Walter Trout awaits liver transplant and releases new album

Legendary blues rock guitarist, Walter Trout, currently at UCLA Medical Centre, where he is in urgent need of a liver transplant, will release a new album entitled THE BLUES CAME CALLIN' on Monday June 2nd via Provogue Records. The album also coincides with the release of a major book and a documentary. "It's beenLegendary blues rock guitarist, Walter Trout, currently at UCLA Medical Centre, where he is in urgent need of a liver transplant, will release a new album entitled THE BLUES CAME CALLIN' on Monday June 2nd via Provogue Records. The album also coincides with the release of a major book and a documentary. "It's been heartbreaking to watch Walter struggle through these past many months," says Walter's manager/wife, Marie Trout. "We tried various treatment options provided by Walter's doctors and liver specialists. One by one the treatments failed. Even as he became a shadow of his former self, after losing 100 pounds and his strength, he continued touring, writing, playing, singing, and recording. It's a therapeutic lifeline for him when the blues comes callin'. The theme of this album is coloured by his confrontation with mortality combined with a deep, all-abiding desire to persevere." From the first time Walter Trout as a tormented teenager heard the haunting guitar playing of Mike Bloomfield, he instinctually knew the blues was his calling. 2014 marks the year Walter Trout looks back at an almost 50-year commitment to playing and singing the blues. The songs on the album reflect Walter's thoughts about mortality and his [...]

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