TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
''LIVE: EVERYBODY'S TALKIN', DISC TWO''
MAY 22 2012
106:23
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DISC ONE
01 Everybody's Talkin' 5:31 (Fred Neil)
02 Midnight In Harlem (Swamp Raga Intro With Little Martha) 10:23 (Duane Allman, Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks)
03 Learn How To Love 9:27 (Adam Deitch, Eric Krasno, Adam Smirnoff, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks)
04 Bound For Glory 12:53 (Mike Mattison, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks)
05 Rollin' and Tumblin' 4:41 (Muddy Waters)
06 Nobody's Free 10:24 (Oteil Burbridge, Tyler Greenwell, Mike Mattison, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks)
07 Darling Be Home Soon 10:04 (John Sebastian)
*****
DISC TWO
01 That Did It 7:58 (Pearl Woods)
02 Uptight 15:32 (Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy)
03 Love Has Something Else To Say (With Kissing My Love) 11:06 (Bill Whiters, Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall, Mike Mattison, Oteil Burbridge)
04 Wade In the Water 8:24 (J. W. Alexander, Sam Cooke)
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Maurice Brown/Trumpet
Kofi Burbridge/Flute, Keyboards
Oteil Burbridge/Bass
Tyler Greenwell/Drums, Percussion
J.J. Johnson/Drums, Percussion
Mike Mattison/Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Mark Rivers/Vocals
Saunders Sermons/Vocals
Susan Tedeschi/Guitar, Vocals
Derek Trucks/Guitar, Producer
Kebbi Williams/Saxophone
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REVIEW/AMG
Thom Jurek
The Tedeschi Trucks Band is an 11-piece ensemble made up of guitarist-vocalist Susan Tedeschi's and guitarist Derek Trucks' individual bands. They made their debut with 2011's Grammy-winning Revelator, a sprawling collection that showcased funky R&B, gospel, blues, and scorching large band rock. Everybody's Talkin', a double disc, is a live offering from that supporting tour. Produced by Trucks, it includes live versions of some album tracks and six beautifully chosen covers; all its tunes are given extended, imaginatively arranged treatments. It's an unusual live record because its balance of sonic precision and stage-born kinetics is perfect -- this band transitions seamlessly between R&B, blues, rock, gospel, and jazz. These performances never succumb to mere jam band clichés. On disc one, "Midnight in Harlem" is introduced by a mini raga played as a slide solo by Trucks. The band enters gradually, and Tedeschi's soulful vocal carries them all the way in. (Tedeschi is revealed, song after song -- far beyond her solo records or even Revelator -- to be among the truly great singers in modern blues and rock; by turns graceful and grainy, her expression reaches the spiritual in execution.) At over 11 minutes, the interplay between guitarists, Mike Mattison's backing vocals, keyboards, and rhythm section are impeccable. Things get rowdier on "Learn How to Love," with nasty guitar work by Tedeschi, and a burning tenor sax solo by Kebbi Williams. The horn section really pops in "Bound for Glory"; the exchange between the Burbridge brothers on bass and keys, with drummers Tyler Greenwell and J.J. Johnson, adds a knotty improv bridge where deep funk and blues grind together. The disc closes with an astonishing reading of John Sebastian's "Darlin" Be Home Soon." With horns tastefully accenting and underscoring lead vocals, Trucks' slide solo stays melodically true, yet moves through the band's shimmering groove into the stratosphere (and he does this throughout this album, over and over again, helping to elevate not only the tune, but the sense of groove, space, and texture). Disc two contains only four cuts but they're all gems: Pearl Woods' "That Did It" (a Bobby "Blue" Bland vehicle) is a down and gritty strut, with excellent, in-the-grain guitar work by Tedeschi. Stevie Wonder's "Uptight" is a 15-minute soul rave-up with a beautiful jazz interlude and scat singing from Oteil Burbridge in its middle, followed by a wonderfully imagined slide solo by Trucks. It's followed by the deep, horn-driven, wah-wah funk of "Love Has Something Else to Say" before closing with a stirring read of "Wade in the Water." It's a spooky gospel-blues with gorgeous alternate lead vocals by Mark Rivers and Tedeschi. Everybody's Talkin' is what every live album should be: an accurate, exciting reflection of a hot band playing full-throttle.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Thom Jurek
