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65-500: Derek Trucks (born June 8, 1979) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and founder of The Derek Trucks Band . He became an official member of The Allman Brothers Band in 1999. In 2010, he formed the Tedeschi Trucks Band with his wife, blues singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi . His musical style encompasses several genres and he has twice appeared on Rolling Stone ' s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He

130-512: A Latin singer, to be number one on the billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart. This increase has caused Latin music sales revenue in the US to rise from 176 million to 413 million dollars in 2018. From 2016 to 2017, the amount of Latin songs on the billboard hot 100 increased from four to 19. Latin music surpassed Country and EDM in terms of album sales in the US in 2018. This trend has caused pop music in

195-515: A bonus, says Mattison. Since the band embraces improvisation and musical exploration, he has said, "You're just part of the ensemble -- you do your bit and step back and let everybody else do theirs. It's fun to not have to carry the weight of the entertainer." The band's album, Already Free , won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards . That summer they released their live album, Roadsongs . In 2011,

260-514: A categorical homogenization of musical styles; incorrectly miscategorizing musicians and songs from heritage styles, such as Norteño , New Mexico music , Duranguense , and Tejano music , leading to underperformance of these styles on their platforms. In addition, due to the fact that Spanish-language also includes music from Spain, artists from that country are labelled as "Latin". Following Rosalía 's win for Best Latin Video for " Con Altura " at

325-637: A crossover into American country music, preparations began for Selena's crossover into American pop music. The singer was fatally wounded after a confrontation with Yolanda Saldivar , a former friend and manager of the singer's fan club and boutiques . Her unfinished crossover album, Dreaming of You (1995), became the first mostly-Spanish album to debut and peak at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. Tejano music suffered and its popularity waned following Selena's death, and record labels began abandoning their Tejano artists while radio stations in

390-631: A fan of Khan, a Hindustani classical musician known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod and popularising Indian classical music in the West, often in conjunction with sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar . Trucks studied at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, California. Speaking of Khan, Trucks says "there are two recordings, which are part of my 'desert-island' disc… One is called Signature Series Volume II . Whenever I need to wipe

455-519: A good singer who fits with what you're doing -- so we were very fortunate to hook up with Mike." Mattison has collaborated with Trucks writing songs, on each album since joining the band, including the title track to the band's 2008 album, Already Free . Mattison had a previous band as well—a vocal duo , called Scrapomatic , with guitarist/vocalist Paul Olsen, with whom he still performs at occasional gigs, including some opening sets for The Derek Trucks Band. The band's final member, Count M'Butu

520-531: A great deal of African influence in his work, but lived in Sandersville, Georgia most of his life, "so he's got that Southern thing, too", Trucks concluded. His differing influences are compatible with the band's world music sound. Since the last members joined in 2002, the bandmates have adjusted to near-constant travelling on the road, and have become comfortable with one another. Each member's experiences, tastes, and differing approaches to each piece are

585-610: A guest musician, Trucks became a formal member of the band in 1999 and appeared on the albums Peakin' at the Beacon , Live at the Beacon Theatre , Hittin' the Note and One Way Out . In 2006 Trucks began a studio collaboration with JJ Cale and Eric Clapton called The Road to Escondido and performed with three bands in 17 countries that year. Trucks was invited to perform at the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival , and after

650-404: A kind of 'musical ESP'.. it's nice to have somebody that you don't have to look at...he's just right there with you." Trucks continued to gather a steady group of talented musicians together, although two early members did not last. The band's initial keyboardist/vocalist, Bill McKay, left his mark in songwriting credits on the band's earliest albums. Upon finding an opening for a keyboardist ,

715-574: A performance at the White House for President Obama and his guests. In September 2012, John Mayer and Derek Trucks joined B.B. King on stage at the Hollywood Bowl for an encore version of B.B.'s song "Guess Who". Concluding the performance, B.B. King made several remarks about Trucks's guitar work, ending with, "That's about as good as I've ever heard it—as good as I've ever heard it, and I mean it". Trucks' late uncle, Butch Trucks ,

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780-585: Is a Cuban son - pregón composed by Moisés Simons . Together with " Guantanamera ", it is arguably the most famous piece of music created by a Cuban musician. "The Peanut Vendor" has been recorded more than 160 times, sold over a million copies of sheet music, and was the first million-selling 78 rpm single of Cuban music . The Brazilian bossa nova became widespread in Latin America and later became an international trend, led especially by Antônio Carlos Jobim . Rock en español became popular with

