A Sad Day For The Blues!

Jimmy Trapp was my friend. We go back almost 30 years together. The first time I met him, he came to Costa Mesa to audition for a band called "Midnight Angel". We all hung out, sat around. We loved him immediately and hired him on the spot without even hearing him play. Needless to say, when he showed up to the gig and was a great player, we were all very happy!

He started the Walter Trout Band with me and was there from day one. He was the best man at my wedding, and I was the best man at his wedding. He was my brother. He was a great musician and musical partner for me.

His humor, his intelligence, his friendship will all be missed more than I can find words to say.

God Bless you, my brother Jim. You are at peace now.

Walter Trout

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Jimmy Trapp had a stroke followed by a ruptured aorta on Tuesday the 23rd.
After fifteen hours of surgery and intensive hospital care, he died Wednesday,
August 24th at 7:15 PM PST.