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Derek Trucks on the magic of Pink Floyd: “David Gilmour created his own universe on guitar through his tone and approach”
By Amit Sharma last updated
The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s resident slide master on how David Gilmour stamped his musical identity all over Pink Floyd’s earliest recordings, and why no one can replicate it

Tedeschi Trucks Band unveil The Fall, the third installment of their quadruple album and film project, I Am the Moon
By Matt Owen published
The third addition to the ambitious project sees the 12-piece pile on the soul, blues, R&B and more for six new tracks, propped up by the stellar playing of Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks

Tedeschi Trucks Band release Ascension, second video instalment in their quadruple album and film project I Am the Moon
By Matt Parker last updated
Stylistically audacious, packed with soul, and inspired by Persian mythology, Ascension finds Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks' guitars carried forth on TTB's cresting wave of creativity

Tedeschi Trucks Band announce epic quadruple-album and film project, I Am the Moon
By Jonathan Horsley published
Inspired by Persian mythology and classic Hendrix, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi’s rock ’n’ roll extravaganza of all original material will be released in four stages across the summer

Watch John Paul Jones, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Buffalo Nichols and more join forces to cover Led Zeppelin's When the Levee Breaks
By Jackson Maxwell published
The all-star cover was recorded in an effort to raise funds for charities that focus on environmental justice and sustainability

Buddy Guy’s role as a blues mentor and standard-bearer highlighted in new trailer for The Torch documentary
By Matt Parker published
The guitar icon’s dedication to raising the next generation of blues talent is at the heart of a new documentary, which opens in theaters next month

Learn the licks of 10 Gibson SG legends
By Total Guitar editors published
How to play in the style of Angus Young, Tony Iommi, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Derek Trucks and many more

Edgar Winter recruits Joe Bonamassa, Joe Walsh, Billy Gibbons, Ringo Starr, Steve Lukather, Derek Trucks, Keb' Mo' and more for Johnny Winter tribute album
By Jackson Maxwell published
Set for release in April, Brother Johnny will also feature David Grissom, Taylor Hawkins, Warren Haynes, Doyle Bramhall II, Phil X and Bobby Rush

Carlos Santana is working with Eric Clapton and Derek Trucks on a spaghetti western-inspired instrumental album
By Matt Owen published
The PRS-playing guitar powerhouse teased the trio’s prospective project will pay homage to Ennio Morricone, and be sonically comparable to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Derek Trucks on how Tedeschi Trucks Band partnered with Trey Anastasio to perform Derek and the Dominos' Layla in its entirety
By Alan Paul published
“Being slightly unsure of how Trey worked, I learned all the guitar parts myself… When we got to the first rehearsal, it turned out Trey had done the same thing!”
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