Walter Trout - The Lyric Theatre
Bluesman Walter Trout is a survivor. In 2014, he received a liver transplant and by 2015, he was performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London. His 2019 album, Survivor Blues, spent two weeks on the Billboard Blues Chart at number one and remained in the top 10 for 12 weeks. A lesser artist might have taken that acclaim and enjoyed it, but Trout is not content with what is. “I wanted to make Survivor Blues to show my blues pedigree and my history of playing this music,” he said. “But that’s not all I am. I’m also a songwriter. Of course, everything I do is based in the blues and I’ll never turn my back on it. (My album) Ordinary Madness is a blues-rock album, but it’s also an evolution of my songwriting. The artists I respect most are the ones who seem to be fearless and push the envelope.” Trout began his journey as a musician in New Jersey, where the young guitarist was drawn to maverick songwriters like the Beatles, Dylan and Neil Young’s Crazy Horse.
