Relentless: The Concert

Starring:Walter Trout & The Radicals
Studio: Music Video Dist.
Product Type: DVD

Description

This DVD gives you an insider's view into how the unique CD Relentless, featuring all new material, was recorded at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on May 14th, 2003. Hear Walter Trout tell the audience the stories behind his new songs, and then watch him turn around to the band and get song after song recorded right there on the spot. With spectacular lights and 21st century sound you see the ultimate Walter Trout and the Radicals show. As added features you get a backstage pass to watch "Behind the Scenes," exclusive interviews with Walter Trout, the bands' manager, and the Radicals up close and personal.

Customer Reviews:

The most underrated guitarist in the world!.......2006-02-11

I only give 5 star reviews, because I'm only interested in turning people on to the things I love most. Walter Trout has just entered that category. Playing just his stratocaster through a Mesa Boogie Mark IV amp with the rare Mesa Boogie Leslie-copy rotating speaker and no effects, Walter Trout pulls out all the stops in this incredible concert.

He has been unfairly accused of being derivative (gimme a break! ALL blues rock is derivative!) He has been unfairly accused of copping Stevie Ray's style and riffs. They have common blues roots, but Trout is much less reliant on effects, and clearly has his own chops influenced by a number of the blues greats (Albert King, to name one) and he even pulls off some of the same speed and volume-knob manipulation of the late great Roy Buchanan. Plus, having played with John Lee Hooker and Big Mama Thornton, he has firmly established his credibility as a genuine bluesman, even if he is doing blues/rock now. To put it simply, he's absorbed the best blues/rock influences and blended them into his own passionate, fiery style.

I'm a fair guitarit myself, and after one viewing of the DVD and several listens to the CD of Relentless, Trout is the one guitarist whose style I would most aspire to master. As a solo act he is generous to his band members in letting them stretch out on their own instruments instead of just having them playing rote accompaniment.

It is also clear that lyrically he comes from a very genuine place. Collingswood is a great example, wherein he effectively conveys the fear, pain and anger (and relief and comfort from other family) of growing up in a household with a violent alcoholic stepfather. He pulls his blues from deep within his own soul, and when he rocks hard he takes his solos right up to the edge of cacophony, momentarily crosses that line, and then takes complete melodic control again. If he has anything like a weak point it would be his acoustic songs, which don't quite convey the same passion as his electric work, but even then he still packs more genuine emotion and heartfelt melody into the acoustic material than most other acts in his genre.

If you love blues, rock, blues/rock, and even some metal guitar, this DVD is a rare treasure. I sat dumbfounded with a satisfied smirk on my face through the entire first viewing of this DVD. The production values are also a guitarist's dream, with the visual focus clearly placed on Trout's style and technique. The interviews, while not slickly produced or eloquent, reveal exactly what you'd want to know about this virtuoso after hearing him - his gear and how he uses it, influences and background - all relevant background on his music and how he makes it.

I like this every bit as much as anything by Johnny Winter, Roy Buchanan, Gary Moore, Stevie Ray, Clapton, or any of the other rock/blues fusion guitarists. Only one copy in stock as I write this - I really hope Amazon and Ruf records will keep making this available to the world. I'd heard of Walter Trout some time ago when I lived in Orange County CA, and now I'm kicking myself in the okole for not seeing him at the coachhouse or other clubs there - odds are he won't be playing in Hawaii anytime soon. BUY THIS DVD RIGHT NOW! YOU WON'T REGRET IT!

A long wait for the pride.......2005-10-06

In my opinion, Its the best one. Amazing, wonderfull, fantastic.
You bet!

Walter burns it up.......2005-04-10

He just smokes the blues with raging riffs and deep felt guitar work. You can see he has really put his heart out into this work. He guitar work is hard and fast at times and soulful at others. And to top it off he really is a nice guy! For guitar players....he tells all about his rig/guitar etc. Money very well spent.

A great look at a "soon to be" legend.......2005-02-23

I can hardly believe the slam review written by "Blues Hammer". I'll admit I'm a huge Trout fan and have seen him perform on every tour through the Midwest since my first taste back in 97 or 98.

There are a lot of variations in what is considered Blues, but I find Walter's original songs and performance skills unique and all his own. Walter will do some classics, but he never settles for re-hashing a bunch of old tunes just to get a CD out. Walter has a sound and a style there that I just don't hear from anyone else.

I think anyone who has a history with Walter Trout will find this DVD contains a great cross section of his music performed the way it sounds best, live and fresh. For newcomers it's a front row seat to a great concert.

Whether it's the up front, in your face style of "I'm Tired", the soulful ballad "Jericho Road", or the blue-collar "Best You Got" it's Walter and the boys on stage performing some great new tunes. Throw in the excellent sound and camera work in one of the band's favorite venues and you have a great live performance worth watching over and over again.

It's a definite must have for Walter fans, or for anyone who enjoys some original contemporary blues music with a little "attitude".

BUY IT-YOU WON'T BE SORRY.......2004-05-08

I became a instant Walter Trout fan 1 month ago,with the purchase of this concert on CD.I like the blues and man this guy can flat out play 'em.I have since went crazy and have bought this DVD and just about all the other CD's.I personally find his lyrics refreshing,uplifting and mature.I am now a BIG FAN...BUY IT!!!

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