845-804: Is a catch-all for any pop music sung in Spanish, while Mexican/Mexican-American (also to referred to as Regional Mexican ) is defined as any musical style originating from Mexico or influences by its immigrants in the United States including Tejano , and tropical music is any music from the Spanish Caribbean . In 1997, NARAS established the Latin Recording Academy (LARAS) in an effort to expand its operations in both Latin America and Spain. In September 2000, LARAS launched

910-656: Is a fan of the Atlanta Braves , the Florida State Seminoles , and his hometown Jacksonville Jaguars . The Derek Trucks Band The band drew upon the wide variety of influences and musical preferences of its band members. Together, they have gained increasing public notice and critical acclaim for developing a unique sound of their own. Melding together blues , southern rock , jazz , rhythm and blues , gospel , soul , and funk with Hindustani classical music , afro-beat and world fusion ,

975-440: Is categorized as "Latin". In turn, this has led to artists from Spain being labelled as "Latin" because they sing in the same language. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Billboard magazine use this definition of Latin music to track sales of Spanish-language records in the United States. Billboard however considers an artist to be "Latin" if they perform in Spanish or Portuguese. The RIAA initiated

1040-612: Is the nephew of the late Butch Trucks , drummer for the Allman Brothers. Trucks was born in Jacksonville, Florida . According to Trucks, the name of Eric Clapton 's band, Derek and the Dominos , had "something to do with the name [Derek] if not the spelling". Trucks bought his first guitar at a yard sale for $ 5 at age nine and became a child prodigy , playing his first paid performance at age 11. Trucks began playing

1105-800: The Latin Grammy Awards , a separate award ceremony from the Grammy Awards. Its organizers stated that the Latin music universe was too large to fit within the Grammys. Michael Greene , former head of NARAS, said that the process of creating the Latin Grammy Awards was complicated due to the diverse Latin musical styles, noting that the only thing they had in common was language. As a result, the Latin Grammy Awards are presented to records performed in Spanish or Portuguese, while

1170-661: The Latino population in Canada and the United States , as well as music that is sung in either Spanish and/or Portuguese . It may also include music from other territories where Spanish- and Portuguese-language music is made. Because the majority of Latino immigrants living in New York City in the 1950s were of Puerto Rican or Cuban descent, "Latin music" had been stereotyped as music simply originating from

1235-491: The Spanish Caribbean . The popularization of bossa nova and Herb Alpert 's Mexican-influenced sounds in the 1960s did little to change the perceived image of Latin music. In 1969, the first international organization which attempted to define Latin music was the Festival Mundial de la Canción Latina which included Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian-speaking countries across Latin America and Europe. However,

1300-549: The Tedeschi Trucks Band with his wife. On January 8, 2014, Trucks announced that he and fellow guitarist Warren Haynes planned to leave the Allman Brothers Band at the end of 2014. That band announced its retirement, with Trucks playing as a member through their final show on October 28, 2014, at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Trucks credits guitarist Duane Allman and bluesman Elmore James as

1365-547: The "Los Premios de Oro y Platino" ("The Gold and Platinum Awards" in Spanish) in 2000 to certify sales of Latin music albums and singles under a different threshold than its standard certifications. Billboard divides its Latin music charts into three subcategories: Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and tropical. A fourth subcategory was added in the mid 2000s to address the rise of Latin urban music genres such as Latin hip hop and reggaeton . The term "Latin music" originated from

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1430-599: The '60s was "Bang Bang" by the Joe Cuba Sextet in 1966. Hits by other groups included Johnny Colón's "Boogaloo Blues", Pete Rodríguez's " I Like It like That "(1967). Salsa music became the dominant genre of tropical music in the 1970s. Fania Records was credited for popularizing salsa music, with acts such as Rubén Blades , Héctor Lavoe , and Celia Cruz expanding the audience. In the late 1970s, an influx of balladeers from Spain such as Julio Iglesias , Camilo Sesto , and Raphael established their presence on

