Tedeschi Trucks Band – Made Up Mind

The second studio album from the stellar Tedeschi Trucks Band is in the can and will be released August 20th, 2013. It is titled Made Up Mind. I genuinely love what this 11 piece ensemble delivers so I am eager to hear some initial cuts. I can see from their recent set lists these songs are being played live ;)

All I can tell you now is what the news release states:

The product is an energetic, powerful album that is both timeless and characteristically difficult to classify.

Made Up Mind
Produced by Jim Scott and Derek Trucks

1) Made Up Mind
2) Do I Look Worried
3) Idle Wind
4) Misunderstood
5) Part of Me
6) Whiskey Legs
7) It’s So Heavy
8) All That I Need
9) Sweet and Low
10) The Storm
11) Calling Out To You

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Ain’t No Use – Tedeschi Trucks Band

One of the most highly underrated musical acts performing live today is the Tedeschi Trucks Band. They are musically deceptive and clever all at the same time.

Watch as Tedeschi Trucks Band performs The Meters classic “Ain’t No Use” with George Porter Jr. on bass at the Keswick Theatre in Philadelphia, 11.28.2012.

One of my favorite concert photographers Dino Perrucci captured their performance through his inimitable lens.

For those of you who love the new SoundCloud here is the TTB HTML5 edition.

East Coast Shape Shifter Tour 2012, Co-Headliners Santana and The Allman Brothers Band

Santana and The Allman Brothers Band will be co-headlining a six date East Coast tour this summer. They have a tour stop in Connecticut at the Comcast Theatre, Hartford, Ct. on Saturday July 28, 2012. Imagine the guitar wizardry of Carlos Santana, Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks all on the same stage on one night. We’ll all be shape shifting for sure.

Speaking of Shape Shifter, the date draws closer for the May 15 release of Shape Shifter the recording. Here is the video, inside the making of Shape Shifter.

Tedeschi Trucks Band Live: Everybody’s Talkin Pre-Order and Contest

The Tedeschi Trucks Band(TTB) is accepting pre-orders for the Tedeschi Trucks Band Live: Everybody’s Talkin CD through the Music Today Web Site. We saw TTB live last year at The Klein in Bridgeport, Ct. They were recording through the sound board that night. TTB was one of the top 5 concerts of the 37 shows we attended in 2011.

I just placed my order for the CD. I was additionally incented to do so by the contest they are sponsoring. The Grand Prize for the pre-order contest (no purchase is necessary by the way, is a Gibson SG Special guitar signed by Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi,  a VIP concert package including two tickets to a headline Tedeschi Trucks Band show, and a meet and greet with the band. (Love to win this prize…).

Second prize is a signed vinyl edition of Everybody’s Talkin’.

It just so happens that the songs Everybody’s Talkin’, Darlin’ Be Home Soon, That Did It, and Wade In the Water were recorded at our concert on October 29, 2011 @ The Klein in Bridgeport, CT.

TRACK LISTING:
  DISC 1

  1. Everybody’s Talkin’
  2. Midnight in Harlem

(Swamp Raga Intro with

    Little Martha)

  1. Learn How to Love
  2. Bound for Glory
  3. Rollin’ and Tumblin’
  4. Nobody’s Free
  5. Darlin’ Be Home Soon
  DISC 2

  1. That Did It
  2. Uptight
  3. Love Has Something Else to Say
    (With Kissing My Love)
  4. Wade in the Water

EXCLUSIVE BONUS DOWNLOAD
WITH PRE-ORDER:

    Simple Song / Take You Higher
    Extended 11 minute live version.

Real Time White House Celebration of the Blues, Tune In On the Web Via Facebook

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, as well as Mick Jagger, BB King, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Warren Haynes, Gary Clark Jr. and many more artists will perform at the White House TONIGHT as part of a celebration of Blues music. Click the link below at 7:20pm EST for live streaming video of the concert at the White House.
You can also participate in real time collaboration with the White House, these great blues artists and fans all over the world on Facebook here.
This historic blues concert will be part of the “In Performance at the White House” series that airs on PBS. Tonight’s event is designed to recognize Black History Month and will be broadcast on Feb. 27 on PBS stations and aired later on American Forces Network.

