Walter Trout: Louisiana Red Tribute

Walter Trout delivered this powerful guitar solo, when he performed a song in tribute to his old friend and influence, Louisiana Red, Walter and his band entertained a delighted audience at the MEZZ venue in Breda, The Netherlands, on Sunday March 4th 2012.

Extract from Walter's website:
Walter Trout's passionate new 'Blues for the Modern Daze' (Amazon link below) cuts right to the core of his art and his heart. His 21st album returns the contemporary guitar legend to his hard-core blues roots and finds his songwriting at a creative and personal zenith.
Trout's sixth recording for Provogue Records is his first pure blues album in 23 years as a bandleader, which is astounding given his heavy resume in the genre. Trout spent five years in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and was a member of Canned Heat, two of the style's supremely influential bands. He's also supported a slew of classic artists including John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton and Joe Tex. Nonetheless, as a front man the six-string virtuoso developed a conflagrant approach to his instrument and a reputation for tornado-strength live shows that led famed BBC disc jockey Bob Harris to call him "the world's greatest rock guitarist" in his influential book The Whispering Years and won Trout the sixth spot on BBC Radio One's list of the Top 20 guitarists of all time.
"I'm reluctant to be called a political songwriter or a protest singer, but things have gotten so far out of hand that it would be irresponsible to ignore them," Trout says. "These are simply the way I feel about things like our society's failure to take care of people and the way the teachings of Jesus are twisted to defend bigotry and ignorance. The cruelty in the
Trout's practical schooling in blues started when he arrived in Los Angeles in 1973 and got gigs behind Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, Finis Tasby, Pee Wee Crayton, Lowell Fulsom, Percy Mayfield and Joe Tex. In 1981 he joined the remaining original members of Canned Heat. But the real turning point was his tenure with British blues giant John Mayall. Trout became part of the Bluesbreakers' lineage of great guitarists along with Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. Beginning in 1984 he shared six-string duties with Coco Montoya in Mayall's band, creating a flexible guitar dynamic that helped provide the Bluesbreakers a renaissance that returned the group to the apex of the international blues touring circuit.
Featuring:
Walter Trout: guitar, vocals
Rick Knapp: bass
Michael Leasure: drums
Sammy Avila: Keyboards

Links:
http://www.waltertrout.com/http://www.myspace.com/waltertrouthttp://www.amazon.com/Blues-For-the-Modern-Daze/dp/B007K65BTW/ref=sr_1_2?s=mu...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Trout

WALTER TROUT GUITAR TRIBUTE TO LOUISIANA RED, MARCH 2012.

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