The Imagine Project
The Tedeschi Trucks Band -- led by the husband-and-wife duo of guitarist and vocalist Susan Tedeschi and slide guitarist Derek Trucks -- began as a summer touring unit known as the Soul Stew Revival. It was both a practical consideration for the pair to spend time together with their young family and a musical endeavor. Soul Stew Revival featured members of their own bands and numerous guest musicians, and the loose-knit cooperative band performed roof-raising shows full of soul, blues, funk, and gospel standards, as well as original material. After one of these tours, the pair decided to create a home studio to be better able to finance their own recordings. Tedeschi and Trucks performed a cover of "Space Captain" on Herbie Hancock's Imagine Project, and solidified an 11-piece band from their own units, as well as horn players and percussionists. Renamed the Tedeschi Trucks Band, they signed to Sony's Masterworks imprint, recorded over 30 songs, and eventually pared the selection down to 11 tracks for their debut album, Revelator, which was released in June 2011 and nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Blues Album. It was followed in the spring of 2012 by Live: Everybody's Talkin', a sprawling double-disc set which featured material from Revelator, alongside some carefully-chosen cover versions. August 2013 brought a second studio album, Made Up Mind, which featured co-writing credits from the Jayhawks' Gary Louris and Soulive's Eric Krasno.
Let Me Get By
The band toured virtually nonstop. They composed new material on the fly and developed a sprawling set of covers from the annals of blues, rock, soul, jazz and country music as well as explored African and Indian music onstage. After a final Allman Brothers Band tour in 2015, Trucks was abe to focus all of his energies on his family band that had expanded over the year to include a dozen members. Tedeschi Trucks Band entered their Swamp Raga Studio at home in Jacksonville, Florida. With Trucks producing they recorded 10 new songs--all written or co-written by the band, a first. Let Me Get By was released by Fantasy in January, 2016.
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WEBSITE
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''LIVE: EVERYBODY'S TALKIN', DISC TWO''
MAY 22 2012
106:23
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DISC ONE
01 Everybody's Talkin' 5:31 (Fred Neil)
02 Midnight In Harlem (Swamp Raga Intro With Little Martha) 10:23 (Duane Allman, Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks)
03 Learn How To Love 9:27 (Adam Deitch, Eric Krasno, Adam Smirnoff, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks)
04 Bound For Glory 12:53 (Mike Mattison, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks)
05 Rollin' and Tumblin' 4:41 (Muddy Waters)
06 Nobody's Free 10:24 (Oteil Burbridge, Tyler Greenwell, Mike Mattison, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks)
07 Darling Be Home Soon 10:04 (John Sebastian)
*****
DISC TWO
01 That Did It 7:58 (Pearl Woods)
02 Uptight 15:32 (Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy)
03 Love Has Something Else To Say (With Kissing My Love) 11:06 (Bill Whiters, Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall, Mike Mattison, Oteil Burbridge)
04 Wade In the Water 8:24 (J. W. Alexander, Sam Cooke)
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Maurice Brown/Trumpet
Kofi Burbridge/Flute, Keyboards
Oteil Burbridge/Bass
Tyler Greenwell/Drums, Percussion
J.J. Johnson/Drums, Percussion
Mike Mattison/Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Mark Rivers/Vocals
Saunders Sermons/Vocals
Susan Tedeschi/Guitar, Vocals
Derek Trucks/Guitar, Producer
Kebbi Williams/Saxophone
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REVIEW/AMG
Thom Jurek
The Tedeschi Trucks Band is an 11-piece ensemble made up of guitarist-vocalist Susan Tedeschi's and guitarist Derek Trucks' individual bands. They made their debut with 2011's Grammy-winning Revelator, a sprawling collection that showcased funky R&B, gospel, blues, and scorching large band rock. Everybody's Talkin', a double disc, is a live offering from that supporting tour. Produced by Trucks, it includes live versions of some album tracks and six beautifully chosen covers; all its tunes are given extended, imaginatively arranged treatments. It's an unusual live record because its balance of sonic precision and stage-born kinetics is perfect -- this band transitions seamlessly