Derek Trucks Might Be the Best Slide Guitar Player Ever | Shred with Shifty

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@peterb.68
@peterb.68 Ай бұрын
He might honestly be the best blues and roots rock guitar player ever. not just with slide. he's incredible, one of one.
@HALWASRIGHT
@HALWASRIGHT Ай бұрын
What a incredibly wild statement...the best "blues and roots guitar player?" And I love DT..saw him 4 times when he was 14. I don't get why people want to make guitar playing a contest. But hey, you do you. 😂
@luigicalzone1558
@luigicalzone1558 Ай бұрын
@@HALWASRIGHTagree. And if you think it is only blues and rock rooted you have to listen again.
@rolltide007
@rolltide007 Ай бұрын
He's one of the best jazz players, on top of all that
@Louis-ef4eb
@Louis-ef4eb Ай бұрын
Sounds horrible, like a Stuck pig!!
@daviddawson1718
@daviddawson1718 Ай бұрын
​@HALWASRIGHT What an asshole thing to say. Oh well, you do you
@vdubbub9746
@vdubbub9746 Ай бұрын
I live 25 minutes from Red Rocks. I go to 15-20 red rocks shows per year and Tedeschi Trucks Band is the only band I HAVE to go see both nights. Best live band I see every year.
@Ottophil
@Ottophil Ай бұрын
Lucky. I had to fly 2000 miles to see a show there, and it was worth the trip
@oicsaywhat
@oicsaywhat Ай бұрын
Totally agree they are the best live band out there, same here I’m in Northern Cali and I’ve them twice at red rocks and both times I went to both nights. I have seen this band and Derek over the years close to 100 times and like going to church every time just magic
@siscoismyhomey
@siscoismyhomey Ай бұрын
I've been lucky to see them 7 or 8 times at Red Rocks over the last however many years and it just blows my mind how they just top themselves every time. TTB is the most powerful live band around and they just keep getting stronger.
@vdubbub9746
@vdubbub9746 Ай бұрын
@@siscoismyhomey it's always a fun time. I loved that they opened both nights with Zeppelin material this year.
@jimmcconnell5975
@jimmcconnell5975 Ай бұрын
@@vdubbub9746 Led Zepplin and George Harrison. : ) Great concerts. I live close by as well and it's an annual event. We're so blessed to have this awesome venue in our backyard.
@seandonald1635
@seandonald1635 Ай бұрын
He’s the most laid-back, humble guy you’d ever want to run into. He’s a Jacksonville guy and he doesn’t hide. He goes to Jags games, little festivals out by the beach, etc. You tell him how much you love the music and he says thank you and cheers. Great dude and an insanely talented guitarist.
@phillipasby9202
@phillipasby9202 Ай бұрын
Derek is fricking Yoda. And seemingly the nicest, most humble dude around.
@BRS-Peterbilt-379
@BRS-Peterbilt-379 Ай бұрын
This is easily the best interview of Derek Trucks I've ever seen. I'm not sure that his personality has shown through so much anywhere else. Awesome job.
@STSGuitar16
@STSGuitar16 Ай бұрын
His interview with Rick Beato is also great!
@brbadge
@brbadge Ай бұрын
To be honest, Derek has a lot to say. 😀
@darenanderson1960
@darenanderson1960 Ай бұрын
Derek is my favorite guitar player. I admire his personality, attitude, and performance style. Supreme confidence mixed with genuine humility.
@Tognar
@Tognar Ай бұрын
There has never been a more humble virtuosoo in rock ‘n’ roll. I’ve had the pleasure of watching him perform since he was 14 years old. Small clubs and bars and everything. And he is always getting better. It’s quite inspiring and mind blowing.
@vaughanbranch8376
@vaughanbranch8376 10 күн бұрын
Loved every second of this. Would’ve happily watched Derek and Chris talk for hours.
