VOYAGER:
How about sitting in with the David Letterman band?
What's that like (Trucks had been on the show just about
a month earlier)?
DT: It was
interesting. It was fun. In those settings its a very
tight thing, so there's not a lot of room to roam or be
free. But it was fun to do.
VOYAGER:
What's made you decide to add a singer, Javier
Colon, to the Derek Trucks Band?
DT: Its
kind of always been looking for that, it was just
a matter of finding the right chemistry
personality-wise and musically. We want the voice
to be an instrument as much as anything else; to
be able to write for that and someone who is in
command of what he does enough to be able to aim
for that. I think we finally found that. Its
exciting because now we can do things in that
realm where before we were kind of stuck.
VOYAGER:
Has it influenced the music in a way that you
might have more verse/chorus stuff that might be
radio-friendly?DT:
I hope its not radio-friendly! I don't want it to
be "friendly," neccesarily. Probably
not, but if it is it will be an accident (laughs).
But I don't count it out. Like Max Roach used
Abby Lincoln's voice as a horn, and I plan to do
some things like that, too.
VOYAGER:
Its great you've taken the high road.
DT: Its nice
that I ran into enough people who made me see
that there's two different things, the high road,
and...well, I think some people would perceive it
as the low
road.
VOYAGER: You
realize it would be an easy route for you to
take, though. You could be the young stud guitar
star that all the girls like. You could do that!
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Barry Richman, Derek,
Mike Gordon,
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DT: Yeah, but
once you see that, I don't think that appeals to
you at all. I think it becomes a frightening
thing. You notice what happens to all of those
people. I can't think of any examples of that
turning into a good thing in the long run. They
always get overtaken with their own ego and the
fame and the money, and then its a big downhill
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you're concerned with music, then that's a
never-ending thing. I think if you're going for
it to be a star and because you want people to
yell and scream and to sell records, then you're
going to have a rude awakening at some point.
`Cause even if you're at the top, its not going
to stay there. People's tastes change very
quickly, especially when its just a trendy thing
or a catchy song. |
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