I'd never heard of this band BUT ...

[guy3050]

In 2013 My Brother brought me to see Tedeschi Trucks Band , I knew Derek Trucks from The Allman Brothers band and him touring with Eric Clapton, But this band with his wife Susan Tedeschi just blew me away

[pawpawdiv9]

Originally Posted by guy3050

In 2013 My Brother brought me to see Tedeschi Trucks Band , I knew Derek Trucks from The Allman Brothers band and him touring with Eric Clapton, But this band with his wife Susan Tedeschi just blew me away

Love this- She sound a bit like Bonnie Raitt. (red head country singer)

[riggs336]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

Love this- She sound a bit like Bonnie Raitt. (red head country singer)

Not exactly on topic. I had heard of Bonnie Raitt as a young blues singer, but when I saw her sitting on Muddy Waters' lap at the end of the bar at Antone's in 1976, I knew she was committed to her craft. No irony or sarcasm intended.

[PowderedH2O]

In the late 90's, my ex and I were at an Irish festival in West Palm Beach and we saw a band called Great Big Sea. About 10 people were dancing and singing in front of the stage (probably 3000 people in attendance). We remarked how cool it was that this no-name band had people dancing around. The more we listened, the more we liked and we ended up grabbing a CD. We played that CD a bunch and three years later we noticed that the band was playing in a local club in Raleigh (where we lived), so we went to see them again. There were 500 people and everyone knew every song. We grabbed the rest of their CD's and over the next 5 years we saw them 11 more times (Washington DC, Charlotte, Atlanta, etc.). Had we not broken up I suppose we would have gone to see them many more times.

On a side note, one of the opening bands at one of the Raleigh shows was a band called Carbon Leaf. We loved them, and we saw them several times as well (and I have seen them a few more times with other folks). They are still around and quite awesome too.

[whitehse]

Originally Posted by guy3050

In 2013 My Brother brought me to see Tedeschi Trucks Band , I knew Derek Trucks from The Allman Brothers band and him touring with Eric Clapton, But this band with his wife Susan Tedeschi just blew me away

Because I have stupid stuff rolling around in my head AND we are on a sports card message board, the Tedeschi Trucks band is a direct relative of Tiger's pitcher Virgil "Fire" Trucks.

My wife said I should use this useless information for good somewhere.....I figure what a better place than on Net54.

[whitehse]

August 26, 1990 my brother had given me tickets to Alpine Valley Resort in Wisconsin to see Eric Clapton and others in what seemed to be an all night jam session. Since I lived (and still do) about ten minutes away I was eager to go as I could not wait to see Stevie Ray Vaughn play that night along with another favorite, Robert Cray and of course, Clapton.

We got there early as this was going to be an all day affair and the opening act was someone everyone seemed to know but me. This artist was led onto the stage and surprised me with his vocal talents and his music. I guess I was living in a hole back then because I had not seen Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze and had no idea who Jeff Healy was but I really liked his music.

Sadly, this was the night that SRV would lose his life in a senseless helicopter crash as he was trying to get out of the venue and back to Chicago. I say senseless because everyone knew the ski hill was there and helicopter was the only way most performers got in and out of the venue yet they sent an inexperienced pilot to get these performers out of the area with a thick, heavy fog rolling in. I Still drive by that site almost daily and think about that incredibly awesome concert and the loss the music industry suffered that night.

[riggs336]

[QUOTE=whitehse;2010355]Because I have stupid stuff rolling around in my head AND we are on a sports card message board, the Tedeschi Trucks band is a direct relative of Tiger's pitcher Virgil "Fire" Trucks.


Another relative of Virgil "Fire" Trucks and Derek "Ex Allman Bro. and guitarist extraordinaire" Trucks is Rob Trucks who's written several baseball books including "Cup of Coffee: The Very Short Careers of Eighteen Major League Pitchers". Obviously a talented family.

[MooseDog]

Recent rabbit hole down YouTube and discovered Grace Potter.

OK, I'm old and admit that with the decline of radio it's been hard for old farts like me to keep up but how in the heck did I miss this?

[irv]

Originally Posted by MooseDog

Recent rabbit hole down YouTube and discovered Grace Potter.

OK, I'm old and admit that with the decline of radio it's been hard for old farts like me to keep up but how in the heck did I miss this?

You are not alone. I had never heard of her before either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyLcyqrmF3o

[riggs336]

I'd never heard of this band, but I was a regular at Club Foot in Austin in the early '80s. They didn't play long but what I heard was amazing. They were called U2. This picture is from Club Foot March 31, 1981.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by irv

You are not alone. I had never heard of her before either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyLcyqrmF3o

I got turned on to Grace Potter when I saw her do a duet with Kenny Chesney (You an Tequila). Like her a lot.

[irv]

Originally Posted by mr2686

I got turned on to Grace Potter when I saw her do a duet with Kenny Chesney (You an Tequila). Like her a lot.

Darryl Hall has a lot of great artists on show which I also recently discovered.
Grace was also on it as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypwcitHSEQo