I wish some of the young kids I see on TH-cam now would watch this. He is so calm. No exaggerated "guitar face", no overpaying. No acting. Just playing better than any 13 year old should be able to.
Derek and his wife and band all understand and embody Jesus' saying" to him who much is given , much is expected. Thank you for sharing this heartfelt experience.
@@bbb8997 erratic...? Where is he erratic? Or are you just talking about his vibrato? It's certainly exaggerated, but that's a style choice, and hardly 'erratic'.
The scary thing is that this would be a great slide performance for a fully grown professional musician guitar journeyman. And this was only the tip of the iceberg for Derek's career.
Wow! Mad props. Such a mature player even at that age. I didn't think it was possible but my respect for his playing just went up even more. He is a true legend.
Warms my heart to know that the mantle from Duane has been passed to Derek. His head is on straight and to this day plays with the same passion as his mentor. Long live the memory of Duane "Skydog" Allman through Derek and others.
@@michaellangeloh3734 When I first heard Derek, I was stunned to the core. Since that day I have entertained myself with the romantic notion that Duane came back to us in and through Derek. Derek was born nearly 8 years after Duane was taken from us. Time enough for Duane to check out the after-world and think, “Nah, this can wait. I've got more music to play back down there on planet Earth.” Long Live Derek Trucks and the enduring spirit of the truly great and forever missed Duane Allman.
Derrick Trucks is 1 OF A KIND!!! As great as Duane Allman was, Derrick Trucks IS NOT beholden to him.....TRUST ME, NO DISRESPECT, I'D BE A COMPLETE FOOLISH JACKASS TO DISRESPECT THE GREATNESS OF DUANE ALLMAN....PERUOD
OH my God!!! Can you imagine, one day dad comes home from work, and little Derek says,.."Hey dad! Look what I learned to do in the garage". Talk about a gift from God. At 13 years old, no one can just be this great.
It didn't hurt Derek's uncle Butch Trucks was one of the drummers for the Allman Bros band. The kid was sitting in with them way before this. Look how good he is already at this age! I love listening to his slide guitar. He has his own style but man he sounds so much like Duane at times
There aren't too many prodigies that have the kind of composure that Derek had at this age. Other than getting even better, he really hasn't changed at all.
Jonny Lang had the poise, and talent, but got lost awhile (drugs etc, but got straight, and still a force... tho not as solid as DT). Also from the "Buddy Guy" school, we've got Kenny Wayne Shepard who started young. I aint heard enough KWS to compare, but I doubt he's the full package like Trucks . Growing up w/ rock royalty around prolly helped a lot, too. Go Derek, go Susie! (I saw her live, also youngish, opened for John Hiatt. She's got the pipes, and whatever soul it took to impress the Boys Club.)
got to stand 5ft from derek in a small club in jackson ms about 10 years ago and the way i felt about the electric guitar was changed forever!MIND BLOWING!!
It is like he has all the intensity, the left hand, and the intonation he has now, but in maturity he just has simply developed more sweetness. He is more conscious now of making moments happen using dynamics and the occasional deft passing tone, but everything else in his bag is on display here. This is a musician who set out with a steady goal in mind and came by his trade with a series of very deliberate choices. He has played his ass off since day one. While I genuinely love whatever gift he may have, I truly love his work ethic. He had to work out many kinks to get this rich tone; no way it happened by the grace of goodness alone.
Gotta consider who he has been around to develop that sound. I'm sure he took pieces parts from all kind of greats . The difference between a pro and an amateur is a pro knows the correct process and the little tricks to make the job easier. But I would have to say Dereck is probably the best blues guitarist Today. Their are many good ones. But for the clean raw old school blues sound, he's got it. He plays with emotion. You don't see much of that anymore.
@@kennethshort2016 Derek's father is alive & well, as is his mother. Not sure who you're thinking of. His Uncle Butch Trucks committed suicide a few years ago, but no motorcycle involved.
You can never recreate a solo exactly. This one was in the beginning of a story he was writing for life. He was then, and he is, and will be one of the greatest guitar players to ever live. The great thing He ain’t even close to to finishing the great story
I am so glad that I found this video clip of a 13 year old Derek Trucks. He plays every note on his guitar as though it is a tribute to the late Great Duane Allman and does it so well. I too am a guitar player since the age of 16 now just turned 60 can appreciate his excellent abilities as one of the Greatest slide guitarist of all time.
I have seen this video a few times now and I don't think I've ever watched less than all of it. What a gift this man has been to all of us who have a taste for living moving music that has a soul!
