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Saturday, August 14

Stage

Cougar Stage

Time

7:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Unquestionably the most formidable husband/wife team in the history of southern rock and blues music, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi have put together a new band which started touring in the spring and summer of 2010.

Trucks’ slide guitar playing is second to none. He has led his own The Derek Trucks Band for more than 15 years, has been the slide guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band for more than 10, toured the world with Eric Clapton and was featured on the cover of the 2007 Rolling Stone “New Guitar Gods” issue. Combine that with Trucks’ 6th studio album, "Already Free," debuting at No. 19 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, and it’s no wonder why he is the youngest musician to date to make Rolling Stone's list of “Top 100 Guitarists of All Time.”

Tedeschi has risen to fame with multiple Grammy-Award nominations. Her powerful singing voice and fearless stage presence have made her one of the most stirring soul and blues musicians of our time. Add her knack for musical truth telling and her commanding guitar playing, and you have an artist who is quickly taking her place as the new generation’s greatest female blues guitar/singer and, perhaps, one of the best ever.

With the added accolade of individual 2010 Grammy-Award nominations, this duo will undoubtedly take the world by storm and are poised to become one of the greatest husband-and-wife performing duos of all time.

“...two of the best young blues musicians in the world. Tedeschi, whose singing never ceases to amaze, mixed with Trucks’ jaw-dropping solos left everyone in the crowd—and on the stage—breathless,” writes the Deseret News.

“After witnessing Derek Trucks' and Susan Tedeschi’s...show kicking off the Red Butte Garden summer concert series, it’s safe to say the chemistry that makes the couple’s marriage work is there in spades when they play music together. It didn’t take long for the magic in Trucks’ fingers and the bluesy soul in Tedeschi’s voice to get the...masses on their feet, thrilled by the sounds of opener ‘I Wish I Knew’...” writes Dan Nailen, entertainment editor for Salt Lake Magazine.

The Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi band for Mile High Music Festival is:

Derek Trucks – Guitar
Susan Tedeschi – Guitar & Vocals
Oteil Burbridge – Bass Guitar
Kofi Burbridge – Keys & Flute
Tyler Greenwell – Drums
JJ Johnson – Drums & Percussion
Mike Mattison – Backing Vocals
Nigel Hall – Backing Vocal

Oteil Burbridge is a Grammy-winning bassist who has been a member of The Allman Brothers Band for the last 13 years. Oteil was also a founding member of Aquarium Rescue Unit, and has toured and recorded with Page McConnell of Phish in the group Vida Blue, and Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead in his trio, BK3.

Kofi Burbridge is a Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist, known primarily for his work on keyboards and flute as a member of The Derek Trucks Band.

Tyler Greenwell is a Grammy-nominated drummer, and has toured and recorded as a member of the Susan Tedeschi Band, Col. Bruce & The Codetalkers, and others.

JJ Johnson is a drummer who performed in the John Mayer Trio for more than five years. JJ also performs regularly with Doyle Bramhall II and has worked with Boz Scaggs, Charlie Sexton, Erykah Badu, and others.

Mike Mattison is a Grammy-winning vocalist who is member of The Derek Trucks Band. Mike also performs with his own group, Scrapomatic.

Nigel Hall is a vocalist and organist from Portland, Maine. Nigel frequently performs and records with Lettuce, Eric Krasno & Chapter 2, and Soulive.