Walter Trout

Tickets £25.00 (this performance is standing room only)
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Walter Trout plays earth shattering blues rock music, he was voted the 6th best guitarist ever in a BBC Radio listeners poll and gets rave reviews whenever playing live as well as on record, with quotes like ‘When it comes to blazing guitar players, Walter Trout is the prophet’ (Pasadena Weekly, USA).

Trout who topped the Blues charts with the all star ‘Full Circle’ and ‘The Outsider’. His live shows are mesmerising, his guitar technique dazzling and his rapport with fans both
funny and intense.

Following a liver transplant, and extensive rehabilitation, the esteemed Bluesman feels strong enough to resume his career of fifty plus years. Trout shares, “The last year has been one where the blues truly came calling, and I came face to face with death more than once. My wife moved me to Nebraska to improve my chances of getting a life-saving liver transplant, and after a long wait, I got my new liver on May 26th, 2014. Since then I have been filled with immense gratitude. Gratitude for the fans who supported me via fundraisers, cards, messages, thoughts and prayers, for the
donor and his or her family, for medical science, for my family, and for life itself. Everything matters more to me now. Now, 8 months after my transplant I feel like a new man.

I have strength and energy. In some ways I feel like I am in my 20’s again! The past couple of years of playing I was getting dizzy spells, severe cramps in my hand and forearm and played many shows in severe pain. It turns out that was a result of my deteriorating liver. That is gone now! I am able to play better than I have in years. I feel reborn. I cannot wait to get back out on the road again and do what I love to
do for my fans. The future looks great!

guest Sari Schorr

A jaw-dropping voice and a live show that erupts like a volcano have catapulted Sari Schorr into the spotlight as one of the hottest new blues-rock singers today. The native New Yorker is taking the blues world by storm, and with a voice that jolted legendary blues producer Mike Vernon (think Fleetwood Mac, Clapton, and Bowie) out of retirement, it’s not hard to see why. It’s no wonder that Blues Matters said, “The future of blues is in good hands. Sari is a gift to all of us from the Blues Gods.”

Several years of touring the world with Joe Louis Walker and Popa Chubby granted Schorr notoriety and induction to the New York Blues Hall of Fame. She heads her own electrifying band, The Engine Room, featuring legendary blues guitarist Innes Sibun.

The group has earned a slew of accolades, including Best Vocalist and Best Album nominations from the European Blues Awards and Winner Best Blues Rock Band for 2016 by WRC.

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