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News Archive 2006
November 29, 2006
UNIQUE ONE TIME ONLY
band line-up
"Hard Core Blues Rock" tour in March 2007
"One evening in London on the recent European tour Walter and the band
had to do the entire show without Sammy Avila on keys. Sammy's B3 had broken
down and did not want to cooperate in time for the show to begin. It was an
evening of tension for Walter at first: How was he going to get through an
evening without his trusted sidekick? Well, it turned out that the mix of an
enthusiastic London audience, and more ROOM FOR WALTER'S GUITAR was a
powerful propellant, and Walter and his one-night-only power trio blew
through a very inspired evening with more room for bass/guitar interplay and
spontaneous errands into the land of "Hard Core Blues Rock".
So Walter decided to give this form of the band a small tour in the
spring.
It was a liberating but also limiting experience to play as just three
spontaneous blues rockers, but have no fear, there are no -
repeat
absolutely NO PLANS - to make this a permanent version of the Radicals. It
is a chance to do a spontaneous hard core guitar driven evening of head
banging balls out blues, not a permanent solution for the kind of music that
Walter wants to play.
So anybody with the desire to experience the "hard core" trio will have a
maybe once in a lifetime opportunity in the March into early April tour. We
will have only 12 shows in the UK, a few in Holland and a handful in
Germany.
Check "Tour Dates" for more information as
it comes in.
UNIQUE ONE TIME ONLY
band line-up
November 20, 2006
Concert review written by John Hurd.
Click image to read full review
November 14, 2006
Walter Trout high in the Blues charts again...
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Silver Platters' Top 5 Blues Releases |
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1 |
Lang, Jonny |
Turn Around |
A&M |
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2 |
Trout, Walter |
Full Circle |
Ruf Records |
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3 |
Mayall, John |
Turning Point + Bonus Tracks (Remastered) |
Polydor |
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4 |
Guy, Buddy |
Can't Quit The Blues + DVD (Box Set) |
Silvertone |
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5 |
Mahal, Taj |
Dancing The Blues |
Private Music |
www.silverplatters.com
October 31, 2006
The LIVE
WEBCAST of the Paradiso concert on Saturday
November 04, 2006
is now available to viewin the on-line archive
www.fabchannel.com/waltertroutandtheradicals
October 25, 2006
Dutch National
Radio Station Arrow Classic Rock asked their listeners to make up a list of
what they feel is the blues song ever made. It turned out to become a chart
of 50 best blues songs and
Walter Trout is No.1
on the list with the song "Say
Goodbye To The Blues" (1991 written by Walter Trout and
Tim Jahnigen). And Walter's version of Jimi Hendrix's "Red House" (Life in the Jungle)
can be found at no. 24 of the list.
Click here for full details
September 30, 2006
Walter Trout and the Radicals performed two live recordings in Sudio 3 at
the BBC Maida Vale studios in London on October 3rd 2006.
They were broadcast on BBC Radio 2 and Internet on
Thursday Oct 5th 20.00-21.00
BBC Radio Two Paul Jones
show
Saturday Oct 14th
22.00-01.00
BBC
Radio Two Bob Harris Show
The shows were archived and repeated for 7
days afterwards
Click here
for Review and photos
September 29, 2006
With the help of the
police department, we have just
discovered and removed a fraudulent use of a myspace.com page with a
person masquerading to be Walter Trout. To any of you who have been
communicating with “Walter Trout” through myspace: YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING TO
SOME BLOKE IN WISCONCIN, who has nothing to do with Walter. Any future
communication with Walter can take place through the
guest book on this
site.
Our only OFFICIAL and approved
MySpace is at
www.myspace.com/waltertrouttheradicals
September 08, 2006
During a break in the
touring on the August USA tour, the band (and a couple of Walter’s kids)
stopped at the Mesa Boogie factory in Petaluma, CA and received a tour of the
factory. Everybody had a great time discovering the inner workings, and the
careful production of each individual amp. The visit gave us great insights
into why Mesa Boogie
amps are just as much a piece of art, as they are great
sounding music machines!! Thanks Mesa Boogie!
More photos on Endorsements page
click here
Mesa Boogie
September 07, 2006
"Full Circle" this week is
#8 Billboard Blues Chart in USA and has remained
in the TOP TEN for the 11th consecutive week. It made its debut at #2.
August 31, 2006
"Full Circle" this week is
#3 Billboard Blues Chart in USA and has remained
in the TOP TEN for the 10th consecutive week. It made its debut at #2.
August 30, 2006
Press Release 16
What’s in a
Band Name?
The Feds May
Want to Know!
