Before there was the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and before his time as a guitarist in the Allman Brothers Band, a young Derek Trucks toured under his own name with a band he started when he was just 15 years old. The young slide guitar prodigy—nephew of Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks—recruited talented musicians to join him on the road, some of whom are still with him today in TTB. Venturing into the blues, Southern rock, jazz, gospel, soul, and funk, with some Hindustani classical music, Afro-beat, and world fusion mixed in, Derek Trucks’ exploratory nature was on full display in his early years.
On November 30th, 2001, the Derek Trucks Band played at the Conduit in Trenton, New Jersey. The band flawlessly executed a mix of complicated arrangements throughout the performance like Jimmy Reed‘s “Ain’t That Lovin’ You”, “Chicken”, and notably, “Afro Blue” by Afro-Caribbean-jazz percussion legend, Mongo Santamaria. Also worth mentioning is the set-closing cover of Bobby “Blue” Bland‘s “Turn On Your Lovelight”, as popularized over the years by the Grateful Dead.
Thanks to the taper community, fans can relive the band’s November 2001 performance in Trenton below.
Tedeschi Trucks Band – Conduit – November 30th, 2001 – Full Audio
[Audio: Lunchbox16]
Setlist: Derek Trucks Band | Conduit | Trenton, New Jersey | 11/30/2001
Set: Crowd, Preachin’ Blues, Chicken, I Believe, Kam-Ma-Lay, Driftin’, Mr. PC, Ain’t That Lovin’ You, Everything is Everything, Like Anyone Else, Joyful Noise, Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaria cover), Turn On Your Lovelight (Bobby “Blue” Bland cover)
Notes: This is one of the shows when Sean O’Rourke filled in on drums after Yonrico Scott was sidelined by heart surgery