Thanks for taking the challenge. Great video!

@Guitargate

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the opportunity! Catch you live soon!!

@mattshul

Жыл бұрын

Now for successfully taking the challenge, how about inviting Michael to sit in with the band?

@WhoDeyWorld

Жыл бұрын

Love you guys!

@mhbmusic

Жыл бұрын

Amazing all around. Just love this.

@willneighbor

Жыл бұрын

Just saw you guys at the Greek Theater in LA... What an awesome show!!!

My favorite bit is the pure unadulterated fandom that still goes on during Derek’s first solo “god dammit I love Derek”.

33 years as a guitar player, from amateur to professional, I have NEVER heard anyone play slide like that. Never. It's just incredible. Derek got that voodoo hand.

@jagtone

10 ай бұрын

Truth.

@07734joker

8 ай бұрын

Duane Allman, Lowell George, Bonnie Raitt, Hound Dog Taylor… and for whatever it’s worth everyone says I sound like Derek Trucks (I’ve been playing guitar and listening to blues since I was 7 yrs old, so it’s pretty natural for me to sound like him I guess, you def need humbuckers though, to sound like that tone)

@BrendanMakesMusic

5 ай бұрын

I’m surprised he didn’t catch this: Derek is playing in an open tuning so he’s playing an octave between the third and sixth strings but putting them slightly out of tune to create that pseudo unison-bend scream

@07734joker

4 ай бұрын

@@BrendanMakesMusic he’s not trying to go out of tune or sound out of tune tbh lol. He’s just using a minor third interval in octaves and using a technique w the slide to replicate the sound of bending without a slide. Or the sound of hammer ons and pull offs.. which can be done pretty easily on slide by fretting with the slide itself instead of using a fingertip… The scale he uses for most of his blues licks is typically just a pentatonic scale with a flat 5 and major 7th tone used as chromatic notes or passing tones, with a major 2nd also added in as well. Sometimes he may also toy with the minor third of the pentatonic scale and substitute it to a major third also when the chord quality of the progression allows or calls for it.

@BrendanMakesMusic

4 ай бұрын

@@07734joker I'm not saying he's "out of tune", I'm specifically talking about those "screaming" sounds everyone is hyped on, myself included. He's creating that effect by playing an octave with the two notes ever so slightly separated; it's the same effect as if you use harmonics to tune, but he's using that tiny microtonal dissonance between the two notes to create an insane vocal "scream".

First of all Derek comes so high on the fret board he is playing notes not even on the fret board, Second he is cocking the slide at an angle to get those 2 notes whatever they are. He is incredible.

That "chirp" you're hearing in Derek's solo towards the end, is similar to a sax technique. When you hum into the mouthpiece a different note under the note you're playing, you get that distorted dissonant sound, or "growl". As a slide player, you can get a similar sound by playing octaves on two strings and tilting the slide so that one of the notes plays slightly out of tune from the other. Gotta be spot on and rhythmically tastefull or you'll just sound "out of tune". F'ing Derek Trucks... amazazing(not a typo)!!!

@teemlee51

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I just tried that out. Going to put that one in my bag.

@jtracy0283

Жыл бұрын

I was just about go comment that it sounded like a sax! SO BADASS!

@thehat1218

Жыл бұрын

I'm not a slide player either, but I think your spot on. The comparison with the sax is right on the money. Thanks

@khund03

Жыл бұрын

Derek is student of jazz and bebop sax players... Consummate Musician.....

Rick Beato's interview with Derek is amazing. He talks about how he doesn't use his own monitors, just walks to where/who he wants to hear.

@mikeschenk4730

Жыл бұрын

After that I started noticing that he will walk up and be real close to whoever else is soloing.

A really fascinating breakdown of this song. I feel like we’re gonna look back at Derek with the same reverence we hold Jimi. But can we talk about how badass Gabe is? He had massive shoes to fill. He’s a different player than Kofi but he’s so damn good in his own way.

Derik is one of the most humble, polite, and killer guitarist’s on the planet. He is the truth.

