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Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Kirk Hammett and more close out first Jeff Beck tribute concert with star-studded rendition of Going Down
By Matt Owen published
Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, John McLaughlin, Johnny Depp, Gary Clark Jr. and many more all squeezed onstage to pay tribute to the late guitar great

Duane Betts shares new single featuring Derek Trucks – and it’s a tribute to his dad, Allman Brothers founder Dickey Betts
By Matt Parker published
Stare at the Sun is a “swampy” guitar-heavy tune inspired by a comment Trucks made about Betts Sr.’s playing style

Blues Music Awards 2023: Buddy Guy, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram win big as John Primer is inducted into the Hall of Fame
By Jonathan Horsley published
The 44th Annual Blues Music Awards also saw Tommy Castro crowned Entertainer of the Year, with Sue Foley and Ruthie Foster picking up awards as well

Watch Derek Trucks and Nels Cline bring different worlds of lead guitar greatness together in stunning live call-and-response duel with Wilco
By Jackson Maxwell published
The Chicago alt-rock lifers invited the Tedeschi Trucks Band slide ace to the stage in St. Augustine, Florida for a version of their fan favorite extended guitar workout, Impossible Germany

Derek Trucks names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound
By Andrew Daly published
The Tedeschi Trucks Band slide maestro reveals his formative influences – from the obvious to the obscure – what he thinks is the "fiercest" guitar solo of all time, and why rhythm guitar is a lost art

Watch the moment Derek Trucks receives the biggest compliment possible from B.B. King after dazzling him with his slide skills
By Matt Owen published
Susan Tedeschi and John Mayer were also in attendance when the blues guitar hero labeled Trucks' slide solo “as good as I’ve ever heard”

Eric Clapton announces star-studded Jeff Beck tribute concerts with Gary Clark Jr., Billy Gibbons, John McLaughlin, Susan Tedeschi and Doyle Bramhall II
By Matt Owen published
Johnny Depp, Derek Trucks, Imelda May, Rod Stewart and many more are also set to feature at the gigs, which will take place at London's Royal Albert Hall later this year

Watch Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi serve up a stirring, slide-heavy rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner
By Matt Owen published
With Tedeschi behind the mic, Trucks went to town on his Gibson SG, littering the national anthem with his trademark slide-driven tone

Tedeschi Trucks Band cover Harry Styles’ Sign of the Times – and it may well make you weep
By Matt Parker published
Watch Susan Tedeschi steal the show at the group’s recent Beacon Theatre residency

Derek Trucks: “Slide playing is all about intonation – how you attack a note affects whether it sings or not”
By Amit Sharma last updated
The guitar maestro unpacks the story and influences behind Tedeschi Trucks Band’s epic quadruple-album I Am the Moon, and explains why slide guitar is a process of self-discovery
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