1495-587: The 1930s with Rhumba. Rhumba was prominent with Cuban-style ballroom dancing in the 1930s, but was not mainstream. It was not until the 1950s and 1960s that Latin Music started to become intertwined with American culture. Latin music is starting to become mainstream in the US as Latin artists are teaming up with English speaking artists. In 2017, a song named, "Despacito" by Justin Bieber, Luis Fonsi, and Daddy Yankee had 4.5 billion views on YouTube. In 2017, six of

1560-409: The 1980s, rivaled salsa in popularity. In the mid-2000s, reggaeton became popular in the mainstream market, with Héctor el Father Tego Calderón , Daddy Yankee , Don Omar , and Wisin & Yandel considered to be the frontiers of the genre. In the tropical music scene, bachata music became popular in the field, with artists such as Monchy & Alexandra and Aventura finding success in

1625-474: The English-language number-one song " Livin' la Vida Loca ". Following the commercial and critical success of the film Selena (1997), Jennifer Lopez catapulted to fame in the title role. Lopez entered the music market following a string of films and released her debut recording On the 6 (1999), which she described as a Latin soul album. Bolero music saw a resurgence of popularity with

1690-703: The Estefans for her album Dónde Están Los Ladrones? (1998), which topped the US Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. The album's success and production by the Estefans, provided Shakira with a lucrative formula that she used for her English-language crossover which was released in 2001. Enrique Iglesias , the son of Spanish singer-songwriter Julio Iglesias , released two albums; his self-titled album released in 1995, and Vivir (1997), that concentrated on pop ballads and rhythms. With improvements in his songwriting on Vivir , Enrique

1755-609: The Kofi Burbridge both joining from the Derek Trucks Band. As a result, the Derek Trucks Band has been on hiatus since 2010. Kofi Burbridge and Yonrico Scott both died in 2019. Count M'Butu died in 2021. Latin music (genre) Latin music ( Portuguese and Spanish : música latina ) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America , which encompasses Latin America , Spain , Portugal , and

1820-538: The Latin music industry in the United States, Latin America and Spain. Latin trap gained mainstream attention in the mid-2010s with artists such as Ozuna , Bad Bunny , and Anuel AA . Reggaeton continued to gain popularity throughout the world in the 2020s, led by musicians like Bad Bunny. His impact went beyond music and served as a catalyst for social change, especially in Puerto Rico. Bad Bunny made use of his enormous platform to draw attention to problems like

1885-545: The Latin music world". In the 1980s, the Latin ballad continued to be the main form of Latin pop music, with Juan Gabriel , José José , Julio Iglesias, Roberto Carlos , and José Luis Rodríguez dominating the charts. Salsa music lost some traction, and its rhythm slowed with more emphasis on romantic lyrics. This became known as the salsa romantica era. In the Regional Mexican field, Tejano music became

1950-454: The US to adopt certain styles from Latin music. This has some experts questioning whether less popular Latin genres will become more niche in the future as record labels focus on products in industries with a greater concentration of money. Numerous computer science and music experts have reported a common error on streaming services such as Spotify . Overlooking mainstay artists in catch-all genre terms such as Latin music, potentially causing

2015-527: The United States and Britain have had control over the music industry but the internet and technology has allowed for diversification and local music to become more prominent throughout the world. The technological advancements have allowed streaming services to flourish that offer a wide variety of music without having to pay for each individual song/album. The increase in Latin artists working with English speaking American artists has caused songs such as Ritmo by An American band, The Black Eyed Peas, and J Balvin,

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2080-552: The United States due to the growing influence of Latino Americans in the American music market, including pioneers Xavier Cugat (1940s) and Tito Puente (1950s) and accelerating in later decades. As one author explained the rising popularity from the 1940s: "Latin America, the one part of the world not engulfed in World War II , became a favorite topic for songs and films for Americans who wanted momentarily to forget about

2145-529: The United States pop market. In 1998, music and ticket sales of Martin grossed $ 106 million, which was the equivalent of the total exports of Puerto Rico to Mexico in 1996. His 1998 album Vuelve contained " La Copa de la Vida ", which became the official 1998 FIFA World Cup song. This provided Martin with worldwide visibility, though it was his performance of the recording at the 1999 Grammy Awards that brought Martin attention from American audiences. In 1999, he released his self-titled album which contained