@Guitargate

Жыл бұрын

100%

@analogdad9235

Жыл бұрын

I met Derek when I was about 9 and so was he. He was playing at a small venue in Tampa, FL. He signed a pic of himself and called me his twin, since we looked similar. Now he’s a world famous legend. Small world.

@jagtone

10 ай бұрын

And the spirit.

The first time I saw Derek live was at the Maritime Hall in San Francisco. He opened for Steve Kimocks band Zero on Dereks debut album tour and I was there to hear DTB because he was recommended to me by the late Paul Barerre of Little Feat. I didnt realize it until after DTB's set that I was standing next to Joe Satriani the entire set. After Dereks set I went and introduced myself by letting Derek know we have a few friends in common. Joe approached and introduced himself to ask if Derek would open for him on the next tour........Derek accepted...... My jaw, my buddy Dave and Joe's jaws were on the floor the entire night. It wasnt just his playing, it was what he was playing. 17 years old playing the Meters, Coltrane, impressive originals.... I've never missed a Derek performance in the S.F. bay area. DTB, Soul Stew, TTB, Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, I've seen every S.F. Bay area performance Derek has made..... Until this most recent show at Berkeley's Greek theater. I'm now disabled and cant afford to attend anymore. Cheers. And thanks for this post...... just another Derek / Susan fan.

@eroldcroft3045

Жыл бұрын

The hell. I was at that show. One of the treats of living in the bay area. I never missed a single Derek show in the bay area. He sat in with string cheese incident in March 98 on a John Coltrane song and absolutely blew the Fillmore to smithereens. I don't know how his intonation is so unmatched by any musician on the planet. He has no equals at all. There is Derek, then there is everybody else. We are all the everybody elses

@user-nb9pc6ie4z

4 ай бұрын

I worked that Berkeley show as an usher, right near 8/9 entrance lower bowl. What a show.

A lot of Little Feat vibe with Lowell George slide guitar style. Nice!

@boobiyoable

Жыл бұрын

I was feeling that as well. Saw Little Feat twice in Santa Barbara, CA in the late 70s. Great concerts. Also, sadly was at the “Tribute to Lowell George” at the LA Forum in ‘79.

@SteveSmith-ze4qf

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Shroomer47

Жыл бұрын

Definitely has the Feat vibe happening. I can hear ripping into Tripe Face Boogie or Atlanta following this song!

Agree w the rest, in open E you can get octaves straight across on the 1st and 4th strings and he’s angling the slide to get dissonance. I’ve never heard him do this before; he just keeps evolving.

@tapasyogashala

Жыл бұрын

And of course that evil tone 😈

@JDWH

Жыл бұрын

You’re right, he keeps evolving. I’ve studied his playing heavily since I first heard him in ‘06, he’s definitely got some new tricks up his sleeve on this tour

@Seanph25

Жыл бұрын

@@JDWH he really does I just saw him in San Diego and he was doing all kinds of interesting stuff I’d never heard before

I have been privileged to have seen Derek play on many occasions. I have been further blessed to have met him on several occasions. I have met many music Icons. He might be the winner of the Most Talented AND the Friendliest.

19:14 I’m no slide player but I’m pretty sure that’s an octave on 2 separate strings with the lower one slightly out to create the dissonance (which sounds like an effect but it’s just the frequencies). Derek’s been using that trick a lot recently, sounds amazing and really brings the emotion in.

@whoismichaelmoschos

Жыл бұрын

Ι believe it too, he must be playing the same notes on high E and D (tuned to E)

@JStewartGallard

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly it

@sethericelliott

Жыл бұрын

100% you can see him twist the slide to bend one of the octaves out. Unreal

@mouadaouad4247

Жыл бұрын

I read a comment somewhere saying that he also plucks the strings with his fingers when he does that to produce this "fat" sound, you can see at 20:26 that he switches from using the top of his fingers to a more arched hand position where the nails attack the strings.

@mrlukejanthony

Жыл бұрын

​@@mouadaouad4247 yeah I think that's more to do with the fact that he's plucking the top E and D strings together and the arched hand position helps keep the hand anchored so he doesn't get the wrong strings. Normally he's more into flicking the fingers over the strings as often it doesn't matter if you catch the other strings as well given he's in an open tuning. Whatever the case, it sounds epic!

