Tedeschi Trucks Band - Everybodys Talkin (Mp3) 2012. butchT

The Tedeschi Trucks Band is an 11-piece ensemble made up of guitarist-vocalist Susan Tedeschi's and guitarist Derek Trucks' individual bands. They made their debut with 2011's Grammy-winning Revelator, a sprawling collection that showcased funky R&B, gospel, blues, and scorching large band rock. Everybody's Talkin', a double disc, is a live offering from that supporting tour. Produced by Trucks, it includes live versions of some album tracks and six beautifully chosen covers; all its tunes are given extended, imaginatively arranged treatments. It's an unusual live record because its balance of sonic precision and stage-born kinetics is perfect -- this band transitions seamlessly between R&B, blues, rock, gospel, and jazz. These performances never succumb to mere jam band clichés. On disc one, "Midnight in Harlem" is introduced by a mini raga played as a slide solo by Trucks. The band enters gradually, and Tedeschi's soulful vocal carries them all the way in. (Tedeschi is revealed, song after song -- far beyond her solo records or even Revelator -- to be among the truly great singers in modern blues and rock; by turns graceful and grainy, her expression reaches the spiritual in execution.) At over 11 minutes, the interplay between guitarists, Mike Mattison's backing vocals, keyboards, and rhythm section are impeccable. Things get rowdier on "Learn How to Love," with nasty guitar work by Tedeschi, and a burning tenor sax solo by Kebbi Williams. The horn section really pops in "Bound for Glory"; the exchange between the Burbridge brothers on bass and keys, with drummers Tyler Greenwell and J.J. Johnson, adds a knotty improv bridge where deep funk and blues grind together. The disc closes with an astonishing reading of John Sebastian's "Darlin" Be Home Soon." With horns tastefully accenting and underscoring lead vocals, Trucks' slide solo stays melodically true, yet moves through the band's shimmering groove into the stratosphere (and he does this throughout this album, over and over again, helping to elevate not only the tune, but the sense of groove, space, and texture). Disc two contains only four cuts but they're all gems: Pearl Woods' "That Did It" (a Bobby "Blue" Bland vehicle) is a down and gritty strut, with excellent, in-the-grain guitar work by Tedeschi. Stevie Wonder's "Uptight" is a 15-minute soul rave-up with a beautiful jazz interlude and scat singing from Oteil Burbridge in its middle, followed by a wonderfully imagined slide solo by Trucks. It's followed by the deep, horn-driven, wah-wah funk of "Love Has Something Else to Say" before closing with a stirring read of Sam Cooke's "Wade in the Water." It's a spooky gospel-blues with gorgeous alternate lead vocals by Mark Rivers and Tedeschi. Everybody's Talkin' is what every live album should be: an accurate, exciting reflection of a band at its peak, playing full-throttle and providing plenty of surprises.

RELEASE DATE


May 22, 2012


DURATION


106:23


GENRE


Blues


Pop/Rock


STYLES


American Trad Rock


Blues-Rock


Contemporary Singer/Songwriter


Guitar Virtuoso


Modern Blues


Retro-Rock


Roots Rock

320kbps.

Track List

disc 1

1


Everybody's Talkin'


Fred Neil


Tedeschi Trucks Band


5:31


2


Midnight in Harlem (Swamp Raga Intro with Little Martha)


Derek Trucks


Tedeschi Trucks Band


10:23


3


Learn How to Love


Susan Tedeschi / Derek Trucks


Tedeschi Trucks Band


9:27


4


Bound for Glory


Susan Tedeschi / Derek Trucks


Tedeschi Trucks Band


12:53


5


Rollin' and Tumblin'


Elmore James


Tedeschi Trucks Band


4:41


6


Nobody's Free


Susan Tedeschi / Derek Trucks


Tedeschi Trucks Band


10:24


7


Darling Be Home Soon


John Sebastian


Tedeschi Trucks Band


10:04

disc 2

1


That Did It


P. Woods


Tedeschi Trucks Band


7:58


2


Uptight


H. Cosby / Stevie Wonder


Tedeschi Trucks Band


15:32


3


Love Has Something Else to Say (With Kissing My Love)


Derek Trucks / B. Withers


Tedeschi Trucks Band


11:06


4


Wade in the Water


J.W. Alexander / S. Cooke


Tedeschi Trucks Band


8:24