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Derek Trucks : biography

June 8, 1979 –

Derek Trucks is an American guitarist, songwriter and founder of the Grammy Award winning Top 40, retrieved Dec 27 2011 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.

Personal life

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

Reception

Trucks has appeared twice in Rolling Stone’s list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".MSN City Guide Allmusic accessdate 2008-08-18Rolling Stone Magazine 2003-08-27last.fm 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". In 2007, Trucks appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone for an article called the "New Guitar Gods". Trucks is reported to be a creative guitarist and according to his father, Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks, "He never does the same thing twice".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". The Derek Trucks Band’s album Already Free debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, and No. 1 on the Internet chart, No. 4 on the Rock chart and No. 1 on the Blues chart.

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.

On February 12, 2012, Trucks accepted a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award along with ten other members of The Allman Brothers Band. 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.

Discography

With The Tedeschi Trucks Band

  • Revelator (2011)
  • Everybody’s Talkin’ (2012)

With the Derek Trucks Band

  • The Derek Trucks Band (1997)
  • Out of the Madness (1998)
  • Joyful Noise (2002)
  • Soul Serenade (2003)
  • Live at Georgia Theatre (2004)
  • Songlines (2006) (Legacy Recordings)
  • Songlines Live (DVD) (2006) (Legacy Recordings)
  • Already Free (2009) (Legacy Recordings)
  • Roadsongs (2010)

With the Allman Brothers Band

  • Peakin’ at the Beacon (2000)
  • Hittin’ the Note (2003)
  • Live at the Beacon Theatre (DVD) (2003)
  • One Way Out (2004)

Collaborations

  • 1994: Storm Warning, Tinsley Ellis
  • 1996: To Cry You A Song: A Tull Tale, various artists/Cat’s Squirrel (with Charlie Musselwhite, Clive Bunker, Mick Abrahams)
  • 1996: The Circle, Planet Earth/Carey Nall
  • 1996: Come on in This House, Junior Wells
  • 1997: Searching for Simplicity, Gregg Allman
  • 1999: Live… With a Little Help from Our Friends, Gov’t Mule
  • 2000: Croakin’ at Toad’s, Frogwings
  • 2001: Project Z, Project Z
  • 2002: Live in the Classic City, Widespread Panic
  • 2002: Wait For Me, Susan Tedeschi
  • 2003: Little Worlds, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
  • 2005: The Best Kept Secret, Jerry Douglas
  • 2005: Hope and Desire, Susan Tedeschi
  • 2006: The Road to Escondido, JJ Cale, Eric Clapton Reprise
  • 2008: Skin Deep, Buddy Guy
  • 2008: Here and Gone, David Sanborn
  • 2008: Sidewalk Caesars, Scrapomatic
  • 2008: The Blues Roll On, Elvin Bishop
  • 2008: Back to the River, Susan Tedeschi
  • 2008: Lifeboat, Jimmy Herring
  • 2008: Guitars (McCoy Tyner album), McCoy Tyner
  • 2010: The Imagine Project, Herbie Hancock
  • 2010: Clapton (Eric Clapton album), Eric Clapton