Just a gift from God - and surely many thousands of hours woodshedding. I happened to meet Derek (and his kids and parents) 20 years after this video on a street in the West Village in New York City. My younger daughter, who was 13 at the time, was with me. I mentioned that my daughter's first concert was an ABB show at the Beacon when she was 6. Derek was such gracious and humble guy and we chatted for a couple of minutes. What a good dude, and for me, no one else comes close on guitar. His playing is spiritual, like Coltrane. It's hard to describe. Your heart listens as much as your ears.
Guitardudeguy TMark/Osh ....he was able to take the rubber band off his slide finger as his hands got adult size...lol....kid was born into a legacy, what can you say? except, "prodigy"... without hesitation!
I play around with the slide now and then, (after hearing him play that is all I can call myself doing now) but seeing how much better he was at 13 then I have ever been is truly humbling. He is one of the greatest ever!!
so he was 14 here, i'm thinking... first time i heard him was the June 1994 at Lakewood Amphitheater with the Allman Bros... he was and still is breathtakingly fluid and loud for such a nontalker... one of the humblest lead guitfiddlers in rock and roll
I had the chance to meet him when he was 13 backstage, upstaires of the El Mocambo in Toronto. His dad and younger brother as well. I had lent my guitar and amp to the opening act, The ST Regis band......Jeff Healy was in attendence that night.
@@jerrelleverett1284calm your jets buddy. He's great, but not the greatest in the world by any means. But you are entitled to your opinon like anyone else.
First saw a young Derek when he was nine. You can imagine the spectacle of these remarkable musical tones emanating from someone who was fighting the weight of a Gibson guitar. Cool cat all the way. No pretensions or ego.
@@funkster007 yes, I do believe so. It was an outdoor bar/ smoked food venue in Tampa. He was wearing an Atlanta Braves cap and it just seemed that the guitar was large. His remarkable talent was evident even then and I had multiple other times to see him as he was growing. His Derek Trucks Band shows were among my favorite. Years later I reminded him of one particular St. Pete heralded blues dive he played and he busted out laughing telling me he remembered it well. Small former house venue, tiny riser, low ceilings and chairs almost on the “stage”! Great memories.
I met him three years earlier when he was traveling with his dad one summer. His dad (Butch Trucks's brother) was road-managing Ace Moreland from Florida. Derek played several songs with Ace & his band...and shredded it! I was so jazzed i went home (lived around the corner) and got a Derek Lilliquist Upper Deck card to give him...because we were chatting about the Braves, and, well, it seemed fun.
I saw him in a small venue in Atlanta in 1991....pre-mullet. He still had the buck teeth of a little kid and he was amazing. Derek and the Dominators. I think i still have the t-shirt somewhere.
We are lucky to live in this era and to enjoy Derek playing the stars of heaven. He's the best electric guitar player right now, his wife has the best blues voice right now and the TTB is the best band you can find on the planet. Hopefully we'll be hearing a lot more from them in the years to come.
Imagine what it would be like to sit and play with this kid, regardless of what position you hold onstage, and know that he's better than you ever will be at what you do. I've been playing guitar for 25 years, and I've seen TTB a few times, but I didn't know he was this good at that age. Unreal.
i just feel really sorry for that adult guitar player...like truly, that's not fair. The technique aside, the tone and feel he's pulling at 13 - -holy hell.
In music, the only person you're competing with is you and when you find your voice-like Duane, Derek, Miles, etc., you transcend to some other level that's way past competing.
Well, this just blew my mind! A 13 YEAR OLD who plays like he's been playing for 30 - 40 years! I love seeing these really young kids playing with known bands or along side of other well known musicians and holding thier own! Great stuff!!
Good gawd! Eric would be so proud! I had to see the boy again after seeing him as an adult. A True Treasure. ❤❤❤❤ Made this old woman smile! Ok…I cried.
I saw him live at 12 years old and sat there in awe. He was wearing the exact same shirt and hat at that show as well. If reincarnation is real then Duane Allman lives inside of Derek Trucks.
I was fortunate enough to see him perform at this age outside of Thoroughbred Music Store in Tampa. Elliott Easton was also on that stage. I'm also fortunate enough to be able to play slide guitar on a "64 Gibson SG so I know how much he enjoys what he does. Go Derek!
M.J., I have not seen this version of a much younger Derek Trucks! To say he had the gift would be a huge understatement. He flat knocked it out the park, bases loaded. In memory of one of his mentors. Gregg Allman. Thanks for this post. Now both Duane & Gregg are smiling in Heaven. Can't stop watching. This young Derek Trucks is almost, maybe even IN a state of Zen! Thanks again.