2210-578: The United States switched from Tejano to Regional Mexican music. By the mid-1990s, Tejano music was replaced by Latin pop as the dominant Latin music genre in the United States. Gloria and her husband Emilio Estefan are considered to have "open[ed] the door" to a number of artists throughout the 1990s decade. Their production is believed to have provided Mexican singer Thalía with her first platinum award for En éxtasis (1995). Colombian pop rock singer Shakira released her international debut album Pies Descalzos (1995). She worked closely with

2275-478: The United States who were eager to expand their rosters. In 1991, Warner Nashville created Warner Discos specifically for Tejano artists crossing over into country music while Arista Nashville erected Artista Texas with the same objective. Other labels such as PolyGram Latino and WEA Latina began deliberations to exclusively sign Tejano acts, while Fonovisa began signing Tejano musicians. These incentives helped expand performers' fanbases beyond Texas and

2340-402: The aftermath of Hurricane Maria. His song "El Apagón" brought attention to the island's ongoing power outages and financial difficulties while discussing Puerto Rico's energy provider, LUMA. In addition to elevating Latin music globally, reggaeton's dominance in the music industry has magnified the voices of social justice advocates. The origins of Latin Music in the United States dates back to

2405-477: The band got a Blues Music Award as Band of the Year. The Derek Trucks Band would occasionally play together with the band of Trucks' wife, Susan Tedeschi , in a collective known as "Soul Stew Revival". This allowed the couple to spend more time with each other when they would otherwise both be out on the road separately. Trucks and Tedeschi formed a new group called the Tedeschi Trucks Band , with Mike Mattison and

2470-547: The band has released six studio albums, two live albums, and a live DVD. The bandmates have combined their talents to perform pieces from some of the most highly regarded musicians before them, while at the same time collaborating on writing the songs they have recorded. The band's eclectic sound is a way for Trucks to explore his own creativity alongside his role as a guest, and eventually a permanent member, in The Allman Brothers Band. The Derek Trucks Band

2535-413: The band. Mattison performed several shows with the band, and Trucks decided Mattison's soulful voice and calm stage presence completed the band's identity. Trucks said of Mattison, "He's got a huge range, so that helps us out a lot when we stretch into some of the different material we cover. It's like having three different vocalists onstage at times. It's a tough piece of the puzzle to find, you know --

2600-495: The bandmates felt fortunate to find Kofi Burbridge , (brother of bass guitarist Oteil Burbridge , with whom Trucks plays in the Allman Brothers Band) to fill the role. Kofi Burbridge is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist , and he contributed to his versatility with keyboards , organ , flute , and backing vocals , in addition to his songwriting. Burbridge joined the band in 1999. In an interview upon

2665-475: The conflagration." Wartime propaganda for America's " Good Neighbor Policy " further enhanced the cultural impact. Pérez Prado composed such famous pieces as " Mambo No. 5 " and "Mambo No. 8". At the height of the mambo movement in 1955, Pérez hit number one on the American charts with a cha-cha-chá version of " Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White ". “El manisero”, known in English as “ The Peanut Vendor ”,

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2730-647: The drums when still a very young child. Originating in Michigan, with a Motown influence, he graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.A. Degree in percussion performance. His songwriting collaborations with other band members appeared from their first eponymous debut album in 1997, followed by Out of the Madness in 1999, and have continued to date. Scott has been playing with Trucks for over 17 years as of 2009. According to Trucks: "We've developed

2795-643: The event only lasted for two years. Since then, the music industry classifies all music sung in Spanish or Portuguese as Latin music, including musics from Spain and Portugal. Following protests from Latinos in New York, a category for Latin music was created by National Recording Academy (NARAS) for the Grammy Awards titled Best Latin Recording in 1975. Enrique Fernandez wrote in Billboard that

2860-685: The festival, he toured as part of Clapton's band. Trucks built a studio in his home in January 2008, which he and his band used to record their album: Already Free . Trucks and his wife, Susan Tedeschi , combined their bands to form the Soul Stew Revival in 2007, and performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in June 2008. In late 2009, Trucks and his band went on hiatus, after which the band dissolved. In 2010, Trucks formed

2925-488: The guitar using a slide because it allowed him to play the guitar despite his small hands as a young guitarist. By his 13th birthday, Trucks had played alongside Buddy Guy and toured with Thunderhawk. Trucks formed The Derek Trucks Band in 1994, and by his 20th birthday, he had played with such artists as Bob Dylan , Joe Walsh , and Stephen Stills . In 1999, he toured as a member of Phil Lesh & Friends. After performing with The Allman Brothers Band for several years as

