If we have learned anything about blues/rock guitar icon Walter Trout from his extensive near 50-year stint in the genre’s trenches, it’s that he never does anything halfway. From early supporting work with Big Mama Thornton, Joe Tex and John Lee Hooker, to extended stints in Canned Heat and as a longtime Bluesbreaker under John Mayall’s tutelage, he has learned from some of the field’s best and most resilient veterans.
Trout’s solo career which started in 1989, has yielded over 20 live and studio releases, all fueled by his burly, muscular playing, tough songwriting and gritty vocals. He has never sold out by going commercial or hooking up with a “name” producer, but has been through the rock star mill of drug abuse, alcoholism and the kind…