I wish some of the young kids I see on RU-vid now would watch this. He is so calm. No exaggerated "guitar face", no overpaying. No acting. Just playing better than any 13 year old should be able to.
Derek and his wife and band all understand and embody Jesus' saying" to him who much is given , much is expected. Thank you for sharing this heartfelt experience.
@@bbb8997 erratic...? Where is he erratic? Or are you just talking about his vibrato? It's certainly exaggerated, but that's a style choice, and hardly 'erratic'.
The scary thing is that this would be a great slide performance for a fully grown professional musician guitar journeyman. And this was only the tip of the iceberg for Derek's career.
Wow! Mad props. Such a mature player even at that age. I didn't think it was possible but my respect for his playing just went up even more. He is a true legend.
Warms my heart to know that the mantle from Duane has been passed to Derek. His head is on straight and to this day plays with the same passion as his mentor. Long live the memory of Duane "Skydog" Allman through Derek and others.
@@michaellangeloh3734 When I first heard Derek, I was stunned to the core. Since that day I have entertained myself with the romantic notion that Duane came back to us in and through Derek. Derek was born nearly 8 years after Duane was taken from us. Time enough for Duane to check out the after-world and think, “Nah, this can wait. I've got more music to play back down there on planet Earth.” Long Live Derek Trucks and the enduring spirit of the truly great and forever missed Duane Allman.
Derrick Trucks is 1 OF A KIND!!! As great as Duane Allman was, Derrick Trucks IS NOT beholden to him.....TRUST ME, NO DISRESPECT, I'D BE A COMPLETE FOOLISH JACKASS TO DISRESPECT THE GREATNESS OF DUANE ALLMAN....PERUOD
There aren't too many prodigies that have the kind of composure that Derek had at this age. Other than getting even better, he really hasn't changed at all.
Jonny Lang had the poise, and talent, but got lost awhile (drugs etc, but got straight, and still a force... tho not as solid as DT). Also from the "Buddy Guy" school, we've got Kenny Wayne Shepard who started young. I aint heard enough KWS to compare, but I doubt he's the full package like Trucks . Growing up w/ rock royalty around prolly helped a lot, too. Go Derek, go Susie! (I saw her live, also youngish, opened for John Hiatt. She's got the pipes, and whatever soul it took to impress the Boys Club.)
You can never recreate a solo exactly. This one was in the beginning of a story he was writing for life. He was then, and he is, and will be one of the greatest guitar players to ever live. The great thing He ain’t even close to to finishing the great story
got to stand 5ft from derek in a small club in jackson ms about 10 years ago and the way i felt about the electric guitar was changed forever!MIND BLOWING!!
It is like he has all the intensity, the left hand, and the intonation he has now, but in maturity he just has simply developed more sweetness. He is more conscious now of making moments happen using dynamics and the occasional deft passing tone, but everything else in his bag is on display here. This is a musician who set out with a steady goal in mind and came by his trade with a series of very deliberate choices. He has played his ass off since day one. While I genuinely love whatever gift he may have, I truly love his work ethic. He had to work out many kinks to get this rich tone; no way it happened by the grace of goodness alone.
Gotta consider who he has been around to develop that sound. I'm sure he took pieces parts from all kind of greats . The difference between a pro and an amateur is a pro knows the correct process and the little tricks to make the job easier. But I would have to say Dereck is probably the best blues guitarist Today. Their are many good ones. But for the clean raw old school blues sound, he's got it. He plays with emotion. You don't see much of that anymore.
@@kennethshort2016 Derek's father is alive & well, as is his mother. Not sure who you're thinking of. His Uncle Butch Trucks committed suicide a few years ago, but no motorcycle involved.
OH my God!!! Can you imagine, one day dad comes home from work, and little Derek says,.."Hey dad! Look what I learned to do in the garage". Talk about a gift from God. At 13 years old, no one can just be this great.
It didn't hurt Derek's uncle Butch Trucks was one of the drummers for the Allman Bros band. The kid was sitting in with them way before this. Look how good he is already at this age! I love listening to his slide guitar. He has his own style but man he sounds so much like Duane at times
I play around with the slide now and then, (after hearing him play that is all I can call myself doing now) but seeing how much better he was at 13 then I have ever been is truly humbling. He is one of the greatest ever!!
I have seen this video a few times now and I don't think I've ever watched less than all of it. What a gift this man has been to all of us who have a taste for living moving music that has a soul!
