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...
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http://music.att.net/s/s.dll?spage=hb/index.htm#movieAnchorWatch a full concert at AT & T Music -- link above. Video of "Joyful Noise" here:
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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One would think Coachella gave me enough concert consumption to last quite awhile. But, like any true junkie, no amount of binging can curb the craving. I had to miss Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule (Rage was worth it), but tomorrow night I will be seeing the other axeman from the Allman Brothers - the "Jedi Knight" of slide guitar, Mr. Derek Trucks. Despite the eponymous band name, Derek doesn't
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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...
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Yeah, it's Funky Friday, and I've been knocking myself out trying to find something new to post with not luck whatsoever.In the mean time, I've run across this gem. I knew about this show (and have only recently found the full recording on Internet Archive), and decided that it needed to be shared right away.What happens when you take two extremely talented soloists, and stick them in front of...
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The hardest part about highlighting Derek Trucks' playing is deciding which one to highlight. I can think of scores of songs that blow me away every time I listen to them. And the list keeps growing. Check out the Allman Brothers Band Live at Jazz Fest 2007 to see what I mean.But, among all that I can think of, the DTB's cover of Chuck Willis' Feel So Bad (not to be confused with Lightnin' H...
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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...
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Derek Trucks Band announced that they’ll be going on hiatus for 2010. They’ve still got a number of shows left for ‘09, and they also plan to release a live album in 2010. Related posts:Derek Trucks Band Announce Live Album Supporting “Record Store Day”Derek Trucks Band | Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Guitar Songs PartyDerek Trucks [...]Related posts:Derek Trucks Band Announce Live Album Su
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I've published a commentary on the music of Derek Trucks that consists largely of a review and deconstruction of Trucks' Crossroads Festival performance of Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Mahdni on my blog here.Feel free to comment either there or here.The video is a very shortened version of the song done during the Crossroads Guitar Festival last July, so it's toned back a bit from the normal performan...
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You know how it happens, even if you can't recall the details. You start in one place looking at some bit of music somewhere, and end up clicking through several other links until you get to a place you've been before.Only, this time, there's something you haven't seen/heard before. In this case, I ended up on the dTb's My Space page, where the embedded flash player queued up a tune I hadn't ...
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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...
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