I Haven't Talked About This Enough

[@RhettShull]

insane playing as always man, you can definitely hear the Trucks influence in your playing but your sound is much more than the typical Duane/Derek thing.

[@dylanadamsguitar]

Thanks Rhett 🙏🏻🫶🏻

[@antoonhermans8953]

past , present , future - duane , derek , dylan

[@acemcateerguitar]

💯

[@paulkelly154]

Absolutely

[@lovelauracp]

Like Derik and Duane are roll models for many slide guitar players ,one of my top roll models is Dylan Adams, has taught me more about slide guitar as anyone . THANK YOU DYLAN

[@zapa.mp3]

I have always been a heavy metal guy, but by accident, after watching a Guthrie Govan video where he played with a slide, I became very interested in its sound. So, I quickly searched and discovered the song ‘Midnight in Harlem.’ After that, I completely fell in love with TTB. While searching for more slide influences, I found your video ‘Slide Guitar 101...’ Ever since I never miss any of your videos, and my slide playing has become completely influenced by you. I can’t use the slide on my ring finger anymore and only play it in standard tuning, there’s even a lick that I stole from your cover of ‘The Great Gig in the Sky' lmao. So yeah, I believe you have already established your guitar identity, and I hope you can be the future of this style.

[@StephenRArchambault]

Your introspective, honest ultimate acceptance that Trucks is a living part of your foundation, your main influence, shows your confidence and growth. Don’t know you, but you talk with insight beyond your years. Very humble. Stay at it, I think your style and attitude are outstanding! God bless! 🎸

[@StarSpangledEpoxy-HSV]

It’s obvious he’s an inspiration, but you have your own sound for sure. You’re an animal

[@Hbomb731]

Brother, your day is coming soon and when that day arrives you too will be that inspiration and role model for the next young musician. You are a fantastic musician and I believe you are just as good as your role models. Have a Merry Christmas!

[@fdddsdfgfgrgf1]

Man this is a powerful video with some ridiculous playing. You’re crushing it Dylan

[@apolloguitars]

Same for me. He's unmatched.

[@sebastienboisvert3268]

Derek is the man and you can be sure he surrouds himself with the greatest people. I got to hang out a bit with some of the band when they came to Ottawa. They were all so king and grounded. Great bunch of musicians with an awesome leader.

[@VeniceKing1]

You're one of my favourite slide players!

[@julesleyhe]

Awesome, thoughtful video Dylan! I saw a video recently of Nate Smith (one of the best drummers in the whole world!) recently saying “everything good about my playing I stole from somebody” then demonstrates a rock feel, swing, funk etc with a specific person who influenced him to play THAT feel. Caring a ton to have your own voice is definitely awesome but at the end of the day playing with your heart and soul is most important and that’s really what this video showed me… you’re a legend with your own sound, keep soaring man! ❤️

[@dylanadamsguitar]

Thanks so much for the kind words Jules! I totally agree man, all of our heroes have heroes of their own and that’s what makes them who they are as musicians ❤️

[@siscoismyhomey]

As a fellow Derek Trucks devotee this was a great watch. Love the mix of DTB/TTB stuff!

[@timcoughlin7774]

Another great video. Both Duane and Derek would applaud your path, to your sound.

[@schooldya.]

great playing and video

[@LoesVillerius]

Beautifully said Dylan, what a candidly beautiful video. You are now a role model too and you are doing a great job!

[@acemcateerguitar]

Great video dude! Derek and Duane are my favorite players ever! Thanks for helping me get closer to the slide sounds I want to hear. Your the man

[@Sammy86]

Refreshing to hear such mature self reflection on your journey. Kudos man, the next generation will bear your influence on their playing. In a few years we will say, oh this person is doing a Dylan with that slide thing! Cheers and all the best for 2025 and beyond.

[@timholtguitar6999]

Made Up Mind is also my favorite TTB record, I’ve seen them 5 times so I’ll have to catch up to you lol. Always enjoy your channel, and I’m a fellow Allman brothers nut. Love hearing your approach and seeing someone carry on the spirit of people like Duane!

