Walter 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.
Walter
Trout 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…”
Yet
for this lifelong road-warrior, a return to the stage was always the ultimate
goal. And last summer, as Trout headed out on a comeback tour that blew the
roof off venues from the Royal Albert Hall to Buddy Guy’s Legends club in
Chicago, every fan in the house saw that the man wasn’t just back, he was
better than ever. “That whole tour was kinda triumphant for me,” Trout
reflects. “Just to be back, after what I went through. But also to be playing
with a renewed energy and commitment.
With
songs pulled from every era of his five-decade career, the ‘ALIVE in Amsterdam’
set is potent stuff indeed, from the stinging Luther Allison cover “I’m Back,”
to the plaintive B.B. King tribute “Say Goodbye To The Blues,” which builds
from neck-tingling guitar swells to a stunning virtuoso climax. ‘Battle Scars’
is well-represented by the harmony-bolstered rocker “Almost Gone” and the
raucous “Tomorrow Seems So Far Away,” while Trout is joined by his son Jon for
“Rock Me Baby,” and even finds time for a fistful of fan favorites, including
“The Love That We Once Knew” and “Marie’s Mood.” “You can hear that a guy yells
out for ‘Marie’s Mood,’” he laughs. “I actually hadn’t planned on doing that
one…”
Urgent,
impassioned and electrifying, it’s a live album to treasure, and the perfect
appetite-whetter as Trout heads out on tour this year, stopping off at some of
the most prestigious venues and festivals in the US and Europe. Walter
shows you magic in the studio, of course. But it’s on the stage where he truly
comes alive. “I get into the energy and the moment and the excitement of it
all,” he says. “I think I’m a very different guitarist live…”
ALIVE
In Amsterdam
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Release
Date
June
17, 2016
Available
formats
3LP+Mp3,
CD and Digital.
Walter
Trout Online
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