Susan Tedeschi

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The Susan Tedeschi Band
2013 at the Notodden Blues Festival
2013 at the Notodden Blues Festival
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founding 1994
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Susan Tedeschi
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Susan Tedeschi (born November 9, 1970 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Life

Susan Tedeschi, 2007

Tedeschi comes from a musical family. At 15 she had her own band called "The Smoking Section". She took an early interest in the Boston blues scene . Tedeschi graduated from Berklee College of Music .

In 1994 she founded the "Susan Tedeschi Band". Her second album Just Won't Burn (1998) was enthusiastically received. The band went on a US tour and performed with John Mellencamp , BB King , Bob Dylan , Buddy Guy , Taj Mahal and the Allman Brothers Band , among others .

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, 2007

In 2001 Susan Tedeschi married the guitarist Derek Trucks . Dual motherhood and family caused her to retire from the stage; she focused on studio recordings.

Tedeschi's voice is described as a mixture of Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin , whom she names both as her role models. Her guitar playing was influenced by Buddy Guy , Johnny "Guitar" Watson , Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddie King .

Konzerthaus Vienna, July 17, 2009

In 2009 Susan Tedeschi played in the opening act on BB King's European tour.

In 2010 Trucks and Tedeschi decided to found a band together . After a successful tour and appearances a. a. at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2007 and 2010, the Tedeschi Trucks Band's album Revelator was released in 2011 . The recordings were preceded by intensive songwriting sessions on the joint property of the two musicians in Jacksonville, Florida. Guests included John Leventhal ( Johnny Cash , Paul Simon ), Jeff Trout ( Counting Crows ), Ryan Harris ( John Mayer ) and Gary Louris ( The Jayhawks ). Tedeschi describes the work as "a real songwriting camp".

In August 2013, Made Up Mind was the band's third album, which received two Blues Music Awards in 2014 - one for best band and the other for Made Up Mind as best rock-blues album. Susan Tedeschi also received the award for best blues singer.

At the Blues Music Awards 2017, Susan Tedeschi received the award for best contemporary blues musician again. In addition, the Tedeschi Trucks Band were recognized as the best blues band and Let Me Get By as the best rock-blues album.

Discography

Albums

  • Better Days (1995)
  • Just Won't Burn (1998)
  • Wait for Me (2002)
  • Live from Austin TX (2004)
  • Hope and Desire (2005)
  • Best of Susan Tedeschi: Episode One (2005)
  • Episode 2 (2007)
  • Back to the River (2008)

Guest appearances

DVD

  • Live from Austin TX (2004)

Web links

Commons : Susan Tedeschi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview guitar and bass, edition 7/2011
  2. ↑ Information on the Blues Foundation's homepage ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.blues.org
  3. ↑ Information on American Blues Scene.com
personal data
SURNAME Tedeschi, Susan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts