STLBLUES WELCOMESWalter Trout announces new release, ALIVE in
Amsterdam, recorded live in Amsterdam on the blues legend’s comeback
tour & released June 17th on Mascot/Provogue. Battle Scars World Tour
to hit the US and Europe this year. To be released June 17th on
Mascot/Provogue, ALIVE in Amsterdam is the sound of a man announcing
his resurrection after a period on the ropes. As Trout’s army of
international fans are painfully aware, recent times have taken the
bandleader to the brink, following a bleak diagnosis of
life-threatening liver failure and hepatitis C in 2013. Trout’s
rebirth began with a successful transplant in May 2014, and gathered
pace with 2015’s Battle Scars: the acclaimed studio album that
channeled his near-death experience into raw autobiographical songs.
WalterTrout has never sounded so alive. The date is November 28th,
2015. The location is Amsterdam’s opulent Royal Theatre Carré. And
the occasion is a live performance of the blues-rock legend at
full-throttle. “We were rocking,” remembers Trout of the comeback
concert captured on ALIVE in Amsterdam. “If people are expecting a
laid-back show, that’s not what they’ll get. This is potent
stuff…” Trout is now moving triumphantly forward in his 50th
year as a guitarist. He is in the midst of a global tour with his
band: keyboardist Sammy Avila, drummer Michael Leasure, and new
bassist Johnny Griparic, who joined in time to record Battle Scars in
Los Angeles’ Kingsize Soundlabs with Trout’s longtime producer
Eric Corne. “I don’t take this lightly,” Trout declares.
“Marie says that all of the people who donated to our fundraiser for
my medical expenses” — which generated more than $240,000 –
“bought stock in me and my liver. When I play for them now, I have a
responsibility to give back and offer the very best that I have.”
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