2990-555: The lone category for Latin music meant that all Latin music genres had to compete with each other despite the distinct sounds of the genre. He also noted that the accolade was usually given to performers of tropical music. Eight years later, the organization debuted three new categories for Latin music: Best Latin Pop Performance , Best Mexican/Mexican-American Performance , and Best Tropical Latin Performance . Latin pop

3055-428: The most prominent genre and one of the fastest-growing music genres in the United States. On January 10, 1990, EMI Latin bought Bob Grever 's Cara Records, beginning the golden age of Tejano music. Tejano music's growth exploded, as journalist Ramiro Burr put it "a stubborn brushfire spread over the horizon", the genre converted radio stations to play Tejano music. This garnered the attention of record labels across

3120-584: The music charts both in Latin America and the US Latin market. In 1972, OTI Festival was established by the Organización de Telecomunicaciones de Iberoamérica as a songwriting contest to interconnect the Ibero-American countries (Latin America, Spain, and Portugal). Ramiro Burr of Billboard remarked that the contest was considered to be the "largest and most prestigious songwriting festival in

3185-485: The organization focuses on music from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. Since the late 1990s, the United States has seen increasing growth in its population of "Latinos", a term popularized since the 1960s due to confusing the wrong term " Spanish " with the more proper but less popular term " Hispanic ". The music industry in the United States began to refer to any kind of music featuring Spanish vocals as "Latin music". Under this definition, Spanish sung in any genre

3250-458: The release of their 2002 album, Joyful Noise , Trucks commented "Kofi Burbridge has been with us maybe 2-3 years, and he's one of the few musical geniuses that I've had the chance to work with..." continuing, "I'm really anxious to see in the next few years to see where he takes this, because he's definitely a huge part of what's going on right now." In 2002 the band's producers, Craig Street and John Snyder recommended singer Mike Mattison to

3315-587: The rock chart, and number one on the blues chart. In 2010, The Derek Trucks Band won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album for the album Already Free . In 2012, Trucks and Tedeschi won the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album for the Tedeschi Trucks Band's debut album Revelator . On February 12, 2012, Trucks accepted a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award along with 10 other members of The Allman Brothers Band. On February 21, 2012, Derek Trucks and his wife joined other blues musicians for

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3380-532: The same thing twice". In 2009, Ernest Suarez of The Washington Post described Trucks' guitar style as "notes and chords that soar, slice, and glide, sounding like a cross between Duane Allman on a '61 Gibson Les Paul and John Coltrane on tenor sax ". The Derek Trucks Band's album Already Free debuted at number 19 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and number one on the Internet chart, number four on

3445-419: The singer seriously. By 1994, Tejano acts were effortless selling 100,000 units of their albums, while La Mafia and Selena were the two most commercially successful Tejano artists. Selena's music led the genre's 1990s revival and made it marketable for the first time. Tejano music is believed by Jose Behar to have hit Mexico "like an atomic bomb " by 1994. While Tejano singer Emilio Navaira decided on

3510-672: The slate clean, I listen to it." Trucks plays guitar in an open E tuning , using his signature glass slide by Dunlop , modeled off of an old Coricidin bottle but without the seam. In 2006, two vintage (1965 and 1968) Fender Super Reverb amplifiers, a Hammond B-3 organ, two Leslie speaker cabinets, and a Hohner E-7 clavinet were stolen from Trucks and later recovered by the Atlanta Police Department. Trucks has appeared twice in Rolling Stone ' s list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". He

3575-487: The southwest. It also brought the genre to territories unfamiliar with the genre. The golden age is generally considered by journalists to have ended on March 31, 1995, when Selena was shot and killed . Tejano music set five consecutive years of sales and concert attendance records from 1990 to 1995. Mario Tarradell of The Dallas Morning News wrote that the singles from Amor Prohibido elevated Selena to success on Latin radio whose promoters had not previously taken

