The Unofficial Tedeschi Trucks Podcast

Long Island’s own and one of our Tedeschi Trucks Band GiveButter raffle and auction organizers, the inspirational Lauri Lane grew up with Uncle Freddy as her music mentor as a kid. She has been to a countless amount of concerts in her life, including hundreds of TTB shows, but it’s hard to quantify just  how much music means to Lauri. Her daughter Jessica, who was born with autism, was actually na...

Recorded on a livestream, I’m joined by photographer and former guest of this podcast, Linda Wolf. Linda of course was one of the photographers on the original Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour and was once again at the reunion in 2015 with Leon Russell, original alum, TTB, and others. To support TTB’s Givebutter fund, Linda donated a beautiful print of photo of Derek, Susan, and Leon for a raffle, and...

Tedeschi Trucks Band superfan, Ohio’s own, Ted Auch (former guest of this podcast from episode 17) and I catch up. He tells me what his musical young kids are up to, and we dig a little deeper into our overall thoughts about TTB's The Fireside Sessions. From talking Here My Dear to our own guitar playing, it was definitely fun to chat with Ted again and just share our love for TTB. http://instagra...

Tedeschi Trucks Band superfan, Minnesota's own Ian Gibbs grew up on Billy Joel's music and so did I in many ways. So before we dive into all things TTB, we talk some Billy. Eventually though Ian found a love for blues music, and discovered Susan Tedeschi and her music in the late 1990's. Before long, Ian, who has his pilot's license, actually flew himself out to Red Rocks to see TTB. Amazing. We t...

Tedeschi Trucks Band superfan Julie Eull grew up on music, and once her kids more or less grew up, she and her husband were again able to attend more shows -- which coincided with her newfound love for Susan Tedeschi and later TTB. These days with TTB not on the road and raising money to help support their crew, Julie and other amazing fans have really stepped to try to raise money for the band by...

"Tedeschi Trucks Band is proud to present The Fireside Sessions, a six-episode series of home performances to share TTB music with fans safely until we can get back on the road again." This wonderful episode 6, the final episode of the series, had a lineup of Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Gabe Dixon, Mike Mattison, Mark Rivers, Brandon Boone, Tyler "Falcon" Greenwell, and Kebbi Williams. And for t...

"Tedeschi Trucks Band is proud to present The Fireside Sessions, a six-episode series of home performances to share TTB music with fans safely until we can get back on the road again." Episode 5 had a lineup of just Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, and man was this  a special performance. And for this recap, I again recorded me talking in a livestream chat in the private TTB Fans group on Facebook...

"Tedeschi Trucks Band is proud to present The Fireside Sessions, a six-episode series of home performances to share TTB music with fans safely until we can get back on the road again." And for episode four, the lineup was Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Gabe Dixon, Mike Mattison, Brandon Boone, Mark Rivers, and Tyler "Falcon" Greenwell. And what an excellent, fun show it was, which included 2 NEW or...

"Tedeschi Trucks Band is proud to present The Fireside Sessions, a six-episode series of home performances to share TTB music with fans safely until we can get back on the road again." And for episode three, the stripped down lineup was just Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. It was a very special and intimate performance, which even included Derek talking a good amount to us the audience. And for t...

"Tedeschi Trucks Band is proud to present The Fireside Sessions, a six-episode series of home performances to share TTB music with fans safely until we can get back on the road again." And for episode two, the stripped down lineup was Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Brandon Boone, Tyler "Falcon" Greenwell, Gabe Dixon, and Mike Mattison. The band, the audio quality, the video quality, and the overall...

"Tedeschi Trucks Band is proud to present The Fireside Sessions, a six-episode series of home performances to share TTB music with fans safely until we can get back on the road again." ...And I'm planning for the next six weeks to recap every episode of this series on the podcast. And man, was it great to see this special lineup of Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Brandon Boone, and Tyler "Falcon" Gr...

Photographer Alina Harmash grew up in Southern Ukraine and now resides in the capital city of Kiev, and this overseas Susan Tedeschi and Tedeschi Trucks Band fan tells me all about the musical and artistic influence of her family, and also how really all of her life's most important decisions have actually centered around music. She loves all things Sweden and studied the language and culture, but...

Entrepreneur, fundraiser, and music merchandiser, Greg Martens is here to talk about a new venture, TipJar Society, a platform for musicians, artists, and content creators to engage their audience via streaming live or on-demand video, subscriptions, merchandising, and other creative marketing options, while keeping all rights and integrity of their content. And the launch of this is going to be t...

