On Friday, March 20 as new Tedeschi Trucks Band album Future Soul made its way into the world, the Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi led twelve-piece powerhouse returned to New York’s Beacon Theatre for night six of a ten-date residency and show number 70 overall for the group at the storied venue.
To begin the night, band officially welcomed the crowd to the age of Future Soul with a full performance of the eleven-track album culminating in the live debut of “Ride On”, the last of its songs to break into the live rotation. To fill out the remaining minutes of the Future Soul set, Susan led the group through longtime staple “I Want More” before passing the baton to Derek to channel some “Soul” from the past-that is…
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…include two live bonus tracks.
Call it a makeover, or at least a major reinvention of the Tedeschi Trucks Band sound. New management and the outside perspective of new producer Mike Elizondo, perhaps, account for their shift toward more radio-friendly, albeit less exploratory turf on their sixth studio album, Future Soul. That’s not to say they’ve lost their rooted grounding by any means. Arguably, this set of songs comprises their most fully rounded album to date. It comes close to that cliche of ‘all killer, no filler. In fact, there are only two mediocre tracks among the eleven. Many of the tracks have sing-along choruses, which will play well on the band’s upcoming tour. Some fans will miss the lengthy improvisatory solos in this set, but the band will likely bring those to…
This September 2015 concert was legendary even before a note was played. There was no better act to reproduce the Joe Cocker/Leon Russell led infamous Mad Dogs & Englishmen ensemble than the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Like the lineup that crisscrossed the county in Spring of 1970 with Russell as the captain that organized and steered this hulking ship, TTB’s sprawling outfit taps into soul, blues, rock and roll and gospel with a mindset comparable to the initial one-off aggregation of musicians, singers, pets, friends, relatives and hangers on.
But distinct that ragtag gathering, TTB are organized, professional and above all structured, words that could not consistently be claimed about the 1970 MD&E concept.
