Tedeschi Trucks Band have released Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN’), a one-off live recording of the Derek and the Dominos album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, performed in its entirety with special guest Trey Anastasio of Phish. The July 16, 2021, release via Fantasy Records was recorded on August 24, 2019, at the LOCKN’ Festival in Arrington, Va., Layla Revisited, according to a press release, “captures Tedeschi Trucks Band at their incendiary best, with Anastasio proving the perfect foil to the transcendent musical union of guitarist Derek Trucks and guitarist/vocalist Susan Tedeschi, and frequent TTB collaborator Doyle Bramhall II.” It’s available in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here.
Watch the inspired performance of the classic album’s title track
The performance of Layla, continues the original May 7 announcement, “came as a complete surprise to fans lucky enough to be in attendance at LOCKN’ that evening. Initially billed only as ‘Tedeschi Trucks Band featuring Trey Anastasio,’ the artists made no mention of the set of music they diligently rehearsed and planned ahead of time. But the links between the band and the album are deeply woven into the fabric of their existence. Propelled by two of the 20th century’s greatest guitarists, Eric Clapton and Duane Allman, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs was serendipitously released on November 9, 1970, the very day of Susan Tedeschi’s birth.”
Watch the album performance of “Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?”
“Later, Chris and Debbie Trucks were such fans of the album that they were inspired to name their firstborn son Derek. Decades later, Trucks would enjoy a 15-year tenure as a member of the Allman Brothers Band, and tour extensively with Clapton. Such is the depth of connection between the music and the performers that this album feels almost preordained.”
Watch the performance of “Tell the Truth” from the concert album
Related: Our review of a 2016 live Tedeschi Trucks Band concert
“By the time that I started playing guitar, the sound of Duane Allman’s slide was almost an obsession,” says Derek Trucks about Layla. “His playing on Layla is still one of the high-water marks for me. The spirit, the joy, the recklessness, and the inevitability of it. My dad would play that record for me and my brother to fall asleep to and further sear it into my DNA.”
Listen to “Bell Bottom Blues”
The Tedeschi Trucks Band with Trey Anastasio
For the live festival concert the band ended with “Layla” and decided to play the original version of the album closer over the PA system as walk-out music. To complete this release Layla Revisited concludes with a history-making moment of its own, as Derek and Susan deliver a studio version of “Thorn Tree in the Garden,” for the first time ever as a duo with no additional accompaniment.
Listen to the new recording
Watch the official clip for “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out”
Tedeschi Trucks is on the road for their Fireside Live tour. The shows are the first fully live public performances for the ensemble since February 2020. Full dates are below.
Listen to “Little Wing” from the album
Track List
1. I Looked Away
2. Bell Bottom Blues
3. Keep On Growing
4. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
5. I Am Yours
6. Anyday
7. Key To The Highway
8. Tell The Truth
9. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?
10. Have You Ever Loved A Woman?
11. Little Wing
12. It’s Too Late
13. Layla
14. Thorn Tree In The Garden (studio)
Tickets to see Tedeschi Trucks Band are available here and here.
Bonus Video: In 2007, Derek Trucks sat in with Eric Clapton on a burning version of “Layla”
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Jump into a conversationYou could have also mentioned under the family connections that Derek Trucks’ uncle was original Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks.