The musical journey Derek Trucks began at the age of nine, when he picked up a five dollar acoustic guitar at a yard sale. "It was nothing special," Trucks claims, “It was just the only thing that looked interesting." But that seemingly inconsequential purchase changed his life. After learning what he could from his father and a family friend, Derek began playing with other musicians around town. "It happened pretty quick," Derek remembers. Within the span of a single year, he had purchased an instrument, learned how to play, and began touring - with his father acting as road manager/chaperone. 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.

With his own group, The Derek Trucks Band, Trucks built a devoted following through two decades of touring and seven acclaimed albums. Their 2009 release, "Already Free," won a GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Blues Album and a follow up live release from the DTB is due out this Spring. In 2010, Derek Trucks and his wife Susan Tedeschi are forming a new group that will perform shows throughout the summer of 2010 and beyond.