@Jcfromphilly
@Jcfromphilly Ай бұрын
Humility backed up with incredible talent WOW!!
@TRAVIESO_NA
@TRAVIESO_NA 4 күн бұрын
I can learn more from these interviews about guitar playing than in instructional material. Interviews like this are filled with gems 💎
@johnlee1948
@johnlee1948 Ай бұрын
this interview is just so wholesome and informative. man, i just love you guys.
@SecretSpots
@SecretSpots 27 күн бұрын
Derek plays the mostly stunningly beautiful sounding guitar licks ever played. Absolute MASTER of his craft. Love this guy. GREAT interview Chris!
@johnnyresin
@johnnyresin Ай бұрын
Realizing that you're the old guy at the jam session now is a hard day for all of us 😂
@epicmeade
@epicmeade Ай бұрын
I think it’s a tribute to Derek’s respect for how important Colonel Bruce Hampton is to him that he never brings up the fact that Bruce literally died at Derek’s feet in the middle of the Colonel’s own birthday concert, in the middle of the last song. On a less morbid note I just love how much joy Mr Truck exhibits whenever he talks about other musicians. You can genuinely see how music (not fame) is what he lives for.
@jameswhite5806
@jameswhite5806 Ай бұрын
Awesome interview. I got to sit about 15 rows away from Derek trucks at a Tedeschi Trucks performance. The best tone. Guitar, boost, and Super Reverb. That was all.
@RyanMcQuen
@RyanMcQuen Ай бұрын
He had a boost? Usually he has no pedals.
@guitarstrange2478
@guitarstrange2478 Ай бұрын
He says that but if u look at live pictures of his set up he does put stuff in from time to time like a klon style pedal, Dunlop echoplex, but they sit on top of the amp and he turns it on by hand for a song, seems to be dependent on what songs are on the setlist.​@@RyanMcQuen
@marcelodonati
@marcelodonati Ай бұрын
Derek is a kind of superior human being. Humble, amazing player, quiet, smiling guy, a great artist!!!
@TRAVIESO_NA
@TRAVIESO_NA 4 күн бұрын
I can learn more from these interviews about guitar playing than in instructional material. Interviews like this are filled with gems 💎 I’ve studied inversions for years but never played standard tuning lol. 😂 I played open g,d,c and never open e, or e standard ever. I played a lot of weird tuning too but there all written in a iPad that broke 😂
@MykWazowski
@MykWazowski Ай бұрын
TTB, Derek especially are one of the few bands that understand live sound, how the venue can effect performance. Mostly playing only playing in theaters. This gives them the ability to really play to the room, to bring the sound down to a whisper. If you haven’t had a chance to see them live, I highly, highly encourage it. Try and sit center in the middle of the theater. There you will be blessed with some of the best live sound ever. Shout out to their FOH engineer too!
@snerdterguson
@snerdterguson Ай бұрын
Haven't seen them, but I did see The Derek Trucks Band open up for the Allman Brosa couple times, and I believe they opened up for a Dead (not Grateful Dead) show I was at in the early 2000s.
@geraldbrown2875
@geraldbrown2875 Ай бұрын
Thanks for the interview! They say never meet your heroes, but I think Derek and his beautiful wife Susan are the exception to the rule! 🎸 🇨🇦
@DFish111
@DFish111 Ай бұрын
I've been waiting a loooooong time for an interview with Derek where he talks bolts and nuts. Thank you so much!!!
@pmaloney666
@pmaloney666 12 күн бұрын
Killer interview, wow.. Allman Brothers Fillmore East has to be one of the best live performances ever.
@rogerhare7886
@rogerhare7886 Ай бұрын
Best interview of this legend. Love that Shifty just wants to learn from him.
@VeniceKing1
@VeniceKing1 Ай бұрын
Derek Trucks is such a nice guy for being a generational virtuoso.
