American blues/rock/jazz guitarist Derek Truck's musical career began at the age of nine, when he picked up a five dollar acoustic guitar at a yard sale. After learning what he could from his father and a family friend, Derek began playing with other musicians around town. He got his first paying gig at age 11 and formed his first band at age 12. What had begun as a weekend activity quickly became a life’s pursuit, and would eventually result in Derek being the youngest player to make Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list. Before the age of 20, Trucks shared stages and jammed with Bob Dylan, Buddy Guy, Joe Walsh and Stephen Stills. The Derek Trucks Band has been a work in progress for over 10 years, blending jazz, rock, blues, Latin, Eastern Indian, and other world music into the sound that now defines the DTB. The band’s mission has been to assemble a group of musicians that share a passion for improvisation and musical exploration and to develop a unique musical vision. The DTB aims to create progressive roots music in an effort to move the art form forward and re establish substance over hype. Derek Trucks is considered as one of the leading guitarists of the new generation.
