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Released
  
January 13, 2009

Length
  
55:13

Release date
  
13 January 2009

Recorded
  
2008

Already Free (2009)
  
Already Live (2009)

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Label
  
Legacy Recordings, Columbia Records

Artists
  
Derek Trucks, The Derek Trucks Band

Genres
  
Blues, Rock music, Blues rock, Southern rock

Producers
  
Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall II

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album

Similar
  
The Derek Trucks Band albums, Blues albums

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Already Free is the ninth studio album by The Derek Trucks Band. It was released in the US on January 13, 2009 by Legacy Recordings. A European release followed on February 20, 2009. The album has received very positive reviews, and debuted at #19 on the Billboard Top 200 reached #1 on the blues chart, #1 on the Internet chart, and #4 on the Rock chart. This marks the band's highest debut on the Billboard Top 200 chart to date. The album won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album, marking the band's first Grammy award.

Contents

The first single, "Down in the Flood", was released on November 4, 2008. Guest musicians include Doyle Bramhall II, Oteil Burbridge, Susan Tedeschi, and Eric Krasno (of Soulive). The song "Back Where I Started" was co-written by Trucks with fellow Allman Brothers Band guitarist Warren Haynes.

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Trucks' thoughts on the album

Derek Trucks was interviewed by the Washington Post upon the release of Already Free. The interviewer commented that in comparison to past albums by The Derek Trucks Band, this record reflects a more mature sound. Trucks himself responded by commenting that the album has a different feeling because in the past he always felt pressure to make a "guitar album". The difference, he maintains, is that the band has had more time to mature, and the album's sound is more balanced between the different contributions of its members, who developed its overall effect as they arranged the songs that were recorded for this album.

Track listing

  1. "Down in the Flood" (Dylan) – 5:02
  2. "Something to Make You Happy" (Pena) – 5:01
  3. "Maybe This Time" (feat. Doyle Bramhall II) (Trucks/Bramhall) – 5:03
  4. "Sweet Inspiration" (Oldham/Penn) – 4:38
  5. "Don't Miss Me" (Trucks/Mattison) – 4:16
  6. "Get What You Deserve" (Trucks/Mattison/Bramhall) – 3:33
  7. "Our Love" (feat. Doyle Bramhall II) (Bramhall/Trucks) – 5:18
  8. "Down Don't Bother Me" (Mattison/Trucks) – 5:07
  9. "Days Is Almost Gone" (Burbridge/Trucks/Mattison) – 5:13
  10. "Back Where I Started" (feat. Susan Tedeschi) (Trucks/Haynes) – 4:20
  11. "I Know" (Smith/Taylor) – 4:40
  12. "Already Free" (Trucks/Mattison) – 2:46

Bonus tracks

Best Buy has an exclusive edition with three bonus tracks:

  1. "Ballad of the Chicken Robber" (Trucks/Mattison) - 1:55
  2. "Swamp Raga" (Trucks) - 6:31
  3. "Long Time Man" (trad.) - 5:24

iTunes includes a bonus track with the purchase of the album:

  1. "Goin' Home" (Trucks/Mattison) - 3:14

Songs

1Down in the Flood5:02
2Something to Make You Happy5:02
3Maybe This Time5:04

References

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