[@tedstilles88]

You are a monster player with a regal sense of touch. Your spiritual growth is on full display through your sound. Continued blessings and happy holidays!

[@garthosborn8400]

I very much relate to what you say here. My biggest influence when I was young was Clapton. I have been told I sound like him in the past. I’ve always listened to slide players - Joe Walsh, Muddy Waters, and Duane early on. Later I discovered Sonny and Joey Landreth, Ry Cooder, David Lindley and the Skynyrd band. Bonnie Raitt and the two Georges - Lowell and Harrison are also on my faves list. My all time favorite guitarist is Rory Gallagher - he was a great slide player as well. My most recent favorite is Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe - I know she plays a lap steel (like Lindley), but love sweet slide, no matter how it’s produced. I also love the acoustic side of slide - Jerry Douglas, Tut Taylor, Mike Aldridge, and anyone who plays a Weissenborn. Great stuff, Dylan. Keep it coming.

[@etherboy3540]

I remember reading one of the rollingstone best guitarist lists and Derek Trucks was 11th or 16th or something. So I looked him up on youtube and the first hit was a live rendition of Sahib Teri Bandi. I was totally blown away. I think I played it 10 times in a row. To me it's still one of the best guitar songs ever.

[@druwk]

Lovely, love letter to a fellow traveler. Love the respect and kindness…just like I always appreciate DT’s. Your improvisation is always inspiring. I’m an older guitarist, but I’m going to pickup your course. Maybe you can teach an old dog a new trick? 😉 (…have always loved the slide tone, but never quite had the wear withal to keep at it.)

[@Pdbottleneck]

9:08 I never noticed before that Derek has the Greeny reflector knob layout and what I think looks like an amber switch tip on the pickup selector.

[@paulkelly154]

Too bad you never saw DTB. Great stuff! Been friends with Todd Smallie for years. That band with Yon Rico, Kofi, Mike, Todd, and Derek was magic. And also Count. I've been fortunate to know (or knew) all of them for years. All such nice cats, all with true humility.

[@AureliusSagan10]

Great video, Dylan

[@kwillis7779]

Such an excellent video! Thanks you. Much luck. Cheers!

[@clementsfamily7002]

I bought your course. I saw Derek Trucks at the Windjammer on the Isle of Palms in Charleston, SC when he was 13. He came out in a braves cap and blew the roof off the place. I hadn't heard Sonny Landreth yet at the time, so up to that point he was the best slide player I had ever heard. to be honest, I had heard Sonny but didn't know it was him. He played slide on John Hiatt's Slow Turnin' record. Sonny and Derek are my favorites. (and of course you).

[@FasterThings-ABBTribute]

Great playing as always!!

[@andrewmccabe7730]

Dude! You are amazing! Super cool video. I’ll admit I started following you after the first video I saw of you. I think it was the Aretha Franklin solo or the Soulive video, but Kraz and Derek are my guys as well. But the great thing about you is YOU DO have your own sound and style with all my favorite guitarists popping in your sound. I wish I sounded exactly like YOU. Keep playing the SG!

[@jeffmcleod2855]

I met Derek a couple of years ago at a restaurant in Jacksonville. He was super laid back and friendly - I agree he's a great guy as well as being one of the world's finest musicians.

[@seanandben]

Hi Dylan. A really nice tribute to Derek Trucks and some absolutely stellar playing by you. Forgive me if you've already done it and I just haven't seen it, but I'd love to see and hear you playing over a slow blues. The faster stuff I've seen of yours is always flowing seamlessly with the lovely twists and turns you insert along the way. Best of luck from Ireland. ☘

[@fdddsdfgfgrgf1]

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[@fdddsdfgfgrgf1]

search this Slow Blues Slide Solo sitting in w/ Smokestack 7/12/15

[@nicfabrizio1776]

Nasty playing as always sir

[@richardstones6445]

This video had a lot to say to me. Thank you for sharing it.

