Trout Fishing in America

Trout Fishing in America: Closer to the Truth

by C. Michael Bailey
August 1, 2001

Music of sweetness and light, with a beautiful sense of humor.

Trout Fishing in America is a local band stationed in North Arkansas that has been a fixture on the Arkansas music circuit for the past 20 years. Their name, of course, is from a book by '70s writer Richard Brautigan. Comprised fundamentally of Ezra Idlet: on guitars and vocals and the classically trained Keith Grimwood on basses and vocals, Trout Fishing has forged an interesting and provocative sound. At ...