The patients and control he has at that age is really remarkable. I’ve been playing for a very long time now, I’m definitely not at his pay grade lol but I remember at that age rushing the beat kinda thing and it took me a long time to be behind the beat a little and to hear him do it at that age is very cool.
one of the most amazing things to witness ever! Can you imagine being like 40 and thinking this is the best jam I have been apart of and its with a 12 year old:?
I never saw the Derek Trucks Band live, with much regret. I have seen TTB multiple times and I love 'em but I do like Derek's solo stuff better. He is on a level that very few have or will ever reach.
Crazy he already has his own recognizable sound at such a young age. Already sounds like Trucks. Awesome! I remember seeing him at a small blues event in Sonora ca in the mid 90s. Was awesome 🤘
Saw Derek with Tedeschi/Trucks on New Year's Eve in San Francisco at the Warfield Theater back in 2011. Derek's dad is Butch Trucks and was the drummer for the Allman Brothers. We talked to him for quite a while in the lobby, he was selling T-Shirts at the merchandise table.
Whaaaat? So spot on and so expressive so young. That would have blown me away from an older man, never mind a kid. Wow. I was already so impressed with him, but that kicked it up a notch.
It's part of the dude's brain, I swear. He's as cold as ice; he doesn't play because it makes him feel good, he plays because that's what he was born to do. It's like he takes a nap and says "Fingers, wake me up when you're done."
I think his lack of facial expression is far better than toby lee's over use of facial expression. you can hide inner enjoyment behind a blank face, but fake and contrived facial expression is always going to be fake and contrived.
I'm from Jacksonville, Fl and saw Derek in a bar about these days. Years later, got to be onstage at Wannee Festival, 10 feet from Derek. His demeanor has never changed, it's like he's channeling someone, or something, but I like to think it's God,enjoying the gift he gave this incredible talent. I never get tired of listening, and watching, Derek Trucks... So cool he and Susan and their kids still call Jax their home.
This is a lot like watching what I've seen of the young Joe Boannamassa, Samantha Fish, Sadie Johnson, and others, who leave you wondering, " How the hell is that kid that good?" This video took my breath away a couple of times. I didn't know whether to inhale or exhale.
A prodigy who has never stopped refining his craft while not losing himself in the ego driven world of money, fame and self abuse that is today's music world. The little boy in him is still evident every time he and Susan Tedeschi strap on their guitars and step out on stage.
I'm thinking he was probably almost as good at 10 years old. I don't know when he started playing. There are musical child prodigies all around now. They just need support. Derek is incredibly talented 👏.
Somewhere about this time in Augusta, Ga, my brother and I heard that Butch Trucks had a nephew that was playing guitar so we decided to go to a local nightclub and see him. Out walks this little kid with a guitar about as big as he was and we looked at each other and shrugged. He then proceeded to blow the roof off the place! Best surprise I've ever gotten from a live musical act!
I was fortunate enough to have seen Derek play on his 13th birthday at the Junkyard in Casselberry.. AND.. I had a piece of the birthday cake.. Great memory and great performance by a kid who should have already been in bed.. LOL.
Man, he’s gotten a lot better since then!!! I know I’m supposed to say omg, so great, and only 13, but honestly, this performance is just what it is… pretty darn good for a 13 year old kid, but nothing to write home about. But I love that! From here he worked his butt off and learned and learned and learned, and today he’s one of the best guitar players still among the living and very much in the company of some the greats who have passed!!! 😁
Playing extraordinarily loud guitar music evidently did not stunt the young man's growth. Let's see, he's 13 in this video, which was just about the same time THC & the Wreckage (the great Tommy Hambridge) held court as the house band at the open mic night at the Tam every Wednesday night in Brookline Massachusetts. Meanwhile, back in the snack food aisle at her family's convenience store, Susan Tedeschi, was more than likely humming Angel from Montgomery, and daydreaming about graduating from ninth-grade. Later, Tommy auditions for Susan's band, their first record wins a Grammy and gets them signed. Tommy is so successful because he's a musician, not just "a drummer". He writes, produces, and he's one of those wonderful guys who returns his phone calls. And for a guy like me, who's from Dayton, the fact that TH had a scholarship offer from Berklee AND an offer to play for the Cincinnati Reds is just sick. There's so much talent in the world, and we are lucky that whoever breaks through the junk and gets to be heard actually has a chance of building a long term career that we get to follow, very closely, because of the Internet. An interesting aspect of Derek's playing as a young man is that he had not yet attended the Ali Akbar School of Music and been influenced by the Indian Sarod. But just listen to his tone! 10-15 years later he still has the same tone he did at 13. Here's a great articleglidemagazine.com/126269/tommy-hambridge-unstoppable-music-business-journey-interview_/
I wish some of the young kids I see on TH-cam now would watch this. He is so calm. No exaggerated "guitar face", no overpaying. No acting. Just playing better than any 13 year old should be able to.
