Walter Trout

Jon Brewer examines the history of blues music in America, marrying startling imagery and expert interviews with archival performances to fill in the gaps about the music itself, its origins and the impact it had and continues to have on popular music today.

Live archive release from the British Blues legend. This release features Mayall in a hard-driving, sharp set of original and classic numbers captured live on tour in 1988. This concert serves to remind us of the genius with which this pioneering artist almost single-handedly revived the Blues, and how he has made them his own over a phenomenal career in music. Featuring the paired lead guitars of Walter Trout and Coco Montoya, the band rocks hard in a tight groove that enables searing solos from the featured guitarists as well as from Mayall himself on guitar and keyboards. The guttural power of Mayall's vocals is ever-present. And the songs - most of them Mayall originals - include the classic Room To Move, with which John Mayall once electrified the world of Rock 'n' Roll.

Walter Trout is a younger generation blues guitarist, who toured with Joe Tex, Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. This concert, from the German "Ohne Filter" series took place on June 29, 1993. Appearing with Trout was Martin Gerschwitz, James Trapp and Bernard Pershey. Special features include an interview with the producer,Artist's biography, recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1. A New Jersey native & former member of Canned Heat and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Walter Trout has also toured with John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, and Canned Heat. Here, he performs live in Germany on June 29, 1993. Accompanied by Martin Gerschwitz, James Trapp, and Bernard Pershey, Trout performs a set of 8 tracks including "I Can Tell," "Life in the Jungle," and "Finally Gotten Over You."

This DVD gives you an insiders view into how the unique CD Relentless, featuring all new material, was recorded at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on May 14th, 2003. Hear Walter Trout tell the audience the stories behind his new songs, and then watch him turn around to the band and get song after song recorded right there on the spot. With spectacular lights and 21st century sound you see the ultimate Walter Trout and the Radicals show. As added features you get a backstage pass to watch "Behind the Scenes", exclusive interviews with Walter Trout, the bands manager, and the Radicals up close and personal. With jokes and footage from the Road, bonus tracks and much more, this is the definitive documentary of Walter Trout and the Radicals delivering their new songs the way they are supposed to be recorded: Raw, unrefined, and in your face. Recording all new material in front of an audience, Walters guitar work, and the Radicals playing style.