@guitargrandpa282
@guitargrandpa282 Ай бұрын
Derek might be my favorite player there days. He is definitely my wife's favorite. She doesn't play but when we see him live she is blown away every time. And such a humbler unassuming guy. At my age (71) you aren't a fan like you used to be but I am happy to say that I am a big fan of Derek Trucks. Thanks for this interview.
@alainbrasseur7083
@alainbrasseur7083 Ай бұрын
Derek doesn't sing, so his guitar does ! Saw the TTB twice in a row at Paris, France. Best band ever. He litterally made me cry. His playing goes directly to the heart.
@Dyoumanslps
@Dyoumanslps Ай бұрын
His good naturedness, honesty, and humbleness allow his notes to flow directly from his soul. It seems all the truly great players share that.
@mollamos
@mollamos 23 күн бұрын
Great interview! Felt like I was hanging out with you guys. I’m a huge Derek fan seen him several times, always amazing.
@bigdougr.6261
@bigdougr.6261 Ай бұрын
He is the best slide player I’ve ever heard and I’m an old 60’s and 70’s bar band guy who covered the Allman Brothers and many of the old blues greats.
@goodun2974
@goodun2974 14 күн бұрын
Have you listened to Sonny Landreth? Derek's playing is evolutionary, but Sonny's is *revolutionary*. Derek added a chapter to the Book of Slide Guitar, but Sonny wrote an entire Vol. II !
@MarkRichter-j2l
@MarkRichter-j2l Ай бұрын
saw Tedeschi Trucks 3 times in the last year & EVERY TIME THEY GER BETTER&BETTER
@MrAMDraheim09
@MrAMDraheim09 Ай бұрын
They blow my mind every time. Goosebumps just remembering the last show I saw.
@brandondull6873
@brandondull6873 Ай бұрын
Excellent. Chris is the only guy giving me the interviews I wanna hear with todays best guitarists. Keep it up. Love Dereck.
@jeffanderson8384
@jeffanderson8384 Ай бұрын
DAMN!! Nothing like starting off my day with a fresh piping hot SWS with Derek Trucks no less! Love the show! I was listening to Tedeschi Trucks band just last night. Love their Clapton covers.
@master00booya
@master00booya Ай бұрын
Derek is such a cool guy, feels good to support an artist that’s actually nice
@richardnagamitsu1582
@richardnagamitsu1582 Ай бұрын
This cat is worthy of carrying the torch and taking it to the next level…
@macarius8802
@macarius8802 Ай бұрын
Saw him in Vancouver last summer - best electric guitarist I've even seen live, and I've seen quite a few top players. He always connected to the current of feeling and soul, channeling the blues at the root of what he's doing. He's putting out the real stuff, which is getting rare these days.
@samueltdodson
@samueltdodson Ай бұрын
Derek is such a gem! He seems like such a kind dude too. His music changed my life at age 18. Thanks Derek, keep on being you!
@silverbackshotcall8r956
@silverbackshotcall8r956 12 күн бұрын
20:30 I met Derek in Manchester around 1-2 years ago awesome gig. Met him after an he signed my signature DT SG. I asked him this exact same question an this is the response he told me. Absolutely the most humble person on the planet always willing to pass down the knowledge.
@stanleyandrew840
@stanleyandrew840 7 күн бұрын
Great interview! Thanks! I took a lot away from that! He is so humble!
@dougmishoe1336
@dougmishoe1336 Ай бұрын
Dude is the best. Hope he sticks around doing his thing for a long time. 🎸🎸
@mackiepie
@mackiepie Ай бұрын
I got to meet Derek and Susan after the final show of the Deuces Wild Tour. When we shook hands, he reached in his pocket and pulled out a slide with his autograph etched on it and handed it to me. I enjoyed the podcast today, and I’ve been listening to music and going to live music for over 70 years. This band that he and Sue have put together is my all-time favorite, and I’ve seen Ellington, Basey, Buddy Rich, Mad Dogs and Englishman, Tower of Power, all the greats.
