Roadsongs |  | Artist: The Derek Trucks Band
Label: Sony Legacy
Category: Music
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 136
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.2
UPC: 886976485726
EAN: 0886976485726
ASIN: B003FPPE1W
Release Date: June 21, 2010
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | I'll Find My Way (Live) | | • | Down In The Flood (Live) | | • | Sailing On (Live) | | • | Get What You Deserve (Live) | | • | Days Is Almost Gone (Live) | | • | Already Free (Live) | | • | Afro Blue (Live) |
Disc 2
| • | I Know (Live) | | • | Down Don't Bother Me (Live) | | • | Don't Miss Me (Live) | | • | Rastaman Chant (Live) | | • | Key To The Highway (Live) | | • | Get Out My Life Woman/Who Knows(Live) | | • | Anyday (Live) |
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Product Description
Roadsongs is a document of the Derek Trucks Band at its collective musical peak, recorded live in Chicago during their 2009 Already Free Tour. Featuring extended live versions from their Grammy Award-winning album Already Free along with classic Derek Trucks Band originals, Roadsongs captures the band reaching new heights on-stage and beyond.
Album Description
2010 two CD live release from the American rockers. The Derek Trucks Band is a six-piece group with a 16 year legacy of relentless touring; always believing in building the machine the old fashioned way: one fan at a time. Their concerts have evolved into consistent, rafter-raising events, filled with soulful jams and Gospel-revival intensity, highlighted by Trucks' dazzling, daring guitar solos. Roadsongs captures the DTB in their full, cathartic glory and promises to expand their audience and draw greater attention to the group... and Trucks himself!
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Well done, gentlemen June 24, 2010
M. Lenda (Boulder, CO)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
Let's be honest: "Already Free" was severely underwhelming to many DTB fans. I am not one of them, because I enjoy that album exactly for what it is -- good music, good friends, good family. Trucks doesn't do a lot of soaring on that album (nor did he need to), and he let a lot of other things shine.
When they announced the release of "Roadsongs," my spine started to tingle again. Could it even begin to compare to "Live At Georgia Theatre" (capturing DTB just as singer Mike Mattison was coming into his own as the voice of the band)? Could it elevate to the standard established by "Songlines! Live" (putting a face on DTB with this DVD release)? This was my concern. What if they are now a laid-back band? What if Trucks is no longer interested in ripping every inch of every song apart?
No worries. "Roadsongs" delivers like you wouldn't believe.
As Mattison says in the liner notes, DTB is a band that makes its mark on the stage. From the outset, Trucks puts in flying solo after flying solo, never staying within any box ever presented to him. The band is tight and playing like it's just another night on stage -- and "just another night" means that they are delivering. The horn section adds depth and taste as well as a few solos in songs like "Afro Blue." DTB runs the gamut of their collection, with a focus on the songs from "Already Free"; of particular greatness are "Get What You Deserve" and "Down In the Flood." They go way back to "Afro Blue" from their album "Soul Serenade" as well as a couple of tunes from "Songlines."
As for the covers, we get what we wanted: "Key to the Highway" and "Anyday" are throw-backs to Derek and the Dominos that only DTB are capable of pulling off. It's almost unreal what this band does to these songs. As a bonus, we get "Who Knows" -- that great Hendrix tune -- thrown onto the backside of "Get Out of My Life Woman," and Trucks plays some of the most outrageous tricks-in-the-bag that he's got. I would put him above Bonamassa, Sheperd, and Mayer any day of the week (even though I love their playing, too).
I could talk for hours about this record, and I've only had it for a day and a half. But I'd rather listen to it again. And again. And again.
DTB--GREAT CD--GREATER BAND June 27, 2010
Christopher R. Mcbeth (Walnut Bottom, PA USA)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
OK, this will be easy. The DTB has no bad CDs or DVDs. Roadsongs just adds to an already brilliant musical catalog. Enough said. Folks, this is the BEST band in the world and they have been for a few years now, if not more. If anyone thinks differently, they haven't caught the band live yet. A suggestion: when the DTB comes to your town, run, don't walk to get tickets. They are a LIVE band in the purest sense of the word. While their recorded material is great, it just doesn't do justice to their live shows. This is no image-band; there is no con game at their shows (I've seen them 9 times). JUST THE MUSIC !! Yes, Derek is a mind-blowing guitarist but trust me, Kofi, Mike, Rico, Todd & Count M'Butu are not far behind !! Buy this disk; buy anything from the DTB. You won't be disappointed. But go to a DTB show; then you'll understand.
