New Derek Trucks Interviews

Dusty Wright has a nice podcast interview with Derek Trucks, and Tim Brookes interview with Derek  here.

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Indaba Music – Changes Everything

Every so often something comes along on the Internet and it hits you that “this is big.” Amazon, YouTube, Google, and podcasting are cases in point. Recently I had the same sensation when I happened upon INDABA MUSIC.

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Allman Brothers Band – What Now?

So what do Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White have in common with Kid Rock, Eric Clapton and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top?
All were part of the Allman Brothers Band’s three-week musical extravaganza at New York City’s Beacon Theater celebrating the band’s 40th anniversary. This year’s list of surprise guests also included Johnny Winter, [...]

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Carlos Santana Video Interview

Carlos did a very nice interview last Thursday with Tavis Smiley of PBS.  The 22 minute video is online, but so far I can’t get it to play past seven and a half minutes.  But at least the audio is available in full.
Here’s a sample from the interview:
Tavis: At 60 years of age now, Carlos, [...]

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My Interview with Derek Trucks

Check out my interview with Derek Trucks, we talk about Clapton, Santana, Duane Allman, Tal Wilkenfeld, Johnny Winter and much more…

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My Interview with the Legendary Chuck Leavell

Chuck Leavell is one of the world’s premier blues rock pianists–a veteran musician who has recorded and toured with many of the best-known names in the business. He is perhaps best known for his work with the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Black Crowes, and most of all, his legendary [...]

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UPDATE: Derek Trucks on upcoming Jazz DVD with Pianist McCoy Tyner

UPDATE: “On September 23, 2008 McCoy Tyner will release a CD/DVD titled GUITARS on McCoy Tyner Music / Half Note Records featuring a trio of Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette and special guests Bela Fleck, Derek Trucks, John Scofield, Marc Ribot and Bill Frisell. The DVD has multiple angle viewing capabilities. For [...]

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Derek Trucks guests on a couple of upcoming CD’s

Tracks:
“Best Damn Fool”
“Too Many Tears” featuring Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi
“Lyin’ Like a Dog”
“Show Me The Money”
“Every Time I Sing The Blues” featuring Eric Clapton
“Out In The Woods” featuring Robert Randolph
“Hammer and a Nail”
“That’s My Home” featuring Robert Randolph
“Skin Deep” featuring Derek Trucks
“Who’s Gonna Fill Those Shoes”
“Smell The Funk”
“I Found Happiness”
Tracks
01. St. Louis Blues
02. Brother [...]

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Ongoing Review of Santana & Derek Trucks

Here’s Carlos sitting in with the Derek Trucks Band doing Greensleeves: April 10, 2008.

Santana rocks the Hard Rock
BY MICHAEL HAMERSLY, May 1, 2008 Miami Herald
Carlos Santana proved once again that he’s one of the [...]

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Derek Trucks in Japan

In late November 2007 the Derek Trucks Band did a tour in Japan. These shows haven’t received the attention they deserve on www.archive.org, so I thought I’d present some of my favorite moments.

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Monterey Jazz Festival – September 19-21, 2008

ARENA
Cassandra Wilson *
Joshua Redman Trio
Maraca “Cuban Lullabies”
The Derek Trucks Band *
Maceo Parker with the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra
Ledisi
Nancy Wilson “Tribute to Cannonball Adderley” *
with Special Guests Terence Blanchard & Tom Scott
Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra (Commission Artist)
Christian McBride Quintet (Artist-In-Residence)
Jamie Cullum *
Next Generation Jazz Orchestra with Christian McBride
Herbie Hancock *
Wayne Shorter Quartet *
Kurt Elling “Dedicated [...]

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Nice Video Interview of Derek Trucks in France

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Novelist Darin Strauss on Derek Trucks

In the New York Times on February 20th, 2008 novelist Darin Strauss posted a playlist in which he postulates that Derek Trucks might be the greatest slide guitarist who ever lived. Strauss is the author of

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Derek Trucks & Santana / Some D.T. Video Interview

In recent interviews Carlos Santana has had some praise for Derek Trucks, even saying he yearns to jam on stage with him. Well, it’s going to happen, this spring the Derek Trucks Band will be opening for Santana:
Tour Dates with Santana
4/4: Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
4/5: Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Casino Arena

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Great Interview with Carlos Santana

In terms of performing live, you did mention that there are those 30-minute jams. Do you still get the same thing – whatever that thing is – do you still get the same thing out of doing that you did 35 years ago?

Santana

Oh, yeah. It’s like your first French kiss – it’s always [...]

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Eric Clapton’s 2007 Crossroads Festival

 
 
 
 

In case you missed it, PBS has a few clips online here. And here is the set list of the PBS broadcast of Eric Clapton’s CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL CHICAGO
Premiered on November 28, 2007 on PBS
MUSICAL SELECTIONS
The evening’s program was recorded live at Toyota Park in Chicago, Illinois in July 2007.
“Uberesso”
Sonny Landreth
“Poor Johnny”
Music and lyrics [...]

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Derek Trucks at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival – Oct. 25th, 2007

I caught five concerts during the Derek Trucks Band’s 2005 European tour.

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Paul Harvey interviews Derek Trucks & Barbara Dennerlein

Paul Harvey & Derek Trucks
NOTE: March 1, 2009 – this is not the late Paul Harvey of American radio.
Paul Harvey of NPS Radio 6 in the Netherlands knows music. In 2003 he interviewed Derek Trucks by telephone – Derek’s first radio interview in Europe. Paul was quick to recognize Derek’s extraordinary talent and [...]

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A Dozen Jaw Dropping Musical Performances on YouTube

This list was picked up by the great site the list universe
Please check it out there (and check out the other amazing lists on that site.)

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Nice Article about Derek Trucks

Speaking of the Clapton Tour:
“By the end of that tour he had given me so much solo space that it’s almost uncomfortable,” he laughs. “I would actually go to him and say, ‘Look man, people are going to start getting (ticked) off. They’re not paying to see me.’ The first song of the [...]

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