[@joshualee8448]

Man, same here, but I never got good at imitating him. SRV was another huge influence for me who I never was able to imitate well enough. Luckily I’ve embraced my inferiority and let those shortcomings be my style and I’m happy enough with it. Still, if I could cop Derek as well as you do I’d basically make my living doing it without shame lol. You’re doing a great job being yourself and I look forward to seeing what you do in the future man. Keep up the great work

[@TheMusicalSchizo]

Great one, Dylan! Derek is a damn treasure. And, semi-off-topic, Susan might be the most underrated singer/guitarist out there. It's kind of shocking to me that you've never crossed paths with him...seems like a shame. They need to invite you up to play some stuff next time they're around! That would be fantastic.

[@shalffon]

oh yeah!

[@claytonfairchild8213]

Fantastic content! Love the transparency.

[@graggjoel]

Honestly, not completely related but I felt the same way about Clapton and Strats. I grew up learing Clapton lick for lick for a while and had to get as far away from it as I could. I recently just bought a strat again after years of swearing them off. I now appreciate them much more, so I get that feeeling.

[@scottcurry4116]

I first heard about Derek Trucks when he married Susan Tedeschi who is from my neck of the woods. Nice video Dylan. Looking forward to your next course. I keep going back through parts of the last one weekly.

[@earlschreyer8371]

Embrace it, we all knew anyway, lol. But Seriously, I agree finding your own voice is the key as you know. Funny, I went the other way, I switched from standard to open E to find my voice. Great playing man, keep it up.

[@bobmorr2892]

I think Derek is a phenomenal player but I actually liked him better when he was younger. It seems the older he gets the harsher he plays and I don't really care for that as much, it's almost like he's too good, like a machine. Duane played so beautiful and powerful and imperfect he could knock me back in my seat and make me cry like a baby like no one else could, he was something very very special. I still get goosebumps and tears listening to things I've heard hundreds probably thousands of times over the past 50+ years. You are in a very difficult position I know but my guess is being influenced style wise it's not as important as the creation of original unique music. I'm listen to tons of great players on KZbin cover other people's music maybe even better than the original sometimes but if they don't have their own music or much of it they seem kind of limited to me. Don't get me wrong I'm not talking about you I just think that creativity and originality is far more important than skill technique style that kind of thing.

[@rstuartcpa]

A lot of people say the same about Coltrane (Derek getting harsher as he gets older).

[@EJ_Crough]

I can’t imagine how addictive it’d be to not play those Derek style vocal lines if you can nail them lol, luckily I don’t have to worry about that 😅

[@Guitarjosii]

And now you're upstaging them all. 🙂

[@glennjones6100]

Man, I guess we all have to come to grips with the fact that however proficient we (I) get with slide, we'll (I'll) never have that brain of his😂. Same goes for Dylan, of course. We all look up to ya brother!

[@Ruy7723]

I think Derek is the greatest slide guitarist ever, however, he is so perfect that sometimes it sounds like he plays without a slide. He is too perfect. Eric Clapton is my favorite slide guitarist. Great video

[@nickbouvy8851]

I think he would love to meet you and play with you. I’d love to see that!

[@acemcateerguitar]

13:33 Amen

[@sunberst58]

Great video bro. You our playing amazes me. I'm 59 and also a blues/rock guitarist. I've always dabbled in the "slide" arena but am far from the player you are. I've also liked Susan Tedeski ever since I saw her on Austin City Limits years ago. And I was happy for them both when I heard about her marriage to Derek. Great band they've put together. Anyway thanks for your videos, I'll continue trying to cop some of your licks. LoL ✌👍🎸

[@charlesquinnwarwick380]

Thx for this video. If You're a guitar player, how can you not be influenced by Duane and Derek? You honor them with your own playing.

[@ollielindsay]

I was talking about how much I dig Duane. I also really dig the early 90’s ABB lineup with Haynes & Betts. Have you paid much attention to that era?

[@GillVanderlip-zd8dm]

I suggest listen to George Harrison. He tuned in standard tuning as well as open tuning. His tone and phrasing will give another vibe. Check out How Do You Sleep. . John Lennon.

