The Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band have now gone live with a brand new website devoted to all things Trucks & Tedeschi. As of July 14th, 2010, you can now find tour dates, bios, news, photos and merchandise from Derek and Susan's latest musical project by visiting www.derekandsusan.net

You can also keep up with the band by following them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/DerekandSusan , and on Facebook via www.facebook.com/DerekandSusan . 

Gregg Allman has undergone successful liver transplant surgery. The Allman Brothers Band will not be performing at Saturday's (6/26/10) Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL. The Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi Band, along with longtime Allman Brothers Band/Gov't Mule iconic guitarist Warren Haynes, will take the stage and invite special friends to join them.

In addition, DTST Band have re-routed and re-arranged their schedule and will be flying in especially to perform at the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada on September 15 & 16, 2010, in place of The Gregg Allman Band. Gregg, who was looking forward to performing at this year's festival, has said in a statement sent to us:

"I will unfortunately be unable to join you for this September’s Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival due to my liver transplant operation which will keep me off the road this summer. I’ve heard great things about your blues festival and was really looking forward to playing in New Brunswick this year as I’ve never been to Eastern Canada and I hear you’ve got great fans there! Derek and Susan are a fantastic replacement in the meantime and I look forward to seeing you all in September of 2011."

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi have been asked to appear with and at Herbie

Hancock’s special “All-star” 70th anniversary shows in NYC (Carnegie Hall – June 24th) and Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl - September 1st) “Herbie Hancock: Seven Decades – The Birthday Celebration”. Additionally, they have been asked to appear with Hancock for his upcoming performance on the David Letterman Show!

Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band kicked off their exciting new project in front of over 15,000 thrilled fans as the closing act at the Wannee Festival on April 17th. The momentum continued at JazzFest when they played a sold out show on April 29th at the House of Blues New Orleans. This was one of the hottest, most talked about gigs at JazzFest 2010 and fans were lined up around the block trying to get in. Festival goers had a chance to see the band again on April 30th when they played to an overflowing tent of more than 6,000 fans on the JazzFest grounds. Overall, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band are off to a great start and we expect continued success this Summer with gigs at Mountain Jam , All Good Festival and more! Contact us for more info on their availability for Fall 2010.

In 2010, fans of Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi have many reasons to be excited. After sharing the stage countless times, and performing on each other's respective GRAMMY nominated albums in 2009, the formidable husband-and-wife duo are joining forces for a handful of special dates. Both Derek & Susan are taking some time off this year for much needed family time, but as life-long performers they won't be able to resist hitting the road and taking the stage to play music with friends.  The Trucks/Tedeschi family plans to use 2010 as an opportunity to try out new ideas and songs so stay tuned for some surprises.

The first concert will be a headlining appearance at the Savannah Music Festival on April 1. From there, the group will play at Wanee Music Festival on April 17 before heading to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for a performance on April 30th.

Currently, the duo is rehearsing down in their Jacksonville home with a rotating cast of fellow musicians and friends. We know fans are excited to hear the lineup of musicians who will perform with Derek & Susan this year, but nothing is set in stone. In fact, you may see a few different combinations of musicians performing alongside Derek & Susan in 2010 as they invite friends on the road and expand the musical family. We'll have additional announcements about the lineup for each of these shows as the dates draw closer.

For all the latest news and announcements about the Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band, check out DerekTrucks.com and SusanTedeschi.com.

TOUR DATES

April 1  Savannah Music Festival

April 17 Wanee Music Festival

April 30 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

June 5 Mountain Jam

Unquestionably the most formidable husband/wife team in the history of southern rock and blues music, Derek and Susan to put together a new band for 2010 and are currently scheduled to hit the road between March and September 2010.