The Tedeschi Trucks Band is an American blues rock group based in Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 2010, the band is led by married couple Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi. Their debut album, Revelator (2011), won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album. The band has released three studio and two live albums.
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History
After touring together in 2007 as the Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi's Soul Stew Revival, the couple merged their respective groups to form the Tedeschi Trucks Band in 2010. Their first concert was on April 1, 2010, at the Savannah Music Festival.
The first Tedeschi Trucks Band album, Revelator, was released in June 2011. The album peaked at No. 92 on the Canadian Albums Chart, No. 164 in the UK Albums Chart and won a Grammy Award for Best Blues Album.
Their second album, Everybody's Talkin' was recorded live and released in May 2012.
In 2013, the band was nominated for the Blues Music Awards and released their third album, Made Up Mind.
The band gave a Joe Cocker tribute concert at the 2015 Lockn' Festival featuring alumni musicians from Cocker's bands.
The band's first three albums were published by Sony Masterworks, but their 2015 album Let Me Get By was released on Fantasy Records. Produced by Trucks, the album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard Top 200 album sales chart.
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Band members
- Susan Tedeschi - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2010-present)
- Derek Trucks - lead guitar (2010-present)
- Kofi Burbridge - keyboards, flute (2010-present)
- Tyler Greenwell - drums, percussion (2010-present)
- J. J. Johnson - drums, percussion (2010-present)
- Mike Mattison - harmony vocals (2010-present)
- Mark Rivers - harmony vocals (2010-present)
- Kebbi Williams - saxophone (2010-present)
- Tim Lefebvre - bass guitar (2013-present)
- Ephraim Owens - trumpet (2015-present)
- Elizabeth Lea - trombone (2015-present)
- Alecia Chakour - harmony vocals (2015-present)
Former band members
- Oteil Burbridge - bass (2010-2012)
- Maurice "Mobetta" Brown - trumpet (2010-2015)
- Saunders Sermons - trombone (2010-2015)
Touring musicians
- Dave Monsey - bass (2012)
- Ted Pecchio - bass (2012)
- George Porter, Jr. - bass (2012)
- Eric Krasno - bass (2013)
- Bakithi Kumalo - bass (2013)
- Carey Frank - keyboards (2017)
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- "Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band NYE Review", JamBase article.
- "Tedeschi Trucks Band Bring It Home", Rolling Stone article.
- Herbie Hancock, 'Space Captain,' Feat. Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks Spinner magazine article.
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