[@Chowderzering]

I got to meet him more that a few times. Nicest guy. Also a huge influence on me. But I don't play slide. I really want to

[@georgechristiansen6785]

I don't even play slide and think of Derek as a great influence for anyone who wants to learn to improvise.

[@RustingStrings]

Every guy who ever picked up a guitar did it because they heard someone else. George Harrison fell in love with Elmore. Same for Clapton. John Mayer went through a Hendrix phase with his trio, and has spent the last 15 years or so in his Jerry phase. I love the heavy prehistoric stomp of Crazy Horse. Lean into it.

[@alguitarchristie]

Duane was amazing, but I am more a Dicky Betts fan, as I'm not a slide player really, but Derek is the best for me. And I love the Tedeschi Trucks band! You do it well.

[@SmokingManVero]

Hi Dylan, Ive been playing in open E songs like Just Got Paid...When I try to switch to standard tuning I get stuck with the lack of adjacent strings ringing and it just doesn't good. I want to use standard only as I don't want to go down the rabbit hole learning more chords and riffs in open E and then switching back to standard for the next tune. Also I hate bringing extra guitars to gigs and switching guitars between songs. Planning on buying your course but any insights on getting my standard mojo on would help greatly. Some other tunes giving me grief, Stay with Me, Rocky Mountain Way...how would i get either tune to kick butt in standard? Thanks for all the vids I wish great success to you.

[@dylanadamsguitar]

Hey! When it comes to adapting stuff that was originally played in open tunings, there will usually be small compromises you have to make, and one of those is the being a little more limited with letting adjacent strings ring out like you’ve found. The course does cover that exact topic, but in general I’ll say fingerpicking/muting unwanted strings with your picking hand is very important, and utilizing the major triad on the DGB strings in order to get a little of that open-style flavor in there. Check out some videos of Warren Haynes talking about standard tuning slide, he gives some good examples of what I’m talking about!

[@SmokingManVero]

@@dylanadamsguitar Yes thanks again. Songs like Stay With Me (the opening riff) just sound weird in standard. I think if i only use standard I'm gonna gravitate more to the originals we do. I will most def be getting the course.

[@Lolo-ck1xb]

OK, I have to admit it always bothered me that you left Derek Trucks out of most of your talks/vidoes. Thank you for explaining. My opinion of you just went up and it was already pretty high. I also went to a very exclusive private music school and had a similar experience where suddenly I felt embarrassed about some of my music heroes and I know it takes a while to overcome that nonsense. That along with your playing makes you a damn good role model too.

[@tommartin7833]

Well said…I Grok

[@svbarr]

Susan and Derek would have an extra 500K or more in the bank if that dang Band wasn't so big.BUT what a GREAT dang big band!! Horns, extra percussion!! Come on!! That alone shows a respect for the music and humility...

[@manyvibes1540]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💜

[@MegaMalban]

Daddy Derek

[@pauleddy5146]

Dylan, You have got to get ahold of Victory Amps. You need to play their amps. You're not a pedal guy and their amps can give you everything you could possibly need. See if they'll put you on their team! Oh, btw, dude, start writing your own material, or at least recording it. There's no better way to get your own voice than to just write what comes. Go back at a later date and expand, flesh it out as it were. Next thing you know, you have a compilation worth listening to. The world will find you.

[@leftwrite]

At the end of the day your influence is really just a small part of you. It ultimately comes down to your choices as you play. You will never make the exact same choices as Derek - how could you (unless you are purposely copying him). What will separate you really are the tunes you write/arrange/play. Those songs shape the direction your playing goes. To me Derek sounds different from his Allman Brothers stuff, compared to his solo work, and now compared to 12+ years of the Tedeschi-Trucks stuff. Those songs, how they are constructed, how he fits into the mix with the other 11 musicians ultimately shape his playing. Robin Trower was originally compared to Hendrix, but they are totally different. Same thing with SRV and John Mayer. Bonamassa and Eric Johnson, etc. It really doesn't matter. I would suggest not overthinking this and end up making choices that might be negative. I come here to listen to you - enjoying what you have to offer on guitar. I put on TTB when I want to hear Derek. Two entirely different things to me. You do you - close your eyes and let it rip. To me, that's pretty cool.