Whenever someone tells me that there is no good music today, I always point them to Tedeschi Truck's Band. Music doesn't get much better than that. Congrats on the recognition. How fun.

@mikev.2945

Жыл бұрын

Same. I have a list with others, but there is NO OTHER BETTER touring band.

My wife and I recently got to meet Derek and Susan in Atlanta at the fox theater after the show.! They are amazing and humble people. We talked for a bit and got to take some pictures with them!! Keep up the awesome content!

@wesleybarton3871

Жыл бұрын

FOX a great venue. To think there was a move to demolish it in early 1970s.

@dirtybigtoes

Жыл бұрын

@@wesleybarton3871 glad they didn't go through with that!!!

You’re the best Michael, seriously. Sharing nothing but positive and passionate energy with us, all while laying down the knowledge and opening musical doors for us. 🙏👏🙌🔥

I’ve had this song on repeat for the last couple of weeks

@Guitargate

Жыл бұрын

It's a banger!

Gabe Dixon is great and hasn’t got enough credit. Amazing writer and I have all of his work. Paul McCartney asked him to tour with him

@danleftwich5911

Жыл бұрын

Greg, I agree. Gabe is an incredible song writer on top of his amazing piano and B3 skills (playing Kofi's B3 I hear). What is equally impressive is the trust Derek and Susan have in Gabe and Mike to write songs that are adventurous but still in the TTB wheelhouse. How many bands do you know that have 4 songwriters? Impressive.

Saw this incredible band at Wolf Trap this summer...one of the most amazing musical experiences of my life. My son is a serious guitar player and I'm on a mission to get him to have eyes and ears on as many of his heroes as possible. Derek was at the top of that list and it was an amazing night!!!

@nipperdog7777

Жыл бұрын

I saw them at Wolf Trap a few years ago. It was a really hot day, it rained like hell right before the concert. It dropped 20 deg. They were so amazing. Really amazing.

Oh my goodness! Micael is like a kid in a candy store. Love TTB.

I am a slide player. The additional note is a harmonic. You'll hear it occasionally in Derek's solos. TTB actually came in to hear my band, Film at Eleven, in Frederick, MD last year in July. I'm nowhere near Derek's level, but I love playing slide and he really liked our version of Bound For Glory. I've seen them a few times since and have been fortunate to hang out with them after the shows. I finally got a chance to talk to Gabe for a while last month following the Wolf Trap show. He's been a great addition. His band opened and was really good, too.

Michael, you and Derek have several things in common. Some of those being your love of all types of music, your ear for hearing all instruments in the band and your humility. Thank you for sharing those abilities with all of us! Hope you get there to see TTB!

What a fuckin absolute unit of a tune, man. Jesus Christ this band just turns out songs that are full of soul and and just make you wanna dance with a stank face on. They are really special. And God damnit I could sing the praises of Derek all day, every day. His playing and tone are unrivaled by anyone in guitar history. He took the torch from Duane and lit the fucking world on fire. The first solo in this song gives me goosebumps dude. The sound and feel and everything about it is just dkfkskdksksdkek. I can't stand it. It's so stanky and perfect.

I messed around with the slide thing he was doing…. What I think is happening is he’s tuned to open E so he has octaves where he can play 2 of the same notes at once. Then, he’s slanting the slide to make one of those notes slightly sharp. It’s like a unison bend where you over bend and you can hear the dissonance between the 2 notes

@MrSneaksful

Жыл бұрын

thats it, man i was thinking it sounds just like a octive pedal so makes sense. Thank you

Was lucky to see this amazing band on a night that Susan played more then her normal lead. She has become one of the best Blues players . She really cut loose that night and to have Derik back her up was just pure joy.

I saw Derek Trucks in Hawaii, 2004? I had no idea who he was , was just taking in a show. My mind was blown away! I had no idea a slide guitar could be played like he does.

