The Derek Trucks Band - Joyful Noise
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Free Music Review: inventive, invigorating
Hit: 5 Stars
Very rarely do I get "the feeling". You know the one I'm talking about. Something comes on the radio and the chill runs up your spine. You either pull the car over because you've got to hear it, or it's so exciting you speed up. Look down and you're going 85 in a 55 mile zone. I used to get that feeling often. Aretha, early ABB, the first time I heard the harmonies on Suite:Judy Blue Eyes. Lately I've been more likely to get it from songwriters like Guy Clark or Rodney Crowell where the lyrical images are so strong and the storytelling so good, I shiver.
I have been a Derek fan for several years, but have become a bit over the top since he joined the Allman Brothers Band. Derek is ofen compared to Brother Duane for good reason-he's an astounding slide player. But a more apt reason for this comparison is that he shares Brother Duane's insatiable musical curiosity. Any music Derek Trucks hears and likes will find its way into his musical palatte. Where on previous records, it seems the listener can identify that Derek is in his blues phase or Coltrane phase, here all the pieces come together.
Joyful Noise jumps off the speakers. Dancable, funky, with a gospel feel. So Close So Far Away is a lovely instrumental and the two Solomon Burke vocals are astounding. Susan Tedeschi-Trucks visits on Baby You're Right, a blues romp that is too much fun. Maki Madni and Kam-ma-lay take us on a fun world tour. While the guest vocal appearances have their roots in Javier Colon's leaving the band during recording (has anyone heard from him since) it works out well and perhaps frees the band to follow Derek's wandering muse
Definately one for the desert island
Free Music Review: Excellent!
Hit: 5 Stars
Some of the reviews here are quite funny. Some folks don't like this album because it dares to be different. It doesn't sound like the Allman Brothers or Albert King or Howlin Wolf or B.B. King or Freddie King or any other blues legend. What these other reviewers apparently fail to understand is that the Derek Trucks Band is trying to create ORIGINAL music here. Not just make an easy buck by covering songs already done by other people. Just because DT has a side gig playing in the Allman Brother's Band doesn't mean he's trying to be Duane Allman. He's trying to be Derek Trucks and I think they succeed marvelously. I love this album.
I've seen the Derek Trucks Band perform live. In fact, I stood about 15 feet in front of him recently in a small club while he played for 2 hours. You truly cannot appreciate this young man's talent until you've seen him play live. The speed and precision with which he plays slide guitar are dizzying. And his ability to switch back and forth between playing with and without the slide in the same song is amazing. One of the best measures of a musician's true talent is how well they can perform live on stage the great sounds you hear on the album. Derek Trucks live tone is every bit as wonderful as it is on the album.
No, this is not a traditional blues rock album. It's a mixture of blues, jazz, Indian, and African rhythms combined with awesome guitar playing and I think it's absolutely terrific.
Free Music Review: ANOTHER GREAT ORIGINAL TALENT
Hit: 5 Stars
After being a bit dissapointed by previous 'CHILD PHENOMS' I approched this with caution. No need, TRUCKS delivers. This is a very ecclectic mix of musical styles, ranging from 'WORLD MUSIK' to BLUES and almost 'NEW AGE'. I can't recall another predominantly slide guitarists using his instrument in such varied ways. From the haunting arabic MAKI MAANI to the SALSA feel of KAM-MA-LAY and the BLUES/SOUL featuring SOLOMON BURKE on 3 tracks, everything is absloutely first class. Even TRACKS foray into JAZZ / IMPROV on the 2nd last track is nothing short of brilliant. If he gets any better, it will be scary. Being AUSTRALIEN I always thought DAVE HOLE is one of the best SLIDE players out there, but compared to someone like TRUCKS, DAVE HOLES limitations become obvious. No BLUES cliche's here and no pidgeon hole that could hold DEREK TRUCKS.Free Music Review: Judge Not But Listen
Hit: 5 Stars
Joy....all you need to do is read the liner excerpt from the great writer and philosopher Krishnamurti on the cd and know where their head is at.. freedom from the known is still freedom within limits..the many styles displayed here are the past with music that has freshness and tightness that pays homage to the roots of it all...some Jazz Fusion,Funk,Latino,Blues and Soul...even shades of China Cat Sunflower for your Dead Heads..with some twists on the sounds of the east..people have a need to classify...don't..you have a right to because it is your money but if you spend it on jam bands and desire a smart band that sounds old and new at once these guys are it. I have noticed that their other cd's are all different in style...they are like leaves blowing in the wind...let the wind take them where they go..Free Music Review: Joyful , yes..Noise?...no
Hit: 5 Stars
I first saw this 'kid' when he stepped in to the Allman Bros. following Dickey Betts' departure. My first reaction was "who is the 12 year old up there?". Then, with one sweeping slide riff, he nearly took my head off. I knew that the bar for electric slide had just been raised. Ry Cooder and Sonny Landreth now have to play catch up with a kid half their age! He has almost no stage presense. His eyes seem almost afraid to aknowledge the audience and he seems to mope slowly on stage. I have read recent interviews and am pleased to discover that he is quite intelligent and very well schooled in all of the musical styles he plays tibute to. This CD is a complete joy to listen to knowing this. It's spiritually uplifting and an inspiration on guitar.