Johnny Winter – Roots

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Image by Dutch Simba via Flickr

Loading image ...You forget how good Johnny Winter is until you spin up his music. Then it hits you like a full force Texas tornado.

I had written awhile back that Johnny Winter was working on a new album in Stamford, Ct. Roots is the name of the Johnny Winter CD that was released on September 27th, 2011.  I picked it up today on Apple iTunes and brought it down from iCloud to my iPhone sound system in the car.

It celebrates the blues icons who led the way for Winter. Plenty of great guest stars to appreciate as listed on the poster below.

Johnny Winter’s vocals are strong throughout especially when they are accented by his trademark growl. His guitarmanship is as phenomenal as ever. My early favorite tracks are “Bright Lights,  Big City” which is a duet with Susan Tedeschi and “Dust My Broom” with her husband Derek Trucks.

My hat’s off to producer Paul Nelson who is doing great things for Johnny Winter’s career and for his long time fans.

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Tedeschi Trucks Band/Scrapomatic, The Klein, Bridgeport, Oct. 29th

Jazzed that The Fairfield Theatre Company has booked the Tedeschi Trucks Band along with Scrapomatic. The concert takes place Saturday October 29th at The Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport, Ct.

What I am even more pleased about is that the concert tickets were $50 each for FTC members. Just last Friday Ridgefield Playhouse charged $127 each for the same seats to see Tedeschi Trucks Band live. We are saving $77 a ticket and did I also mention we’re getting two bands that night, Hey Now!

Thanks Fairfield Theater Company for charging the right price for us members. Keeping music affordable in these dire economic times speaks to your commitment to us the music buying public. We attend thirty+ concerts a year and appreciate a value when we see one!

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Tedeschi Trucks Band – Midnight in Harlem

This song gives me goosebumps and that eternal smile of a collective magic being performed in our midst. This video is part of the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festiva 2010l filmed live in Chicago on June 26th, 2010. Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks along with members of the later to become  Tedeschi Trucks Band stretch out nicely on this selection.

Mike Matteson you’ve penned a classic here ;)

Dixie-Funk by the Tedeschi Trucks Band

Listening to the brand new CD Revelator by the Tedeschi Trucks Band which showed up a little while ago in my mail box.  What a real treat this CD is to listen to;). The recording mix is top notch. The music selections are well stated and smartly chosen. I love the interplay between Derek Trucks and his wife, Susan Tedeschi. The telepathic connection of dixie-funk speaks warmly to the depth of their relationship which is intertwined with their genuine love of performing meaningful music together along with their fantastic band. The 11 member group percolates right along, accented by horns, keyboards, bass, backup singers and percussion.

Revelator will be getting extensive play on my music systems these next few weeks and well into the summer.

Strongly considering catching the Tedeschi Trucks Band Live at the Gathering of the Vibes Music Festival on Friday July 22nd in Bridgeport, Ct. ;)

Photo Credit: 04.19.2011 / James Minchin

Revelator – Tedeschi Trucks Band

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Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks with members of the Tedeschi Trucks Band have a new recording coming our way next month on June 7th. It’s entitled Revelator. This 11 person nucleus is a hard-working, well oiled band of musicians who have collaborated to make a rich wall of Southern sound.

I like the evolutionary direction Derek, Susan, and company are taking with Revelator. I’ve had the fortunate opportunity over the years to witness Susan Tedeschi with The Other Ones, Derek Trucks with The Allman Brothers Band, The Derek Trucks Band (2) and with Eric Clapton.  My wife and I loved seeing Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks perform with Herbie Hancock for his 70th Birthday at Carnegie Hall last year. :)

Revelator was recorded in Derek and Susan’s own Swamp Raga Studios in Jacksonville, co-produced by Derek with producer/engineer Jim Scott (Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wilco).

In order to get a better idea of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, plug into their YouTube Channel and watch the videos about the making of Revelator. You will get a strong appreciation for what this 11 person ensemble is accomplishing!.

Tedeschi Trucks Band Revelator CD