"First There Is A Rasta...Then There Is No Rasta...Then There Is !!!! June 27, 2010
Shell-Zee (Long Island, NY)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Without a doubt these live recordings by The Derek Trucks Band should for, all intents and purposes be the equivilent of the great "Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore East. Yes!!! Absolutely!!! It's just that significant. Just as the ABB needed a couple of studio albums under their belt before they recorded those seminal live sessions at the famed Fillmore East. Likewise Derek and Company honed their craft in the studio and have now hit their stride with Roadsongs. This is a beauty start to finish. I'm dying to catch them live this summer. And for all the Mountain Jam fans out there, I highly recommend "Rasta Man Chant", (a holy chant by Rastafarians. It was done accapella by The Wailers on the Burin' album). I get the same vibe from "Rata" that I've always felt with "Mountain". They both flow so effortlessly. And Freddie King's delightful blues classic "Get Outta' My Life Woman" absolutely cooks. But Wow!!!!!! How about "Key To The Highway"? It's one of two Layla covers. The other is "Anyday" (actually an old Delaney & Bonnie chestnut). Both have the intensity and dynamics and of course the soul of that special Duane/Eric magic. Yeah no doubt, Derek surely was born out of that great ABB legacy. He's got that pedigree baby!!! He's even got the name...And man oh man!!! He's sure enough got the chops!!!!
Bluesy India , Coltrane, Miles, Duane, ... June 28, 2010
stephen watkins (denver, co United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This band is on fire, and playing as one. These recordings bring to mind the Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Inner Mounting Flame," and Miles' "Kind of Blue" - where each musician 'feels it,' and 'brings it' . Then , throw in some Allman Brothers, and Indian music, etc. While indeed it's "The Derek Trucks Band," this is - wholeheartedly - A BAND EFFORT! Derek's playing is intense, subtle, melodic , and smoldering ( as is the rest of the group ). Mike Mattison's singing is especially soulful , in the best Stax - Muscle Shoals kind of way. As I listen to these two disks throughout the day , I feel inspired , and enriched . Their performance of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue " is fantastic- it's like hearing Coltrane at his 'outside / inside', searching creative peak . Every song is something special !!!
A Must-Have Live CD from a Must-See Band June 30, 2010
Robert B. Young (Denver, CO United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
There's a quote from Butch Trucks (uncle of Derek Trucks and original Allman Brothers Band drummer) in the Derek's Wikipedia entry which says "My nephew is just scary. I have played with a lot of really good guitar players. And with every one of them, I start figuring out what they are going to do [...] even with Duane. There are certain patterns they play that lead to something else and you kind of get used to what they are going to do. After all the years of playing with Derek, I still don't have the faintest idea of what he is going to do."
For me, this quote sums up why I can never hear or see enough live music from this band. No two performances are ever the same, and I always end up saying, that's "the best live version of [insert name] I've heard yet!" A quick comparison of Roadsongs to the Songlives Live DVD, which share 4 tracks in common, confirms this. On Roadsongs, "Key to the Highway" begins with a pacing and feel reminiscent of the Derek and the Dominos' cover, while the Songlines version feels like an encore performance at a blues bar on a Saturday night. Each performance is powerful ... and each performance is original.
In my opinion, Already Free (which the band was promoting) is more tightly packaged, and more polished, than their other studio recordings ... and I LOVE it! I was curious to see how the material on Already Free would translate into live performances, where the band still plays with structure, but more room to explore. I enjoyed the material from Already Free, but "Down Don't Bother Me" really stood out. I loved the bass line, I loved what the horn section adds, I loved Mike Mattison's vocals, and Derek's guitar work was both nuanced and inspired. It was "the best live version of Down Don't Bother Me I've heard yet!" ;)
My favorite performance on the CD was "Afro Blue". It's one of my favorite Coltrane tunes/performances (along with Alabama, Spiritual, My Favorite Things, and A Love Supreme), and my favorite track on Soul Serenade. The song begins with a light flourish ... Kofi Burbridge on flute ... percussion and bass join to drive the song forward, and the solos by saxophonist Mace Hibbard (who captured Coltrane's brash tone) and Derek are amazing! The track is energetic and intense.
Roadsongs does capture the experience of a Derek Trucks Band live performance. The band explores music-making from a variety of platforms, including slow blues ("Key to the Highway"), jazz ("Afro Blue"), and reggae ("Rastaman Chant"). Roadsongs doesn't contain anything directly comparable to "Maybe Your Baby" (Songlines Live) or "Freddie's Dead" (Live at the Georgia Theatre), but "Get Out My Life Woman" does get funky, and then segues unexpectedly into "Who Knows". Because "For My Brother" (Live at the Georgia Theatre) and "Machine Gun" (Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsys, Live at the Fillmore East) are my two favorite live recordings ever, I was thrilled to hear the band reference Jimi.
Overall, Roadsongs is a must-have CD from a must-see band, especially if you like live improvisation. I HIGHLY recommend it.
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