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Walter Trout

"A torrential, gladiator guitar player — the kind the term 'guitar hero' was coined to describe." - Los Angeles Times

Southern California guitarist Walter Trout cut his teeth playing with John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and Canned Heat. Since then, Trout's pyrotecnic blues guitar work has earned him a legion of fans here, and made him a cult hero in Europe. In a BBC radio poll, Trout was ranked #6 out of the top 20 all-time greatest guitarists (a few more votes would've landed him in the Top 5 amongst Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page).

With his arresting technique, relentless tour schedule and exhilarating showmanship, Trout merited the cover of Blues Revue, which commented, "Trout gets into the groove where the magic happens. But each night offers a particular set of circumstances that keep the music fresh."

Expect him to sit in with his former boss, John Mayall, if not on the main stage, then in the after-hours jam at the Marriott Ballroom.