The chase down of Derek Trucks.
June 27th, 2006
Well it isn’t as wild as it sounds. I have been attempting to have a conversation w/Derek since early March. His manager Blake and I have been working around each other’s schedule’s: I got put off because of Conan O’Brien…geez!! Finally, we get a chance and the phone lines are acting up in Storrs due to the inclement weather….So, you could be listening to just the sound of airwave fuzz or I actaully did beat down mother nature and make it happen.
The Derek Trucks Band has been a work in progress for over 10 years, blending jazz, rock, blues, Latin, Eastern Indian, and other world music into the sound that now defines the DTB. The band’s mission has been to assemble a group of musicians that share a passion for improvisation and musical exploration, and to develop a united musical vision by performing with this core group of players for an extended period of time. The focus of the band is on the art form itself, despite the current trend of image-driven music on the scene today. The DTB aims to create progressive roots music in an effort to move the art form forward and re establish substance over hype.
Listen to our conversation here.
Check out the Derek Trucks Band’s new CD SONGLINES
thanks Blake
June 27th, 2006 at 7:18 pm
WOW!!! I’m speechless, and that doesn’t happen. Thank you!
June 28th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
Well I know how you feel. No lie, since early March I tried to match schedules. Derek’s music is very much an affirmation for me that blending the sounds of many genre of music, makes for some great genre unknown styles.
Thanks for being a new member of the greenarrowradio family.
Mrg