I got tickets to two of the shows ... one next week in my town ... and the last one New Year's Eve. The New Year's Eve show has become a family event ... 3 years now. I'm jazzed! ;D A sample ... guitar at about 2:00 ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBDkFcwmAuY Tour Dates: 10/2 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa Theatre 10/4 Gainesville, FL - Philips Center for the Performing Arts 10/5 Spartanburg, SC - Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium 10/11 London, UK - Carling Academy Islington 10/13 Nancy, France - Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival 10/14 Clermont-Ferrand, France - Cooraperative de Mai 10/15 Paris, France - Trabendo 10/17 Rome, Italy - Stazione della Birra 10/18 Cortemaggiore, Italy - Fillmore 10/19 Gracciano, Italy - Sonar Live 10/20 Milan, Italy - Transilvania 10/22 Skopje, Macedonia - Skopje Jazz Festival - Hard Rock Club 10/24 Saarbrucken, Germany - Garage 10/25 Frankfurt, Germany - Jazzfestival Frankfurt at Hessischer Rundfunk Sendesaal 10/28 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Casino - Wolf Den 11/7 Richmond, VA - Toad's Place of Richmond 11/8 Collingswood, NJ - Scottish Rite Auditorium 11/9 Durham, NC - Carolina Theatre 11/10 State College, PA - State Theatre 11/11 Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall 11/15 Bridgeport, CT - Klein Memorial Auditorium 11/16 Englewood, NJ - Bergen Performing Arts Center 11/17 Mamaroneck, NY - McClain Auditorium at Mamaroneck Highschool 11/18 Albany, NY - Hart Theatre 11/26 Tokyo, Japan - Liquid Room 11/27 Tokyo, Japan - Liquid Room 11/29 Osaka, Japan - Shinsaibashi Club Quattro 11/30 Nagoya, Japan - Nagoya Club Quattro 12/1 Tokyo, Japan - Ebisu Garden Hall 12/4 Kahului, Hawaii - Maui Arts & Cultural Center 12/5 Lihue, Hawaii - Kilohana Plantation 12/7 Honolulu, Hawaii - Events at the Tower - Aloha Tower Marketplace 12/8 Hilo, Hawaii - The Palace Theater 12/27 Jacksonville, FL - Florida Theatre **Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival 12/28 Boca Raton, FL - Mizner Park Amphitheatre **Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival 12/29 Orlando, FL - House of Blues **Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival 12/31 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre **Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival ***with very special guest The North Mississippi Allstars!! :)
Italy gets 4 shows and the Netherlands get none!? Outrageous!!! :) I'd definatly go to their show if they were to play in Holland. I got their Songlines DVD and they just seem to always be 'on' live. I bet you'll have a great time Doveman. Enjoy and be sure to tell us how it was.
[quote author=MauritsP link=topic=15148.msg194887#msg194887 date=1191181455] Italy gets 4 shows and the Netherlands get none!? Outrageous!!! :) I'd definatly go to their show if they were to play in Holland. I got their Songlines DVD and they just seem to always be 'on' live. I bet you'll have a great time Doveman. Enjoy and be sure to tell us how it was. [/quote] too true Maurits!
He's one hell of a player. I have heard him described in certain magazines as 'The World's Greatest Guitar Player', I'd question that, but you have to admit the kid's got major talent.
What I dig about him is his range of influences outside of guitar players (Coltrane, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan etc) which really comes out in his playing making it completely unique. There aren't a whole lot of players that you recognise in about 5 seconds. Jan Akkerman being another. Plus he plays damn much which is good for bringing music across. I read that on certain tours his DTB would open with an 1/1.5 hour set after which he'd play another 2.5/3 hours with the Allmans. That's a lot of playing for 1 night.
Well I just got back from the concert ... good news and bad news ... First the bad news ... my town Spartanburg didn't sell out the venue ... which was disappointing. I asked a lot of people over the week and most weren't tuned into the DTB music. Looks like we sold about 60% of the seats. We were a pretty subdued crowd ... but appreciative ... everyone there was a fan I think. Good news ... the show was really good ... sound and acoustics are great in that venue. They did two sets and an encore. All the music was good but to me the best part was and the "sit down" acoustic set that started the 2nd set. Derek played what looked like a dobro and maybe a national electric (not sure as the guitars were blocked by the monitors where I sat). But it was a great show. By the end everyone was standing and cheering. I think the band felt appreciated even though it was not a sell out. I thought the sounds were exceptional.
Here's my son Michael (left) his friend Thomas (right) and Derek Trucks (center) after last night's show. Pretty nice guy ... two year's ago Derek and his wife Susan both signed my son's SG Standard control cover after a New Year's Eve show in Atlanta ... it's still on his SG. Kinda cool ... huh?