[@los_rubos]

How good a slide player do you have to be to want to HIDE your DT influence? Think about that

[@13cottonmouth]

Let’s be honest, if Duane had been blessed a longer life, he would of taken the slide beyond where Derek is now but back in the 70s!

[@brandonbryson3317]

I mean that’s impossible to know. Derek would be tough to beat.

[@bobhufocm]

Totally disagree. They would complement each other, but Derek’s eastern influences take him in a new area. Claptons been alive and his best work was still back when he was a teenager and early twenties.

[@13cottonmouth]

@bobhufocm with that logic, Derek isn't playing better solos today than he was twenty years ago? Duane lived for music and had the capacity to take it to new levels and im sure he would have given the chance. I agree they would of complimented each other👍

[@13cottonmouth]

@brandonbryson3317 Derek is the man today no doubt and it would be hard to split them. I'm confident Duanes passion for music, would of drove him to where Derek is now but much earlier.

[@chrismason4224]

Dude! You don't sound like Derek because you are a facsimile. You sound like him (sometimes) because you both play slide and were/are heavily influenced by Duane; it's unavoidable. It's just the foundation you're both built upon. Having said that, I hear deviations between the two of you all the time.

[@FrankSpeer66]

I'm here first 😂

[@FB-mh9kk]

Your stuff is just too expensive dude. $100-$150 for your lesson?? $40+ for a slide???? Your playing is obviously good, but you’re pricing yourself out of the market.

[@dylanadamsguitar]

Think about it this way: The course is over 6 hours of meticulously planned/filmed/edited video material plus downloadable backing tracks and 40+ pages of PDFs/tabs. You’d be hard pressed to find good quality private lessons in a topic as specific as standard tuning slide guitar for under $75/hr, but let’s say you did find some for say $50/hr. Six 1-hour lessons at $50 each is $300, double what I’m charging (and that’s when my course is full price, which it frequently goes on sale), and unless your teacher lets you record, you don’t have access to those lessons forever. Sure, there is value in 1 on 1 realtime lessons vs prerecorded content, but the information in my course is detailed/high quality, and tons of people have reached out to me saying they’re seeing more progress with their slide playing than they ever did before doing my course. Plus, aside from the tabs I did 100% of the work to make my course, which took several months to do, plus 19 years of experience mostly teaching myself/playing the guitar to even get to the point where I could make such a course. Regarding my sig slide, that’s just what The Rock Slide charges for all of their artist sig slides, not a price that I suggested/demanded. They’re on the expensive side for slides, but they’re just about the best designed/best quality slides you’ll find anywhere. If the course or slide aren’t worth it to you then that’s fine, but the prices are justified and a lot of people seem to be happy with their purchases of both products.

[@Nightsat44]

Hi Dylan. I'm sorry but I find Trucks slide playing overbearing and manic. Slow down.

[@rstuartcpa]

Stop me if I've already told you this one -- I had taken my mother-in-law to the hospital (Baptist South) and ran to get some lunch for my wife and I at Sushi House on Old St. Augustine. I walked in to pick up my order and there was a big table with eight to ten folks having a late lunch. "Are you from Boston?" a young lady at the table asked. I guessed she asked because I was wearing a Red Sox cap. "No, but I love the Red Sox" "Me too and I'm from there." she replied. I noticed a bass case leaning against the wall and asked what was in it. "A 1959 Fender P bass" one of the guys answered. "Are you guys in a band?" I asked. "Yes, we're the Susan Tedeschi Band" "You must be Susan" I asked the young lady who asked about Boston. "Yes, that's me and this is my band" she replied. "Oh, I love your album Can't Burn This!" "You mean Just Won't Burn?" She corrected. Strike one. "Wow, I'm a big fan. And I think your husband is the greatest guitar play in the world!" Susan sighed and said "yep, I get that a lot." I still bad about my blunders with Susan. And, Susan, if you're reading this, I think you are the greatest singer in the world and a pretty darn good guitar player. And tell Derek "Go Noles!" for me. I may have sold him a Duo Sonic when he was a kid.