Walter Trout (Late)

All of us are broken. But no-one is beyond repair. Its a philosophy that WALTER TROUT has lived by during seven volatile decades at the heart of Americas society and blues-rock scene. Even now, with the world more fractured than ever by politics, economics, social media and culture wars the fabled US bluesmans latest album, Broken, chronicles the bitter schisms of modern life but refuses to succumb to them.Ive always tried to write positive songs, and this album is not quite that, considers the 72-year-old of an all-original tracklisting that rages and soothes. But I always hold on to hope. I think thats why I wrote this album.For the last half-century, however rocky his path, hope has always lit the way. The beats of Trouts unbelievable story are well-known: the traumatic childhood in Ocean City, New Jersey; the audacious move to the West Coast in 74; the auspicious but chaotic sideman shifts with John Lee Hooker and Big Mama Thornton; the raging addictions that somehow never stopped the boogie when he was with Canned Heat in the early-80s.