Walter Trout Live at the Sanctuary

Join The Guitar Sanctuary  as we present a special show with Walter Trout at The Sanctuary Music & Events Center on Friday July 19th at 8pm (doors open at 7pm) with special guest The Keith Owens Band.

VIP Tables including seating for 4 directly in front of the stage are $300 per table. (SEE SEATING CHART)

Downstairs Seats (First Come, First Served) are $30 each

General Admission (Standing Room Only) Tickets on the upstairs balcony are $20 each.

We will have standard Cash Bar and Food Service available from our friends at Rick's Chophouse.

Walter Trout and Provogue Records / Mascot Label Group will release Survivor’s Blues globally on January 25.  Trout is no ordinary artist and this is no ordinary covers album. From the day he conceived the project to the moment he counted off the first song in the studio, he had a bolder plan for this release.  Trout shares. “I’m riding in my car sometimes, and I’ve got a blues station on – and here’s another band doing Got My Mojo Workin’. And there’s a little voice in me that says, ‘Does The World need another version of that song?’ So I came up with an idea. I didn’t want to do ‘Stormy Monday’ or ‘Messin’ With The Kid.’ I didn’t want to do the Blues greatest hits. I wanted to do old, obscure songs that have hardly been covered. And that’s how Survivor Blues started…”

Over the course of the last several decades, Walter Trout has been a prolific artist.  He’s regularly released offerings from the studio, so this moment of offering a covers album is somewhat of a curveball.  His 2017 all-star release, We’re All In This Together, shows no sign of burning out and continues to receive accolades and sales on a global basis, alongside four awards for Blues Rock Album Of The Year.  He reflects, ”It’s really overwhelming. How do I follow that up? I’ve always respected guys who went out on a limb, like Neil Young or Bob Dylan. You never know what they’re gonna come out with.”

Likewise, long-standing fans have given up trying to second-guess Trout’s next move. The tracklisting of Survivor Blues is a window into the 67-year-old’s fast-moving backstory, chronicling a five-decade career whose one constant is his deep love of the Blues. Opener “Me, My Guitar And The Blues” tips a hat to cult hero Jimmy Dawkins, whose records Trout devoured while cutting his teeth as a ’60s axeslinger in New Jersey. “Nature’s Disappearing” nods to his celebrated ’80s tenure in John Mayall’s near-mythical Bluesbreakers. In-between, you’ll find cherished favourites from a lifetime’s listening, with songs that caught Trout’s ear at key junctures in his journey, from backing up John Lee Hooker in the ’70s, to bringing the groove to Canned Heat in the ’80s or breaking through as a solo artist in the ’90s.

Keith started playing guitar at 16, with influence from his parents and uncle. From early on, he had a passion for blues music, fueled by yearly trips with his dad to the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, TN. After playing football at Northeastern State University, Keith returned to North Texas and began building his fan base in the area. Starting out at the Garage on Fry Street in Denton, Keith honed his stage presence and chops as a performer before taking the steps to put together a band that would go on to thrill crowds the area over. After several trial and errors, Keith found a truly gifted group of musicians to help him promote his debut CD, Broken Bottles. Trace Bivens, Kirk Richardson, and Dwayne Berry provide the kind of foundation that only comes from countless hours of cohesion, and it shows both on and off stage.

"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams. The wheels are in motion. Done."

Hang on tight, and keep your eyes on these guys. Great things are coming.