RIP Butch Trucks

Huggy · Jan 26, 2017

Riptide said:
There ain't much that beats watching Derek Trucks play guitar.

Totally agree, I have seen him live three times - twice with the Allmans and once with TTB (wish they would come back to Canuckistan) - and he was incredible every time. When we pulled up to their Toronto show in 2013 he was standing in front of the venue shooting the **** with fans. TTB is one of the best live bands on the road today. As great as their albums are they don't come close to capturing what they are like live.

Huggy · Jan 26, 2017

CD Boogie said:
Holy ****. He shot himself in front of his wife

Allman Brothers drummer fatally shot himself in front of wife | Page Six

Another sad chapter to the Allmans star-crossed history.

Riptide · Jan 26, 2017

Huggy said:
Totally agree, I have seen him live three times - twice with the Allmans and once with TTB (wish they would come back to Canuckistan) - and he was incredible every time. When we pulled up top their Toronto show in 2013 he was standing in front of the venue shooting the **** with fans. TTB is one of the best live bands on the road today. As great as their albums are they don't come close to capturing what they are like live.

This live performance really works for me. ... Great cover interpretation, too.

Huggy · Jan 26, 2017

Riptide said:
This live performance really works for me. ... Great cover interpretation, too.

They do an amazing version of that one which seems to have disappeared from their setlists but they throw in so many amazing covers with their own material. Incredibly versatile and talented band. And Mike Mattison may be the best blues/R&B/soul singer alive who doesn't have his own band.