Rootsy New Album From Walter Trout
The guitarist looks to his heroes for inspiration for new record
Blues For The Modern Daze is released on 23 April and it's the follow up to 2010's Common Ground.
"My main inspiration for this album,” says Trout, "was the country bluesman Blind Willie Johnson, an early blues innovator who recorded such timeless gospel informed blues numbers as Soul of a Man and Nobody’s Fault But Mine. His music is beautiful, primal, direct and deeply spiritual. I wanted to feel it at my back when we were cutting these songs.”
Continues Trout, "The new album explores a side of my music that’s rooted in my first musical love, and it reveals something about me, too. It sums up the thoughts and attitudes of somebody who is getting a little older and is feeling like he’s a part of another era, with different values and a different perspective on life that’s prevalent today. I stand behind compassion, authenticity and honesty, as strongly as I stand behind my music.”
Trout is out on the road in support of the new album in March. You can get tickets from the links below.