Takes me back to high school in the 70’s! This tune coulda easily been on a Little Feat album. Of course Derek adds extra stank but the same kinda cool groove. I think he’s not holding the slide level across the strings. One note is fretted, the other is slide. I think there is a skipped string between the two that he’s muting with his right hand. I’ve made that sound by accident, trying to play slide. If you voice the in-between note I’d doesn’t sound good at all.

@allanjuhl9574

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing, such a Little Feat feel.

@johnbristow4981

Жыл бұрын

agreed

Michael, in reference to your comment about him "doing it over and over again" I think you're spot on, and the reason, I believe, is to introduce the dissonance, embrace the tension it creates, then reinforce it, and reinforce it again. It's almost like he's saying to us "yes, you heard it, and I did it on purpose, and it's not what you're used to, or expecting, but I've given you a different perspective, and it fits!" He cleans it right back up, immediately, and brings it down to rejoin the real world! It's like he knocks over the lantern and just when you think the goddamn house is gonna burn down, he calmly puts out the fire and rejoins the party. Brilliant! Jerry introduced dissonant notes and tones all the time, not that those two are anything alike, but it's the same principle, and a lot of players use it. Jimmy Herring comes to mind too, he uses dissonance quite often, just not with a slide. Derek is on another level these days! Hey, Jimmy and Derek are close friends, maybe.......

Saw them for the second time earlier this summer. Had the tickets since covid started and we finally got to go. It was phenomenal as always but los lobos opened for them and both susan and derek went on stage with them. They played Bertha and immediately everyone started dancing on the warm sunny day. Wish I could do it all the time.

Then bring ON the 80 yr church man !! and...LETS HAVE CHURCH, YA'LL...!! TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND !!! My #1 dream is to see them live, then I can die🙏 in .peace..🎻🎷🪗🎸🎻

Great lead. I can hear little bits of Lowell George, Sonny Landreth, Ry Cooder and Arlen Roth in it. That ain't bad stuff to build on.

18:09 can confirm as a slide player it’s no special effect. He’s just picking two strings at the same time and sliding up. It’s been pretty common in his playing for a couple of year now.

Mr. Trucks is making that sg scream like a mountain lion...And that entering the matrix noise he does, wtf!! Chills up and down my spine!!!

11:09 I love the unfiltered "this is so good" laugh.

19:00 mark - he’s playing octaves! Using the 1st (high E) and 4th (middle E) string

@jakemguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Dan to the rescue

@FonceFalooda2

Жыл бұрын

Also, his slide isn't perfectly level across the neck, so the octaves are EVER SO SLIGHTLY out of tune. I think that's the sound. :)

Hi Mr Michael, not completely sure, but as a lapsteel player, it looks like he is doing a little bit of what is called a "slant", where the slide isn't perfectly square to the frets, and then it looks like he is picking two strings. That would produce that fantastic rub between the notes that are not exactly diatonic on an open tuning. But a real slide player could possible confirm that. I am with you, this is an amazing touring band

@jasondejong3062

Жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what I thought was happening, he’s doing an octave lower but angling the slide to get them slightly off pitch with one another. You can definitely see him picking two strings on those parts. Sounds unreal! Derek is an alien robot…🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

@jeffrey.a.hanson

Жыл бұрын

I’m currently learning slide and it’s one of my favorite techniques. Mostly cause my wrist has a permanent slant from breaking it in College ha…but, it was nice to learn it was a real technique. Was wondering if lapsteel players used this as well.

@joshellyson

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffrey.a.hanson Hi Jeffrey, yes, as a lapsteel player i use slants all the time. For example a full 2 frets slant can produce a 6m sound. Or like this case, just a slight bit of a slant will cause the rub, particularly if you have all those juicy overtones from a driven amp.

@iSAAConrad

Жыл бұрын

I’m more physicist than guitar player… search Beat Frequency. That’s what actually happening when you have two very similar notes that aren’t perfectly tuned together. Coincidentally this is also how radar detector guns work!

@peterdeleon2383

Жыл бұрын

@@iSAAConrad wow that's incredible, it's crazy how many things in physics and modern technology that guitarists are just like "hey I can make cool sounds with this" without usually realizing those things "potentials" haha, thanks for the super neat trivia!