Guitardudeguy TMark/Osh ....he was able to take the rubber band off his slide finger as his hands got adult size...lol....kid was born into a legacy, what can you say? except, "prodigy"... without hesitation!
I am so glad that I found this video clip of a 13 year old Derek Trucks. He plays every note on his guitar as though it is a tribute to the late Great Duane Allman and does it so well. I too am a guitar player since the age of 16 now just turned 60 can appreciate his excellent abilities as one of the Greatest slide guitarist of all time.
i just feel really sorry for that adult guitar player...like truly, that's not fair. The technique aside, the tone and feel he's pulling at 13 - -holy hell.
Just a gift from God - and surely many thousands of hours woodshedding. I happened to meet Derek (and his kids and parents) 20 years after this video on a street in the West Village in New York City. My younger daughter, who was 13 at the time, was with me. I mentioned that my daughter's first concert was an ABB show at the Beacon when she was 6. Derek was such gracious and humble guy and we chatted for a couple of minutes. What a good dude, and for me, no one else comes close on guitar. His playing is spiritual, like Coltrane. It's hard to describe. Your heart listens as much as your ears.
First saw a young Derek when he was nine. You can imagine the spectacle of these remarkable musical tones emanating from someone who was fighting the weight of a Gibson guitar. Cool cat all the way. No pretensions or ego.
@@funkster007 yes, I do believe so. It was an outdoor bar/ smoked food venue in Tampa. He was wearing an Atlanta Braves cap and it just seemed that the guitar was large. His remarkable talent was evident even then and I had multiple other times to see him as he was growing. His Derek Trucks Band shows were among my favorite. Years later I reminded him of one particular St. Pete heralded blues dive he played and he busted out laughing telling me he remembered it well. Small former house venue, tiny riser, low ceilings and chairs almost on the “stage”! Great memories.
Imagine what it would be like to sit and play with this kid, regardless of what position you hold onstage, and know that he's better than you ever will be at what you do. I've been playing guitar for 25 years, and I've seen TTB a few times, but I didn't know he was this good at that age. Unreal.
so he was 14 here, i'm thinking... first time i heard him was the June 1994 at Lakewood Amphitheater with the Allman Bros... he was and still is breathtakingly fluid and loud for such a nontalker... one of the humblest lead guitfiddlers in rock and roll
@@jerrelleverett1284calm your jets buddy. He's great, but not the greatest in the world by any means. But you are entitled to your opinon like anyone else.
I saw him in a small venue in Atlanta in 1991....pre-mullet. He still had the buck teeth of a little kid and he was amazing. Derek and the Dominators. I think i still have the t-shirt somewhere.
I met him three years earlier when he was traveling with his dad one summer. His dad (Butch Trucks's brother) was road-managing Ace Moreland from Florida. Derek played several songs with Ace & his band...and shredded it! I was so jazzed i went home (lived around the corner) and got a Derek Lilliquist Upper Deck card to give him...because we were chatting about the Braves, and, well, it seemed fun.
Good gawd! Eric would be so proud! I had to see the boy again after seeing him as an adult. A True Treasure. ❤❤❤❤ Made this old woman smile! Ok…I cried.
In music, the only person you're competing with is you and when you find your voice-like Duane, Derek, Miles, etc., you transcend to some other level that's way past competing.
I saw him live at 12 years old and sat there in awe. He was wearing the exact same shirt and hat at that show as well. If reincarnation is real then Duane Allman lives inside of Derek Trucks.
Whaaaat? So spot on and so expressive so young. That would have blown me away from an older man, never mind a kid. Wow. I was already so impressed with him, but that kicked it up a notch.
The patients and control he has at that age is really remarkable. I’ve been playing for a very long time now, I’m definitely not at his pay grade lol but I remember at that age rushing the beat kinda thing and it took me a long time to be behind the beat a little and to hear him do it at that age is very cool.
I had the chance to meet him when he was 13 backstage, upstaires of the El Mocambo in Toronto. His dad and younger brother as well. I had lent my guitar and amp to the opening act, The ST Regis band......Jeff Healy was in attendence that night.
We are lucky to live in this era and to enjoy Derek playing the stars of heaven. He's the best electric guitar player right now, his wife has the best blues voice right now and the TTB is the best band you can find on the planet. Hopefully we'll be hearing a lot more from them in the years to come.
Crazy he already has his own recognizable sound at such a young age. Already sounds like Trucks. Awesome! I remember seeing him at a small blues event in Sonora ca in the mid 90s. Was awesome 🤘
I was fortunate enough to see him perform at this age outside of Thoroughbred Music Store in Tampa. Elliott Easton was also on that stage. I'm also fortunate enough to be able to play slide guitar on a "64 Gibson SG so I know how much he enjoys what he does. Go Derek!