@J.C...
@J.C... Ай бұрын
That's his Signature Dunlop Blues Bottle slide. I have one. You can buy them from Dunlop or Derek usually gives them away since he doesn't use a pick.
@DoobTube71
@DoobTube71 Ай бұрын
I saw the DTB on the Joyful Noise tour in Des Moines IA at a historic theatre downtown circa 2002. Changed my paradigm of music! Met Derek in the lobby after the show and shook his hand. Thank you! Derek and Chris Buck have the tightest most proficient right hand technique of any guitarists!
@jamestriveri304
@jamestriveri304 Ай бұрын
Hoyt Sherman?
@lessonswithjames
@lessonswithjames Ай бұрын
I was at that one! Great memories from that show.
@ericlitts9917
@ericlitts9917 27 күн бұрын
Nobody can play like Derek trucks. Nobody. Some guitarists have mastered virtuosity, some can write songs, but very few can make a guitar become another dimension like Derek can. He always makes my jaw drop. John Mayer can do a lot of derek stuff, but Derek trucks does it in a way that no one can. The best compliment I can give to musician is that they sound unique. Derek is the most unique.
@wilsonjohn9766
@wilsonjohn9766 3 күн бұрын
The first time I seen or heard Derek was in the Allman Brothers “The High Cost Of Low Living” And was blown away and realized just what this man is.
@BrianDeBolt
@BrianDeBolt Ай бұрын
I used to watch Derek at a place called The Crap Pot in Jax Beach on the outside deck when he was very young in the early to mid 90s. The weathered guys he spoke of came from some of the best southern rock bands from the 70s and 80s. You never knew who you would see there on any given Sat or Sun during the daytime right next to the ocean on the boardwalk. Great times were had!
@guitarmtg
@guitarmtg Ай бұрын
Shifty Might be the Best Derek Interviewer Ever! Thanks so much for this❤
@peterknoll
@peterknoll Ай бұрын
Amazing interview! Remember hearing a live recording of Derek Trucks Band around 2004. Blew my mind!
@mrelmoresmusiclab
@mrelmoresmusiclab Ай бұрын
Man, I really need another deluxe in my family. Those P 90's are legit too. And...man...Derek is so chill and humble. I love this when I see a great player. Just like you Shifty. Stay humble great players.
@timholtguitar6999
@timholtguitar6999 Ай бұрын
To this day, I still don’t think people really understand how good Derek is. I see so many incredible slide guitar players across social media, but none of them have his touch. Derek is such a humble, versatile and unique guitar player. Hope I get to meet him one day.
@robzagar4275
@robzagar4275 Ай бұрын
I have to say that was the best yet! D Trucks is amazing and his depth of musical insights are brilliant. He seems so genuine and real. Tedeshi Trucks Band never puts on a half ass show. That band smokes they are so hot! Thanks
@gfhughes727
@gfhughes727 Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@kennethpeabody1333
@kennethpeabody1333 14 күн бұрын
Great interview... Derek comes across as a very genuine, nice guy... fantastic player with amazing tone.
@michaelreed2787
@michaelreed2787 Ай бұрын
Derek trucks has been a hero of mine since I was a teenager. Dude is seriously the GOAT
@philipmarsh3522
@philipmarsh3522 Ай бұрын
You two are the least “famous acting” of the famous guitarists out there, I think. Just two dudes talking guitar and learning from each other. Very cool.
@shable1436
@shable1436 Ай бұрын
Col Bruce was my mentor as well when I lived in ATL and played the ATL, Athens Austin, triple As circuits, we used to play at Smith's old bar all the time, my band serial groove killers with col Bruce, he used to love my ham sandwiches I would make in the kitchen during sound checks 😂 the 90s was great for me, even early 2000s before I left the south to go back up north because of family stuff.
@J.C...
