The Derek Trucks Band is an
American jam band founded by young
slide guitar prodigy,
Derek Trucks, who began playing guitar and touring with some of blues and rock music's elite when he was just nine years old. After experimenting as an adolescent with musicians he met between tours and recording sessions, Trucks founded The Derek Trucks Band in 1994. With family ties to
The Allman Brothers Band, Trucks continued to experiment and play with others, carefully assembling his own band over a period of several years. Loosely based in his family home in
Jacksonville, Florida, with Trucks as unquestionable
bandleader, the band is made up of six individuals.