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Walter Trout
Returning from a superb Deep Purple concert in March 1991 I decided that I would try to attend more live performances. From a recent and very positive review I remembered the words "guitar" and "blues" and the name "Walter Trout". So I went to see him the following week. I was hooked with his first guitar solo. So far, I have seen him seventeen times: 13 March 1991 (Tivoli, Utrecht) 30 April 1991 (De Rosmolen, Beneden-Leeuwen) 5 September 1991 (Paradiso, Amsterdam) 20 November 1991 (De Vereeniging, Nijmegen) 18 December 1991 (Tivoli, Utrecht) 28 June 1992 (Zuiderpark, Den Haag) 17 November 1992 (Vredenburg, Utrecht) 24 September 1994 (Tivoli, Utrecht) 1 November 1995 (Paradiso, Amsterdam) 3 November 1995 (Noorderligt, Tilburg) 18 May 1996 (Tivoli, Utrecht) 10 July 1997 (Melkweg, Oude zaal, Amsterdam) 30 August 1999 (Paradiso, Amsterdam) 5 October 2000 (Paradiso, Amsterdam) 8 October 2000 (Tivoli, Utrecht) 24 October 2001 (Paradiso, Amsterdam) 26 October 2001 (Tivoli, Utrecht) 27 October 2002 (Tivoli, Utrecht) "The crashing, frantic solo guitar that opens every performance might sound part Jimi Hendrix, part Jimmy Page, part Stevie Ray Vaughan and part Eddie van Halen, but it's all Walter Trout. His steel-blue eyes cut through the crowd; his worn and peeling blond Fender Strat lays bare his emotions; wisps of hair stick to the sweat on his forehead. Round after round of machine-gunned notes are fired at a rate that makes the speed of light seem slow. Blues purists be damned: this guy attackes the electric guitar the way it was meant to be played." This quote is from "Walter Trout's Radical Blues" by Art Tipaldi in the October 2000 issue (no. 61) of Blues revue. The photos (© 2000 Mel Hill, www.melhill.com) are taken from www.waltertroutband.com, the home of Walter Trout and The Free Radicals. The second photo shows James Trapp (bass), Walter Trout, Bernard Pershey (drums) and Paul Kallestad (Hammond B3 organ).	© 2000 Mel Hill Photography © 2000 Mel Hill Photography
Walter Trout on the Internet
www.waltertroutband.com Home of Walter Trout and the Free Radicals, formerly the Walter Trout Band. www.waltertroutfanclub.nl The Trout Tribune – The home of the Dutch Fanclub of Walter Trout (in Dutch). www.nothinbutdablues.com/TroutClub The U.S. Fanclub connection. www.electricblues.com/spotlite/WalterT.html Walter Trout in the spotlight of Electric Blues. www.tsr.ch/emission/cds/html/trout.html Télévision Suisse Romande's page on Walter Trout CDs (in French). www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/7487/tro7-99.html "Trout's Livin' It Up" by John Metzger – A review of Walter's performance at Chicago's "Buddy Guy's Legends" on July 2, 1999. First appeared in The Music Box (August 1999, Volume 6, #8). home.wxs.nl/~noizehp/wtrout.html A Noize rockmagazine interview with Walter from 1996 (in Dutch). www.bluesrockers.ws/waltertrout.html Bluesrockers' page on Walter. www.thewebgarden.com/waltertrout August 23, 2000: Walter Trout and the Free Radicals at Romedio's Club in Dardanelle, Arkansas. www.thenightowl.com/reviews/trout.htm Steve Marshall's review of a concert at "Mississippi Nights", St. Louis, MO on February 12, 1999. www.lipservicemag.com/trout.htm "Walter Trout Reels 'Em In" from Lip Service magazine. www.renk.demon.nl/ritchie/music/waltertrout.html Ritchie's page on Walter. www.alles-op-tien.nl/cd/index.html Review of "Face the Music (Live on Tour)" (in Dutch). www.electricblues.com/archive/2000/livetrout.html Review of "Face the Music (Live on Tour)" and "Live trout" (15 June 2000).