@J.C... Ай бұрын
You know what's crazy about Bruce? If it weren't for Duane, he wouldn't have ever had a music career. So later on, he forms Aquarium Rescue Unit and Oteil Burbridge joins the band...only to be recommended for the bass player spot in ABB, which he got and fulfilled for the next couple of decades. So when it comes down to it, Oteil may have never been in ABB if it weren't for Duane Allman. It all leads back to him. It's because of him that Oteil is a Brother. If he never got Bruce a contract at Capricorn, Bruce never becomes a professional musician, never starts Aquarium Rescue Unit, and never meets Oteil. So then Oteil would've never gotten recommended for the ABB gig and never would've been hired and accepted into the family. Small world, huh?
@monday6524
@monday6524 18 күн бұрын
This was a great video! Derek seems like a great human being and of course an awesome musician. Shred with Shifty is one of my favorite channels/podcasts. I end up listening to the podcast on the road and then watching the videos!😃
@PeachEater81
@PeachEater81 Ай бұрын
DT is a legend. Shifty slacked on his homework for this one.
@tommy1moore
@tommy1moore Ай бұрын
Band I was in around 1996 opened for Derek in Dallas at the Stone Pony. Hadn't heard of this 15 yr old kid in a baseball cap. Glad I got to see him play back then.
@JeffCJacobs1
@JeffCJacobs1 Ай бұрын
Wild...my roommate & friend owned that club, but missed Derek. Had a lot of the big names stop by after shows, or play there.
@FasterThings-ABBTribute
@FasterThings-ABBTribute 29 күн бұрын
Great interview! Thank you....and thank you Derek for ALL the music and inspiration..!
@barronnaar4834
@barronnaar4834 19 күн бұрын
Excellent interview of one of my all-time favorite artists. Thanks. ❤
@mrtaylor10101
@mrtaylor10101 Ай бұрын
Thanks for asking my question. Great interview as always
@ScottWalker-uw3rp
@ScottWalker-uw3rp Ай бұрын
Great interview. Two great players and really humble guys.
@Peter-iq6rc
@Peter-iq6rc 24 күн бұрын
Shifty's best interview yet.....needed 4 more hours of it!
@ToddTheJoker
@ToddTheJoker Ай бұрын
Man, why does the time always fly right by with these great and fun interviews? Thanks Chris and might I say, your slide playing is pretty dang good too! Love these interviews!
@JasonB5232
@JasonB5232 Ай бұрын
Man, I just love Derek. Big thanks for this one.
@cagscagnina4986
@cagscagnina4986 Ай бұрын
Derek is the greatest guitar player there is today ! His sound and licks are so identifiable u hear his influences but then you immediately hear how he has made them his own ! One of the last true guitar heroes !! See him live if u have not yet !
@dylanwilson5787
@dylanwilson5787 28 күн бұрын
I need two notes, and I KNOW it's Derek. 💯 just amazing 🔥🎸☮️🌹
@davidbrown217
@davidbrown217 Ай бұрын
Just as Leo Kotke did with acoustic slide playing 50 yrs ago and Ry at the same time on electric and acoustic, this fella here has taken the slide trade to a new place.Ive loved and played slide guit for a long time and can cobble together half decent renditions of sliders from Elmore and Houndog thru to the more intricate works of Messuirs Cooder and Allman....but, Derek Trucks has THE most individual style of muting,touch,trem and sound that this old critter has EVER heard....I can't even get thru the gate let alone into the same ball park as this man. Absolute originality within a style of guitar playing that's been mined by many greats since its inception is a rare,rare thing indeed.Long may you run Derek, you're a one off mate.❤blooz4life.
@goodun2974
@goodun2974 15 күн бұрын
Derek is very good ---- but I don't think he's at the level of Sonny Landreth.
@goodun2974
@goodun2974 14 күн бұрын
Derek's slide playing is evolutionary (as Cooder and Kottke were; I've seen both of them play many times), but Sonny Landreth's playing is *revolutionary*, it's on a whole other level.
