Derek Trucks has a birthday today.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

[patphil]

1. Wow! Great slide guitarist.

This guy does get around. Read his Wikipedia page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Trucks

[OldBaldy1701E]

2. Awesome dude.

Hung out with him twice. Jammed with him once. Great time and legendary guitarist.

[Bongo Prophet]

3. He's quite the melodic slide player, still spreading his wings outside the limitations of rock/blues

As one who plays slide, but outside that southern rock style, (electronic/experimental) I really like his breadth of influences, like Indian Qawaali music. He plays with a lot of internal calm, with little to no 'guitar face' arrogant noodling just for the sake of it. When he reaches for things, he does it in an exploratory, rather than cliched way. I like him.

Sahib Teri Band

[murielm99]

4. And he is married to the great blues singer

Susan Tedeschi.

[Bongo Prophet]

6. A true statement

[murielm99]

7. The first time I heard her sing,

I was so gobsmacked that I sat down on the floor. When I recovered, I found a recording, called my daughter who was away at school, and sent the recording to her. We have been fans ever since, and have heard her live three times.

[DJ Porkchop]

5. When You're SO Good At Guitar John Mayer and BB King Don't Believe It!