The Derek Trucks Band News

Derek Trucks will perform at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Saturday.

In just six days, Warren Haynes roars into the Asheville Civic Center with his annual Christmas Jam concert, a star-filled show that has become the city's biggest ticketed entertainment event of the year.

Head down to Soul Kitchen tonight and catch the Derek Trucks Band. Local favorite Bruce Hampton and the Quark Alliance will be opening, so you really can't lose! Trucks is the nephew of the Allman Brothers Band's Butch Trucks and his guitar skills are right up there with the best of them.

He's married to a gorgeous Boston woman who happens to be one of the finest blues/soul musicians around.

The Derek Trucks Band After 16 years of relentless touring, and a fantastic 2009 that featured the release of Already Free , and a World Tour that brought the band to more than a dozen countries on four continents, The Derek Trucks Band is taking a hiatus in 2010.

Now that the Allman Brothers Band has wrapped up its summer/early fall tour, the Derek Trucks Band is back on the road.

By now, it's no secret that Derek Trucks is one of the most talented and accomplished guitarists alive.

When, as was the case with guitarist/ band leader/ songwriter Derek Trucks, you turn pro not long after hitting double figures in years, you're destined to get the "he's got an old soul" tag at some point.

Because he's been on the scene for quite a while now, six-string virtuoso Derek Trucks may seem like an elder statesman of the blues, but he's only 30.

The Fly South Festival, which will be held at Luther Williams Field on Dec. 5, announced some of the other acts to perform along with headliner the Derek Trucks Band.

While the date and the talent have not yet been announced for the 2009 Warren Haynes Christmas Jam, this much is certain: This year's show will have its own beer.

A special guest was spotted strolling through the crowd at Wednesday evening's sold-out Joel Plaskett Emergency performance.

Organizers for the recently launched Fly South Festival were hoping the event would have a musical act with an Allman Brothers Band connection.

OTHELLO through Oct. 4 Tickets are $60 to $95 "Othello" stars John Ortiz as Othello and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lago.

The Derek Trucks Band, founded by slide guitarist Derek Trucks and bassist Toddie Smallie, has been on the cutting edge of blues music for 16 years.

Admission: $5 Friday and $10 Saturday and Sunday. Children younger than 16 or accompanied by an adult will be admitted free.

Admission: $5 Friday and $10 Saturday and Sunday. Children younger than 16 or accompanied by an adult will be admitted free.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM A Labor Day weekend tradition is shifting gears to an earlier date and changing its name to reflect its musical variety.

Even a sluggish economy can't dampen the excitement of the folks planning this year's Philadelphia Folk Festival, which promises a diverse mix of musical acts that encompass folk, pop, blues-rock and even world music.

Because of a reporter error, the singer for Scrapomatic, the opening act for the Derek Trucks Band, was incorrectly identified in a Cape Cod Melody Tent review on Page B4 Sunday.