@rocco575
@rocco575 Ай бұрын
I have never clicked on a video so fast! incredible interview.
@joelschmidt7700
@joelschmidt7700 Ай бұрын
Great interview Shifty! When I first heard "Midnight in Harlem" it stopped me in my tracks. I found it fascinating to discover that Derek is thinking about and adding bits of classical Indian music into the solo that's just awesome.
@davidcollin1436
@davidcollin1436 Ай бұрын
Ever since he studied with Ali Akbar Khan he has inserted sarod scales into the slide work . There are classic slides and vibratos that are hallmarks of ragas. My old boss brought Ravi Shankar to the US in 1958 for his first recording. A few years later he brought Ali Akbar. I got to know him well and his virtuoso son, who died 2 weeks ago in California. We toured and had amazing jams in horrible hotel rooms to pass the time. The Derek phrases are so familiar from the classical Indian ragas.
@dylanwilson5787
@dylanwilson5787 28 күн бұрын
​@davidcollin1436 Swamp Raga intro to Midnight In Harlem is an in concert live must have!!! 💯🎵🎶🔥🎸💃🕺☮️🌹
@Jackie_Rosewood
@Jackie_Rosewood Ай бұрын
Thank you Shifty for another awesome interview! Really enjoy these!! Derek is such an incredible player and one of my favorites!!🎸🎸🎸🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
@ZChoate
@ZChoate Ай бұрын
Name a song that Derek can't or didn't make better. From Blind Faith "can't find my way home" to "Love and Regret" by Billy Strings to "Lie in our Graves" by DMB. Derek knows exactly what a song needs and no more. Jedi level.
@seanmanning892
@seanmanning892 17 күн бұрын
Got to meet Derek after a show in 2001 where he opened for Eric Johnson. Two of my favs of all time. Derek couldn’t have been nicer. He took the time to talk shop with me and I’ll never forget it.
@byronwelch4754
@byronwelch4754 Ай бұрын
I saw Derek in Dallas in 07 with Doyle in Eric’s band. They opened with Tell The Truth! I’d swear Duane was in the room! Great interview! ❤🎸🤘
@J.C...
@J.C... Ай бұрын
I heard so so much ABB during the 80s. My dad loves them to this day and he still plays their music long and loud! ❤️🙏
@matt_ess153
@matt_ess153 Ай бұрын
Great interview! Thank you
@mikekruiser5682
@mikekruiser5682 Ай бұрын
Always a great treat to hear Derek just sit and talk slide
@jamescunningham9845
@jamescunningham9845 Ай бұрын
I use to see him playing in daytona when he was 11/12 years old even then it was unbelievable how good he sounded i’m not sure if i’ve anyone better still
@bryanmcdermott4204
@bryanmcdermott4204 Ай бұрын
That was unique, and absolutely fantastic. Glad Col. Bruce Hampton stories were told.
@Sam-sg3gb
@Sam-sg3gb Ай бұрын
Gives me hope for the future of music. I’ve seen Derek live in several incarnations…..never disappointed! And his wife’s voice is a voice I can only hope will be in heavy rotation if and when I make it to heaven!
@dylanwilson5787
@dylanwilson5787 28 күн бұрын
Live TTB shows are what help keep me thriving and not just surviving! 🌹☮️💯🔥🎸💃🕺🎶🎵
@HELPINGTHEBLINDSEE
@HELPINGTHEBLINDSEE Ай бұрын
I’ve seen Derek so many times but his time with the Allman Brothers will always be unmatched.
@lovelauracp
@lovelauracp Ай бұрын
I love Derek like a brother, there is no doubt Derek is by far the best slide guitar prayer alive and I truly believe it was a gift from above, he is such a modest guy , and one of the nicest people you could ever meet. I have an LG reissue same color like his and try to play like Derek and maybe if I practice 8 hours every day for a thousand years I might be able to tune his LG up. God bless Derek Trucks.
