Walter Trout. New Album and Tour Details

Critically acclaimed American blues rock guitarist, Walter Trout, today announced the release of his new studio album Blues For The Modern Daze. 

The album is released by Provogue Records (a division of Mascot Label Group), in the UK on Monday 23^rd April, followed by US release on 24^th April.
To support the upcoming album, Trout will embark on a UK tour in March. Ticket Hotline: 0844, 478 0898, www.thegigcartel.com.  Dates include:

Southampton The Brook
Tuesday 6^th March
Tickets: £15.00 (advance), £17.00 (door)
Box Office 023 8055 5366
466 Portswood Road, Portswood, Southampton SO17 3SD

www.the-brook.com

Newcastle O2 Academy
Wednesday 7^th March

Tickets: £17.50 / Box Office: 0844 477 2000
O2 Academy Newcastle, Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 1SW

www.o2academynewcastle.co.uk

Leeds City Varities
Thursday 8^th March

Tickets:  £22.00 / Box Office: 0113 243 0808
City Varieties Music Hall, Swan Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 6LW
 www.cityvarieties.co.uk

Sheffield O2 Academy
Friday 9^th March

Tickets: £20.00 / Box Office: 0844 477 2000
O2 Academy Sheffield, 37-43 Arundel Gate, Sheffield, S1 2PN

www.o2academysheffield.co.uk

Clitheroe The Grand

Saturday 10^th March

Tickets: £20.00 / Venue Box Office: 01200 421599
The Grand At Clitheroe, York Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 2DL

www.thegrandvenue.co.uk


Salford The Lowry

Sunday 11^th March

Tickets: £20.00 / Box Office: 0843 208 6000

The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, Salford, Lancashire, M50 3AZ

www.thelowry.com

Pontardawe Arts Centre
Monday 12^th March

Tickets: £17.00 / Box Office: 01792 863722
Pontardawe Arts Centre, Herbert Street, Pontardawe, SA8 4ED

www.npt.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=2487&event_id=8182

Cardiff Glee Club
Tuesday 13^th March
Tickets: £17.00 / Box Office 0871 472 0400

www.glee.co.uk/performers/walter-trout.htm

Wolverhampton Robin 2
Wednesday 14^th March

Tickets: £15.00 (advance), £17.00 (door)
Box Office:  01902 401211
The Robin 2, 20-28 Mount Pleasant Bilston Wolverhampton, WV14 7LJ TE

www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=2808 

Bristol The Tunnels

Wednesday 15^th March

Tickets: £17.50 / Box Office: 0845 6050255
The Tunnels, Arches 31 & 32, Lower Station Approach Road, Bristol, BS1 6QF

www.thetunnelsbristol.co.uk

Devon Tavistock The Wharf

Thursday 16^th March

Tickets: £18.00 / Box Office: 01822 611166
Wharf Community Art Centre, The Wharf, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 8AT

www.tavistockwharf.com

Blues for the Modern Daze, showcases the contemporary guitar legend’s return to his hardcore blues roots.  The album is Trout’s sixth recording for Provogue, and his first fully-fledged blues album in 23 years as a bandleader.  Trout’s practical schooling in blues started when he arrived in Los Angeles in 1973 and secured gigs behind Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, Finis Tasby, Pee Wee Crayton, Lowell Fulsom, Percy Mayfield and Joe Tex. By 1981 he joined the remaining original members of Canned Heat.

The turning point for Trout was his tenure with British blues giant John Mayall. Trout became part of the Bluesbreakers’ lineage of great guitarists along with Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. By 1989, Trout formed his own band, released his debut album Life In the Jungle, and rapidly became a star in Europe. His first US release, 1998′s critically heralded Walter Trout, made him a permanent fixture in the American blues rock scene.

“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. “The 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.”