Life in the Jungle | 
 enlarge | Artist: Walter Trout Band
Label: Ruf (Idn)
Category: Music
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 44979
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 1086
UPC: 710347108627
EAN: 7103471086276
ASIN: B000066ALU
Release Date: May 21, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Good Enough To Eat | | • | The Mountain Song | | • | Life In The Jungle | | • | Spacefish | | • | Red House | | • | She's Out There Somewhere | | • | Frederica (I Don't Need You) | | • | In My Mind | | • | Cold Cold Feeling | | • | Serve Me Right To Suffer |
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Album Description
Never before released in America, the power and purity of Walter Trout's music is captured on this 10-song blast from the past recorded in 1989. Includes live and studio recordings.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Life in the Jungle, my review from Barcelona (good guitar) November 4, 2007
Jose Maria Domenech Fedi
Since I've listened Walter Trout's "Full Circle" 2006's record, for certain very good, I'm interested in his discography and this "Life In The Jungle" 1990's record I think is his best work in general terms, good Blues songs that you can begin to guess it when listening the open song the good Blues-shuffle "Good enough to eat". Great guitar and very competent rhythm section work all along the record that besides you can imagine it when reading themes as "Red House", "Cold Cold Feeling" and "Serve Me Right To Suffer' three superb Blues.
But, I only find fault finally with "Red House" live cover (it begins very well the six first minutes but a Blues so marvellous like this deserve the gratitude of finishing better, too much pirouettes) and "Serve(s) Me Right To Suffer" live cover, I'm sorry but being good those covers I think they could be fairly better, on the other hand these Blues mentioned before I like very much specially Jimi Hendrix's "Red House" version and "Serve(s) Me Right To Suffer" John Lee Hooker's and J.Geils Band's two versions respectively.
Nevertheless great stuff, there are great Blues in there as "Life in the Jungle", "She's out there somewhere" or "In my mind" , recommended to all guitars followers and also for pirouettes guitar solos followers. I give it from 3,5 stars to 4 stars.
Trout kicks a**!!! March 8, 2007
Dennis Charles St Cyr (West Palm Beach, Florida USA)
Walter Trout has to be one of the most under-appreciated guitarist ever! His soulful playing makes him sound as if he is one with the guitar. Where has this guy been all my life LOL?
Dennis
Crank It Up! December 10, 2006
Kurt Harding (Boerne TX)
My introduction to Walter Trout was via John Mayall's cover of the Trout-penned Life In The Jungle. And like the reviewer from New Zealand, I think Mayall's version is superior. That being said, I am glad that Mayall covered it else I might not have gotten to hear the music of Mr. Trout.
Before I bought any Trout recordings, I had the impression through articles I read about him that he is a blues guitarist. Well, he is, but not in the strictest sense. Much of this CD reminds me of the blues-rock of the early Allman Brothers Band. So Trout is as much about rock and roll as he is about the blues.
While the entire CD is pretty good, my favorites are Good Enough To Eat, the title cut, a searing Red House, and the duo of blues drenched tunes that close the album: Cold, Cold, Feeling and Serve Me Right To Suffer.
Life In the Jungle would be a hit at any party where good music is for more than just background noise. If you are one who enjoys the Allman Brothers, older Lynyrd Skynyrd, or even John Mayall, you are bound to like this. So crank it up and enjoy!
Great Album November 3, 2006
R. Barry (Braintree, MA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a must-have album. I rarely write reviews but this album (and Walter Trout) simply cannot be ignored. Walter Trout is among the best guitarists in the world. What he does to his Fender Stratocaster should be outlawed! He effortlessly plays with amazing speed, accuracy and power. Pure and simple, he is a Guitar God, and you will play this album over and over..and loud! With so much trash being passed off as talent and/or rock and roll today, if you are looking for the real deal, then look no further. I grew up in the 60s and 70s with Zeppelin, Stones, Hendrix, Clapton, The Who, etc. and Water Trout is superior to all the lead guitrists from those bands. Yes, I love Jimmy Page and Led Zep, but Walter is better than Jimmy. There may never be another Jimi Hendrix, and with the exception of possibly SRV, I believe Walter Trout is better than any rock guitarist from the 70s and 80s. Eddie Van Halen could have possibly been one of the greats of all time but he wasted his life and is a shell of the rock giant he once was. I've been listening to rock for 40+ years, and with all due respect to the great bands of the 70s and 80s, none of them has/had a guitarist so polished and amazing as Walter Trout. Sure his band won't ever be as great as the super bands of the 70s, but his talent is so amazing it deserves a listen. Buy it and enjoy!
Guitarslinger delux October 22, 2006
J. Richardson (Rio Rancho NM)
This is my first of more to come CD from Walter Trout. He is an a**kicking guitar player. He reminds me of SRV. His live rendition of Red House and his other two live songs are awesome. I hope he tours the US soon, as he is a must see for blues lovers.
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