I believe that certain portions of children’s musical tastes and
\ninfluences are shaped by their parents. I still remember going to
\nA&P with my mom when I was about four, and she bought the
\nFunk & Wagnalls Family Library Of Great Music<\/i> over the
\ncourse of 22 weeks. To this day, I still love classical music, even
\nthough I don’t listen to it as much as I’d like to. In turn, I’m
\nwilling to bet my daughter will probably have an affinity for hard
\nrock, blues and jazz when she grows up.<\/p>\n
Derek Trucks grew up in a musical environment (his father,
\nButch, is a member of The Allman Brothers Band). So it shouldn’t be
\nsurprising that Trucks now is creating music that has its roots in
\nboth the blues and in Southern rock. The latest album from The
\nButch Trucks Band,
\nOut Of The Madness<\/i>, is both a good contemporary blues album
\nand an almost carbon copy of the Allman Brothers Band.<\/p>\n
Trucks’s guitar work is good, though I have to admit I’m not the
\nbiggest afficianado of slide guitar – especially when it’s used
\nthrough a good portion of the album. The core of the group –
\nkeyboardist Bill McKay, bassist Todd Smallie and drummer Yonrico
\nScott – all combine to form a solid rhythm section that is as tight
\nas one could want.<\/p>\n
To augment the lineup, Trucks brings in a series of vocalists –
\nincluding bluesman Larry McCray (“Ain’t That Lovin’ You”) and
\nformer Allmans member Warren Haynes. The end result is a more
\nenriched sound, although I would have preferred hearing just one
\nvocalist throughout the album, no knock meant against any of the
\nthree singers.<\/p>\n
Each particular vocalist brings their own kind of grit to the
\ntracks. Whether it’s McCray taking his turn, Matt Tutor putting the
\ntouches on “Preachin’ Blues” (one of two Son House tracks on this
\nalbum) or Haynes adding almost a whiskey-soaked quality to classics
\nfrom Sonny Boy Williamson, House and Howlin’ Wolf, the band answers
\nwith a solid backbone in the performance.<\/p>\n
And the lessons of the Allmans have been learned, as the Derek
\nTrucks Band proves to be as powerful of a jam band (if not
\noverzealous, as the longest of the instrumentals is almost nine
\nminutes); tracks like “Younk Funk” and “Kicmin’ Back” attest to
\nthis.<\/p>\n
The only drawback (if one could call it that) is that it takes a
\nfew listens to really warm up to this album. By the third spin, I
\nhad found a lot to appreciate about Trucks and his band. But for a
\ndisc clocking in at just over an hour, that’s a lot of time to have
\nto put aside to truly enjoy this one.<\/p>\n
Still, if you enjoy traditional blues as well as a bit of
\nSouthern rock thrown into the mix for texture, then
\nOut Of The Madness<\/i> will be a wonderful addition to your
\ncollection. It takes some time to really warm up to, but is a
\ntestament to the talent of Trucks and his band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7210],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-38774","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-derek-trucks-band","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38774"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}