Plymouth, NH: Walter Trout will perform songs from his newest album “Survivor Blues” at The
Flying Monkey in Plymouth on Thursday, April 13th at 7:30pm. Tickets for this concert start at $29.
Walter Trout is the beating heart of the modern blues
rock scene, respected by the old guard, revered by the young guns, and adored
by the fans who shake his hand after the show each night. After five decades in
the game, Trout is a talismanic figure and part of the glue that bonds the
blues community together, at a time when the wider world has never been so
divided.
Born on March 6, 1951 in Ocean
City, N.J., Trout started his career in the Garden State in the late 1960s. In
a cool video about the making of Survivor Blues, which is published on his
website, Trout recalls how as a 16- or 17-year-old he met B.B. King. After
spotting King in a New Jersey record store, he asked him for an autograph,
saying he loved the blues and was trying to figure it out on the guitar. King
ended up talking to him for more than one hour. One thing’s for sure: That
conversation did not discourage young Walter Trout to pursue the blues!
Initially a sideman for the
likes of John Lee Hooker, Joe Tax and John Mayall during the ’70s and 80s, and
starting from 1989, as a solo artist. This year, Trout has released a covers
album aptly titled Survivor Blues, featuring tunes he feels have been
underappreciated. Since there are only so many ways you can play the blues,
it’s all about execution. If you dig electric blues, you’re in for treat!
“I didn’t want to do ‘Stormy
Monday’ or ‘Messin’ With The Kid.’ I didn’t want to do the Blues greatest
hits,” Trout commented on the new album. I wanted to do old, obscure songs that
have hardly been covered…My idea was to do these songs like me, to arrange them
for my band and style – not to just copy the originals note-for-note.”
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