It was bound to happen: Redemption was kicked off the #1 spot on the Blues Charts down to #2. It was #1 on the charts for 19 weeks thanks to you, the fans! Who had the audacity to knock him off of his # 1 pedestal? Well, the culprit was none other than Walter Trout with his new album Survivor Blues, which was released January 25, 2019. This album is a hats-off to a collection of old, obscure songs that have hardly been covered reinvented musically by Trout!

Joe’s thoughts on all this?

There is no animosity among friends, you see. Joe and Walter Trout have worked and collaborated together on several projects, so there is mad love and respect between them! In fact, Walter and Joe joined forces on the title track of Trout’s album, We’re All In This Together as well as Trout’s Full Circle album in 2006 along with John Mayall.

Joe can get his “redemption” when Walter joins Joe, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and many more on the upcoming Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea V Cruise, which will be traveling from Tampa, Florida to the beautiful Grand Cayman Islands. With all the heavy hitters on this year’s cruise, the fans will need another vacation to recover! This cruise is unfortunately sold out, but you can plan for another one that’s happening later this year and has just as much star power as this one.

Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea Mediterranean currently has artists like Peter Frampton, Bernie Marsden, and Robert Randolph & The Family Band on board with many more surprises to be announced in the upcoming weeks. This cruise will be leaving from Barcelona, Spain and sailing to Monte Carlo, Monaco and Valletta, Malta. Cabins are still available for this cruise, but are quickly selling out! For more info, visit bluesaliveatseaeurope.com.

Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea V & Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea Mediterranean are floating music festivals that were created and are catered to fans of rock, blues, jazz, funk and more, with a few other surprise acts thrown in for good measure. We do them so that the Joe fans can have an ultimate fan experience beyond just live tour performances; it’s a way to connect like-minded music fans from all over the world for one special event in an environment unlike any most people have experienced. If being on a cruise ship isn’t your cup of tea, stay tuned, for we will have some “landlubber packages” coming soon for you!

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