Hardcore

Walter Trout Power Trio | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B000TLT6RI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #342,173 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

"People ask me if they should call my music blues or rock, I tell them they can call it 'Fred' if they must have a label." That remark, along with the exclamation that "the blues shouldn't be a museum... the music ought to constantly expand and be alive," have been expressed again and again by Walter Trout during his 35+ year career. Born in 1951 and raised in a music-loving home in Ocean City, New Jersey, Walter Trout felt the calling to music at a young age. His first instrument was trumpet, playing in the school band. A chance meeting with the mighty Duke Ellington catapulted Trout's pursuit of a music career - what Walter terms "a turning point" in his life - when the Walter's mother orchestrated a meeting with jazz legends Ellington, Cat Anderson, Johnny Hodges and Paul Gonsalves for the youngster's tenth birthday. The seed was planted. In the mid-1960's Trout's instrument of choice switched to electric guitar after hearing an album which was to change his whole appreciation of music. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band featuring Mike Bloomfield cemented Walter's musical ambitions towards the blues genre and the electric guitar. In those vinyl grooves, Walter heard the guitar speaking to his soul, expressing what words could not. Walter Trout promised himself to learn this musical language and dedicate his life to the guitar. For hours, days, weeks, months he was locked in his bedroom practicing until his fingers bled - the obsession unfortunately turning the A-student into a high school dropout. As a shy teenager growing up in a turbulent household, his singular solace became his rapidly developing ability to express his feelings playing the guitar and his vision of becoming a professional musician. 1 Gotta Leave This Town 2 Tellin Stories 3 Finally Gotten Over You 4 Give Me Back My Wig 5 The Reason I'm Gone 6 Not Fade Away 7 Channeling Neil Young 8 Sittin On Top Of The World 9 Tribute To Muddy Waters

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars raw and alive!, January 15, 2010

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Phil K (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hardcore (Audio CD)

Was always a bit ambivilant about Trout..(the man..not the fish} but after hearing this...i've gone back and listened a second time to his older stuff. Gotta say..he's a Hell of a guitarist..but he really let go and tore it up with "Power Trio"! Raw, loud, energetic, and just kick-ass in general. I wish he'd continue with a trio and dump the keyboards..left with a trio..he really shines! Newbies...start here!

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Like being at the concert, August 8, 2007

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Blind Melon (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hardcore (Audio CD)

I purchased the CD had Walter autograph it at Artpark, NY where Walter performed along with Coco Montoya. One of the best concerts I had seen in a long, long time. And it was free! This is an excellent 'live' capture of Walter as a three piece after the organ broke down. It's killer guitar blues at it's best.