THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND
''ROADSONGS, DISC TWO''
JUNE 22 2010
RECORDED APRIL 8 & 9 2009 AT CHICAGO'S WEST PARK
106:24
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DISC ONE
01 - I'll Find My Way 06:21 (Jay Joyce, Derek Trucks)
02 - Down In The Flood 06:31 (Bob Dylan)
03 - Sailing On 05:33 (Frederick Hibbert)
04 - Get What You Deserve 04:03 (Doyle Bramhall II, Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks)
05 - Days Is Almost Gone 05:34 (Kofi Burbridge, Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks)
06 - Already Free 05:49 (Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks)
07 - Afro Blue 14:30 (Mongo Santamaria)
*****
DISC TWO
01 - I Know 06:58 (M. Smith, James Taylor)
02 - Down Don't Bother Me 05:24 (Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks)
03 - Don't Miss Me 05:29 (Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks)
04 - Rastaman Chant 11:14 (Traditional)
05 - Key To The Highway 06:29 (Big Bill Broozy, Charlie Segar)
06 - Get Out My Life Woman; Who Knows 12:56 (Allen Toussaint); (Jimi Hendrix)
07 - Anyday 09:27 (Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock)
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Bass, Vocals – Todd Smallie
Drums, Vocals – Yonrico Scott
Guitar – Derek Trucks
Keyboards, Flute, Vocals – Kofi Burbridge
Percussion, Vocals – Count Mbutu
Tenor Saxophone – Mace Hibbard
Trombone – Kevin Hyde
Trumpet – Paul Garrett
Vocals – Mike Mattison
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REVIEW/AMG
Thom Jurek
This double-live album by the Derek Trucks Band may end up being the last for this version of the group -- at least for a while. Trucks and wife Susan Tedeschi joined forces in 2010 as the Derek Trucks-Susan Tedeschi Band. Some of the players come from Trucks' organization: Kofi Burbridge and singer Mike Mattison with bassist Oteil Burbridge, and drummer J.J. Johnson, among others. Which brings us to Roadsongs. Recorded in support of 2009's Grammy-winning Already Free, this set contains over 100 minutes of music from across his recording career. For starters, this is the most sonically satisfying live record Trucks has released to date. It's full of dynamics, beautiful separation, and warm, present sound while capturing the raw, spontaneous energy the band plays with live. The material ranges from five tracks from Already Free (four of which appear on disc one), including a burning "Down in the Flood," a swinging "Get What You Deserve," a sparse "Days Is Almost Gone," and an open country lope in "Already Free." Disc one is bookended by the woolly opener "I'll Find My Way," and a 14-plus-minute "Afro Blue" to close (the latter with gorgeous flute work by Burbridge). Disc two opens with "I Know" from the previous album and then takes off into originals and covers that include live standards such as reworked versions of Bob Marley's "Rastaman Chant," and "Key to the Highway" (both have incredible drum and percussion work by Yonrico Scott and Count Mbutu, respectively). The blazing horn section on "Down Don't Bother Me" makes it (arguably) the greatest existing recorded version (it's easy to hear in Mattison's deeply moving vocal how empathically Trucks responds). The medley of "Get Out of My Life Woman/Who Knows" begins as a shimmering, big-band Chicago blues that gives way to a slippery, in-the-pocket James Brown-style funk jam. The set closes with a transcendent nine-and-half minute "Anyday." If this is the last record we get from the DTB band for now, it's a fine -- if temporary -- send-off, full of fire, grit, and jaw-dropping musical performances.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Richard Skelly
Blues/blues-rock guitarist Derek Trucks is the nephew of longtime Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks. He displays a command of slide guitar styles running the gamut from blues to classic R&B and early rock & roll to classic jazz. Although blues players like Buddy Guy, Elmore James, and Duane Allman have been a strong influence on Trucks' slide guitar playing, so have pre-'70s jazz players like John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and Sun Ra. Trucks began playing guitar when he was nine, and shared stages and sat in with the likes of Buddy Guy and the Allman Brothers Band by the time he was 12. Trucks began his professional career playing with blues bands around his native Jacksonville, Florida, and formed his own group in high school. Before the age of 20, Trucks had shared stages and jammed with Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh, and Stephen Stills. The Derek Trucks Band, with members ranging in age from their twenties to their forties, released their self-titled debut album in 1997 on Landslide Records. Out of the Madness followed in late 1998. After the turn of the millennium, they released Joyful Noise (2002), Soul Serenade (2003), Live at Georgia Theatre (2004), and Songlines (2006). Already Free appeared from RCA in 2009. On June 22, 2010, the Derek Trucks Band released Roadsongs, which was recorded live in Chicago during the 2009 Already Free world tour. In addition to the album, Trucks and wife and guitar-slinging partner Susan Tedeschi formed a touring band, and appeared together on Herbie Hancock's The Imagine Project album, singing the Matthew Moore classic "Space Captain." The Hancock recording was issued on the same day as Roadsongs. The pair's group, the Tedeschi-Trucks Band, was an 11-piece soul-blues ensemble also included Oteil and Kofi Burbridge, on bass and keyboards, respectively, and drummers J.J. Johnson and Tyler Greenwell. The unit signed to Sony and released their debut album Revelator on its Masterworks imprint in June of 2011.
