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“You could scrape that guitar, smoke the residue and get strung out”: Walter Trout’s life in three guitars

The Strat-addicted bluesman describes the three guitars he couldn’t, can’t or won’t live without

Guitar World · May 13

“The first gig, they handed me a mayonnaise jar full of cocaine and said, ‘Welcome to the band’”: Blues survivor Walter Trout on wild times with Canned Heat, how John Mayall helped him get sober – and his death metal tone secret

As the blues veteran releases a fiery new album, Sign of the Times, and wrestles with his new gym regimen, he checks in to talk tone and share memories of a career like no other

Guitar World · Sep 11, 2025

"We were always badass, if by that you mean sex, drugs and rock'n'roll... we were very bad": The wild story of Canned Heat, the badass blues band that death couldn’t kill

Booze, barbiturates, suicide and overdoses – the twisted tale of America's first great boogie-rock band

Louder · Apr 8, 2025

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“During the first song at Woodstock the amp blew up. They gave me another. It sounded terrible. I cringe when I think about it”: Harvey Mandel replaced some of guitar’s biggest names – but Keith Richards cost him a spot in the Rolling Stones

The two-hand tapping pioneer on playing with Canned Heat, Jerry Garcia and John Mayall, getting beaten to the Stones gig by Ronnie Wood – and that time he was kidnapped by Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor

Guitar World · Feb 27, 2025

“Ronnie was a really nice guy – but let’s face it: he ain’t no Mick Taylor, and he’s no Harvey Mandel. He’s what I call a C-plus guitar player”: Harvey Mandel nearly became a Rolling Stone – here’s why he thinks he would have been a better fit

While the former Canned Heat guitarist impressed Mick Jagger, he didn't manage to convince Keith Richards...

Guitar World · Feb 12, 2025

"Baby boomers and bikers are eighty per cent of our audience, but we're seeing more and more young people": Fito de la Parra looks back on 60 years of Canned Heat

Canned Heat drummer Fito de la Parra has survived changing trends, the deaths of all his original bandmates, and more than 40 personnel changes

Louder · Aug 27, 2024

Walter Trout and his guitar fell in love with Australia in 1981

Lizotte's date in January

Newcastle Herald · Sep 15, 2023

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