Time for some non-review blog stuff. I had the honor and pleasure to see the Tedeschi Trucks Band perform last night at The Egg in Albany. Tedeschi Trucks band is a blues and soul group led by Derek Trucks, slide guitar virtuoso with a steady gig as one of the guitarists in The Allman Brothers Band, and his wife, blues singer, Susan Tedeschi. They are backed up by a spectacular band of characters including Allman Brothers bassist, Oteil Burbridge. The band which boasts two drummers was incredibly tight and together and just generally seemed to be having a ball on stage, always a plus for a live act.
One of the amazing things about Tedeschi Trucks is the sense of being worn in; they sounded and looked as if they had been playing together for years, yet they only have one album out. I think this is partly because so many of the members in the band had played together before. There was such a cool element of family that could really be felt in the room.
They blazed through a tight set of the standout tracks from their album, Revelator, as well as a song that they wrote with Herbie Hancock called Space Captain. There were several covers and they ended the night with a knock-out rendition of Sly & The Family Stone’s Sing a simple song and I want to take you higher.
The stage at times seemed to be overflowing with talent, whether it was coming from Trucks’ soulful slide playing, Tedeschi’s incredible vocals or the incredibly animated horn section. I must’ve had chills at least 10 times throughout the set. It was such an amazing experience that I really hope to repeat soon. I’ll leave you with this video from a concert they did a couple months ago. Enjoy!
It must be amazing to be so into music and so up on it. I would like to have heard that last number!
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