Beautiful human being - he, his wife and his band helped my friend through her cancer - Rock on brother!
That’s beautiful
Awesome 👍
Derek and his wife and band all understand and embody Jesus' saying" to him who much is given , much is expected. Thank you for sharing this heartfelt experience.
@@steveluke7781 I pray for the band's safety and salvation nearly everytime I watch one of their videos or drive past their house.
God, shut up🤦
He has an amazing ear. His pitch was right on, something that's not easy for slide.
erratic pitch at best
no it's not......
b bb-I wish i was as "erratic" as him. Lots of Skydog in the man. He's so awesome.
@@bbb8997 he's 13 here let that sink in...erratic ffs 🙄
@@bbb8997 erratic...? Where is he erratic? Or are you just talking about his vibrato? It's certainly exaggerated, but that's a style choice, and hardly 'erratic'.
He is so precise in his movements. Slide takes a lot of time to perfect and he has easily become one of the best ever.
Agreed and always seems like a great guy.
BB King said he was the best slide guitarist he had ever heard!!! That’s saying something!!!
And now, 30 years later, he’s one of the greatest contemporary guitarists in the world!
The scary thing is that this would be a great slide performance for a fully grown professional musician guitar journeyman. And this was only the tip of the iceberg for Derek's career.
I feel a sense of great admiration, and of envy too. What an incredibly gifted guitarist Derek is. I could barely play 10 chords when I was his age.
Wow! Mad props. Such a mature player even at that age. I didn't think it was possible but my respect for his playing just went up even more. He is a true legend.
Warms my heart to know that the mantle from Duane has been passed to Derek. His head is on straight and to this day plays with the same passion as his mentor.
Long live the memory of Duane "Skydog" Allman through Derek and others.
I guess I'm a dumbass but didnt Skydog pass when Derek was still breast feeding in diapers...?
@@michaellangeloh3734 nah...he wasn't even thought of. But it's a spiritual mantle passing.
@@steveferry4922 Alay's Duane What about Dicky, Just saying. :D
@@michaellangeloh3734 When I first heard Derek, I was stunned to the core. Since that day I have entertained myself with the romantic notion that Duane came back to us in and through Derek. Derek was born nearly 8 years after Duane was taken from us. Time enough for Duane to check out the after-world and think, “Nah, this can wait. I've got more music to play back down there on planet Earth.” Long Live Derek Trucks and the enduring spirit of the truly great and forever missed Duane Allman.
Derrick Trucks is 1 OF A KIND!!! As great as Duane Allman was, Derrick Trucks IS NOT beholden to him.....TRUST ME, NO DISRESPECT, I'D BE A COMPLETE FOOLISH JACKASS TO DISRESPECT THE GREATNESS OF DUANE ALLMAN....PERUOD
For any guitarist who's tried or done slide, this is unbelievable.
He was wonderful then and his great now ! The guitar community is fortunate to have such a talented player.❤
OH my God!!!
Can you imagine, one day dad comes home from work, and little Derek says,.."Hey dad! Look what I learned to do in the garage".
Talk about a gift from God. At 13 years old, no one can just be this great.
Tell me there's not a God, wow, what a gift !!
It didn't hurt Derek's uncle Butch Trucks was one of the drummers for the Allman Bros band. The kid was sitting in with them way before this. Look how good he is already at this age!
I love listening to his slide guitar. He has his own style but man he sounds so much like Duane at times
I've read your comment yesterday and am still laughing :)))
Being born into it helps a whole bunch. To get that good you must eat. Sleep a breath it . There's no 1/2 way. It's all or you will be nothing.
There aren't too many prodigies that have the kind of composure that Derek had at this age. Other than getting even better, he really hasn't changed at all.
ken barr
Quinn Sullivan
So damn true
Jonny Lang had the poise, and talent, but got lost awhile (drugs etc, but got straight, and still a force... tho not as solid as DT). Also from the "Buddy Guy" school, we've got Kenny Wayne Shepard who started young. I aint heard enough KWS to compare, but I doubt he's the full package like Trucks . Growing up w/ rock royalty around prolly helped a lot, too. Go Derek, go Susie! (I saw her live, also youngish, opened for John Hiatt. She's got the pipes, and whatever soul it took to impress the Boys Club.)
got to stand 5ft from derek in a small club in jackson ms about 10 years ago and the way i felt about the electric guitar was changed forever!MIND BLOWING!!
