ONE TO WATCH: Derek Trucks Ba.nd !JhenextDtme Alhnan?· DANIEL CRYSTAL contributing writer Out of Nowhere is an appropriate name for the latest release from the Derek Trucks Band. Best known as guitarist f(!r the All- man Brothers band, twenty-year-old Derek Trucks can easily establish his prowess among young, contemporary blues artists such as Johnny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. "' This is old-fashioned southern blues at That Derek Trucks. hes a young'un. its best. If you're expecting the poppy punch For some people, great just isn't domly. I've been on the road for a long blues was dead, especially among our of Johnny Lang's "Lie to Me" or Kenny good enough. Take twenty-year-old time, I've been around those guys .. .it's generation. Why do you think there's Wayne Shepherd's "Somehow, Somewhere, Derek Trucks, for example. Old enough definitely an honor to be asked to join been a resurgence of the blues .among Someway," you're in for a rude awaken- to be in your English class and already the band, it's completely different people our age? , ing. The opening track, "Preachin' Blues," playing guitar with the Allman Broth- !han sitting in with them. T: I don't know, I think it' s .. .I never sets the pace for the entire album: slow, lwn- ers Band. Most people would be con- listened to Stevie Ray all that much, bering blues highlighted by incredible gui- tent to play with one of the most leg- A: Have you ever met ariy of your I'd always go back to the people he tar work. The pace never really picks up endary bands in existence, but not contemporaries like Jonny Lang or was taking it from, you know, Albert with the exception of the funky "Look-ka Derek. Nope, Derek decided that it's Kenny Wayne Shepherd? King, and Freddie King, and Hendrix. PyPy" and the very Allmanish "Alright," time to strike it out on his own, and T: No; I haven't listened to them I think before he was around the real which has the biggest potential to be a radio after rocking Tipitina's Saturday it's either, so I don't know exactly what blues might have left a long time ago. hit. pretty obvious that this boy is des- they're about. There's obviously some direct links Derek Trucb i8 incredibly talented; most tined for fame. Here's what Derek left to the real thing, each music kinda' of the album seems to be a mediwn for him had to say about his career, the All- A: Have you ever heard yourself has its time and its day and I think to show off his exceptional slide playing. man experience and the state of mod- compared to them? you can't recreate music, it's some- "Young Funk" is an almost jazzy instru- ern music. T: Well, yeah, because of the age thing that's gotta be in the moment, mental jam, while "Good Morning Little it's inevitable. Basically, I think we're something that's new and real. That's School Girl" gives the band a chance to do Arcade: What was it like to play for worlds away. what happened to jazz in the '50s and their version of an old dassic. "Kickin' Back'' the Allman Brothers? Those guys are blues from the '40s to the late '60s. is just that a nine minute jam session which legendary. A: If you could jam with one per- Rock and roll was the same way, there works the whole way through. "Death Let- T: It was an amazing summer man; son, dead or alive, who would it be? was the late '60s there was a lot of ter" is nice unplugged blues, and "Ain't I really enjoyed it. It was pretty wild T: Wow, one person, that's a tough groups coming out, you know the All- That Lovin' You" shows off Truck's mas- to look over and see those guys on one, there's so many. So many huge mans and Hendrix, you can't recre- tery of the 12-bar blues. The only song that stage every night. It was definitely a influences. Honestly, I would like to ate that, you can't find the formula really breaks from the mold is the final track, trip. I'm looking forward to hittin' it get a chance to see Duane play maybe and try to re-do it. I think maybe "Deltaraga," which is a strange ｣ ｯ ｮ ｧ ｬ ｯ ｭ ｾ again next year. even play with him, Coltrane, Sun Ra what's going on is far different. Most eration of blues and an Indian raga played would be a good one, a lot of the Indi- of the blues I heard on the radio now on acoustic guitars. It actually works quite A: When do you plan on going on an classical musicians ... I'd like to get is pop-rock instead of blues. It was well, ending the album on a mystical note. tour with them again? a chance to play with John Lee Hook- about a completely different thing, I If you're not a blues fan, don't bother T: We start in March at the Beacon. er and BB King before they split. don't think you can grow up in a white with Out of Nowhere. True, it may have all neighborhood, go to a good school, been done before and it might not have the · A: How did you manage to get with A: You guys have been together for and play with the same emotion as punch of Kenny Wayne Shepherd's Trou- the Allman Brothers? Did Greg All- 10 or 11 ｹ ･ ｡ ｲ ｳ Ｎ ｾ Ｎ that means you've someone who grew up on a planta- ble Is ... , but it is certainly quality guitar work man just knock on your door one day been together since middle school. tion and picked cotton. I think maybe and a showcase of old-fashioned blues. ｾ ｦ and say, "Hey, you're pretty decent T: Yeah; I've been on the road since they should find a new name for it. you're an Allman Brothers fan looking for at the guitar, why don't you come and I was 9 or 10, so this band has been something new, a disgruntled Stevie Ray play with us?" together for 5 or 6 years. Daniel Crystal Vaughn fan, or a Claptonite who enjoyed T: I played in Greg's solo band when From the Cradle, check out the Derek Trucks I was 14, and I've sat in with the All- A: After the death of Stevie Ray ｣ ｯ ｮ ｴ ｲ ｩ ｨ ｾ ｴ ｩ ｮ ｧ ｷ ｲ ｩ ｴ ･ ｲ Band and prepare to rock. mans when I was 12 or 13, just ran- Vaughn in the late '80s, they said the october 22, 1999 16 .