@OldManRoo
@OldManRoo Ай бұрын
What a great interview! Derek is amazing, and he's right, your slide playing was excellent!
@iggypyro78
@iggypyro78 Ай бұрын
I'd love to be on stage with Buddy Guy and listen to the amps hum. Lol. That's an incredible image. Derek Trucks is the man. A legend among us. Man, the people he's played and jammed with.
@harrysutton8998
@harrysutton8998 Ай бұрын
The man is portal to another universe. My wife and I have seen him twice in London- the first time he blew me away with one of his lifting the lid solo climaxes, but then later in the evening he another peak, later there was another summit and it seemed he had infinite access to another level of euphoric musical genius. Just incredible.
@Dptransom4u
@Dptransom4u Ай бұрын
Derek is always a great interview!
@andrewslawek8767
@andrewslawek8767 Ай бұрын
Wow, I first saw Derek Trucks in 1993 in Asheville, NC and he was probably 12-14 years old at the oldest and just absolutely blew my guitarists mind, and this is such a great interview of the slide guitar Genius!!! GOAT 🐐
@underthegreatwave
@underthegreatwave Ай бұрын
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@3llement
@3llement Ай бұрын
I interviewed Derek back in 1996-ish when he was the Derek Trucks band for a local public TV station. I think he was around 18 or 19 years old. The whole band was super young and super good. He carried his guitar around with himself everywhere and picked at it here and there through the interview. Really nice bunch of guys. Glad to see he's lasted this long.
@davidtalbott1503
@davidtalbott1503 24 күн бұрын
He is everything they say! I was on tour with him a couple years ago ,(driver) , Lots of fun!
@joshcoxmusic
@joshcoxmusic Ай бұрын
One of the greatest of all time. Derek is amazing
@johnnyresistance
@johnnyresistance Ай бұрын
great interview, he's such a cool guy. saw him on that clapton tour and he blew me away. amazing talent.
@mauropaciotti9984
@mauropaciotti9984 Ай бұрын
Derek is just gold. One of a kind human and musician.
@jtcorey7681
@jtcorey7681 Ай бұрын
He’s so grounded. Obviously really good parents helped him grow up with his head in the right place. What a talent.
@daviddawson1718
@daviddawson1718 Ай бұрын
His mother is a kind, respectful southern lady. I didn't meet his dad.
@jondonnelly
@jondonnelly Ай бұрын
Hard to believe it's been over 30 years since this prodigy came on the scene. Dude was better than most will ever be as a child.
@duncanfrere2656
@duncanfrere2656 Ай бұрын
If anyone is worthy of stepping into Jeff Beck's immortal shoes, it's Derek.
@DabsDad
@DabsDad Ай бұрын
but Derek doesn't use a whammy bar. apples and oranges.
@handle433
@handle433 Ай бұрын
I think the Page, Beck and Clapton status has only had a few additions over the years. Derek Trucks and Mark Knopfler. They’re the best!
@dylanwilson5787
@dylanwilson5787 28 күн бұрын
I hope you've heard Derek and TTB do Beck's Bolero. Fortunate enough to catch it live multiple times this year and it is just mind blowingly amazing. 🎸💃🕺🎵💯🎶🔥
@goodun2974
@goodun2974 14 күн бұрын
​@@handle433, Clapton and Knopfler are impressed with Derek, as they should be, but they (and Vince Gill too) are *awed* by Sonny Landreth. Derek is evolutionary, but Sonny is *revolutionary".
@FranMjolnir
@FranMjolnir Ай бұрын
This is just insane, how can someone be this AMAZING.
@STSGuitar16
@STSGuitar16 Ай бұрын
Take the slide out of it; Derek might be the best PLAYER ever. I personally think he is. Phrasing is unmatched, ability to peak is unmatched, feeling and soul is unmatched. He is simply in a league entirely of his own.
