The Tedeschi Trucks Band is an American blues rock group based in Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 2010, the band is led by married couple Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. Their debut album, Revelator (2011), won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album. The band has released three studio and two live albums.

Contents 1 History 2 Band members 3 Discography 4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External links History

After touring together in 2007 as the Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi's Soul Stew Revival, the couple merged their respective groups to form the Tedeschi Trucks Band in 2010.[1] Their first concert was on April 1, 2010, at the Savannah Music Festival.[2]

Tedeschi and Trucks performing as Soul Stew Revival in 2007.

The first Tedeschi Trucks Band album, Revelator, was released on June 7, 2011.[3] The album peaked at No. 92 on the Canadian Albums Chart,[4][citation needed] No. 164 in the UK Albums Chart[5] and won a Grammy Award for Best Blues Album.[6]

Their second album, Everybody's Talkin' was recorded live and released in May 2012.[7]

In 2013, the band was nominated for the Blues Music Awards [8] and released their third album, Made Up Mind.[9]

The band gave a Joe Cocker tribute concert at the 2015 Lockn' Festival[10] featuring alumni musicians from Cocker's bands.[11]

The band's first three albums were published by Sony Masterworks,[12] but their 2015 album Let Me Get By was released on Fantasy Records.[13] Produced by Trucks, the album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard Top 200 album sales chart.[14]

On January 9, 2019 the band announce their February 15, 2019 release of a new album, Signs, via Fantasy Records/Concord along with tour dates through August 2019. [15]

Band members Susan Tedeschi – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2010–present) Derek Trucks – lead guitar (2010–present) Tyler Greenwell – drums, percussion (2010–present) J. J. Johnson – drums, percussion (2010–present) Mike Mattison – harmony vocals (2010–present) Mark Rivers – harmony vocals (2010–present) Kebbi Williams – saxophone (2010–present) Brandon Boone – bass guitar (2019-present) Ephraim Owens – trumpet (2015–present) Elizabeth Lea – trombone (2015–present) Alecia Chakour – harmony vocals (2015–present)

Former band members

Oteil Burbridge – bass (2010-2012) Maurice "Mobetta" Brown – trumpet (2010–2015) Saunders Sermons – trombone (2010-2015) Tim Lefebvre – bass guitar (2013–2018) Kofi Burbridge – keyboards, flute (2010–2019; his death)

Touring musicians

Dave Monsey – bass (2012) Ted Pecchio – bass (2012) George Porter, Jr. – bass (2012) Eric Krasno – bass (2013) Bakithi Kumalo – bass (2013) Carey Frank – keyboards (2017) Gabe Dixon – keyboards (2019) Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Peak positions Sales US[16] AUS[17] ITA[18] NED[19] NOR[20] NZ[21] SWI[22] 2011 Revelator 12 71 — 83 — 38 55 2013 Made Up Mind 11 48 — 79 23 — 22 US: 113,000[23] 2016 Let Me Get By 15 36 77 37 — — 98 2019 Signs[24] To be released