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ART HANGAMA AMIRI PG. 19 ARTS & EVENTS PG. 20 FOLIO A + E CONCERTS LIVE & LOCAL PG. 22 t’s not an overstatement to say on stuf ,” Tedeschi said. “[‘Shame’] is Tedeschi Trucks Band is Northeast basically saying, ‘Step it up, you’re not Florida’s most visible act of the above everyone else, shame on you for Ilast decade. Venerable solo artist Susan SIGNS OF not caring about other people.’” Tedeschi and T e Allman Brothers A bluesy and buoyant heartbreaker, Band guitarist Derek Trucks formed the “Hard Case” could f t in anywhere in the maelstrom of funk, blues, soul, folk and THE TIMES band’s discography. (“You got a lot to country when the couple combined their learn/ I got a lot to lose/ Guess I hold a respective backing bands. Success didn’t TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND hits the candle/ For singers of the blues/ You’re take long: T eir debut record, Revelator, road with a TOPICAL NEW ALBUM a hard case to refuse”). While Trucks, snatched a Grammy for Best Blues Album who joined T e Allman Brothers Band in 2011. T eir fourth LP, Signs, dropped at 19, usually delivers three or four in February. No one is above anyone else, she said. T e collaborative aspect is strong on standout guitar solos on each album, T e 12-piece band christened Daily’s “We talk about what we should work Signs. T e set was recorded on two-inch the performance on “Still Your Mind” is Place in 2017, and they return for the on. T ere’s a lot of communication. We analog tape at the couple’s home studio, among his best. third time in as many years to kick of the just love and respect each other. It’s a Swamp Raga. T e recording process As for new arrivals to the group, 24-stop Wheels of Soul Tour on June 28. family vibe on the road, unlike some imbued the album with a live feel, and the Tedeschi lauded the talents of bassist Tedeschi told Folio Weekly they couldn’t bands where it’s pure debauchery. We format provided crispness and warmth. Brandon Boone. Keyboardist Gabe Dixon have picked a better venue. have that, too, don’t get us wrong,” Band members from diverse backgrounds is a tour veteran, with road experiences “A gig at home is pretty rare these days,” Tedeschi laughed. “We’re not perfect, bring new ideas to the group. Harvard that include tours with Paul McCartney she said. “You can have a lot of family and but we keep it pretty tight. If somebody’s grad Mike Mattison wrote “Strengthen and Alison Krauss. local friends come out. It’s a pretty good unhappy, we work on it. We try to make What Remains,” a song about his aunt’s “We feel pretty honored to have way to start the summer tour.” each other happy.” fruitless search for the child she gave up [Dixon],” Tedeschi said. “It really adds to T eir concert circuit, which stretches Tedeschi acknowledged that the tone for adoption (“A world where dreams the arsenal of this band.” from Florida to North Carolina to of Signs is political and pensive. T e come true/ Wasn’t meant for you”). Rounding out the lineup are Colorado, also features Charleston folk/ album came partly from a place of loss— Signs opens with the warning shot percussionists J.J. Johnson and Tyler alt country rock duo Shovels & Rope several blues luminaries have died in about uncertainty. “Signs, High Times” Greenwell, and Kebbi Williams, who’s (husband Michael Trent and wife Cary recent years. bounces the band’s four singers— been the band’s saxophonist since Ann Hearst), and Atlanta roots/Southern/ “We lost Col. Bruce Hampton, Gregg Tedeschi, Mattison, Alecia Chakour and 2010. Trumpeter Ephraim Owens and blues/rockers Blackberry Smoke. Tedeschi Allman, Butch Trucks and Leon Russell. It’s Mark Rivers—of each other. T e track trombonist Elizabeth Lea joined the band compared the atmosphere of the tour to a sort of a ref ective record,” Tedeschi said. list veers from the angry and worried in 2015. traveling circus. And the heartbreak isn’t over. “Shame” to comforting love ballads like “It’s like an Olympic team,” Tedeschi said. “You see these people every day for Following a series of medical “I’m Gonna Be T ere.” Nick Blank a few weeks. You make friendships, complications, band member Kofi “[Signs is] about current events. It’s [email protected] lifelong friendships honestly,” she Burbridge died the day the album no secret the American public is going was released. The keyboardist and through a hard time with this president Subscribe to the Folio Music Newsletter said. “You get experimental—you at folioweekly.com/newsletters never know what’s going to happen. It flute player wrote the album’s string and [the album is] calling him out gets a little crazy having three bands arrangements, which were performed and the crew and a lot of buses. It’s by the Jacksonville Symphony. Trucks quite the production.” called Burbridge the band’s “resident T ese days, of -stage camaraderie genius” in a March Florida Times- isn’t essential for a major recording act. Union story. More than a few bands show up, play and “We are really blessed with having that then go their separate ways. Tedeschi was moment on the record,” Tedeschi said. thankful that her group doesn’t do that. “It’s been really hard on everybody.” Photo by Shervin Lainez TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND 7 p.m. Friday, June 28, Daily’s Place, Sports Complex, dailysplace.com, $34.75-$234.75 18 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 26-JULY 2, 2019.

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