Per his Instragram page Jeff Wood is a poster artist, painter, screenprinter, beadworker, and a tiny blip on the cosmic radar. He’s created so much wonderful artwork over the years for Derek, Susan, TTB, Gov't Mule, Widespread Panic, and beyond. His career is super impressive, and perhaps just as great is how much admiration Jeff has for all the visual artists before him, the music of TTB, other b...

Tedeschi Trucks Band superfan and past guest David Flamm (Episode 4) returns and we catch up, talk music, and talk about what he’s been listening to these days beyond TTB. Marcus King, Blackberry Smoke… He recalls seeing Marcus King at Wanee and we get into some current TTB news, looking toward the rest of 2021. And of course, we chat more about the awesome custom tshirts that David and his wife A...

For this one, a solo episode, I talk all about Tedeschi Trucks Band's talented trombonist, Elizabeth Lea. I don't know her personally, but beyond being a great musician, just based on the moderate sample size of quotes and anecdotes I've gathered from fans and band members past and present, who she is a person makes her that much more impressive. I got music clips, quotes, and beyond with this epi...

For today's solo episode I talk all about The Beatles influence on Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, and the band. Whether it's covering songs from the Fab Four from their Beatles days or from their ensuing solo careers, or whether it's doing Beatles covers in the style of Aretha Franklin or Joe Cocker / Mad Dogs, TTB always brings the soul and does wonderful tributes to this iconic band. Thanks again...

For this solo episode I talk some other great slide guitar players not named Derek Trucks or Duane Allman. Thought it might be fun to share some great slide work and talk a little bit deeper about the whole slide guitar genre itself. I play a bunch of audio clips including great guitar work from Elmore James, Mick Taylor, Warren Haynes, and more. http://instagram.com/tedeschitruckspodcast, http://...

Tedeschi Trucks Band superfan and show taper, Philly's own Ed Gendelman is today's guest. Taper meaning someone who records audio or video at shows, or in Ed's case, often both. Growing up on Buffalo Springfield, the Beatles, and more, whether it was radio, vinyl, or going to a countless amount of live shows throughout his life, Ed oozes passion for music. And that of course includes TTB, as he’s...

Photographer Linda Wolf is creator of the beautiful photography book, Tribute: Cocker Power. And in over her 50+ years as an artist she has moved seamlessly through photojournalism, fine art, street, portrait, and rock & roll photography. She was also one of the photographers on the Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour in 1970, then at the Tedeschi Trucks Band reunion show in 2015 with Mad Dogs alum. And we...

Philadelphia based actor and playwright Jared Delaney grew up singing and performing, and always had eclectic music tastes. And it’s the soul aspect of Tedeschi Trucks Band that really grabs him. Having been to over 30 TTB shows now, we cover a lot and fanboy it up over so many aspects of the band. Jared is very articulate about his feelings toward the TTB, and never more so then when he tells a v...

New England’s own Tim Lefebvre was of course Tedeschi Trucks Band’s bassist from 2013 to 2018, with credits on the band’s Let Me Get By (2016), Live From The Fox Oakland (2017), and Signs (2019). And we cover his time in TTB and more, including his musical journey in New York City, working with David Bowie on his final album Black Star, and how his new gig with The Black Crowes came together. http...

Photographer Jérôme Brunet was born in southern France and raised in Ontario, Canada. He completed a formal education in photography at the prestigious E.F.E.T. School of Photography in Paris, and his award-winning photography has been published internationally in Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Time, Billboard, and by many other prestigious outlets. And we cover a lot, of course including how much he...

For this episode I talk all about Bob Dylan. With a career spanning over 50 years it's impossible to even scratch the surface in one podcast episode, but this episode focuses mostly on how Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi have been inspired by Dylan. This fun, tribute-style episode combines music clips from live TTB performances of Bob Dylan's songs, and audio clips from an interview Derek and Susa...

Georgia's own and founder of Music In The Park Atlanta, Tedeschi Trucks Band saxophone player, Kebbi Williams has worked with many talented artists throughout his career. And in this episode, I dive a bit into his journey as an artist. Using audio clips from a previous interview he did and information straight from Kebbi himself, combined with some music audio clips, this was a lot of fun to put t...