CD Release

"Livin' Every Day"

Press release date: 3 May 1999 (Europe)

CD release dates: Europe 1st May 1999 -  UK 10th May 1999

Track list:

1   LIVIN' EVERY DAY
2   LET ME KNOW
3   PLAYING WITH A LOSING HAND
4   SWEET BUTTERFLY
5   I THOUGHT I HEARD THE DEVIL
6   THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE
7   NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES
8   CITY MAN
9   FOOL FOR YOUR LOVE
10 SAY WHAT YOU MEAN
11 APPARITIONS
12 JUNKYARD IN YOUR EYES
13 LOVE THAT WE ONCE KNEW
14 PRISONER OF A DREAM

Produced by Jim Gaines

Livin' Every Day

Livin' Every Day is Walter Trout's (whom the BBC elected as the world 6th best guitar player) world-wide debut album on RUF RECORDS. His world-wide label-change to RUF was the consequence to the success of his last album, which was his first release on RUF and his first official US-release: Walter Trout took his native country by storm. The L.A. Times comments: "Trout continues to set standards". Walter Trout: "It was a great motivation to work on a new album that will be released and promoted world-wide. Especially the reactions that we had on our recent American tour was a dream-come-true. I think I wrote some of my strongest (and most personal) songs to date". Beside his superior guitar work - Walter's trademark - "Livin' Every Day" stands against Walter's previous albums with the very personal lyrics (all printed in the booklet).

Walter talks about the songs:

Livin' Every Day Is my attempt to say that you need to make the most out of every moment of your life even when everything around you seems to be adversity. You never know what might be your last day. So make the best of the days you have. Musically I tried to start with country blues and then turn into rockin' blues.

Sweet Butterfly (Sophie's Song) A married couple who are friends of mine had a little girl, who they lost in a tragic accident. They asked me to write a song for her and I was finding it vary hard to do. One night I had a dream, where they were holding hands watching a butterfly. In the dream they realized the butterfly was their daughter's soul and that she was with God and free. So the dream gave me the approach to write this song for them. And it is in loving memory of their little beautiful daughter.

Let Me Know As I wrote this, I could hear Luther Allison singing it. And I really wrote it with him performing it in my mind. I'm only sorry I'll never hear him sing it.

Thought I Heard The Devil A song about dealing with every day temptations.

Junkyard in Your Eyes I wrote for a friend and excellent guitar player, who cannot get away from his addiction to heroin.

Through The Eyes Of Love is a love song to my family. I tried to let my guitar express my love for them.

The Love That We Once Knew Is a love song I wrote in 1971 to my first love, Delphine after we broke up. It is about me trying to move on and still appreciate what we had together.

Beside the 12 new songs Livin' Every Day contains 2 remakes from his hit-album Prisoner Of A Dream (top 10 in The Netherlands and Denmark): Love That We Once Knew and the above mentioned Prisoner Of A Dream. Walter: "I did this for America - who has never heard these songs"

For More Information Contact:

Walter Trout Personal Management, Fish-Net Productions, Inc., 4933 W. Craig Rd., Suite 228, Las Vegas, NV 89130, USA
Tel: +1 973 275 1077
Fax: +1 714 960 6482