News Archive 1999

October 1999
in Europe only on
31 January 2000. It will be his last release on the Provogue label. CD PRD 7121 2
(A live album will be released in the USA on the Ruf label in May/June 2000)

The title is Face the Music (live on tour)

1. Got a broken heart
2. Hard time blues
3. The reason I'm gone
4. Come home
5. Marie's mood
6. Soodo slide
7. Obstacles in my way
8. Tired of sleeping alone
9. On the rise

Total 52.72

The first two cuts are unbelievable... especially Hard Time Blues... I cannot sit still to that one.
Then he goes into a very emotionally charged slow blues (The Reason I'm Gone).
Then a shuffle.... raw and unchained as Walter can do them with Come Home.
Then again a very emotional explanation about Marie's Mood....Walter talks about how the song was written while his wife was expecting their second son..... and then he gets wild again with Soodo Slide. An instrumental fireball, that sounds like he is doing slide work... but he is not... just showing off his skills with his hands.
Obstacles is a great change of pace. Starting very simple with just guitar and vocals and growing into a frenzy of sound.
Then again a slow blues (Tired Of Sleeping Alone...) a song about hating the"road" and missing his baby (made up I believe on stage....). Again a very deep felt blues cut... and then all out blasting on "On The Rise" - a very energetic way to end the show....(CD).         Fishnet Productions       October 1999

September 1999

Sunday Night Blues -  WCCC 106.9 FM - 1290 AM

2.  Walter Trout / Livin' Every Day / Ruf Records
3.  Jeff Pitchell / One Day Away / Premier Music
4.  Bill Perry / Greycourt Lightning / Pointblank
5.  Jonny Lang / Wander This World / A&M
6.  Big Bill Morganfield / Rising Son / Blind Pig
7.  Stavin' Chain / Stavin Chain / Ruf Records
8.  Jimmy Rogers All-Stars / Blues Blues Blues / Atlantic
9.  Michelle Willson / Tryin' To Make A Little Love / Bullseye Blues
10. Susan Tedeschi / Just Won’t Burn / Tone-Cool
11. Indigenous / Things We Do / Pachyderm
12. Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan / In Session / Stax
13. Shemekia Copeland / Turn Up the Heat / Alligator
14. Savoy Brown / The Blues Keep Me Holding On / Mystic
15. Mem Shannon / Spend Some Time With Me / Shanachie
16. Rishell & Raines / Moving To The Country / Tone-Cool
17. Clarence Brewer / King Clarentz / HMG
18. Various / Songs Of Bob Dylan / HoB
19. Maria Muldaur / Meet Me Where They Play The Blues / Telarc
20. Tommy Castro / Right As Rain / Blind Pig
21. Various / A Tribute To Muddy Waters / Hybrid
22. Amyl Justin & Peter Malick / Sons Of The Jet Age / Mr. Cat Music
23. Johnnie Bassett / Party My Blues Away / Cannonball
24.. Debbie Davies / Tales From The Austin Motel / Shanachie
25. Chris Aaron Band / Freedom 5 Miles / Hardknocks

Based on 26 hours per month of commercial radio airplay, broadcasting from the 50,000 watt studios of The Rock ... 106.9 WCCC, Hartford, CT.

Sunday Night Blues is the #1 Arbitron Sunday night radio program and is heard in 5 states.   Hartford, CT is the 45th radio market in the U.S.


  Sunday Night Blues with Beef Stew
  6:00 pm to 12:00 midnight
  WCCC 106.9 FM - 1290 AM
  1039 Asylum Avenue
  Hartford, CT  06105

  Web:  http://www.neca.com/~bfstew

August 1999
Week commencing August 1st  there is a continued upward motion for Walter Trout and the Free Radicals on the US airplay charts:

Album Network  ROCK CHARTS  #82 up from #84 
- 329 spins (+25) 
Fmqb Hot Trax chart: #60 up from 68 -  371 spins (+15)
fmqb25/44 rock chart #37 up from #43 - 296 spins

Walter Trout and the Free Radicals have been booked to play the Long Island, NY,  WBAB radio sponsored event with Sammy Hagar on Sunday 29th August 1999.
WBAB is broadcast over the Internet, so tune in.
They are flying in from Europe for this one show, and returning to continue their tour the next day, in Amsterdam!

July 1999
Review of Apple River Blues Festival - June 1999

Week commencing July 19th there is a continued upward motion for Walter Trout and the Free Radicals on the US airplay charts:
# 84 (from #97) Album Network Powercuts Chart
# 68 (from #74) FMQB Hot Trax Chart
# 43 (from #47) FMQB 25 - 44 Rock Chart

June 1999
NEWS FLASH -
Rumors of Walter or his brother being shot are totally false. Walter is in good health and continuing with his tour.

Walter Trout and the Free Radicals have finished recording their new CD which is called Livin' Every Day and is released on 8th June in the USA on the RUF Record label. 

May 1999
Walter Trout and the Free Radicals have finished recording their new CD which is called Livin' Every Day and is released on 1st May in Europe, 10th May in the UK on the RUF Record label. 

April 1999
Bay TV, San Francisco. Walter Trout and the Free Radicals appeared on the morning show of April 9th 1999, and played three songs.

February 1999
Walter Trout Band has been played extensively for a year on the St. Louis radio station KSHE 95 (one of the 10 top rock stations in the States). They have been on heavy rotation with Come Home, Broken Heart and also Put it Right Back from Breaking the Rules! They just LOVE Walter, and they see themselves as pioneers for Walter Trout Band in the States. On 12th February, they are going to fly Walter in from Memphis, the band in from LA, and Dan the soundman from Phila. This is all for a gig in a big nightclub called Mississippi Nights, and we would love for some of our core fans to show up, and get people off their feet. You can listen to the station live over the Internet. It's called KSHE 95 in St. Louis. KSHE 95 is the oldest Rock and Roll (AOR) radio station in the United States, KSHE has been rocking St. Louis for 32 years. KSHE began in a little building behind a drive-in movie theater in Crestwood, Missouri. Today the broadcast from a state of the art studio in St. Louis Union Station.
Through past events such as the Free Concert Series, KSHE Birthday Party, KSHE Kite Flies, Blood Drives and Rock & Roll Auctions, a special bond has been formed between KSHE and its listeners. Many listeners have fond memories of growing up with KSHE. Whether it was the music or special events, KSHE is a part of their lives. No other St. Louis radio station can make this claim.

January 1999
The WTB appeared in a live Cybercast concert broadcast on Saturday 9 January on the LiveConcerts.com site. Don't worry if you missed it, It will be archived in the Blues section.