With Derek Trucks on lead guitar you can hear the guitars of Duane Allman, Carlos Santana and Jimi Hendrix's coming through his Fender amp along with all the other great blues players. The minute this guy starts playing you can tell he has an incredibly deep understanding and appreciation for the music he's playing.
On top of all these sweet influences you can also hear his profound passion for Gospel music, the old rhythm n blues music and jazz. Songs like Up Above My Head just take you away to another place with their sweet sweet riffs and 5 star vocals. This dvd is an education as well as a pleasure for any aspiring musicians, young or old.
And for the record, Trucks is as devastating WITHOUT the slide as he is with it. A guitarist for the ages indeed. His music will never grow old.
One thing to note for guitarists and slide guitarists: you will notice he doesn't change guitar for the songs without slide. He just keeps TEARING it up - in open E... Truly astounding! The benchmark in modern electric guitar.