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.
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)
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
@@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.
@@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".
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)!!!
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.
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.
Not only the best touring band in the world. A lot more than that. Best music to come out of the U. S. A. since the 1970s. Hair raising. Thank God the good old vibe is still alive.
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.
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.
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
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.
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. 🙏👏🙌🔥
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.
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!!!
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.
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!
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!
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.
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
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.......
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.
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.
@@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!
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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 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).
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!
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.
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!!!
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
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
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…🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
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.
@@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.
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!
@@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!
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..🎻🎷🪗🎸🎻
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
WOW!! So HAPPY you showed up on my feed! This was JUST WHAT I DIDNT KNOW I NEEDED TODAY😃 Oh I love TTB. Now I have a new friend in you👍. What a GIFT of a challenge to be sent! Glad I could watch you in action. Excellent! 👏👏👏
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
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.
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!
Really getting a Mad Dog and Englishmen vibe from this new tune. This is killer. Thanks Mike, I feel like a have a friend with whom I can nerd out on music stuff whenever you upload!
Wow wow wow. When you asked about the slide technique, at first I could've sworn that he was using an octave effect (I know he's not big on pedals, but with his big fuzzy sound I thought for sure) but no. After reading some other comments it's just his incredible slide nuance. Derek is continually mind blowing. Thanks for a great video, loved your analysis!
Saw them on this tour last June - they are the best in the world. Everyone in that band is world class and yet they are willing to take a "back seat" to Derick and Susan, to be part of something greater. So much fun watching you appreciate them as much as I do, and to point out a few things I miss. One of the best things I discovered by seeing them on tour was Gabe Dixon. That guy can really play and sing and has a number of excellent singles on his own. He's a great addition to the Best Band in the World.
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 🤣
Just saw them last night. Gabe opened with a trio, and was awesome. Derek did that thing a few times, and I was scratching my head. Glad I'm not alone.
So true. Listening is a super skill. I had read that Derek doesn’t use in-ears nor wedges, but had forgotten. Thanks for reminding me and giving me new context for his performances. I completely agree. They are a “do not miss” band on the road right now.
