Nobody has ever played a guitar like that man. Not anybody he’s ever looked up to, and likely nobody that ever ends up looking up to him. He’s a legend.
@@Womble1252 Derek was literally playing like this, before AJ ever picked up a guitar. AJ copped all his shit from players like Derek, his Grandpa and Robert Randolph. (Which there is nothing wrong with, that's how the blues works.)
@@Womble1252 Thats like saying you need to listen to Stevie Ray Vaughn to see where Albert King got his Ideas form. AJ Guent likely got his playing style from Derek Trucks. Not the other way around.
The last time someone shook the world and made us think "how the hack is it even possible" was more than 50 years ago when Jimi Hendrix burst into our lives. After so many decades and so many great talents along the way, no one came even close to discovering such a mind blowing sounds that comes from outer space (or from Derek's head and his golden fingers). Mr. Trucks is absolutely one in a billion. I always thought (like many others) that I was born in the wrong era and I whish I was in my twenties in the 60's and 70's. Derek made me feel lucky to be present today. Such a fresh musician, no more another boring pentatonic scale. You are a prodigy Derek ❤
led zeppelin came along and everybody could not believe the music they were making.. everyone lined up and sampling their records at teh store.. also every venue was sold out just to see them live.. they were the pinnacle of rock and then of course guns and roses came out and also wowed everyone and made anthems.. well point is you cant jump from hendrix to derek trucks like that and ignore the other legends of rock..
The pentatonic scale isn't "boring" Trucks himself is mainly playing pentatonic+ basic modes of the Ionian scale. It is technique/ dynamics/tone that make or break a solo. Derek is great and nothing I say here is to detriment of that, but something is wrong if you think the world has stood still before and after Hendrix.
only one question Derek, what's it like to be the only living breathing being who can make a guitar do the things you do? there are a number of fantastic players in this world that i can listen to all day but i never get the feel from anyone else that your guitar says(sings) so sweet. hats off Brother!
Back in 1991 i saw Derek for the first time. He was playing a small bar in Palm Bay, Fl. The singer was a local guy name Chris Merrill, who sang a lot like Paul Rodgers, from Bad company. My guitar friend who i went with, got invited up to play a few songs during the second set, and when he got back to the table, my late friend Austin Pettit said Derek was the best musician on that stage. It wasn't until 1998 that a band i was in opened for the Derek Trucks Band at the SBI. It was shocking how much music he had absorbed in 7 short years. As many have said, Derek is in a class all by himself, and the humble guy out there!
@@ronbunn1349 Lol… good catch! I thought I was adding this comment to an amazing Marcus King video and I have no idea in hell how I added it to this video. I guess I better make sure I’m wearing my glasses! But Derek is “the” real deal bad ass! …only sings with his guitar. 🙂
"Electrifying".. am recovering from the lightning bolts that went down my spine after my ears captured this unbelievable slide sound made by a true living legend. As good as it gets 😯
If you played slide guitar, you realize how difficult to play on high position with stabling pitch. moreover He play cacophony phrase. Derek is slide magician😊
For me, he is THE BEST EVER !!! Phrasing, tone, technique, stage present..man, oh man... I hope I can meet him before I die... @Travis Reppert I TOTALLY agree with you 🙂
He's great but he repeats parts of lead material and uses it in other songs. He;s got to Slide from the top of the guitar straight down into a lead too many times. It gets old. I've seen him since I got his cassette tape and have spoken several time at Cheers in FT. Lauderdale with Butch. He gets better all the time
Mate i understand the points you are making. No doubt amazing, but I can now only listen in small doses, and I've been listening to him since 1999. Be good if he gave more credit to the 'sacred steel' tradition that he took so much from... AJ Guent & his dad Aubrey Guent, the campbell bros etc. These days I much prefer players with variety & melody like cooder, lowell george, george harrison etc. All the best Joel
nah it's part of the song, he rarely uses it but it's exactly how the solo on the studio cut sounds. Seems like he's just branching out a bit more these days
@@Womble1252 no, it's a manual effect. A friend of mine who is a superb slide player showed me how it's done. In open E tuning, the 1st, 4th and 6th strings are octaves. That screaming sound here comes from playing octaves on the 1st and 4th strings, but angling the slide so that they're slightly out of tune. Somewhat similar to a chorus, but done without a stomp box. Man this is one the most awesome slide solos ever!
