Blues rocker Walter Trout emerged in the same period (late eighties) as guitar virtuosos Jeff Healy and Stevie Ray Vaughan, with whom he is often compared. As a guitarist, Trout is a size smaller than previously mentioned, although he is still good for sixth place in the ranking of the best guitarists of all time, as compiled by the listeners of the British BBC. As a singer he rises above the majority
… of his white blues brothers. On Relentless, too, the emphasis is on the fat shuffles in the well-known twelve bars, while he manages to strike an emotional chord, especially in the soul ballad Jericho Road. To emphasize his indestructible reputation as a live musician, the album was recorded live, in the Amsterdam pop venue Paradiso. Unfortunately it is not noticeable, the applause has been mixed up by an overzealous sound engineer. (MS)more
