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Enjoy. We had a music store go out of business in our town with incredible half price and less deals; so I picked up "Joyful Noise." Didn't know much about it, but the title track with Trucks' powerful lead guitar made me think of John McLaughlin and totally grabbed me with its pulsing energy. It's followed by a slower dreamlike track, "So Close So Far Away." Soloman Burke drops by for the rave-up "Home in Your Heart" and the slow "Like Anyone Else." Susan Tedeschi takes lead vocals on the blaster "Baby, You're Right." "Joyful Noise" has a mix of different styles, mostly instrumentals in a great CD.
And this cd surpasses what I had expected.I love when artists can show versatility from song to song.This cd does this, and then some,without losing the bluesy vibe.LOVE it.if you ever get a chance to see these fellas live,DO IT.I had so much fun I had to buy a cd as a memoir.This was a great choice:) I'm picky.
This album has a lot less blues than some of their others, but lots of mind-expanding jazz-rock, some world, some great R&B with Mrs. What more could one want. If you've heard some of the Derek Trucks Band's music, perhaps you know what to expect. Trucks (Susan Tedeschi) and with soul legend Solomon Burke. There are no bad DTB albums, but this one is probably the best. That is you don't know what to expect. DTB plays rock, blues, jazz, and world music, sometimes at the same time.
Something comes on the radio and the chill runs up your spine. But a more apt reason for this comparison is that he shares Brother Duane's insatiable musical curiosity. Susan Tedeschi-Trucks visits on Baby You're Right, a blues romp that is too much fun. Very rarely do I get "the feeling". Maki Madni and Kam-ma-lay take us on a fun world tour. Derek is ofen compared to Brother Duane for good reason-he's an astounding slide player. While the guest vocal appearances have their roots in Javier Colon's leaving the band during recording (has anyone heard from him since) it works out well and perhaps frees the band to follow Derek's wandering museDefinately one for the desert island
Look down and you're going 85 in a 55 mile zone. So Close So Far Away is a lovely instrumental and the two Solomon Burke vocals are astounding. Dancable, funky, with a gospel feel. I used to get that feeling often. Where on previous records, it seems the listener can identify that Derek is in his blues phase or Coltrane phase, here all the pieces come together.Joyful Noise jumps off the speakers.
You know the one I'm talking about. Any music Derek Trucks hears and likes will find its way into his musical palatte. Lately I've been more likely to get it from songwriters like Guy Clark or Rodney Crowell where the lyrical images are so strong and the storytelling so good, I shiver.I have been a Derek fan for several years, but have become a bit over the top since he joined the Allman Brothers Band. You either pull the car over because you've got to hear it, or it's so exciting you speed up. Aretha, early ABB, the first time I heard the harmonies on Suite:Judy Blue Eyes.
I have noticed that their other cd's are all different in style.they are like leaves blowing in the wind.let the wind take them where they go. Joy.all you need to do is read the liner excerpt from the great writer and philosopher Krishnamurti on the cd and know where their head is at. freedom from the known is still freedom within limits.the many styles displayed here are the past with music that has freshness and tightness that pays homage to the roots of it all.some Jazz Fusion,Funk,Latino,Blues and Soul.even shades of China Cat Sunflower for your Dead Heads.with some twists on the sounds of the east.people have a need to classify.don't.you have a right to because it is your money but if you spend it on jam bands and desire a smart band that sounds old and new at once these guys are it.
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