Customer Reviews

Full Circle

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This CD is a must have. I bought this at Walter's show last week and haven't stopped listening to it yet. Be sure to read the liner notes. It explains his connection to each artist and much more. It's really good to hear Walter together with Joe Bonamassa. They are both the finest around. They wrote the song in the studio and played it one time. This is what is on the CD. What a treat!. Also, the duo with Jeff Healey is A+. It's great to hear Walter with John Mayall on two tunes. The first tune on the CD is one of the finest tunes you'll ever hear. Walter really lets it loose on this long song. Buy this CD!!

Just to be clear from the very beginning, from my point of view this is one of the best electric blues albums ever published in recent years. I was wondering whom and when could have challenged the best ever made "Blues Deluxe": here is the answer. As explained in the booklet this album was meant to cover all the different shadows of blues played by Mr. Trout during his 35 years of career in the music business. The list of guests is impressive and includes (in order of appearance): John Mayall, Jeff Healey, Eric Sardinas, Coco Montoya, Junior Watson, Guitar Shorty, James Harman, Bernard Allison, Finis Tasby, Deacon Jones and dulcis in fundo Joe Bonamassa. Talking about the music there is something that is important to say: this is a live "in studio" album. All the songs included here were recorded live with all the musicians playing all together in the studio and some of them at the first take without even a rehearsal! And you can feel it! The CD immediately starts with a killer, a slow blues where Walter delivers one of the best solos of the entire album and goes on in a sequence of breath taking blues songs. Particularly good the one with the great Jeff Healey, the acoustic (the only one included here) number with Eric Sardinas and the closing duet with Joe Bonamassa. However it is hard to find a favourite one in here, as all the songs are equally good. Without any doubts a five stars album that shouldn't be missed by any electric blues fan!

I have been a Trout fan for a few yesrs now. I was looking forward for some time for a new studio release. The wait was well worth it. Full Circle is great. The guest artist are some of the best; Banamassa, Guitar Shorty, John Mayall, Montoya, Sardinas. Can the blues get any better? I think not. With guitar mixes of guest and Trout on different channels, listening with headphones is the best. I love this album.

I'm a huge Walter Trout fan and never miss a performance when the band is in the Midwest. Having every CD that Walter has ever done (even got the imports before they were sold in the states) makes it pretty easy for me to put Full Circle in my favorite top 3 of everything he's done. His connection with some of the best blues talent out there is readily apparent in the energy of every song on this CD and makes it a "must have". The fact that this CD is still in the top 500 selling CD's on Amazon is a remarkable feat in itself and may mean that this exceptional guitarist, writer and bandleader is finally getting the recognition he deserves in the U.S.

Even though, I'm a blues aficionado, and a renowned, WORLDWIDE BLUES CRITIC, I must admit, I didn't know who Walter Trout was until I got this CD. I also, must admit, that I took a chance on this CD, not because of Walter Trout, but because I recognized five blues artists that were on the CD with Walter. (John Mayall, Jeff Healey, Guitar Shorty, Coco Montoya, Bernard Allison.) Due to the derth of new electric blues available, that was what made me invest my money in this purchase. Boy! Was I glad I did! This is a true 5 star performance. The cover of the CD lists 13 songs, but there are really only 12. The 13th is some DJ from the 50's/60's who babbles for 2 minutes about the old days. So with Shaq's insight, you now know there are really 12 songs. #3 is no good, but all the rest are absolute classic blues, and in my book that rates 5 stars. Walter is so good, I hope he stays on the blues track, because he's great. In the liner notes, he complains about people asking if he plays the blues as compared to rock, and basically says: I don't care what the F you call it, I just play it. And play it he does. At the risk of making the "curmudgeonly" Walter upset, I say, based on this CD you are not only a blues man, but also a great blues man! Please stay in this groove and record another. An added benefit to Shaq and the blues world, is that besides loving Walter's blues, I discovered "Jumping Joe" Bonamassa on the #12 song. His guitar was so strong, and his guttural, thundering, voice, shook, the blues heaven's above. I then reverse engineered, a search for all of "Jumping Joe's", CD's (See Shaq's other reviews!) and am now "THE MVP OF JOE'S STREET GANG!"

I found Walter Trout as a special at Borders, where I could preview all the tracks. Every song is robust with plenty of guitar rips and soul, what I like in Blues. Great purchase! If you like the Blues, I highly recommend this CD: Walter Trout & Friends: FULL CIRCLE.

This album absolutely is right up there with the rest of great Trout albums.

I love how the guests come through with vibrant duos that one can hear through one side of the speaker and Walter is on the other. It is absolutely marvelous!

If you love Walter you will love this as well. It is hard and heavy blues baby

From the time I picked up Tellin' Stories form a used bin on a whim, (I had never heard of Walter Trout), I have done everything I can to get his music and see him live. His live performances are the thing of legend, (if everyone took half as much pride in what they do as he does...). This CD exudes that same feeling while Walter gets together with some of Blues Rock's greats. The opening track, (with the legendary John Mayall, one of Walter's former bosses), is worth the price of the CD itself, but then there are twelve more tracks with greats like Joe Bonamassa, Jeff Healey, Coco Montoya, Bernard Allison (almost too bad Luther wasn't here too), Eric Sardinas, Guitar Shorty, and several others. If this doesn't get Blues album of the year, something is drastically wrong. Buy this CD!

One of the best CD's I have ever bought, this man is a master and this CD is proof of that!

I'll keep this short. This is my first Walter Trout CD and all I can Say is WOW. It's the real deal!