Walter Trout and The Radicals Boardwalk Thurs 22nd Oct

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New Jersey-born blues-rocker Walter Trout spent decades as an ace sideman, playing guitar behind the likes of John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, and Joe Tex. In 1981, he was also tapped to replace the late Bob Hite in Canned Heat, remaining with the venerable group through the middle of the decade. While filling in one night for an ill John Mayall, Trout (also a Bluesbreaker for some five years) was spotted by a Danish concert promoter who agreed to finance a solo tour. Walter hasnt looked back since !

Playing earth shattering blues rock music Walter Trout 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' you have to check him out !

http://www.waltertrout.com/

 

Support from New Blues Sensation Philip Sayce.

Philip first gained international notoriety as a teenage axe-slinger when guitar legend Jeff Healey personally invited Philip to become a member of his band. Just out of high school he performed with Healey at prestigious festivals such The Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, and on bills with The Allman Brothers Band, Robert Cray, Gary Moore, Johnny Winter, B.B. King, and to sold out shows around the world. Sayce then moved to Los Angeles and landed a gig with Uncle Kracker. Phil was featured nightly and Kracker's version of the classic song "Drift Away" went to 1 on the Billboard charts for 28 weeks that summer. Philip can be heard on Kracker's release, "No Stranger To Shame." In the autumn of 2003, Sayce met mega producer John Shanks. Coincidentally, just a week before, super-star Melissa Etheridge had mentioned to John that she was looking for a guitar player. Shanks referred Philip to her and in December 2003, Sayce joined Etheridge and her band. Philip performed with Melissa at The Grammy Awards in 2005, and at The Academy Awards in 2007, where she won an Oscar for song of the year, "I Need To Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth". Philip can be heard on her 2004 release "Lucky Live", "Greatest Hits:The Road Less Traveled" (2005), "The Awakening" (2007) and "A New Thought For Christmas" (2008). Sayce released "Peace Machine" independently in the autumn of 2005, and has been actively composing material with a number of songwriters for an upcoming solo release.