between R&B, blues, rock, gospel, and jazz. These performances never succumb to mere jam band clichés. On disc one, "Midnight in Harlem" is introduced by a mini raga played as a slide solo by Trucks. The band enters gradually, and Tedeschi's soulful vocal carries them all the way in. (Tedeschi is revealed, song after song -- far beyond her solo records or even Revelator -- to be among the truly great singers in modern blues and rock; by turns graceful and grainy, her expression reaches the spiritual in execution.) At over 11 minutes, the interplay between guitarists, Mike Mattison's backing vocals, keyboards, and rhythm section are impeccable. Things get rowdier on "Learn How to Love," with nasty guitar work by Tedeschi, and a burning tenor sax solo by Kebbi Williams. The horn section really pops in "Bound for Glory"; the exchange between the Burbridge brothers on bass and keys, with drummers Tyler Greenwell and J.J. Johnson, adds a knotty improv bridge where deep funk and blues grind together. The disc closes with an astonishing reading of John Sebastian's "Darlin" Be Home Soon." With horns tastefully accenting and underscoring lead vocals, Trucks' slide solo stays melodically true, yet moves through the band's shimmering groove into the stratosphere (and he does this throughout this album, over and over again, helping to elevate not only the tune, but the sense of groove, space, and texture). Disc two contains only four cuts but they're all gems: Pearl Woods' "That Did It" (a Bobby "Blue" Bland vehicle) is a down and gritty strut, with excellent, in-the-grain guitar work by Tedeschi. Stevie Wonder's "Uptight" is a 15-minute soul rave-up with a beautiful jazz interlude and scat singing from Oteil Burbridge in its middle, followed by a wonderfully imagined slide solo by Trucks. It's followed by the deep, horn-driven, wah-wah funk of "Love Has Something Else to Say" before closing with a stirring read of "Wade in the Water." It's a spooky gospel-blues with gorgeous alternate lead vocals by Mark Rivers and Tedeschi. Everybody's Talkin' is what every live album should be: an accurate, exciting reflection of a hot band playing full-throttle.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Thom Jurek
The Imagine Project
The Tedeschi Trucks Band -- led by the husband-and-wife duo of guitarist and vocalist Susan Tedeschi and slide guitarist Derek Trucks -- began as a summer touring unit known as the Soul Stew Revival. It was both a practical consideration for the pair to spend time together with their young family and a musical endeavor. Soul Stew Revival featured members of their own bands and numerous guest musicians, and the loose-knit cooperative band performed roof-raising shows full of soul, blues, funk, and gospel standards, as well as original material. After one of these tours, the pair decided to create a home studio to be better able to finance their own recordings. Tedeschi and Trucks performed a cover of "Space Captain" on Herbie Hancock's Imagine Project, and solidified an 11-piece band from their own units, as well as horn players and percussionists. Renamed the Tedeschi Trucks Band, they signed to Sony's Masterworks imprint, recorded over 30 songs, and eventually pared the selection down to 11 tracks for their debut album, Revelator, which was released in June 2011 and nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Blues Album. It was followed in the spring of 2012 by Live: Everybody's Talkin', a sprawling double-disc set which featured material from Revelator, alongside some carefully-chosen cover versions. August 2013 brought a second studio album, Made Up Mind, which featured co-writing credits from the Jayhawks' Gary Louris and Soulive's Eric Krasno.
Let Me Get By
The band toured virtually nonstop. They composed new material on the fly and developed a sprawling set of covers from the annals of blues, rock, soul, jazz and country music as well as explored African and Indian music onstage. After a final Allman Brothers Band tour in 2015, Trucks was abe to focus all of his energies on his family band that had expanded over the year to include a dozen members. Tedeschi Trucks Band entered their Swamp Raga Studio at home in Jacksonville, Florida. With Trucks producing they recorded 10 new songs--all written or co-written by the band, a first. Let Me Get By was released by Fantasy in January, 2016.
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WEBSITE
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