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The Derek Trucks Band (album)

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Length
  
52:13

Producer
  
John Snyder

Label
  
Landslide Records

Released
  
October 7, 1997 (CD) November 17, 2008 (Digital download)

Recorded
  
September 30, October 1-October 4, 1996 at Dockside Studios (Maurice, Louisiana)

Genre
  
Blues, jazz fusion, jam rock, Southern rock

The Derek Trucks Band (often called simply, Derek Trucks) is the debut album by American jam band The Derek Trucks Band, released on October 7, 1997. The album was recorded between September 30-October 4, 1996 at Dockside Studios, Maurice. The album is composed mainly of re-arranged jazz and blues classics and the rest are original compositions by the band. Derek was seventeen years old at the time of the release of the album. In 2008, the album was made available digitally, and is now available on iTunes, and other online retailers like Real, Rhapsody, Yahoo! Music, eMusic, Napster and Puretracks.

Personnel

Band Members
  • Derek Trucks - guitar, sarod
  • Todd Smallie - bass guitar
  • Bill McKay - organ, keyboards, synthesizer, clavinet, piano, vocals (on track 3)
  • Yonrico Scott - drums, tympani, conga drums, shakers, tambourine, maracas, sabasa, chimes
  • Additional personnel
  • Gary Gazaway - trumpet, flugelhorn (on track 3,6)
  • John Snyder - producer
  • Tony Daigle - engineer
  • Benny Graeff - assistant engineer
  • Johnny Sandlin - mixing
  • Benny Graeff - assistant mixer
  • Tony Daigle - mastering
  • J. Flournoy Holmes - design and photography
  • Buddy Odom Management - management
  • Wayne Forte (Entourage Talent Associates, Ltd.) - booking
  • Kelly Elder - legal representation
  • References

    The Derek Trucks Band (album) Wikipedia