I recently linked to a studio video of Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi playing on Herbie Hancock's song "Space Captain" from his latest album the Imagine Project. Trucks and Tedeschi performed the song with Hancock this past week on the Late Show with David Letterman. Check out the performance below: … [Read more...]
Guitar Center’s King of the Blues Grand Finals
Guitar Center's King of the Blues grand finals will be held this year on September 2 at the House of Blues in Hollywood, CA. Kenny Wayne Shepherd will host the event with Derek Trucks and Honeyboy Edwards performing. … [Read more...]
Derek Trucks Band Roadsongs
The Derek Trucks Band will be releasing a 2-CD live album called Roadsongs on June 22. You can preorder the album from the Derek Trucks Band online shop. All preorders from the DTB site will receive an immediate MP3 download of the first song, "I'll Find My Way", as well as a DTB air freshener. Additionally, all preorders will have a chance to win an autographed bottleneck … [Read more...]
Music Connects Trucks Family
File this under "I did not know that." Derek Trucks is the great-nephew of baseball pitcher Virgil Trucks, who pitched two no-hitters for the Detroit Tigers in the 1950s. Derek and his family are actually big baseball fans, and he even kept a Virgil Trucks baseball card on one of his guitars for years. MLB.com columnist Peter Gammons has written an article about a recent … [Read more...]
The Derek Trucks Band on Good Morning America
Last week, the Derek Trucks Band performed their song "Down in the Flood" on Good Morning America. Derek Trucks was also interviewed for the show. … [Read more...]