Guitarist

Albums

Walter Trout

Ride

Provogue Records (release date: 19 August)

9/10

30th solo album landmark for blues veteran par excellence

Possessing the fortitude to produce 30 albums during your career is one heck of a thing. And with plenty of ups and downs in his life – including life-threatening illness a few years ago – Walter Trout has produced music that has been infused with an emotion and colour that is unique to him. What’s more, an almost constant and relentless touring schedule has won him dedicated fans across the globe. His particular brand of uniqueness is most evident on this

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Guitarist

Guitarist9 min read
Taylor Made
“When I was a young teenager, I loved the idea of playing guitar. At the same time, I was learning how to make things in school ’shop classes…” says Bob Taylor, co-founder of Taylor Guitars. “In my 11th grade high school woodshop class, I made my fir
Guitarist6 min read
Tones Behind The Tracks
Album: Medusa (Frontiers Music SRL) Tracii Guns has long slung his Les Paul in bouts of rock ’n’ roll excess as a longtime hair-metal icon with his namesake band, LA Guns. But lately he’s been branching out through several side gigs, one of which fea
Guitarist3 min read
1965 Gibson EB-6D
“Several features make this example unique. Firstly, there’s the colour, because I’ve never seen a sunburst one before. It’s like a two-tone tobacco sunburst; I’ve had a Les Paul SG that was the same colour. It had to be custom-ordered and that’s why

Related Books & Audiobooks