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Walter Trout Alive in Amsterdam

Walter Trout Alive in Amsterdam

Walter Trout Live Album To Be Released

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on April 7, 2016

in New Music,News

Two years ago, it was unknown whether Walter Trout would be alive to record any more music much less tour.

A successful, life saving, liver transplant later and Trout was reinvigorated On June 17, Mascot/Provogue will release ALIVE in Amsterdam which has the sound of a man announcing his resurrection after a period on the ropes.

As Trout’s army of international fans are painfully aware, Walter’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.

Then came the tour. The date was November 28, 2015, the location was Amsterdam’s opulent Royal Theatre Carré and the occasion was 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 Track List

Marie’s Introduction
Play The Guitar
Help Me
I’m Back
Say Goodbye To The Blues
Almost Gone
Omaha
Tomorrow Seems So Far Away
Playin’ Hideaway
Haunted By The Night
Fly Away
Please Take Me Home
Rock Me Baby
Marie’s Mood
Serve Me Right To Suffer
The Love That We Once Knew

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