CD -"The Outsider" - Walter Trout
I listened to this CD immediately after seeing Walter Trout live. That was a mistake. Nothing can compare to seeing and hearing Walter play live. I played maybe twenty secs of each song and skipped along, playing maybe one or two songs all the way through. The next day I put it on and listened again. I picked up the cover and made sure this was the same CD that I had fast-forwarded through the night before. The first song, “Welcome to the Human Race,” has a great beat and the lyrics tell of the highs and lows of life. There is a good mix of music and like always, powerful Trout lyrics. He also tells of a young guitarist’s rise to the top of the music industry, comparing him to a young gunslinger in “The Next Best Thing.” It even has a bit of a western beat to it. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Bluesrock” is a “kickin’up a storm-guitar type” Trout song. It is the kind that I like best and that is my favorite tune on the CD. It may be about Walter’s past. Who knows?
He tells of his strong religious belief in “Turn Your Eyes to Heaven.” He does a song about people who have come into hard times in “Child of Another Day.” He also tells the story of Sanjay Dutt, an Indian actor and a friend of Walter’s for years. Sanjay was imprisoned in a case that had a questionable verdict. It seems that the judge wanted to make an example out of Sanjay, a popular star…fourteen years after the incident occurred.
Every Walter Trout CD that I own has a love ballad. This has a great one, “A Matter of the Heart,” letting people know that love can reach everyone but you have to work at it to make it great. The CD concludes with the title tune, “The Outsider.” Great guitar work (naturally), a hard blues beat and a song about not fitting in.
So, let’s see-“The Outsider” has songs about life, love, greatness, religion, injustice, abusing oneself, hard times and looking for your place in life. He has hard-driving tune, ballads, bluesy tunes and even western style and Indian (the country) beats. I think Walter needs to expand his horizons a bit. Seriously, I should not have to tell you to go buy a Trout CD, it should be mandatory. –Don Vecchio
He tells of his strong religious belief in “Turn Your Eyes to Heaven.” He does a song about people who have come into hard times in “Child of Another Day.” He also tells the story of Sanjay Dutt, an Indian actor and a friend of Walter’s for years. Sanjay was imprisoned in a case that had a questionable verdict. It seems that the judge wanted to make an example out of Sanjay, a popular star…fourteen years after the incident occurred.Every Walter Trout CD that I own has a love ballad. This has a great one, “A Matter of the Heart,” letting people know that love can reach everyone but you have to work at it to make it great. The CD concludes with the title tune, “The Outsider.” Great guitar work (naturally), a hard blues beat and a song about not fitting in.
So, let’s see-“The Outsider” has songs about life, love, greatness, religion, injustice, abusing oneself, hard times and looking for your place in life. He has hard-driving tune, ballads, bluesy tunes and even western style and Indian (the country) beats. I think Walter needs to expand his horizons a bit. Seriously, I should not have to tell you to go buy a Trout CD, it should be mandatory. –Don Vecchio
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