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Walter Trout: Full Circle

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Label: RUF Records
Released: 2006.06.20
Time:
 70:45
Category: Blues, Blues-Rock
Producer(s): Walter Trout
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.waltertrout.com
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Purchase date: 2015
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] She Takes More Than She Gives (Walter Trout) - 8:41
[2] Workin' Overtime (Walter Trout) - 5:48
[3] Firehouse Mama (Eric Sardinas / Walter Trout) - 5:07
[4] Who's Listenin' In (Walter Trout) - 6:51
[5] Slap Happy (Junior Watson) - 2:31
[6] Wrapped Around Your Finger (Walter Trout) - 5:02
[7] A Busy Man (James Harman) - 7:40
[8] Highway Song (John Mayall / Walter Trout) - 2:54
[9] When Will It Ever Change (Luther Allison) - 4:57
[10] Can't Help Falling Apart (Walter Trout) - 4:00
[11] After Hours (Erskine Hawkins) - 6:48
[12] Clouds on the Horizon (Joe Bonamassa / Walter Trout) - 7:51
[13] Full Circle (Walter Trout) - 2:29

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Walter Trout - Guitar on [1-2,4-13], Acoustic Guitar on [3], Vocals on [1-4,6-9,12], Harmonica on [10], Producer

John Mayall - Piano on [1], Harmonica on [1], Vocals on [1], Guitar on [8]
Jeff Healey - Guitar on [2], Vocals on [2]
Eric Sardinas - Acoustic Guitar on [3], Vocals on [3]
Coco Montoya - Guitar on [4], Vocals on [4]
Junior Watson - Guitar on [5]
Guitar Shorty - Guitar on [6], Vocals on [6]
James Harman - Harmonica on [7], Vocals on [7]
Bernard Allison - Guitar on [9], Vocals on [9]
Deacon Jones - Organ on [10,11]
Joe Bonamassa - Guitar on [12], Vocals on [12]
Larry Keene - Voice on [13]

Rick Knapp - Bass on [1,4,6,8-12]
Richie Hayward - Drums  on [1,6,8,10-12]
Alec Fraser - Bass on [2]
Al WebsterDrums on [2]
Dave Murphy - Organ on [2]
Joseph Pafumi - Drums on [4,9]
Sammy Avila - Organ on [4,9]
Jonny Ray Bartel - Bass on [5]
Bill Bateman - Drums on [5]
Deacon Jones - Organ on [6]
Buddy Clark - Bass on [7]
Steven Hodges - Drums on [7]
Rob Rio - Piano on [7]
Danny Timms - Piano on [8]
Finis Tasby - Vocalson [10]

Tom "Curly" Ruff - Executive Producer
Marie Trout - Executive Producer, Photography
Eric Corne - Engineer, Mixing
Peter Doell - Mastering
Gary E. Smith - Cover Photo, Photography
Andrew Elt - Inlay Photography
Neil Zlozower - Photography

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2006 CD RUF Records RUF 1117


In his mid-fifties at the time of this album's release in 2006, Walter Trout seemed to be in a reflective mood. His 2005 album was a collection of older, previously unreleased tracks from various stages in his extensive career. This follow-up finds him reconnecting with many artists he has worked with, laying down newly recorded originals. In fact, this is Trout's first studio recorded disc of fresh material since 2001's Go the Distance. As the Full Circle title implies, the guitarist rounds up some musicians/friends he has played with for a spontaneous set of performances. The liner notes explain that some of these tracks were unrehearsed first takes, and the heightened energy level throughout reflects that. Also impressive is that Trout was eye-to-eye with each artist, as opposed to projects where guests lay down solos at various times in different cities and never see each other. The disc kicks off in fine, heated form with John Mayall sharing vocals and guitar and adding harmonica to a fiery eight-minute slow blues workout "She Takes More Than She Gives." Trout restrains - slightly - his propensity to pummel more notes per minute than the next guy, infusing greater passion into his playing as evidenced by the swampy blues-rock of "Workin' Overtime," featuring Jeff Healey. Fellow fret shredders of his genre such as Bernard Allison, Coco Montoya, and especially Joe Bonamassa add predictable firepower with their contributions and seem to spur Trout to new heights. In this heavy company, it's refreshing to hear him shift into a jazzier mood with Junior Watson on "Slap Happy" and even go acoustic on "Firehouse Mama," where he trades hyperactive riffs with neighbor Eric Sardinas. Harp master/vocalist James Harman (who, with his burly face and long white beard looks more like Moses everyday) and organist Deacon Jones bring comparative subtlety to the proceedings and alter the groove to a less frenzied attack than when Trout is trading licks with his guitar buddies. Guitar Shorty, Little Feat drummer Richard Hayward, and noted DJ Larry Keene - whose articulated fast talking can be compared to Trout's own style on guitar - also appear, the latter for a spoken word title cut finale that could have been left on the cutting room floor. Deep blues fans will still probably shy away due to the album's guitar heavy appeal and Trout's tendency to overextend his furious solos. But for the blues-rocker who loves a rugged blast of electricity and barrages of notes played with no-frills intensity, this is arguably Trout's most listenable, impressive, and diverse album yet.

Hal Horowitz - Al  Music Guide



Guest-star projects can be such tiresome affairs. Too often, the high-profile "friend" is nothing more than the record label's idea of someone they can feature on the front cover to generate additional sales. Additionally, these performances are frequently overdubbed, so the artist and the guest never actually come in contact with each other. Thankfully, neither is the case on Walter Trout's first studio album of new material since 2001's Go the Distance. Not only has the hotshot guitarist worked and maintained friendships with these players, but they convened in the same studio at the same time to nail these tunes. Not surprisingly, the vast majority of Trout's friends are guitarists who - like him - prefer to charge through songs with the intensity of a salmon swimming upstream. Joe Bonamassa, Bernard Allison, Guitar Shorty, Jeff Healey, Junior Watson, and Coco Montoya all share guitar-duel duties, and while the results aren't exactly subtle, there's enough explosive firepower here to level a small building. Even an acoustic session with Eric Sardinas - a neighbor of Trout's - attacks like an unplugged Rory Gallagher on a hot Belfast night. John Mayall (keyboards/vocals), James Harman (harp), Finis Tasby (vocals), Deacon Jones (Hammond B3 organ), and Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward also bring their game faces, and sometimes songs, contributing to various tracks with energy and intensity. Trout plays with his usual all-stops-out bluster, but there is an obvious affection for his guests on every track, which both energizes and spurs him on to new heights on what is arguably his best and most diverse effort yet.

Hal Horowitz - Amazon.com
 

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