From the archives
“The first thing I had to do was go through my archives. I have closets full of old recordings all the way back to cassettes and stuff like that. I had to go through and try to find some that not only were good performances, but the actual recordings were OK, too. I narrowed that down to about 20 or 30 cuts and then I had to go through them and narrow that down again. I really wanted to have new stuff on this one and not just have it be all old stuff. I wrote three songs and went in and recorded them. It was really a matter of trying to fit everything on there and kind of whittling it down.”
On the horizon
“This is my 16th CD here and I’m due to make another all-original CD here in January. I have the first of 2010 mapped out so that’s when I have to do the recording so it can come out for next summer. I’m always kind of mapped out a year or two in advance. We’re already booking deep into next year.”
The in crowd
“Attendance has been great. I haven’t seen any bad effects on my turnout at my shows because of the economy. I was just in Germany, which has the highest unemployment rate in Europe. Germany has been affected by this worse than any other European country, but I’ve got bigger crowds than I’ve ever had there. I guess I’m doing something right.”
Back to Gilly’s
“I first started touring America in ’98, and one of the first places I played was Gilly’s and I’ve had a great audience there ever since. (Owner) Jerry (Gillotti) does a good job. I think that club is kind of an institution for your town.”
HOW TO GO
Who: Walter Trout
Where: Gilly’s, 132 S. Jefferson St., Dayton
When: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18
Cost: $20
More info: (937) 228-8414 or www.myspace.com/gillysindayton
Artist info: www.waltertrout.com.
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