Walter Trout
Walter Cooper Trout (born March 6, 1951 in Ocean City , New Jersey ) is an American composer , guitarist and singer . His music is a synthesis of blues and rock ( blues rock ).
Career
Since 1968 Walter Trout played with various bands and musicians, for example from 1979 to 1980 with the legendary blues musician John Lee Hooker . From 1980 to 1984 Trout was a member of the band Canned Heat before joining John Mayall from 1984 to 1989 .
In 1989 Trout founded the "Walter Trout Band", which was renamed from 1999 to "Walter Trout and the Radicals". In 2008 the band consisted of the following musicians: Walter Trout (guitar, vocals), Sammy Avila (keyboards), Michael Leasure (drums) and Rick Knapp (bass). In the summer of 2005, Rick Knapp replaced the previous bassist James Trapp, who died on August 24, 2005 of complications from heart disease at the age of 52. Andrew Elt, actually the band's tour manager, is the fifth member of the band since the Relentless tour. He was occasionally heard live as a background singer for Trout, but now he has also appeared as a solo singer alongside him. Walter Trout goes on tour with his band fairly regularly and also played a European tour in 2013. As part of the autumn tour he gave numerous concerts in Switzerland, Germany, England, France, the Netherlands and Italy ( Steinegg Live ). His tribute album Luther’s Blues was also released in 2013 - a homage to Luther Allison .
Walter Trout always introduces young, talented up-and-coming guitarists in the opening act of his concerts, such as Ian Parker, Steve Fister, Danny Bryant, Henrik Freischlader and Scott McKeon.
Because of a liver disease that cannot be treated with medication, he had been in the intensive care unit of a special clinic in Nebraska since March 2014 and received a new liver on May 26, 2014. A large-scale fundraiser had funded the operation as it was not covered by Trout's insurance.
Walter Trout survived the transplant and is on tour again, also in Europe in autumn 2015.
Discography
With canned heat
- 1981: Boogie Assault
- 1984: Heat Brothers '84
- 2003: Friends in the Can
With John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
- 1985: Behind the Iron Curtain
- 1987: Live at Iowa State University
- 1987: Power of the Blues
- 1988: Life in the Jungle
- 1988: Chicago Line
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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 US blues
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| 1994 | Tellin 'stories | - | - | - |
UK84 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: April 1994
as the Walter Trout Band |
| 2000 | Live trout | - | - | - | - |
US blues15 (1 week) US blues |
First published: June 13, 2000
with The Free Radicals; Double Live Album Recorded March 26th 2000, Tampa Bay Blues Festival |
| 2001 | Go the Distance | - | - | - | - |
US blues12 (2 weeks) US blues |
First published: May 22, 2001
with The Free Radicals Producer: Jim Gaines |
| 2003 | Relentless | - | - | - | - |
US blues12 (2 weeks) US blues |
First released: August 12, 2003
with The Free Radicals Producer: Jim Gaines |
| 2005 | Deep Trout: The Early Years of Walter Trout | - | - | - | - |
US blues13 (1 week) US blues |
First published: May 24, 2005
compilation |
| 2006 | Full circle | - | - | - | - |
US blues2 (17 weeks) US blues |
First published: June 20, 2006
Walter Trout and Friends Producer: Walter Trout |
| 2008 | The Outsider | - | - | - | - |
US blues3 (9 weeks) US blues |
First released: May 28, 2008
Producer: John Porter |
| 2009 | Unspoiled by Progress | - | - | - | - |
US blues5 (5 weeks) US blues |
First published: June 23, 2009
Producer: Walter Trout |
| 2010 | Common Ground |
DE98 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - |
US blues6 (7 weeks) US blues |
First published: July 5th, 2010
Producer: John Porter |
| 2012 | Blues for the Modern Daze |
DE33 (2 weeks) DE |
AT63 (1 week) AT |
CH96 (1 week) CH |
UK61 (1 week) UK |
US blues4 (17 weeks) US blues |
First published: April 23, 2012
Producers: Eric Corne, Walter Trout |
| 2013 | Luther's Blues: A Tribute to Luther Allison |
- | - | - | - |
US blues4 (8 weeks) US blues |
First released: June 10, 2013
as Walter Trout Band Producers: Eric Corne, Walter Trout |
| 2014 | The blues came callin ' |
DE50 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH71 (2 weeks) CH |
UK90 (1 week) UK |
US blues2 (14 weeks) US blues |
First published: June 2nd, 2014
Producers: Eric Corne, Walter Trout |
| 2015 | Battle Scars |
DE52 (1 week) DE |
AT57 (1 week) AT |
- |
UK54 (1 week) UK |
US blues2 (13 weeks) US blues |
First published: October 23, 2015
Producer: Eric Corne |
| 2016 | Alive in Amsterdam |
DE36 (1 week) DE |
AT51 (1 week) AT |
CH59 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First release: June 17th, 2016
Producers: Eric Corne, Walter Trout Live album |
| 2017 | We're All in This Together |
DE25 (2 weeks) DE |
AT33 (1 week) AT |
CH29 (3 weeks) CH |
UK62 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: September 1, 2017
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| 2019 | Survivor Blues |
DE27 (2 weeks) DE |
AT28 (1 week) AT |
CH18 (4 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: January 25, 2019
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| 2020 | Ordinary madness | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: August 28, 2020
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More albums
- 1989: Life in the Jungle (as Walter Trout Band; partly live)
- 1990: Prisoner of a Dream (as Walter Trout Band)
- 1992: Transition (as Walter Trout Band)
- 1992: Live: No More Fish Jokes (as Walter Trout Band; live album)
- 1995: Breaking the Rules (as Walter Trout Band)
- 1997: Positively Beale Street (as Walter Trout Band)
- 1998: Walter Trout
- 1999: Livin 'Every Day (with The Free Radicals)
- 2000: Face the Music: Live on Tour (with The Free Radicals; live album)
- 2007: Hardcore (live album)
- 2014: Walter Trout - Best of the Provogue Years (compilation)
Singles
- 1990: The Love That We Once Knew (as Walter Trout Band)
- 1990: Say Goodbye to the Blues (as Walter Trout Band)
- 1991: Life in the Jungle (as Walter Trout Band)
- 1992: Motivation of Love (as Walter Trout Band)
- 1992: Running in Place (as Walter Trout Band)
- 1994: Please Don't Go (as Walter Trout Band)
- 1994: Tremble (as Walter Trout Band)
- 1995: Breaking the Rules (as Walter Trout Band)
- 1997: Let Me Be the One (as Walter Trout Band)
- 2001: A Dedication to All Americans (EP)
- 2008: All My Life
- 2014: Willie (with John Mayall ; release: November 28th)
Video albums
- 1998: Live & Kickin '
- 2001: In Concert
- 2003: Relentless - The Concert (with The Free Radicals)
- 2006: Room to Move ( John Mayall feat. Coco Montoya and Walter Trout)
literature
- Henry Yates and Walter Trout: Rescued from Reality - The Life and Times of Walter Trout (Berkel: MLG Publishing, 2014).
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Web links
- Official website of Walter Trout (English)
- Walter Trout at Allmusic (English)
- Walter Trout at Discogs (English)
- Artist portrait of Walter Trout on Szene.it (German)
- Call for donations in favor of the new liver (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Trout, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trout, Walter Cooper (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, guitarist and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ocean City , New Jersey , USA |