Blues veteran Walter Trout has
been touring and recording with his band “The Radicals” since 2000. Nobody
thought much about the name in 2000. It was just a clever band name. In
fact, in 1999 they called themselves “The Free Radicals” before shortening
it a year later to just “The Radicals”.
But now, calling themselves
“The Radicals” may be generating unwarranted attention from The Feds who
have recently visited the website of Walter Trout and The Radicals some 81
times.
www.waltertrout.com
Or maybe The Feds are visiting
because... click to continue
August 19, 2006
WCCC
Hartford, CT
106.9 FM
Sunday Night Blues with Beef Stew
Stew has played Walter's music
on the radio in New England and on the Internet for over 10 years and
Stew has been an influence on Walter's popularity in the New
Haven, Hartford and
Springfield areas. Stew has had tracks from Full Circle in rotation
since June 11th. That's 9 weeks of continuous air play on the highest rated
Sunday night radio program on the most powerful FM radio station in New
England, with listeners in 5 states.
Requests can be emailed to:
BeefStew@wccc.com
June 29, 2006
"Full Circle debuts at #2 on Billboard Blues Chart in USA"
Top Blues Albums
Issue Date: July 8, 2006
Position
1 Keb' Mo', Suitcase
One Haven/Epic | 77621 | Red Ink | (15.98) 1
2 Walter Trout, Full Circle
NEW ENTRY
Ruf 1117 (18.98) 2
3 James Hunter, People Gonna Talk
Go | 612187 | Rounder | (17.98) 1
4 Joe Bonamassa, You & Me
Premier Artists | 60282 | (17.98) 1
5 Indigenous, Chasing The Sun
Vanguard | 79800 | (17.98) 2
6 Etta James, The Definitive Collection
Hip-O/Chronicles | 004010 | UMe | (13.98) 1
7 The Derek Trucks Band, Songlines
Columbia | 92844 | Sony Music | (18.98) 1
8 B.B. King, The Ultimate Collection
Geffen/Chronicles | 003854 | UMe | (13.98) 1
9 Susan Tedeschi, Hope And Desire
Verve Forecast | 005111 | VG | (18.98) 1
10 George Thorogood & The Destroyers, The Hard Stuff
Eagle | 20039 | (13.98) 2
11 B.B. King, B.B. King & Friends: 80
Geffen/Chronicles | 005263 | UMe | (13.98) 1
12 Buddy Guy, Bring 'Em In
Silvertone | 72426 | Zomba | (18.98) 2
13 Delbert McClinton, Cost Of Living
New West | 6079 | (17.98) 1
14 Ray Charles, Golden Legends: Ray Charles Live
Madacy Special Products | 51843 | Madacy | (6.98) 8
15 Various Artists, 35 X 35: 35 Songs, 35 Years Of Genuine Houserockin'
Music
Alligator | 2021 | (17.98) 7© 2005 Billboard/VNU
Business Media Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan.
Top Blues Albums Chart Key
Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports
collected, compiled, and provided by SoundScan.
June 11,
2006
WCCC
Hartford, CT 106.9 FM
Sunday Night Blues with Beef Stew
Stew is
playing tracks from Full Circle in rotation. That's
air play on the highest rated Sunday night radio program on the most
powerful FM radio station in New England, with listeners in 5 states.
Stew has played Walter's music
on the radio in New England and on the Internet for over 10 years and
Stew has been an influence on Walter's popularity in the New
Haven, Hartford and
Springfield areas.
Requests can be emailed to:
BeefStew@wccc.com
June 03, 2006
There are videos of
Walter in the studio doing '... Satisfied' and a short one of him jamming
with Coco on
www.youtube.com
(Search for Walter Trout)
June 03, 2006
ANOTHER TRACK
FROM NEW CD "Full Circle"
PLAYING ON SATURDAY June 3rd.
You can PRE ORDER it
Europe Click to >
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it now
USA
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it now
For the second week
running, on Saturday June 3rd,
22.00 to 01.00 UK time, Bob Harris will
play another track from FULL CIRCLE on BBC Radio 2 and LIVE on the
Internet at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/ Note that this show is repeated
continuously for 7 days on the Internet.
If you would like to
send Bob your thoughts on the track you can call the show FREE
on 0500 28 82 91 or email
bob.harris@bbc.co.uk
June 02, 2006
Review of "Full Circle" by Blues Music Club, Notodden
publication. Click on image for full PDF file
May 27, 2006
On Saturday
27th May,
22.00 to 01.00 UK time, Bob Harris
will play a track from FULL CIRCLE
on BBC Radio 2 or on LIVE on the Internet at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/ Note that this show
is repeated continuously for 7 days on the
Internet.