It is like he has all the intensity, the left hand, and the intonation he has now, but in maturity he just has simply developed more sweetness. He is more conscious now of making moments happen using dynamics and the occasional deft passing tone, but everything else in his bag is on display here. This is a musician who set out with a steady goal in mind and came by his trade with a series of very deliberate choices. He has played his ass off since day one. While I genuinely love whatever gift he may have, I truly love his work ethic. He had to work out many kinks to get this rich tone; no way it happened by the grace of goodness alone.
Gotta consider who he has been around to develop that sound. I'm sure he took pieces parts from all kind of greats . The difference between a pro and an amateur is a pro knows the correct process and the little tricks to make the job easier. But I would have to say Dereck is probably the best blues guitarist Today. Their are many good ones. But for the clean raw old school blues sound, he's got it. He plays with emotion. You don't see much of that anymore.
...grace of God, even...
@@ronalddarnell9677 Warren may have a little something to say about that, but certainly a legit assessment
Like Duane, wasn't Derick s father killed in an eerily similar motorcycle accident? I think he connects with both of them when he plays.
@@kennethshort2016 Derek's father is alive & well, as is his mother. Not sure who you're thinking of. His Uncle Butch Trucks committed suicide a few years ago, but no motorcycle involved.
You can never recreate a solo exactly. This one was in the beginning of a story he was writing for life. He was then, and he is, and will be one of the greatest guitar players to ever live. The great thing He ain’t even close to to finishing the great story
I am so glad that I found this video clip of a 13 year old Derek Trucks. He plays every note on his guitar as though it is a tribute to the late Great Duane Allman and does it so well. I too am a guitar player since the age of 16 now just turned 60 can appreciate his excellent abilities as one of the Greatest slide guitarist of all time.
I have seen this video a few times now and I don't think I've ever watched less than all of it. What a gift this man has been to all of us who have a taste for living moving music that has a soul!
The Boy who would become King of the slide
He was already King of the slide back then as far as I can see
Bob Cardenaz id say that would still be Duane
yep!
Jarrod Cook... The boy had a good teacher (Duane) and was a good student. Not too shabby for a thirteen year old. And he hadn't even shaved yet. LOL!
Looks like he still doesn't shave! ;)
Derek has carried the Allman's flag with, grace, virtuosity, and dignity. Thanks for posting this great video of a young guitar great.
Mind blowing, he was only 13, and such a phenomenal skill set back then -- he sure makes that SG talk sweet
Layla; Statesboro Blues (instrumental); Slide guitar.
Age 13. Respect. SO MUCH RESPECT!!
I can't stand listening to Derek trucks. Every time I start I can't stop and hours and hours of my life vanish....
Just a gift from God - and surely many thousands of hours woodshedding. I happened to meet Derek (and his kids and parents) 20 years after this video on a street in the West Village in New York City. My younger daughter, who was 13 at the time, was with me. I mentioned that my daughter's first concert was an ABB show at the Beacon when she was 6. Derek was such gracious and humble guy and we chatted for a couple of minutes. What a good dude, and for me, no one else comes close on guitar. His playing is spiritual, like Coltrane. It's hard to describe. Your heart listens as much as your ears.
His hands and style of playing hasn't changed...legendary..He uses one amp and the same guitar to this day!
Guitardudeguy TMark/Osh ....he was able to take the rubber band off his slide finger as his hands got adult size...lol....kid was born into a legacy, what can you say? except, "prodigy"... without hesitation!
love to know all signatures on the SG body, you can see them when the light reflects on it.
jeff lovelady Glenn Frey is one of those signatures...
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"That probably is as good as I ever heard it" BB King talking to Derek Trucks 9-5-12 after he just played some slide beside him.
Scott Sanchez I was there ! Left me speechless.
+Roy Castro That's awesome! I've seen Derek 4 times and spoke with him twice. Always a great performance and always very gracious.
I play around with the slide now and then, (after hearing him play that is all I can call myself doing now) but seeing how much better he was at 13 then I have ever been is truly humbling. He is one of the greatest ever!!
It's like looking into the future,he still has that same look of concentration and pure bliss when he plays now
Great concentration, no doubt.
so he was 14 here, i'm thinking... first time i heard him was the June 1994 at Lakewood Amphitheater with the Allman Bros... he was and still is breathtakingly fluid and loud for such a nontalker... one of the humblest lead guitfiddlers in rock and roll
I had the chance to meet him when he was 13 backstage, upstaires of the El Mocambo in Toronto. His dad and younger brother as well. I had lent my guitar and amp to the opening act, The ST Regis band......Jeff Healy was in attendence that night.