@shable1436
@shable1436 Ай бұрын
I agree, I'm a 30+yr player pro, and nobody can crescendo a solo like Derek
@STSGuitar16
@STSGuitar16 Ай бұрын
@ I’ve been playing for around 13 years and have been a weekend warrior/semi-pro for around four years now. Derek is just on another level, and I feel like he is the very definition of being a “guitarist’s guitarist.” I think you kinda have to be a player yourself to fully appreciate his total mastery of the instrument. It’s unlike anything else. Like, he’ll be shredding and you’ll think to yourself, “man Derek is bringing the heat in the peak of this solo,” only for him to proceed to take it higher. Then you think, “oh man now it has even more energy; surely this is the real peak,” and again, somehow he takes it even higher. Now just repeat that thought process three or four times until he reaches the actual peak, and that’s a Derek solo for ya lol. He takes it to higher places than you (the general “you,” not you personally) can even fathom as being possible. He blows my mind literally every single time I hear him, and maybe I’m just crazy, but it honestly feels like he just gets better and better every single year. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGXdkqOOhdeKqpI Have you ever seen this video of Derek playing with John Mayer and BB King? It could quite literally be the best, most perfect solo of all time. Even BB proceeds to say to Derek, “that’s about as good as I’ve ever heard it.” That alone is enough to give him the crown as best ever, imo. If he’s the best according to BB, he just is the best.
@goodun2974
@goodun2974 14 күн бұрын
Derek is evolutionary; but Sonny Landreth's slide playing is *revolutionary*. Nobody else even attempts to do what Sonny does because, honestly, how would they begin and where would they start from?
@STSGuitar16
@STSGuitar16 14 күн бұрын
@ I think I could genuinely replace “Sonny Landreth” with “Derek Trucks” in your comment and it would be every bit as true as what you said. Derek ABSOLUTELY plays slide like no one else before or since, and no one else even attempts to do what he does because, honestly, how would they begin and where would they start from? See what I mean? At this juncture it’s just gonna come down to personal preference. I could see your argument and might agree with you if Derek was just a full-on Duane copycat, but that actually couldn’t be further from the truth. Really the only times that he does full Duane stuff is when he’s playing Allman Bros blues stuff. Otherwise, he is usually playing his entirely unique style, and no one else in the world can do it like him. There are definitely some other-worldly guitarists throughout history to this day, but I just think Derek Trucks is other-worldly-er lol. So yeah, I think this conversation ultimately comes down to personal preference 🙏🏻🤙🏻🤘🏻🙌🏻
@Colinjohnmusic
@Colinjohnmusic Ай бұрын
Such a fantastic player with a superb touch and tone, proof that it’s definitely in his hands. A testament to his greatness is how many of the younger slide players try to sound exactly like him, which is missing the point, but that’s how things are today I suppose. Thanks for featuring him here!
@goodun2974
@goodun2974 14 күн бұрын
Well, Derek's very good, in an evolutionary way, but Sonny Landreth is *revolutionary*, so iconoclastic, so unique that nobody else even attempts to do what he does, because where and how would you begin? (PS, my slide-guitar tastes go all the way back to people like Tampa Red, Blind Willie Johnson and Fred McDowell, and I've seen many players who've expanded on the style, such as Ry Cooder, Leo Kottke, David Lindley, John Mooney, Johnny Winter, etc, but Sonny is in a league all his own).
@crilf5830
@crilf5830 Ай бұрын
He was the best slide player from a very young age. Thanks! 🎉❤
@runningforthehouse
@runningforthehouse Ай бұрын
35:20 The calmest assassin.
@brucegibson7665
@brucegibson7665 Ай бұрын
Really great interview Chris, love all these
@anjy2l332
@anjy2l332 Ай бұрын
I love this interview. Shifty is a natural at these interviews. And, Derkk Trucks is bar nine the greatest living slide player. Tedeschi Trucks shows are amazing, I love getting lost in their shows.
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