Walter Trout Interview

by Brian D. Holland.

The blues shouldn’t be a museum; the music ought to constantly expand and be alive.   --    Walter Trout

Walter Trout has been playing passionate music for nearly thirty-five years now. Once a member of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers and Canned Heat, the New Jersey born and bred blues-rock guitarist also played alongside legends such as Lowell Fulsom, John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, and Hammond B3 wizard Deacon Jones. His guitar playing is known for its fiery passion and raw power. Though his style is connected to the blues, he’s known to expand and penetrate the boundaries that enclose the genre categorically. However, don’t let that fool you; Walter’s knowledge and love of the blues is extensive. He merely does his own thing with it, as a desire to rock it up exists in his heart as well.

With his trusted 73 Strat in hand, Trout has been putting out.......
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