How can some kid be better than 99.9 % of guitarists and still make it look easy 😅
The .1% of anything make it look easy. That’s the gift.
He's the best guitarist in world in my opinion.
@@jerrelleverett1284calm your jets buddy. He's great, but not the greatest in the world by any means. But you are entitled to your opinon like anyone else.
I am in my early 60's, and have been playing guitar since I was about 15. And I wish I could play slide like Derek... when he was 13! ;)
First saw a young Derek when he was nine. You can imagine the spectacle of these remarkable musical tones emanating from someone who was fighting the weight of a Gibson guitar. Cool cat all the way. No pretensions or ego.
Did he start off with an SG too? Even at 9 that would've been the ideal guitar. Super light.
@@funkster007 yes, I do believe so. It was an outdoor bar/ smoked food venue in Tampa. He was wearing an Atlanta Braves cap and it just seemed that the guitar was large. His remarkable talent was evident even then and I had multiple other times to see him as he was growing. His Derek Trucks Band shows were among my favorite. Years later I reminded him of one particular St. Pete heralded blues dive he played and he busted out laughing telling me he remembered it well. Small former house venue, tiny riser, low ceilings and chairs almost on the “stage”! Great memories.
Had to come back to this. I love the back and forth in the next tune they have going on. Just two blues guitarists having a musical conversation.
I met him three years earlier when he was traveling with his dad one summer. His dad (Butch Trucks's brother) was road-managing Ace Moreland from Florida. Derek played several songs with Ace & his band...and shredded it! I was so jazzed i went home (lived around the corner) and got a Derek Lilliquist Upper Deck card to give him...because we were chatting about the Braves, and, well, it seemed fun.
There's a former major league ballplayer in the Trucks family tree, though can't recall his first name.
So many great things in this video: Derek's playing, the Skydog t-shirt, the drummer's world class mullet . . .
I honestly believe Duane is coming through him.
No , Duanne have a happy face
Wow! I was just thinking about that the other day ❣
@@tiubart4875 yes his face is funny
i get that too
I saw him in a small venue in Atlanta in 1991....pre-mullet. He still had the buck teeth of a little kid and he was amazing. Derek and the Dominators. I think i still have the t-shirt somewhere.
Wow! Derek was better at 13 than the most very advanced studio musicians today on slide! Amazing!
Remember folks, its not how long you've been playing, it's what you've been practicing.
Amazing talent. No wonder he has evolved so richly and passionately. It is such a shame and a waste that so few were present to experience this event.
He sure does make it look easy. I tried it and it sounded like Im choking a duck
Ah ah the same for me ! 🤣😂
Lindo dms 😭😭😭
LOL
Me too, man.
How the hell does he do that
Imagine telling someone to listen to this with their eyes closed. Seeing their reaction once they opened them would be rewarding
We are lucky to live in this era and to enjoy Derek playing the stars of heaven. He's the best electric guitar player right now, his wife has the best blues voice right now and the TTB is the best band you can find on the planet. Hopefully we'll be hearing a lot more from them in the years to come.
Imagine what it would be like to sit and play with this kid, regardless of what position you hold onstage, and know that he's better than you ever will be at what you do. I've been playing guitar for 25 years, and I've seen TTB a few times, but I didn't know he was this good at that age. Unreal.
i just feel really sorry for that adult guitar player...like truly, that's not fair. The technique aside, the tone and feel he's pulling at 13 - -holy hell.
Ben Jammin 16 actually, this was 1993, and he was born in 1979
msmini2222 but still! I was learning how to properly play C without muting the high E when I was 16🤷🏻♂️
msmini2222 That would make him 14 actually.
That makes him just turned 14.
In music, the only person you're competing with is you and when you find your voice-like Duane, Derek, Miles, etc., you transcend to some other level that's way past competing.
Like Duane….
Jeez, at 13 he's already got the flatpick tucked between his fingers?
Andre Ranieri 16!
I have never heard this and never before in my life has a 13-year-old put tears in my eyes playing guitar
Derek still does it, too. Dude is on another planet.
Saul goodman was killing it too.
Lol.... a cross between him and Bill Hicks.
What? Isn't it Frank Baker from The Fabulous Baker Boys? He joined the Allman Brothers after the Baker Boys disbanded.
+TheGetPunched Saul Goodman. Yeah I can see that nice observation :)
Pedro147. Yeah maybe that blind guy will punch you out too dumbass! For talking about him like that you deserve it! Dummy 🙊 jackass dumbass 🙊!
Well, this just blew my mind! A 13 YEAR OLD who plays like he's been playing for 30 - 40 years!