Man do you have a good ear, you amaze me, I know nothing about playing but you always pick up every note, you are truly talented

They dug out Waiting For Columbus and went to school on Lowell George and Billy Payne. Well done. Way.

Derek is known for not using effects he must be hitting 2 strings at an angle for that effect! Killer!

I flew all the way from Charlottetown Prince Edward Island,Canada just to see this show. I can still feel the atmosphere when I listen to this live. Must see band

The whole time I was watching I was like "oh man he is going to flip when he sees/hears the solo at the end". Yes he is playing two notes. He of course plays in open E tuning and that is a classic Derek move.

I am an absolute novice with slide but Derek has inspired to a least dabble. It looks and sounds like he is playing an octave on two strings and then tilts the slide diagonal to the frets to get a slight “bend” on one of them for some dissonance. I would do this from time to time trying to throw something spicy in (but I’m no DT so it just sounded like I was out of tune haha).

I was lucky enough to make the bucket list trip across the country for this red rocks show! I love listening to other people geek out on the intricacies of Derek’s playing like I do! This song was a highlight of the night for sure!

I thought i subscribed after I saw you react to Derek trucks with DMB- that solo and your video were both some of the best music and reaction I’ve ever seen. Definite New Subscriber

Just saw them at the Cuthbert here in Eugene Oregon. Best band I've ever seen live!!

This video got me so pumped. I loved this song when I first heard it, and I love the song and the band even more with your breakdown. Frick yeah man. Thank you for this video!!!

This is a great breakdown and your observations are spot on, well done sir. This is a great, great tune!

What a thrill. Congratulations 👏 🎊 💐 🥳 everytime I see Derek play live I am totally mesmerized.

He’s picking octaves on the E and (for him) middle E strings, and getting a little extra distortion from the slight dissonance from a slight angle on the slide. Easier on the treble pickup.

Love this band. Saw them front row last month it was the greatest living piece of art I've seen 😆

@WhoDeyWorld

Жыл бұрын

Ok

Thanks man! I tweeted at you about this song and Derek's unprecedented tone. Sounds like I was far from the only one.

As a non-musician, I love it when you geek out on level 10 stuff like this

Omg I woulda flipped OUT !!!

17:32 he's playing octaves on the low B string (open E tuning, so that is normally the A string in standard) and the high B string, but he is slightly tilting the slide forward just a tiny bit near that low B string, and that gives it that beating dissonance. He's making the low B string go just a little bit sharp by tilting the slide just a bit. Really awesome trick. A non-slide equivalent might be something like the Whole Lotta Love riff where the same note is played on two different strings, with one of the notes being bent just a bit to create dissonance between the notes.

@justinzupnick

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say the same thing re: octaves

@madisonu

Жыл бұрын

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh

I just saw him Friday at The Greek in LA, and I can say he had many new tricks I had never heard from him, those clashing octaves being one, he’s always played octave licks but there’s a new touch now. His tone is incredible live, I couldn’t believe it.

Unreal ear dude. Derek is one of my favorite players as well. Fantastic stuff.

Couldn’t have said it better, Derek serves the song, and the song repays with a beautiful comp. Ultimate musician.

Getting a shout out from DT is the coolest! Congrats! From a fellow Marylander. Cheers!

Derek is king, you did a great job handling this without a slide!!!

"The lowest cockles of my heart just, just, just.. VOLCANO!!!" Cutest thing a grown ass man has ever said! 🥰🥰🥰🥰😂👏👏👏

Best band in the world!! This new 4 album thing they are doing is amazing .and gravity I've been cranking up for weeks

So cool you got this challenge and did it! TTB are such amazing people and it shows both in and out of the music.

I could be wrong but that mystery 2 note thing sounds like a POG to me . I've heard that same sound on Kenny Wayne Shepherd's Blue On Black solo

Got all the records on order. Seeing them in Berkeley this Saturday. Saw them in Oakland at the Fox Theater for their live video. I'm with you. The best band out there on recordings and Live. Thanks very much for this!