3640-870: The top ten viewed songs on YouTube feature Latin Artists. The song was the beginning for the boom of Latin music in the United States. Some of the most popular forms of Latin music are Salsa, Bachata, Regional Mexican music, Tango, Merengue, Latin Pop, and Reggaeton. Today, reggaeton is a very popular style that combines reggae and American hip-hop. Some of the most popular artists today are Daddy Yankee, Melymel, J Balvin and Nicky Jam. In 2018, Latin music came second in total video streams with 21.8% market share. Latin music listeners tend to be younger, more tech savvy, 95% of Latin music coming from streaming suggests, according to Jeff Benjamin. Immigration and globalization has caused Latin music to skyrocket in popularity. Historically,

3705-620: The two slide guitarists who influenced his early style, but he has since been inspired by John Lee Hooker , Ali Akbar Khan , Howlin' Wolf , Albert King , Miles Davis , Sun Ra , John Coltrane , Charlie Parker , Django Reinhardt , Charlie Christian , Wayne Shorter , Toy Caldwell , Johnny Winter , Freddie King and B.B. King . His music is rooted in blues and rock, embracing jam band , Southern rock , and jazz. Trucks plays an eclectic blend of blues, soul , jazz, rock, qawwali music (a genre of music from Pakistan and western India), Latin music , and other kinds of world music Trucks became

3770-477: The urban areas of Latin America. Banda was the dominant genre in the Regional Mexican music field. By the turn of the decade, the Latin music field was dominated by up-tempo rhythms, including electropop, reggaeton, urbano , banda and contemporary bachata music, as Latin ballads and crooners fell out of favor among U.S. Latin radio programmers. Streaming has become the dominant form of revenue in

3835-463: The younger audience. Mexican singer Luis Miguel was credited for the renewed interest with the success of his album, Romance (1991), a collection of classics covered by the artist. Around the same time, artists from Italy such as Eros Ramazzotti , Laura Pausini , and Nek successfully crossed over to the Latin music field by recording Spanish-language versions of their songs. In the tropical music field, merengue , which had gained attention in

3900-687: The younger generation of Latinos in Latin America, for example the Argentine band Almendra . Mexican-American Latin rock guitarist Carlos Santana began decades of popularity. By the late 60s, the boogaloo boom was coming, and boogaloo musicians such as Pérez Prado , Tito Rodríguez and Tito Puente released boogaloo singles and albums. Most of the other groups were young musicians such as Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers and Joe Bataan . Early examples of boogaloo were 1966 music by Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz . The biggest boogaloo hit of

3965-477: Was a founding member and drummer of The Allman Brothers Band. His younger brother is Duane Trucks , who is a member of Widespread Panic and Hard Working Americans . His great-uncle, Virgil Trucks , was a major league baseball pitcher in the 1940s and 1950s, winning 177 games in his career. In 2001, Trucks married singer and musician Susan Tedeschi , and they had a son in March 2002 and a daughter in 2004. Trucks

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4030-534: Was able to successfully convey "his innermost thoughts and feelings". Critics found Vivir to be superior to Enrique's contemporaries and reportedly sold over five million copies in Asia, Europe, and South and Central America within a week of its release, the first Latin album to do so. Ricky Martin 's hip-shaking dance moves were compared to those of Elvis Presley among American music critics seeking to find an artist who resembled Martin's dance moves and their effect on

4095-458: Was founded by Trucks in 1994, with the introduction of Todd Smallie, an Atlanta jazz and blues-based musician playing bass guitar . As the first to join him, Trucks has said he feels that he's "kind of grown up with him." The next year, in 1995, Smallie was followed by drummer Yonrico Scott , who initially filled the role of percussionist , as well as drummer, completing the band's first cohesive rhythm section . Scott began learning to play

4160-474: Was listed as 81st in 2003 and 16th in 2011. A 2006 article in The Wall Street Journal described him as "the most awe-inspiring electric slide guitar player performing today". In 2007, Trucks appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone for an article called the "New Guitar Gods". Trucks is a creative guitarist according to his uncle, the late Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks : "He never does

4225-533: Was the only band member that did not appear on every tour. M'Butu, the group's eldest member, played a variety of drums and percussion. Trucks and Scott both have known him for decades, before he joined the Derek Trucks Band, as M'Butu was a regular musical fixture in Atlanta; one of the bastions of the Allman Brothers fan bases. Thus, as of early 2009, M'Butu was the eldest member of the band, which has members whose ages are in their 20s, 30s 40s 50s and 60s. M'Butu has

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