I love seeing these really young kids playing with known bands or along side of other well known musicians and holding thier own! Great stuff!!
Good gawd! Eric would be so proud!
I had to see the boy again after seeing him as an adult. A True Treasure. ❤❤❤❤ Made this old woman smile! Ok…I cried.
Honored to have met and seen Mr Trucks perform... Incredible musician and more Incredible a person...
I saw him live at 12 years old and sat there in awe. He was wearing the exact same shirt and hat at that show as well. If reincarnation is real then Duane Allman lives inside of Derek Trucks.
And got better
It's real to me. It's very possible this is the case.
I was fortunate enough to see him perform at this age outside of Thoroughbred Music Store in Tampa. Elliott Easton was also on that stage. I'm also fortunate enough to be able to play slide guitar on a "64 Gibson SG so I know how much he enjoys what he does. Go Derek!
I just bet Eric Clapton wants to meet Derek.
M.J., I have not seen this version of a much younger Derek Trucks! To say he had the gift would be a huge understatement. He flat knocked it out the park, bases loaded. In memory of one of his mentors. Gregg Allman. Thanks for this post. Now both Duane & Gregg are smiling in Heaven. Can't stop watching. This young Derek Trucks is almost, maybe even IN a state of Zen! Thanks again.
Man ! This boy should make a band , maybe he can find a girl to be his wife and play together in a band
I lived in Vail Colorado throughout the 90's & Derek played there a lot. I was fortunate to see him being the headliner at the age of 15.
We saw him at "Sliders Restaurant and Bar" in Fernandina Beach, Florida when he was 10 years old.
howlinwolf73 ...... been 88 and 89, but I remember Fernandina beach very well.
Yep, He was just working on his chops at that point. But he was only 10 years old. It was really cool to have that memory of him. :)
Wow, wow, wow!! We have a little place across the street and ALWAYS think of Derek when we go over to Sliders. So cool you saw him.
The patients and control he has at that age is really remarkable. I’ve been playing for a very long time now, I’m definitely not at his pay grade lol but I remember at that age rushing the beat kinda thing and it took me a long time to be behind the beat a little and to hear him do it at that age is very cool.
He doesn't destroy it at all. He didn't copy it. He made it his own. That's what makes him so amazing.
Maybe destroy in a good way
He meant “crushes it” like destroy it in a good way
one of the most amazing things to witness ever! Can you imagine being like 40 and thinking this is the best jam I have been apart of and its with a 12 year old:?
I never saw the Derek Trucks Band live, with much regret. I have seen TTB multiple times and I love 'em but I do like Derek's solo stuff better. He is on a level that very few have or will ever reach.
Definitely channeling the spirit of Skydog himself.
Crazy he already has his own recognizable sound at such a young age. Already sounds like Trucks. Awesome! I remember seeing him at a small blues event in Sonora ca in the mid 90s. Was awesome 🤘
Saw Derek with Tedeschi/Trucks on New Year's Eve in San Francisco at the Warfield Theater back in 2011. Derek's dad is Butch Trucks and was the drummer for the Allman Brothers. We talked to him for quite a while in the lobby, he was selling T-Shirts at the merchandise table.
Butch was his uncle...not father
Whaaaat? So spot on and so expressive so young. That would have blown me away from an older man, never mind a kid. Wow. I was already so impressed with him, but that kicked it up a notch.
One of my favourite guitarist of all time ,well done Derek
When he split up from his first wife he got to keep his one facial expression and she took the rest.
That's mean. That's funny, but it's mean.
Now THAT was some funny shit ;))) I always thought he sold them to the devil in exchange for his talents, but you may be right. ;)
It's part of the dude's brain, I swear. He's as cold as ice; he doesn't play because it makes him feel good, he plays because that's what he was born to do. It's like he takes a nap and says "Fingers, wake me up when you're done."
BillyTalentguitar1 lol yeah he always looks bored and totally uninterested in what he's doing
I think his lack of facial expression is far better than toby lee's over use of facial expression. you can hide inner enjoyment behind a blank face, but fake and contrived facial expression is always going to be fake and contrived.
I'm from Jacksonville, Fl and saw Derek in a bar about these days. Years later, got to be onstage at Wannee Festival, 10 feet from Derek.
His demeanor has never changed, it's like he's channeling someone, or something, but I like to think it's God,enjoying the gift he gave this incredible talent.
I never get tired of listening, and watching, Derek Trucks...
So cool he and Susan and their kids still call Jax their home.
I think this young lad has a future in music... 🎸👍
Got to see tedeshi Trucks band in 2003 Columbus Ohio. So amazing Derek is such an amazing guitarist
I like the Layla part a lot, but i LOVE the blues duet part !!!
