New Jersey native Walter Trout began his professional guitar-playing career during the '60s, backing up blues acts like Joe Tex and playing as a member of Canned Heat and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. In 1989, he founded his blues- and Southern-rock-minded Walter Trout Band and began releasing a steady stream of albums with that group and its offshoots. His latest record, 2010's slow-burning Common Ground, is his 20th as a solo artist or band leader.
Walter Trout w/ Altered Five Band
Tonight @ Shank Hall, 8 p.m.
