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Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks at Notodden Blues Festival 2013
Derek Trucks at Notodden Blues Festival 2013
Background information
Born (1979-06-08) June 8, 1979 (age 45)
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
GenresBlues rock, Southern rock, jam rock, world music, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Guitar, sarod
Years active1990–present
LabelsColumbia, Legacy Recordings
Websitewww.derektrucks.com

Derek Trucks is an American guitarist, songwriter and founder of the Grammy Award winning[1] The Derek Trucks Band. He became an official member of The Allman Brothers Band in 1999 and formed the Tedeschi Trucks Band in 2010 with his wife Susan Tedeschi. His musical style encompasses several genres and he has twice appeared on Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time; currently 16th on the list.

Early life

Trucks at early age, sitting with Livingston Taylor

Trucks was born June 8, 1979, in Jacksonville, Florida. His uncle, Butch, is a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band.[2] According to Trucks, the name of Eric Clapton's band, Derek and the Dominos, had "something to do with the name [Derek] if not the spelling”.[3] His great-uncle, Virgil Trucks, was a professional baseball player.[4]

Trucks bought his first guitar at a yard sale for $5 at age nine and became a child prodigy who played his first paid performance at age 11.[5][6] Trucks began playing the guitar using a "slide" bar because it allowed him to play the guitar despite his small, young hands.[7] By his 13th birthday Trucks had played alongside Buddy Guy[8] and gone on tour with The Allman Brothers Band.[2][6]

Career

"Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad" (2007)
Sample of "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad", performed by Eric Clapton's band featuring Derek Trucks, live at the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival.
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Trucks formed The Derek Trucks Band in 1996 and[5][9] by his twentieth birthday, he had played with artists including Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh and Stephen Stills.[10] After performing with The Allman Brothers Band for several years as a guest musician, Trucks became a formal member in 1999 [5] and appeared on the albums Live at the Beacon Theatre and Hittin' the Note. In 2006 Trucks began a studio collaboration with Eric Clapton called The Road to Escondido and Trucks found himself performing with three bands in 17 different countries that year.[5] Trucks was invited to perform at the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival and after the festival he toured as part of Clapton's band.[5][11]

Trucks built a studio in his home in January 2008, and he and his band recorded the album Already Free.[12] Trucks and his wife, Susan Tedeschi, combined their bands to form the Soul Stew Revival in 2007 and performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in June 2008.[12][13][14][15][15] In late 2009, Trucks and his band went on hiatus and then dissolved. In 2010, Trucks formed the Tedeschi Trucks Band with his wife.[16][17][18]

Musical style

Trucks credits guitarist Duane Allman and blues man Elmore James as the two slide guitarists that influenced his early style but has since been inspired by John Lee Hooker,[19] Howlin' Wolf and Albert King, Miles Davis, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, Wayne Shorter,Toy Caldwell, Freddie King and B.B. King.[19][20][21]

His music is reported to encompass categories such as jam band, Southern rock and jazz [22] while simultaneously being rooted in the blues and rock genres.[23] Trucks plays an eclectic blend of blues, soul, jazz, rock, qawwali music (a genre of music from Pakistan and Eastern India), Latin music, and other kinds of world music[24] Trucks became a fan of Ali Akbar Khan and studied at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael.[25][26]

Equipment

Trucks playing a resonator guitar

Trucks prefers a pure sounding guitar tone and uses a modified Gibson USA SG 1961 reissue with a modified tailpiece and an additional 'stopbar' tailpiece connected to his 1965 Fender Super Reverb amplifier with four Pyle Driver MH1020 speakers. [citation needed]

Trucks usually plays the slide guitar in an open E tuning[27] and uses the Dunlop Blues Bottle slide.[11] Trucks is predominantly a fingerstyle guitarist, rarely using a pick (or "plectrum"). He uses custom gauge DR nickel-wound strings on his Gibson SG and resonator guitars. [citation needed]

In 2006, some of Trucks equipment including two vintage (1965 and 1968) Fender Super Reverbs amplifiers, a Hammond B-3 organ, two Leslie speaker cabinets and a Höhner E-7 Clavinet) were stolen and later recovered by the Atlanta police department.[9]

With the Allman Brothers Band, Trucks is known to use PRS amplifiers.

Reception

Trucks has appeared twice in Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[24][28][29] He was listed as 81st in 2003 and 16th in 2011. An article in the Wall Street Journal described him as "the most awe-inspiring electric slide guitar player performing today".[26] In 2007, Trucks appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone for an article called the "New Guitar Gods".[20] [dead link]Trucks is reported to be a creative guitarist and according to his uncle, Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks, "He never does the same thing twice".[30][dead link]An article in The Washington Post described Trucks' guitar style as "notes and chords that soar, slice and glide, sounding like a cross between Duane Allman on a '61 Gibson Les Paul and John Coltrane on tenor sax".[31] The Derek Trucks Band's album Already Free debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart,[32] and No. 1 on the Internet chart, No. 4 on the Rock chart and No. 1 on the Blues chart.[12][32]

Awards

In 2010, The Derek Trucks Band won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album for the album Already Free. In 2012, Trucks and Tedeschi as the Tedeschi Trucks Band won the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album for the band's debut album Revelator.[33]

On February 12, 2012, Trucks accepted a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award along with ten other members of The Allman Brothers Band.[34][35] On February 21, Derek Trucks and his wife joined other blues musicians for a performance at the White House for President Obama and his guests.[36]

