Survivor blues

"Walter Trout doesn't do things the easy way, especially when it comes to searching for conceptual meanings for his albums. He's an old school blues-rock talent for whom the notion of an album is a sacrosanct canvas on which to explore meaning, imagination, deep emotion and always the blues ... He digs deep for one final extended defining solo on J.B. Lenoir's 'God's Word' to wrap up the latest in a recent batch of soul stirring albums that go a long way to explaining his own durability in the blues/rock world".

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"Walter Trout is back, and he's once again encouraging his listeners to embrace the blues in a new way. For Survivor Blues, which Trout recorded for release on Provogue Records at Robby Krieger's private studio in Los Angeles, Trout had dozens of songs in mind that he was interested in covering and, with the help of his wife Marie, narrowed the list down to 12. Odds are good that you haven't heard most of these, even if you are a diehard blues fan-and that's precisely the point of this album ... His vocals are strong and his guitar playing is on point, as sharp and focused as ever".

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