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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''ROADSONGS, DISC TWO''
JUNE 22 2010
RECORDED APRIL 8 & 9 2009 AT CHICAGO'S WEST PARK
106:24
**********
DISC ONE
01 - I'll Find My Way 06:21 (Jay Joyce, Derek Trucks)
02 - Down In The Flood 06:31 (Bob Dylan)
03 - Sailing On 05:33 (Frederick Hibbert)
04 - Get What You Deserve 04:03 (Doyle Bramhall II, Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks)
05 - Days Is Almost Gone 05:34 (Kofi Burbridge, Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks)
06 - Already Free 05:49 (Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks)
07 - Afro Blue 14:30 (Mongo Santamaria)
*****
DISC TWO
01 - I Know 06:58 (M. Smith, James Taylor)
02 - Down Don't Bother Me 05:24 (Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks)
03 - Don't Miss Me 05:29 (Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks)
04 - Rastaman Chant 11:14 (Traditional)
05 - Key To The Highway 06:29 (Big Bill Broozy, Charlie Segar)
06 - Get Out My Life Woman; Who Knows 12:56 (Allen Toussaint); (Jimi Hendrix)
07 - Anyday 09:27 (Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock)
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Bass, Vocals – Todd Smallie
Drums, Vocals – Yonrico Scott
Guitar – Derek Trucks
Keyboards, Flute, Vocals – Kofi Burbridge
Percussion, Vocals – Count Mbutu
Tenor Saxophone – Mace Hibbard
Trombone – Kevin Hyde
Trumpet – Paul Garrett
Vocals – Mike Mattison
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REVIEW/AMG
Thom Jurek
This double-live album by the Derek Trucks Band may end up being the last for this version of the group -- at least for a while. Trucks and wife Susan Tedeschi joined forces in 2010 as the Derek Trucks-Susan Tedeschi Band. Some of the players come from Trucks' organization: Kofi Burbridge and singer Mike Mattison with bassist Oteil Burbridge, and drummer J.J. Johnson, among others. Which brings us to Roadsongs. Recorded in support of 2009's Grammy-winning Already Free, this set contains over 100 minutes of music from across his recording career. For starters, this is the most sonically satisfying live record Trucks has released to date. It's full of dynamics, beautiful separation, and warm, present sound while capturing the raw, spontaneous energy the band plays with live. The material ranges from five tracks from Already Free (four of which appear on disc one), including a burning "Down in the Flood," a swinging "Get What You Deserve," a sparse "Days Is Almost Gone," and an open country lope in "Already Free." Disc one is bookended by the woolly opener "I'll Find My Way," and a 14-plus-minute "Afro Blue" to close (the latter with gorgeous flute work by Burbridge). Disc two opens with "I Know" from the previous album and then takes off into originals and covers that include live standards such as reworked versions of Bob Marley's "Rastaman Chant," and "Key to the Highway" (both have incredible drum and percussion work by Yonrico Scott and Count Mbutu, respectively). The blazing horn section on "Down Don't Bother Me" makes it (arguably) the greatest existing recorded version (it's easy to hear in Mattison's deeply moving vocal how empathically Trucks responds). The medley of "Get Out of My Life Woman/Who Knows" begins as a shimmering, big-band Chicago blues that gives way to a slippery, in-the-pocket James Brown-style funk jam. The set closes with a transcendent nine-and-half minute "Anyday." If this is the last record we get from the DTB band for now, it's a fine -- if temporary -- send-off, full of fire, grit, and jaw-dropping musical performances.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Richard Skelly
Blues/blues-rock guitarist Derek Trucks is the nephew of longtime Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks. He displays a command of slide guitar styles running the gamut from blues to classic R&B and early rock & roll to classic jazz. Although blues players like Buddy Guy, Elmore James, and Duane Allman have been a strong influence on Trucks' slide guitar playing, so have pre-'70s jazz players like John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and Sun Ra. Trucks began playing guitar when he was nine, and shared stages and sat in with the likes of Buddy Guy and the Allman Brothers Band by the time he was 12. Trucks began his professional career playing with blues bands around his native Jacksonville, Florida, and formed his own group in high school. Before the age of 20, Trucks had shared stages and jammed with Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh, and Stephen Stills. The Derek Trucks Band, with members ranging in age from their twenties to their forties, released their self-titled debut album in 1997 on Landslide Records. Out of the Madness followed in late 1998. After the turn of the millennium, they released Joyful Noise (2002), Soul Serenade (2003), Live at Georgia Theatre (2004), and Songlines (2006). Already Free appeared from RCA in 2009. On June 22, 2010, the Derek Trucks Band released Roadsongs, which was recorded live in Chicago during the 2009 Already Free world tour. In addition to the album, Trucks and wife and guitar-slinging partner Susan Tedeschi formed a touring band, and appeared together on Herbie Hancock's The Imagine Project album, singing the Matthew Moore classic "Space Captain." The Hancock recording was issued on the same day as Roadsongs. The pair's group, the Tedeschi-Trucks Band, was an 11-piece soul-blues ensemble also included Oteil and Kofi Burbridge, on bass and keyboards, respectively, and drummers J.J. Johnson and Tyler Greenwell. The unit signed to Sony and released their debut album Revelator on its Masterworks imprint in June of 2011.
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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2 comments :
Thanks a ton! I just saw the Tedeschi Trucks Band the other night in Buffalo, NY and his guitar play was mesmerizing.
Thanks Nick. Good taste.. and a good guitar player...
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