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I would rate this one up there with his GO THE DISTANCE. Another outstanding cd by Mr Trout. RESTLESS AGE, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL, and MATTER OF THE HEART are my best, but almost all cuts are good. It is nice to hear his SLOW guitar playing on MATTER OF THE HEART.See Walter, you are much better when you slow it down. Don't you dare believe the four star average reviews: this one is FIVE STARS.
Walter does play from his gut and as a listener you can feel the soul. I saw this one and decided to make it my first and give him a try. I'm a fan of the blues but did not have a Walter Trout disc in my collection. His guitar playing is both raw at times yet soft, tender and expressive when necessary. I am thrilled that I did. I can't stop listening to this excellent disc. I recommend this disc highly. Enjoy.
Jeez, Trout is a great guitar player and a fine singer but on every disc he continues to pound us with full blast chords and over the top singing. Why does he associate loud with good. Finesse is not a word he knows. I saw him in Phoenix and it was the same thing live. It's not how many chords you play or how loud you are - any guitar player can do that. Too bad because he really is a cut above the other blues rockers, but this CD is just more of his never ending bombast.
Bluesman to an extent, that he does use a certain amount of cliches in his songs (the one I notice most is the phrase "Just a man."), but people do expect him to stay in the box musically speaking and not get too out there--like Jonny Lang. I'm a big Walter Trout fan. Which means a more objective (and more forgiving) way to describe his cliches here and there is "sticking to a formula that works"--like AC/DC, for example. While his guitar and songwriting are not exactly revolutionary, I admire his ability to continue a career putting out honest, meat and potatoes blues rock in a world dominated by musical CRAP. I agree with Dr. And on top of that, Walter is just a down-to-earth, helluva nice guy who loves his music and his fans.He does manage to branch out a little on this effort with some more folk-tinged numbers while still doling out a hefty serving of his tried and true blues rock. Walter is a throwback to the day when guitar and singing talent mattered more than how many outfits some one-named bimbo changes into during her video on MTV.
Walter Trouts playing is above and beyond.and his vocals are some of the best I've been blessed to hear.Walter, his band and his friends that kick it around with him have got the Gift.not many do.not many ever will.
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