Bob is playing
track 2 from the FULL CIRCLE ALBUM (which
is the single)
Again on Radio 2 and
the Internet Paul Jones will be play FULL CIRCLE on Thursday 22nd June.
Note that this show is
repeated continuously for 7 days on the Internet.
May 20, 2006
"News flash: Record Release Parties announced for June 3rd, June 15th,
June 17th and June 21st - see "tour dates" for more
information."
Full Circle
- RECORD RELEASE PARTY
Europe
Click to >
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it now
USA
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it now
May 13, 2006
New Full Circle advert produced. Available for download
in full page and one third page sizes on press
kit page
May 10, 2006
Updated pages PRESS
RELEASE, BIOGRAPHY,
QUOTES
April 21, 2006
Check out our new
page starting with...
Valentino, a Fan Club member from Collingswood,
New jersey, USA has
really confirmed his love of Walter Trout's music by having this tattoo done
April 18, 2006
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the two
Russian concerts were cancelled and have been replaced by three concerts
in Germany.
More info click here
March 27, 2006
NEW CD Full Circle has been announced. Due for
release on June 20th in the USA
and in Europe
a couple of weeks earlier
but different from country by country
Europe
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it now
USA
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it now
With “Full Circle” Walter Trout has realized a long held dream: To invite
some of the musicians he admires and respects in the studio to compose and
play together. “Full Circle” is a journey within the range of styles that is
the blues genre. “Full Circle” is about sharing that format honestly and
with integrity.
“Full Circle” is not just another Walter Trout CD! It is a celebration of
where the blues world is, where it has been and where it is going. Walter’s
focus with “Full Circle” was to break down artificial barriers between the
music of “blues purists” and “blues rockers”.
“Full circle” is about Walter’s desire to explore the many aspects of the
Blues and show that there are no boundaries between musicians that respect
each other.
His goal: To celebrate that the Blues is alive as a diverse art form; to
show that the Blues is vibrant, and is not held hostage by the critics who
want to brand, label and limit its expression.
With “Full Circle,” Walter and his friends are paying homage to the blues as
a living testimony to the people and the places that create this honest form
of music.
Featuring...
John Mayall
Jeff Healey
Joe Bonamassa
Coco Montoya
Bernard Allison
Eric Sardinas
Richie Hayward
Junior Watson
Guitar Shorty
James Harman
Deacon Jones
Jonny Ray Bartel
And many more….
January 10, 2006
Concert dates announced January through September in USA,
India, UK, Germany, Austria, Poland. More dates to
follow.
January 03, 2006
CD/DVD Review in
Blues Matters
magazine issue 29
Walter Trout and
the Radicals - Relentless
Ruf Records. 10
tracks. 73.01 mins.
This album
was recorded live over a two-day period at The Paradiso in Amsterdam on
May 13th and 14th 2003. An album of all new songs never recorded before
and never in front of a live audience. It was recorded over the two days
for the CD as well as a new DVD in 5:1 surround sound plus all the added
extras of interviews, extra tracks and behind the scenes etc. As far as I
know this has never been attempted before.
The album itself is absolutely brilliant, and so refreshing to buy and
hear an album of one of your favourite artists where, you have not heard
any of the tracks recorded before (not even one cover). Walter wrote 12
out of the 14 tracks, the other two were written by Walter and his wife
Marie, and the other by the band (Walter, Jimmy, Sammy and Joey).
Personally I think this is his best album he has ever done. Walter has
been one of my favourites for a long time, so I may be a little bias when
I say that this is the best album around at the moment. It's not JUST the
quality of the musicians, it's not JUST the quality of the songs, and it's
not JUST the quality of the recording, mixing, and production…IT'S JUST
QUALITY… Like the album title suggests, Walter, his guitar and the band
are "relentless".
Tony 'H'
Stickland
Issue 29 edition of
BLUES MATTERS!
(Blues Without The Blinkers!) also includes SEAN WEBSTER, KATIE MELUA,
JOHN MAYALL, BONNIE RAITT, MIKE BATT, STEVEN SEAGAL, CREAM, BETTYE LAVETTE,
CHUCK BERRY, MR. DAVID VINER, DEEP PURPLE, GARY MOORE, B.B. KING, THE
BLACK CROWES, LARRY MILLER, RORY GALLAGHER, NEIL YOUNG, BO DIDDLEY,
DEVENDRA BANHART, HANK WILLIAMS, BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, THE
YARDBIRDS, T-BONE WALKER, IAN SIEGAL, ERIC CLAPTON…
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