ordinary covers album. From the day he conceived the project to the moment he counted off the first song in the studio, Walter Trout had a bolder plan for Survivor Blues. "I'm riding in my car sometimes," says the US blues titan. "I've got a blues station on – and here’s another band doing Got My Mojo Workin'. And there's a little voice in me that says, 'Does the world need another version of that song?' So I came up with an idea. I didn’t want to do Stormy Monday or Messin' With The Kid. I didn't want to do the blues greatest hits. I wanted to do old, obscure songs that have hardly been covered. And that’s how Survivor Blues started…"
Tracklist:
01. Me, My Guitar And The Blues (7:02)
02. Be Careful How You Vote (3:56)
03. Woman Don't Lie (Feat. Sugaray Rayford) (5:2
04. Sadie (4:45)
05. Please Love Me (3:47)
06. Nature's Disappearing (6:36)
07. Red Sun (4:27)
08. Something Inside Of Me (6:3
09. It Takes Time (4:1
10. Out Of Bad Luck (5:01)
11. Goin' Down To The River (Feat. Robby Krieger) (6:53)
12. God's Word (6:17)
Personnel:
Walter Trout - Primary Artist, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Teddy Andreadis - Wurlitzer
Eric Corne - Mastering, Mixing, Producer, Shaker
Skip Edwards - Hammond B3, Keyboards
Johnny Griparic - Bass
Robby Krieger - Featured Artist, Slide Guitar
Michael Leasure - Drums
Sugaray Rayford - Featured Artist, Vocals
Marie Trout - Executive Producer, Liner Notes
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