I'm thinking he was probably almost as good at 10 years old. I don't know when he started playing. There are musical child prodigies all around now. They just need support. Derek is incredibly talented 👏.
I never saw the Derek Trucks Band live, with much regret. I have seen TTB multiple times and I love 'em but I do like Derek's solo stuff better. He is on a level that very few have or will ever reach.
one of the most amazing things to witness ever! Can you imagine being like 40 and thinking this is the best jam I have been apart of and its with a 12 year old:?
This is a lot like watching what I've seen of the young Joe Boannamassa, Samantha Fish, Sadie Johnson, and others, who leave you wondering, " How the hell is that kid that good?" This video took my breath away a couple of times. I didn't know whether to inhale or exhale.
Well, this just blew my mind! A 13 YEAR OLD who plays like he's been playing for 30 - 40 years! I love seeing these really young kids playing with known bands or along side of other well known musicians and holding thier own! Great stuff!!
It's part of the dude's brain, I swear. He's as cold as ice; he doesn't play because it makes him feel good, he plays because that's what he was born to do. It's like he takes a nap and says "Fingers, wake me up when you're done."
I think his lack of facial expression is far better than toby lee's over use of facial expression. you can hide inner enjoyment behind a blank face, but fake and contrived facial expression is always going to be fake and contrived.
Somewhere about this time in Augusta, Ga, my brother and I heard that Butch Trucks had a nephew that was playing guitar so we decided to go to a local nightclub and see him. Out walks this little kid with a guitar about as big as he was and we looked at each other and shrugged. He then proceeded to blow the roof off the place! Best surprise I've ever gotten from a live musical act!
Saw Derek when he was twelve at the Junkyard in Altamonte Springs, Fl. He was awesome then and his parents were very nice people. Not suprised at his success, and he’s still growing!
I'm from Jacksonville, Fl and saw Derek in a bar about these days. Years later, got to be onstage at Wannee Festival, 10 feet from Derek. His demeanor has never changed, it's like he's channeling someone, or something, but I like to think it's God,enjoying the gift he gave this incredible talent. I never get tired of listening, and watching, Derek Trucks... So cool he and Susan and their kids still call Jax their home.
M.J., I have not seen this version of a much younger Derek Trucks! To say he had the gift would be a huge understatement. He flat knocked it out the park, bases loaded. In memory of one of his mentors. Gregg Allman. Thanks for this post. Now both Duane & Gregg are smiling in Heaven. Can't stop watching. This young Derek Trucks is almost, maybe even IN a state of Zen! Thanks again.
Saw Derek with Tedeschi/Trucks on New Year's Eve in San Francisco at the Warfield Theater back in 2011. Derek's dad is Butch Trucks and was the drummer for the Allman Brothers. We talked to him for quite a while in the lobby, he was selling T-Shirts at the merchandise table.
Playing extraordinarily loud guitar music evidently did not stunt the young man's growth. Let's see, he's 13 in this video, which was just about the same time THC & the Wreckage (the great Tommy Hambridge) held court as the house band at the open mic night at the Tam every Wednesday night in Brookline Massachusetts. Meanwhile, back in the snack food aisle at her family's convenience store, Susan Tedeschi, was more than likely humming Angel from Montgomery, and daydreaming about graduating from ninth-grade. Later, Tommy auditions for Susan's band, their first record wins a Grammy and gets them signed. Tommy is so successful because he's a musician, not just "a drummer". He writes, produces, and he's one of those wonderful guys who returns his phone calls. And for a guy like me, who's from Dayton, the fact that TH had a scholarship offer from Berklee AND an offer to play for the Cincinnati Reds is just sick. There's so much talent in the world, and we are lucky that whoever breaks through the junk and gets to be heard actually has a chance of building a long term career that we get to follow, very closely, because of the Internet. An interesting aspect of Derek's playing as a young man is that he had not yet attended the Ali Akbar School of Music and been influenced by the Indian Sarod. But just listen to his tone! 10-15 years later he still has the same tone he did at 13. Here's a great articleglidemagazine.com/126269/tommy-hambridge-unstoppable-music-business-journey-interview_/
I'm in awe when I see guys this young playing so well. I just don't understand it. Surely they haven't lived long enough to to have the required practice time to reach this level? Truly amazing.