Personal life

In 2001, Trucks married singer and musician, Susan Tedeschi, and they had a son in March 2002 and a daughter in 2004.[37][38][39]

Discography

With The Tedeschi Trucks Band

With the Derek Trucks Band

With the Allman Brothers Band

Collaborations

References

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  2. ^ a b "The Derek Trucks Band Artist Bio". Promotional talent biography. Entourage Talent Associates. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  3. ^ Clash, Jim (2007). "Rocker Derek Trucks". Forbes Magazine's Adventurer Column. Forbes.com. pp. Video version. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  4. ^ Gammons, Peter (2010-02-27). "Gammons: Music connects Trucks family Former Tigers great, kin share love of the game". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media,. Retrieved 10 March 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. ^ a b c d e Tatangelo, Wade (4 January 2007). "Derek Trucks on playing with Allman, Clapton, Dylan". McClatchy Newspapers. Retrieved 2008-06-04. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ a b Jambase (2009). "The Derek Trucks Band Biography". JamBase Inc. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  7. ^ "Derek Trucks: At Guitar Center - Influences and Slide". Guitar Center TV. June 1, 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  8. ^ Braiker, Brian (January 20, 2009). "Derek Trucks Q&A: Guitar Hero on Jamming With Legends and Covering Dylan". Rolling Stone Magazine. Retrieved 2009-05-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ a b Tennille, Andy (February 5, 2006). "Finding His Path". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-10-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ Skelly, Richard (2006). "Derek Trucks: Biography". MSN Music. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  11. ^ a b Leslie,, Jimmy (June 2009). "Derek Trucks (FEATURES: Blues) Interview". Guitar Player Magazine. New Bay Media. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  12. ^ a b c Soul Stew Update Derek Trucks/Soul Stew Update
  13. ^ "Derek Trucks Band Live at That Tent, Bonnaroo on 2008-06-16". Soul Stew Revival. Internet Archive. June 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ Tennille, Andy, Jam Base Derek and Susan, It's a Family Thing Accessed 28 September 2008
  15. ^ a b Bryson, Alan (June 7, 2010). "Susan Tedeschi: Dreams and Legends". Interview with Susan Tedeschi in. All About Jazz. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  16. ^ Bryson, Alan. "Susan Tedeschi: Dreams and Legends". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  17. ^ "Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Reveal Band Lineup". Jam Base.com. March 29, 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  18. ^ "The Derek Trucks Band Come To The End Of The Road..... For Now". Nightwatcher's House of Rock. Sunday, July 4, 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  19. ^ a b Fricke, David (February 12, 2007). "The New Guitar Gods Mayer, Frusciante, Trucks on their Inspirations". Video and front page interview as one of the new "Guitar Gods" naming Trucks as the "Jam King". Rolling Stone magazine issue No. 1020. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  20. ^ a b Fricke, David (February 22, 2007). "The New Guitar Gods: John Mayer, John Frusciante and Derek Trucks". Rolling Stone Magazine. pp. Issue No. 1020. Retrieved 2008-08-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  21. ^ Wilcock, Don (2012-11-29). "Derek Trucks and the Difference Between Discipline and Obsession". Americanbluesscene.com. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  22. ^ "Derek Trucks Band On Mountain Stage". Interview and Band Performance on National Public Radio. 2009 NPR. May 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  23. ^ Machosky, Michael (August 19, 2009). "Derek Trucks backs luck with hard work". Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  24. ^ a b MSN City Guide The Derek Trucks Band Allmusic accessdate 2008-08-18
  25. ^ Bhattacharya, Sumit (13 February 2006). "New rock guitar god is Indian shishya". Retrieved 2008-06-01.
  26. ^ a b "Six-String Creation: The Derek Trucks Band". National Public Radio. NPR.org. March 25, 2006. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  27. ^ "Derek Trucks Interview". Muzicosphere. May 9, 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  28. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time 2003-08-27
  29. ^ last.fm The Derek Trucks Band On Tour
  30. ^ Wright, Jeb (2009). "The Moogis Industry: An Exclusive Interview with Butch Trucks". Classicrockrevisited.com. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  31. ^ Suarez, Ernest (May 29, 2009). "'Already Free,' Trucks Rolls On The Guitar Hero Pays Homage to the Past". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-10-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  32. ^ a b WNEW (2008). "Where Rock Lives; Derek Trucks Band". Derek, Conan and Cash. CBS Broadcasting. Retrieved 2009-11-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  33. ^ Lovejoy, Heather (14 February 2012). "Jacksonville's Tedeschi Trucks band wins Grammy for best blues album". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 26 April 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |journal= (help)
  34. ^ Sterdan, Darryl (12 February 2012). "Grammy award lifetime achievements". jam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  35. ^ Marco R. delia Cava (7 February 2012). "Allmans are all in for Grammys". USA Today. Retrieved 26 April 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |journal= (help)
  36. ^ "Performances at the WHITE HOUSE". Whitehouse.gov. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  37. ^ Mayshark, Jesse Fox Mayshark (March 5, 2006). "MUSIC; Ramblin' Man and Woman, Married With Kids". Arts. The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  38. ^ "Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival". JamBase.com. 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  39. ^ Spies, Jessica (July 16, 2010). "An Allman Brother does his own thing". The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved 29 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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