… The next day my entire outlook on things had changed. “People are going to hear that song and say, ‘What in the hell is this guy talking about?’ and think he must have been on some good drugs or something, but I know what I experienced and nobody’s going to tell me it wasn’t real. So ‘I’ll see you soon’ could be 100 years. When they said, ‘We’ll see you soon,’ I thought, ‘Am I gonna die next week?’ And I realized when I was with them there was no space and there was no time. I got to experience it and it was incredible.
They said, ‘We’ll see you soon,’ and suddenly I was back in my body, in pain. I really want to try to hold on.’ And they said, ‘OK, we’ll see you soon.’ And this is as real as anything I’ve ever been through. And they said, ‘Do you want to come with us now? You can come with us right now,’ and I knew that it meant I’m gonna die. I said, ‘This is beautiful,’ and we were laughing. “These balls of white light were flying around and suddenly I was out of my body. I was not on fucking morphine or anything. “There are certain people I have told this to who are dear friends of mine who looked at me like I’m nuts. Can you hear me when I pray? We’re gonna fly away.” I can see the truth when you laugh and call my name. I can hear you calling me with eternal love. He said he wanted to explain what happened to Tahoe Onstage in order for listeners to understand when he sings, “I can see you there floating up above. Trout said he had only told the story to those close to him. “(‘Battle Scars’) is a concept album about what I went through and every song on there has a story,” Trout said, after sharing his experience that is revealed in the song “We’ll Fly Away.” 23, 2015, Trout released of his album “Battle Scars.” Then he had a five-week tour in Europe, where he has a devout fan base. According to my wife, he was rapping on my head with his knuckles, yelling “Walter! Walter!” They were moving my head back and forth, and I wasn’t aware of it at all and I don’t have any memory of it. Dan Shafer, just the greatest doctor I’ve ever known, was standing over me and was hitting me on the head and yelling my name. “It’s funny now, but it wasn’t at the time.
“My wife likes to tell this story, and she tells it with humor now,” Trout said. I am amazed and overwhelmed and joyous and thankful and almost speechless at still being here and doing well.”Īs he waited for weeks in a hospital bed for a donor, Trout fell into a coma so deep he says he floated into an after-life. When Trout’s wife, Marie, posted an image of her gaunt, frail husband, everyone thought he soon would be gone. To make sure it really happened, he looks at photos of himself taken when he was at death’s door.ĭoctors said Trout needed a liver transplant within days or he would die. And new hair even is sprouting from his scalp. The psoriasis on his hands has disappeared.
He spends quality time with his wife and three sons. The in-demand blues guitar virtuoso gets plenty of work performing for adoring fans. Since then, Walter Trout was the recipient of two 2016 Blues Music Awards: Song of the Year: “Gonna Live Again” and Blues Rock Album: “Battle Scars.” He has since released the albums “Alive in Amsterdam,” “We’re All In This Together” and earlier this year, “Survivor Blues.” An evening with Walter Trout will be be presented for a seated audience at 8 p.m. Editor’s note: This story was first posted in September 2015.
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