Reverb-cloaked, faintly Hendrixian and vocally influenced by Chet Baker, the stunning album closer Destiny gives an unvarnished account of the guitaristвЂ™s first meeting with Marie at a Danish blues festival in 1990.Д«y now, Trout knows that nobody ever really leaves their old selves behind. Yet TroutвЂ™s ruminations are not always negative. Other songs are more recent and raw, like the slow-burn wee-small-hours lament Follow You Back Home, which channels TroutвЂ™s anguish during a period of marital difficulty. вЂњIвЂ™m not pissed off with my mom and I love her memory,вЂќ he says, вЂњbut my wife says, вЂYour mom probably could have done more to protect you from your stepdadвЂ™. The stormy Hey Mama takes inspiration from the same period, with Trout debating whether his trauma could have been averted. Try the title track, recounting the locomotive that rattled past his childhood home each night and enticed him to freight-hop to freedom. Some memories are long-distant but eternally poignant. IвЂ™ll be riding in my car, a song comes on the radio and I have to pull over and sob for a while. вЂњIt starts off with the lyric, вЂSometimes I hear a familiar song and it brings back memoriesвЂ™. вЂњThat song was actually written as a poem,вЂќ he explains. I want my songs to have some sort of truth to them.вЂќДЇrom the grinding riff and freight-train harp that light the fuse of opener Ghosts, itвЂ™s clear Ride is like nothing else in TroutвЂ™s catalogue. I spent a lot of time crying, because I would dig down into my emotional core. вЂњThis album is obviously what I was going through mentally and emotionally,вЂќ he considers. As Ride took form, such memories couldnвЂ™t help but flavour the music. It could all be traced back to his troubled childhood in New Jersey, he explains, where an unstable stepfather вЂ“ himself the victim of shocking cruelty as a prisoner of war вЂ“ was a terrifying presence. TroutвЂ™s well-documented excess in this era was darker than a young rock star cutting loose. But before that came his chaotic, self-destructive years as a jobbing lead guitarist, whether for revered-but-tricky blues pioneers like John Lee Hooker and Big Mama Thornton, or an unhinged tenure in an вЂ™80s Canned Heat lineup controlled by the HellвЂ™s Angels.

In time, Trout joined John MayallвЂ™s Bluesbreakers lineup in вЂ™85, before embarking on an acclaimed solo career from вЂ™89 onwards. As long-standing Trout fans know, the Golden State has been the bluesmanвЂ™s home for 47 years. But even in this beachside paradise, amongst the swaying palms and ocean breeze, the past came calling. My producer, Eric Corne, scoped out a new studio in LA, and my plan was to fly home to make a new album.вЂќДЄrriving on the US West Coast two weeks before sessions began, Trout settled to write the Ride material in his now-deserted house in Huntington Beach, California. So her present to me for my 70th birthday was a brand-new record deal she had negotiated.

My wife and manager Marie knew I needed to make music. вЂњSuddenly, IвЂ™m sat on my ass for sixteen months, although I did still practise guitar every day. вЂњIвЂ™ve been at this since вЂ™69, when I started out in the New Jersey bars,вЂќ he reflects. The campaign ended in frustration, when Covid rendered live work too dangerous, both for this liver-transplant survivor and his fans, condemning Trout to an enforced downtime in Denmark that he hadnвЂ™t known in a half-century. The last time we saw Trout stepping out, he was on the road in support of 2020вЂ™s Ordinary Madness. Even now, aged 70, Trout was still writing fresh chapters of his life story. A move from California to Denmark with his beloved family. There was a new record deal with Mascot/Provogue. On his new album he found himself eyeing the horizon and the green shoots of his triumphant late career. However fast or far a man travels, he can never truly outrun his past. Edmunds (20 Jun), Frome (21 Jun)В and Southampton (22 Jun).В Tickets are available from here. The iconic US blues-rock guitarist Walter TroutВ is set to release his 30th solo album, RideВ on 19 AugustВ via Provogue/Mascot Label Group.В To celebrate the annoucement he has released his new song, вЂњGhost,вЂќВ which you can listen to HERE.В He will also be touring the UK this summer, calling through Chester (13 Jun),В Buxton (14 Jun), Brighton (16 Jun), London (17 Jun), Holmfirth (18 Jun), Edinburgh (19 Jun), Bury St.

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