This year should be a year of celebration for Walter Trout as it marks his 25th year as a solo artist. A tour was planned but had to be cancelled as he's currently ill and awaiting a liver transplant. Since his health problems have been going on for several months, I wasn't expecting a newThis year should be a year of celebration for Walter Trout as it marks his 25th year as a solo artist. A tour was planned but had to be cancelled as he's currently ill and awaiting a liver transplant. Since his health problems have been going on for several months, I wasn't expecting a new album just yet, but it's a tribute to how much he enjoys playing that he's made the album despite his poor health. The album contains 12 tracks – 10 new songs from Walter Trout, one written by John Mayall, and a J.B. Lenoir cover (The whale) Brief comments on a few tracks The album opens with "Wastin' away". Having lost 100 pounds in weight (over 7 stone) due to his illness then the lyrics "Looking in the mirror, but I don't know who I see, No I don't, so I take another look baby, but it still don't look like me", make perfect sense. The song really is very autobiographical and it's good that despite lines like "Feel like I'm wasting away" there is a sense of defiance throughout the song – this doesn't sound like somone who is just going to lie back and [...]
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