I am astonished that Derek Trucks style has been called "boring".... I not only think that his style is the most difficult to cover, I also think that he will, in fact, reach a Legend status within my Lifetime, if not already. To get an idea of his "style" one must venture back to his early days when he began gigging, I think he was about 12 years old. He had a full band of adults which seemed kinda weird to view. Later, as stated, he recorded his first album at age 16. Since then he has played guitar with and for some of the worlds greatest musicians such as The Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, etc. also including studies in far eastern music. His use of scales are not done by anyone whom I have ever heard. Now this may not mean much due to the unknown factor of me personally but I have a collection of over 20,000 songs currently and these are simply what I listen to on a daily basis currently. I swap, trade, etc. Stating I am a HUGE fan of most all musical genres and the styles within is an epic understatement. I also consider no music "old". Basically, I have listened to alot of music including local acts in 7 states within the past year and a half. I have never heard anyone who sounded anything like Derek. I have heard some making attempts but the attempts were futile. I understand that the music he performs now is boring. I really hate that he seems to have strayed from his awesome style of Jazzy Funk and leaned toward his wife`s performances. This may be what you heard, dunno. Just seemed like an uneducated comment when speaking of this guy. Not offensive use of the word. What I mean is maybe you should dabble a bit more in his recordings. Boring, to me, is todays so called rock or alternative music. Other than Shinedown, and a few others such as Foo Fighters , modern rock kinda sucks. This is why I have began listening to more Country music lately. Just plain better music, lyrics and artists with the exception of Taylor Swift....LOLOL. I am currently studying jazz so I listen to alot of it also. The most fun is finding new artists that I`ve never heard. It`s a rarity at my age.
My feathers very rarely "ruffle" and practically never from a forum thread nor blog. I just convey my opinion and read others and reply. I always keep an open mind in hopes of learning and share my life long knowledge of information in hopes of educating others. Thanks again....Oh, and, "Keep The Funk Alive!"
The "Post some music" comment.... I tried but I had to remove them due to being contacted by a rep. from some 2 bit production company. See, I played on a live show with "a guy" and even though I didn`t include his name, apparently when the song is downloaded by others, it shows his name. Therefore I had to remove it because of some copyright thing. The funny thing is that I downloaded the song from his live album from Zune and I haven`t seen any royalties...LOL. I emailed this guy the same statement...guess what...haven`t heard back, but better safe than sorry ya know. I may get my looping station out and just jam on it a while and see what I can come up with. Anyway,...I do enjoy some of these comments and the exchange. I`d love to make more friends across the country. The more connections, the better. Happy jamming.
I take music seriously. It`s my passion. I have an "I can" attitude. I have enjoyed my life`s work in music and plan to play as long as physically able. Oh, and don`t let my age fool ya.
