About three songs into the Tedeschi Trucks Band’s set Saturday night at Jacobs Pavilion, singer Susan Tedeschi introduced her husband to the crowd: “Making up new sounds on the guitar every night — ladies and gentlemen, Derek Trucks!”
After the applause died down, it was no mistake who the star is.
“To me, a lot of guitarists fall back on the same few tricks night in and night out,” Trucks said of his new band’s philosophy before the show. “But we’re looking for a feeling, and we’re always trying to express something.”
His solos were rewarded with standing ovations and cheers from the crowd throughout the night.
But even as his scary-good slide guitar chops tend to be the elephant in the room, the band still manages a cohesion that firmly pegs Tedeschi’s powerful vocals as the linchpin of their sound.
This article appears in Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2011.
Awesome show , one of the best Ive seen in a long time ! After hearing their new album I thought the show might be some what subdued; couldn’t of been more wrong. Michael was right …. crazy man,Sly and the Family Stone encore medley “want to take you higher” priceless !