Derek Trucks

blastingas10 · 06-17-2012, 09:24 AM

This guy definitely deserves his own thread. One of the greatest guitarists of his time.

Derek Trucks is an American guitarist, songwriter and founder of the Grammy Award winning, 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.

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,Howlin' Wolf and Albert King, Miles Davis, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, Wayne Shorter, Freddy King and B.B. King.

His music is reported to encompass categories such as jam band, Southern rock and jazz while simultaneously being rooted in the blues and rock genres. 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. Trucks became a fan of Ali Akbar and studied at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael.

His style is very interesting to say the least. There is nobody who plays guitar like he does. You can compare to Duane allman but he still plays nothing like Duane. He's one of the new guitar gods in my opinion. And I just purchased tickets to see him with BB King. Can't wait! Any fans of Derek, here?

06-17-2012, 09:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	Derek Trucks This guy definitely deserves his own thread. One of the greatest guitarists of his time. Derek Trucks is an American guitarist, songwriter and founder of the Grammy Award winning, 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. 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,Howlin' Wolf and Albert King, Miles Davis, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, Wayne Shorter, Freddy King and B.B. King. His music is reported to encompass categories such as jam band, Southern rock and jazz while simultaneously being rooted in the blues and rock genres. 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. Trucks became a fan of Ali Akbar and studied at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael. His style is very interesting to say the least. There is nobody who plays guitar like he does. You can compare to Duane allman but he still plays nothing like Duane. He's one of the new guitar gods in my opinion. And I just purchased tickets to see him with BB King. Can't wait! Any fans of Derek, here?