Walter Trout

Returning from a superb Deep Purple concert in March 1991 I decided that I would try to attend more live performances. From a recent and very positive review I remembered the words "guitar" and "blues" and the name "Walter Trout". So I went to see him the following week. I was hooked with his first guitar solo.

So far, I have seen him seventeen times:

13 March 1991 (Tivoli, Utrecht)
30 April 1991 (De Rosmolen, Beneden-Leeuwen)
5 September 1991 (Paradiso, Amsterdam)
20 November 1991 (De Vereeniging, Nijmegen)
18 December 1991 (Tivoli, Utrecht)
28 June 1992 (Zuiderpark, Den Haag)
17 November 1992 (Vredenburg, Utrecht)
24 September 1994 (Tivoli, Utrecht)
1 November 1995 (Paradiso, Amsterdam)
3 November 1995 (Noorderligt, Tilburg)
18 May 1996 (Tivoli, Utrecht)
10 July 1997 (Melkweg, Oude zaal, Amsterdam)
30 August 1999 (Paradiso, Amsterdam)
5 October 2000 (Paradiso, Amsterdam)
8 October 2000 (Tivoli, Utrecht)
24 October 2001 (Paradiso, Amsterdam)
26 October 2001 (Tivoli, Utrecht)
27 October 2002 (Tivoli, Utrecht)

"The crashing, frantic solo guitar that opens every performance might sound part Jimi Hendrix, part Jimmy Page, part Stevie Ray Vaughan and part Eddie van Halen, but it's all Walter Trout. His steel-blue eyes cut through the crowd; his worn and peeling blond Fender Strat lays bare his emotions; wisps of hair stick to the sweat on his forehead. Round after round of machine-gunned notes are fired at a rate that makes the speed of light seem slow. Blues purists be damned: this guy attackes the electric guitar the way it was meant to be played."

This quote is from "Walter Trout's Radical Blues" by Art Tipaldi in the October 2000 issue (no. 61) of Blues revue.

The photos (© 2000 Mel Hill, www.melhill.com) are taken from www.waltertroutband.com, the home of Walter Trout and The Free Radicals. The second photo shows James Trapp (bass), Walter Trout, Bernard Pershey (drums) and Paul Kallestad (Hammond B3 organ).

Walter Trout on the Internet

www.waltertroutband.com: Home of Walter Trout and the Free Radicals, formerly the Walter Trout Band.
www.waltertroutfanclub.nl: The Trout Tribune – The home of the Dutch Fanclub of Walter Trout (in Dutch).
www.nothinbutdablues.com/TroutClub: The U.S. Fanclub connection.
www.electricblues.com/spotlite/WalterT.html: Walter Trout in the spotlight of Electric Blues.
www.tsr.ch/emission/cds/html/trout.html: Télévision Suisse Romande's page on Walter Trout CDs (in French).
www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/7487/tro7-99.html: "Trout's Livin' It Up" by John Metzger – A review of Walter's performance at Chicago's "Buddy Guy's Legends" on July 2, 1999. First appeared in The Music Box (August 1999, Volume 6, #8).
home.wxs.nl/~noizehp/wtrout.html: A Noize rockmagazine interview with Walter from 1996 (in Dutch).
www.bluesrockers.ws/waltertrout.html: Bluesrockers' page on Walter.
www.thewebgarden.com/waltertrout: August 23, 2000: Walter Trout and the Free Radicals at Romedio's Club in Dardanelle, Arkansas.
www.thenightowl.com/reviews/trout.htm: Steve Marshall's review of a concert at "Mississippi Nights", St. Louis, MO on February 12, 1999.
www.lipservicemag.com/trout.htm: "Walter Trout Reels 'Em In" from Lip Service magazine.
www.renk.demon.nl/ritchie/music/waltertrout.html: Ritchie's page on Walter.
www.alles-op-tien.nl/cd/index.html: Review of "Face the Music (Live on Tour)" (in Dutch).
www.electricblues.com/archive/2000/livetrout.html: Review of "Face the Music (Live on Tour)" and "Live trout" (15 June 2000).