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MUSIC NEWS - He's one of the most critically acclaimed guitarists and the youngest musician to be named in Rolling Stone 's list of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time , Derek Trucks has completed his sixth studio album with The Derek Trucks Band, called Already Free , it will be released on January 13, 2009 from Sony Music. The album's first single, a great cover of Bob Dylan and The Ba...
The Derek Trucks Band will head out on the road this spring with legendary guitarist Santana. The two take off on the road together beginning April 4th in Boston, MA. Before that Derek Trucks will play two nights at the Savannah Music Festival. the latter alongside Jerry Douglas, India's Debashish Bhattacharya, and Bob Brozman. This May Derek Trucks will also return to the New Orleans Jazz Fes...
The Derek Trucks band is heading out on tour beginning October 2nd in Norfolk, Virginia. The band will head over to Europe for the majority of October before heading back to the states and continuing on in late October/ early November. The Derek trucks Band has also just released its first two albums 1997's The Derek Trucks Band and 1998's Out of theMadness digitally via iTunes, eMusic, Yahoo, ...
Virtuosos can sometimes be so esoteric that it makes them less accessible. So it has been at times with Derek Trucks. It is not his fault he is just on another plane musically. His brilliant improvisation has garnered wide acclaim but it also makes it hard for him to reach a wider audience. The release of Already Free should introduce Trucks to the wide audience he deserves. With the help of fr...
If Derek Trucks isn't the greatest guitar player alive today, he's in the top five. And the other four are old enough to be Trucks' father. Fading in on Trucks' gentle acoustic strumming along, "Down in the Flood" quickly gets funky with percussive stomping, an overdriven electric guitar, a burbling clavinet and, finally, the rough-hewn vocals of vocalist Mike Mattison. As if on cue, a drivi...
With the Associated Press. First, Music Editor Nekesha Moody, in her video discussing newly released music, refers to the latest release from The Derek Trucks Band as "Almost Free." Well, Ms. Moody, you were almost right, but the album's title is Already Free. If you're not even going to bother to get the album title right, then don't bother at all.Second, someone should inform AP's Ron Harris...
I've had my musical feet firmly planted in roots music for a while - rocking blues tends to be my preference. But to go way back to my early concert going experiences I was always blown away by Ian Anderson's mastery of the flute in his legendary band Jethro Tull. Now this CD has caught my ear as well for the awesome jazzy and wild "riffs" of not only Derek Trucks but Kofi Burbridge. Especia...
The Derek Trucks Band special co-bill with Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit"Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarium_Rescue_Unit"The Derek Trucks Band":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Trucks"Innsbrook Pavilion":http://innsbrookafterhours.com/content//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=58 in Glen Allen, VAMay 9, 2007, 6...
The Mog Father put up a video today that's prompted me to write a post that's been floating around in my head for some time. David's post is about the death of music criticism, which I hope isn't the case, but there is something to be said about the difference between good music criticism and bad music criticism.A while back, I took issue with AP's Ron Harris' review of Already Free, the new al...
The Derek Trucks band is heading out on tour beginning October 2nd in Norfolk, Virginia. The band will head over to Europe for the majority of October before heading back to the states and continuing on in late October/ early November. The Derek trucks Band has also just released its first two albums 1997's The Derek Trucks Band and 1998's Out of theMadness digitally via iTunes, eMusic, Yahoo, ...