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The Tedeschi Trucks Band (/təˈdɛski/) is an American blues and blues rock group based in Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 2010, the band is led by married couple Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks.[1] Their debut album, Revelator (2011), won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album.[2] The band has released five studio and three live albums.
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Tedeschi Trucks Band | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
Genres | |
Years active | 2010–present |
Members | Susan Tedeschi Derek Trucks Elizabeth Lea Tyler Greenwell Mike Mattison Mark Rivers Ephraim Owens Kebbi Williams Alecia Chakour Brandon Boone Gabe Dixon Isaac Eady |
Past members | Oteil Burbridge Maurice "Mobetta" Brown Saunders Sermons Tim Lefebvre Kofi Burbridge J. J. Johnson |
Website | www.tedeschitrucksband.com |
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.[3] Their first concert was on April 1, 2010, at the Savannah Music Festival.[4]
The first Tedeschi Trucks Band album, Revelator, was released on June 7, 2011.[5] The album peaked at No. 92 on the Canadian Albums Chart,[6][citation needed] No. 164 in the UK Albums Chart[7] and won a Grammy Award for Best Blues Album.[8]
Their second album, Everybody's Talkin', was recorded live and released in May 2012.[9]
In 2013, the band was nominated for the Blues Music Awards[10] and released their third album, Made Up Mind.[11]
The band gave a Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen tribute concert at the 2015 Lockn' Festival[12] featuring alumni musicians from that album including Leon Russell, Claudia Lennear and Dave Mason.[13]
The band's first three albums were published by Sony Masterworks,[14] but their 2016 album, Let Me Get By, was released on Fantasy Records.[15] Produced by Trucks, the album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart.[16] In 2017, Tedeschi Trucks Band released a full-length concert film and album recorded in Oakland, CA, Live from the Fox Oakland.[17]
The fourth studio album, Signs, was released on February 15, 2019, on Fantasy Records and Concord. On January 9, 2019, the band announced tour dates through August 2019.[18] Signs was chosen as a 'Favorite Blues Album' by AllMusic.[19]
Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN') was announced on May 7, 2021. The album is a one-time live recording of the Derek and the Dominos album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs performed in full with Trey Anastasio. Recorded on August 24, 2019, at the LOCKN' Festival in Arrington, VA, the album was released on July 16, 2021.[20]
On April 20, 2022, Tedeschi Trucks Band announced I Am the Moon, a quadruple album featuring 24 original songs which was released in four parts throughout the year, beginning with I. Crescent on June 3, II. Ascension on July 1, III. The Fall on July 29 and IV. Farewell on August 26. The album was also released as a box containing all four parts on September 9.[21]
Former band members
Touring musicians
Year | Album | Peak positions | Sales | ||||||
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US [24] |
AUS [25] |
ITA [26] |
NED [27] |
NOR [28] |
NZ [29] |
SWI [30] | |||
2011 | Revelator | 12 | 71 | — | 83 | — | 38 | 55 | |
2013 | Made Up Mind | 11 | 48 | — | 79 | 23 | — | 22 |
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2016 | Let Me Get By | 15 | 36 | 77 | 37 | — | — | 98 | |
2019 | Signs | 28 | —[upper-alpha 1] | — | 96 | — | — | 20 | |
2022 | I Am the Moon | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 2] |
Year | Title |
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2018 | Live from the Swamp, Vol. 1: Chicago Theatre, January 26, 2018 |
2018 | Live from the Swamp, Vol. 2: Orpheum Theatre, December 3, 2016 |
2018 | Live from the Swamp, Vol. 3: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, July 29, 2017 |
2018 | Live from the Swamp, Vol. 4: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, July 30, 2017 |
2019 | Beacon Bits 2019 |
2019 | Live from the Swamp, Vol. 5: Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, May 16, 2019 |
2019 | Live from the Swamp, Vol. 6: Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, May 17, 2019 |
2020 | Live from the Swamp, Vol. 7: Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C., February 17, 2018 |
2021 | Live from the Swamp, Vol. 8: Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, October 4, 2019 |
2021 | Live from the Swamp, Vol. 9: Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, October 5, 2019 |
2022 | Best of the Beacon 2021 |
2023 | Best of Europe '22 |
Year | Title |
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2019 | High and Mighty[34] |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US AAA [35] | |||
2016 | "Anyhow" | 19 | Let Me Get By |
2019 | "Hard Case" | 27 | Signs |
Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result[citation needed] |
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2012 | Grammy Awards | Best Blues Album | Revelator | Won |
Blues Music Awards | Album of the Year | Won | ||
Band of the Year | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Won | ||
2013 | Blues Music Awards | Blues Rock Album of the Year | Everybody's Talkin' | Won |
Band of the Year | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Won | ||
2014 | Blues Music Awards | Band of the Year | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Won |
Rock Blues Album of the Year | Made Up Mind | Won | ||
2016 | Americana Music Honors & Awards | Duo/Group of the Year | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Nominated |
2017 | Blues Music Awards | Band of the Year | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Won |
Blues Rock Album of the Year | Let Me Get By | Won | ||
2018 | Grammy Awards | Best Contemporary Blues Album | Live from the Fox Oakland | Nominated |
2019 | Americana Music Honors & Awards | Duo/Group of the Year | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Nominated |
2023 | Blues Music Awards | Band of the Year | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Won[36] |
C. The album “Signs,” was released on the same day the keyboard player for the band, Kofi Burbridge, died.
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