One of my favorite bands of all time. Saw them live for the first time at Suwanee

10:09 "god damnit I love Derek" LOL

Love to learn new music from this channel that I would never hear where I am from, half way around the globe :-) Keep on doing what you do!

I love what you do on your channel, taking these things apart and letting the artists put the pieces back together. Keep it up.

I love love love that you got tagged. Artists want to share their passion... you just keep doing you ❤

Only other similar sound that comes to mind is Jeff Beck, mostly not on slide, but he does produce similar sound. He explained once, talking about his thumb technique as it accumulates dead skin along with his pinky... Derek using no pick makes me think it's in the same zone. My 2 favorite guitarists alive.

Great video, thanks again!

Bit of a Leon Russell/Little Feat vibe to this one. Nicely dissected.

Michael, your ear is so good! I’ve spent a lot of time dissecting songs like you do, yet never learned the theory of the music. And I really appreciate how you break it down and explain it. Thank you for these videos!

As I'm sure other have already said, but it looks like he's just doing a slant and plucking the E and G(#) strings. I'm also a slide player, and when the battery dies in my Octavia during a show I do this for long slides up the neck to get that overtone feel and the sweet sweet rub that my trio loves to use. It takes a good long while to get down the feel under your fingers for it, same as proper "natural" (ik that sounds ironic) microtonal vocal playing. It's a fun trick to keep in the back pocket at a gig! ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR OCTAVE FUZZ DIES 🤣

Both the song and the breakdown are incredible. You’re a true pro, Michael.

What a great song. Wow. I remember when I first saw Derek. Over 20 years ago. He was so young back then. I remember when he first started dating Susan. It was so beautiful to see. Look at how far they come now.

Sounds like he s makin it sound like a trumpet with the muffle in it ❤🎶

I got to see Tedeschi Trucks Band last January after several years of trying (but failing) to see them. It was freaking amazing. I can’t wait to see them again. Such an amazingly talented group.

I was fortunate that this was both my first time at Red Rocks as well as first time seeing Tedeschi Trucks, amazing night!

@barbarayorkwoodside3716

Жыл бұрын

yeah amaze balls!

I’ll be at two of the Beacon shows. Never miss a run. Nothing like TTB at the Beacon.

I don’t think Derek can hit a bad note even If was an accident. May he surprised himself when he hit those two notes together with the slide and he just went with it. So awesome a real true artist he is!!!!! Great Video🙏

@moonchildspirit5581

Жыл бұрын

In agreement with ya there !! Derek was born with a guitar in hand...

That is amazing. Congrats.

There are plenty of things I love about this channel, but now my favorite now has got to be Michael mimicking slide guitar

If you're a Baltimore guy, you need to come to the Warner in DC in February.... annual residency, usually 2 weekends.

Beautiful subtle dissonance. You can hear him sliding into to that double stop. He's the best

Very reminiscent of the Atlanta Bound for glory jam/solos where he plays the goltop absolute killer track.

Seeing them in Moorhead, MN in a couple weeks. So excited.

gawd lawdee, dats a helluva line, beautiful

Loved it! I'll be back for more. Thank you Michael.

Great video thanks so much for your work and commitment.

Great vid Michael!.

These guys just have the sauce. The channeling of pure talent is inspiring. Great video sir!

Need to call in @DanToppoMusic for a slide consultation!

Well done Michael..enjoyed this. I am on Guitargate..loving it

Damn dude- you KNOW your stuff! Great playing, great job, and love your channel!!

I saw them last weekend in CT. What a great show. They were on my bucket list for bands and they didn't disappoint.

Saw them last month in Gilford NH, Gabe Dixon was the first opening act (second was Los Lobos) and then he played the Tedeschi Trucks show too. It was awesome!

@ericholladay5280

Жыл бұрын

Saw them in Charlotte. Kinda wish Gabe had his spot and Los Lobos'.

Mahalo Michael!! Wish they come to Honolulu!

That’s awesome Michael!!!

I was so pumped when I saw they mentioned you. So cool!! Would be awesome if you could Derek on a livestream