The Derek Trucks Band

A Sherman Theater Production in association with BRE Presents
The Derek Trucks Band - Already Free World Tour
Blues/blues-rock guitarist Derek Trucks is the nephew of long-time Allman Brothers' drummer Butch Trucks. He displays a command of slide guitar styles that run the gamut from blues to classic R&B and early rock & roll to classic jazz. Although blues players like Buddy Guy, Elmore James and Duane Allman have been a strong influence on Trucks' slide guitar playing, so have pre-'70s jazz players like Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Sun Ra.
Trucks is the youngest musician named in Rolling Stone's list of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time, and one of those featured on the cover of the esteemed magazine's 2007 New Guitar Gods issue. However, accolades aside, ever since the release of their self-titled 1997 debut, the Derek Trucks Band has operated more as a unit than as a band under the control of a single leader.
The backbone of The Derek Trucks Band - its core members - have been with Trucks for years. Bassist Todd Smallie joined the group in 1994 when Trucks was only fourteen. Drummer
Yonrico Scott came on board shortly afterwards in 1995. Keyboardist and flutist extraordinaire Kofi Burbridge joined the caravan in 1999, with singer Mike Mattison following in 2002. Percusionist Count M'Butu - a perennial Trucks associate - completed the lineup a few years later, giving the Derek Trucks Band a four-decade age span, a quality that has had an indelible impact on the group's musical vision.
Over the band's several albums and countless tours, Trucks has explored an exciting array of musical styles. Obviously someone with an avid and thirsty ear, his new album Already Free (released in January of 2009) combines the influences he has been witness to in a very personal expression, one that freely crosses boundaries. On Already Free, which he produced himself, Trucks has written original songs and reinvigorated old ones, introducing a profound new vision.
SEATING: All theater seats in, Reserved seating
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7:30