I remember all these guys .great people.they acted as amazed by our wild life as we were in complete awe of these guys music.very easy going people.
This is a lot like watching what I've seen of the young Joe Boannamassa, Samantha Fish, Sadie Johnson, and others, who leave you wondering, " How the hell is that kid that good?" This video took my breath away a couple of times. I didn't know whether to inhale or exhale.
I saw Derek that year play with Gregg Allman on New Year's Eve here in Raleigh!!! He blew us all away!!!
He must be such a quick study. He always knows where he is in the song. This is more impressive to me, for a 13 year old, than his virtuosity.
A prodigy who has never stopped refining his craft while not losing himself in the ego driven world of money, fame and self abuse that is today's music world. The little boy in him is still evident every time he and Susan Tedeschi strap on their guitars and step out on stage.
100 % true
The power of family.
Saw him and Buddy Guy play that year, only show I ever teared up watching. Genius
I'm thinking he was probably almost as good at 10 years old.
I don't know when he started playing.
There are musical child prodigies all around now.
They just need support.
Derek is incredibly talented 👏.
Somewhere about this time in Augusta, Ga, my brother and I heard that Butch Trucks had a nephew that was playing guitar so we decided to go to a local nightclub and see him. Out walks this little kid with a guitar about as big as he was and we looked at each other and shrugged. He then proceeded to blow the roof off the place! Best surprise I've ever gotten from a live musical act!
Amazing playing all round, but the tone from that Strat... incredible
I was fortunate enough to have seen Derek play on his 13th birthday at the Junkyard in Casselberry.. AND.. I had a piece of the birthday cake.. Great memory and great performance by a kid who should have already been in bed.. LOL.
What a joy to whatch....he's so damn calm...I love it.
He has Duane's slide, given to him by Greg, and god dam he can use it.Derek is probably the greatest slide player alive.
He definitely is. If he wasn’t already he took the title 🏆 the day that Johnny Winter died.
Man, he’s gotten a lot better since then!!! I know I’m supposed to say omg, so great, and only 13, but honestly, this performance is just what it is… pretty darn good for a 13 year old kid, but nothing to write home about. But I love that! From here he worked his butt off and learned and learned and learned, and today he’s one of the best guitar players still among the living and very much in the company of some the greats who have passed!!! 😁
as Derek plays at the age of 13 on the stage i still practicing my air guitar skills
Haha
Not only the air guitar skills but also the effects pedals and amp feedback.
I love that he just grabs a Coke and walks off after melting the stage.
Haha
Well with the Allman Brothers for uncles I would expect this and no less! Nonetheless great job son!
I am SOOOO impressed by this man , he's amazing !
Cant believe hes only 41... We are so lucky to have him!
Wow. I had no idea he was that good that young.
What I like even more than Derek's slide playing on this song is the drummer's sweet, sweet mullet.
killer cover, this kid friggin JAMS - & just look at him now
It's like at 13 he's channeling something deep, like he's an old soul. Pretty amazing.
What a treat to see his playing up close.
Amazing player! Cool to see footage from when he was a kid.
Playing extraordinarily loud guitar music evidently did not stunt the young man's growth. Let's see, he's 13 in this video, which was just about the same time THC & the Wreckage (the great Tommy Hambridge) held court as the house band at the open mic night at the Tam every Wednesday night in Brookline Massachusetts. Meanwhile, back in the snack food aisle at her family's convenience store, Susan Tedeschi, was more than likely humming Angel from Montgomery, and daydreaming about graduating from ninth-grade. Later, Tommy auditions for Susan's band, their first record wins a Grammy and gets them signed. Tommy is so successful because he's a musician, not just "a drummer". He writes, produces, and he's one of those wonderful guys who returns his phone calls. And for a guy like me, who's from Dayton, the fact that TH had a scholarship offer from Berklee AND an offer to play for the Cincinnati Reds is just sick. There's so much talent in the world, and we are lucky that whoever breaks through the junk and gets to be heard actually has a chance of building a long term career that we get to follow, very closely, because of the Internet. An interesting aspect of Derek's playing as a young man is that he had not yet attended the Ali Akbar School of Music and been influenced by the Indian Sarod. But just listen to his tone! 10-15 years later he still has the same tone he did at 13. Here's a great articleglidemagazine.com/126269/tommy-hambridge-unstoppable-music-business-journey-interview_/
I saw Derek in 1992, Birmingham Al.....And I still have the T shirt. AWESOME
If you are watching this you video have two choices: sell your gear, or practice like tomorrow is the last day on earth!
Na, just gotta be yourself.
For sale....