News Latest News from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-US Copyright 1998-2026 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=11485 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 03:02:02 -0400 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:27:12 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=11485 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/im-serious-why-this-blues-rock-legend-prefers-to-keep-his-amp-at-a-death-metal-setting--but-wont-go-anywhere-near-a-pedalboard https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/im-serious-why-this-blues-rock-legend-prefers-to-keep-his-amp-at-a-death-metal-setting--but-wont-go-anywhere-near-a-pedalboard Gear: "Listen to the lead solo on 'Sign of the Times'. That's the death metal setting with the guitar turned all the way up."]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2025 03:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/guitar_pedals_arent_the_way_to_go_blues_rock_legend_walter_trout_says_i_dont_see_any_need_for_it.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/guitar_pedals_arent_the_way_to_go_blues_rock_legend_walter_trout_says_i_dont_see_any_need_for_it.html Gear: "If you get a kickass amplifier, why would you put it through a $100 pedal?"]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:59:51 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/walter_trout_recalls_what_he_thought_of_eric_clapton_when_he_heard_him_shares_crazy_jimmy_page_moment.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/walter_trout_recalls_what_he_thought_of_eric_clapton_when_he_heard_him_shares_crazy_jimmy_page_moment.html Music News: "I turned around and it was Jimmy Page!", the guitarist said.]]> Tue, 01 Sep 2020 17:54:57 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/walter_trout_explains_why_he_wrote_a_song_called_ok_boomer_shares_opinion_on_modeling_amps.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/walter_trout_explains_why_he_wrote_a_song_called_ok_boomer_shares_opinion_on_modeling_amps.html Interviews: UG exclusive: "We're getting older, but we ain't dead yet!"]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2020 07:59:59 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/walter_trout_talks_how_carlos_santana_saved_his_life_shares_opinion_on_metal_music.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/walter_trout_talks_how_carlos_santana_saved_his_life_shares_opinion_on_metal_music.html Interviews: UG exclusive: "Carlos told me that I was giving the finger to God by playing on stage fucked up."]]> Sat, 18 Jul 2020 10:27:19 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/walter_trout_names_guitarist_whose_shoes_he_was_more_intimidated_to_fill_than_eric_claptons_talks_surprisingly_low_pay_in_john_lee_hooker_band.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/walter_trout_names_guitarist_whose_shoes_he_was_more_intimidated_to_fill_than_eric_claptons_talks_surprisingly_low_pay_in_john_lee_hooker_band.html Interviews: UG exclusive: The guitarist also looks back on his time in Canned Heat.]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2020 11:29:45 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/stream_the_new_album_from_walter_trouts_preview.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/stream_the_new_album_from_walter_trouts_preview.html Music News: New album "The Blues Came Callin'" is released as the veteran guitarist battles illness.]]> Tue, 27 May 2014 09:30:04 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/walter_trout_to_release_album_in_june.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/walter_trout_to_release_album_in_june.html Music News: Despite the musician's liver failure, "The Blues Came Callin'" will be released this June.]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:08:37 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/walter_trout_in_need_of_urgent_liver_transplant_fans_urged_to_help_via_fundraiser.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/walter_trout_in_need_of_urgent_liver_transplant_fans_urged_to_help_via_fundraiser.html Music News: Guitarist will die within 90 days unless he gets a liver transplant. Make a donation and help spread the word.]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:27:12 -0400