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Tedeschi Trucks Band kicked off Colorado Day, Jerry Garcia’s birthday and the first show of its two-night run at Red Rocks by bringing out the late Grateful Dead guitar player’s old axe. The “Travis Bean” guitar, emblazoned with a sticker that read “Ass, Grass or Gas. Nobody Rides Free,” was played by Derek Trucks for covers of the Dead’s “Franklins Tower” and Derek and the Dominos’ “Any Day” to open the show.
The husband and wife-led twelve-piece soul/jam band treated fans to a set full of original favorites and more covers of Derek and the Dominos, Prince and Leon Russell, with an opening set by Grace Bowers.
See photos from the show below:
Derek Trucks playing Jerry Garcia’s “Travis Bean” guitar
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Susan Tedeschi of Tedeschi Trucks Band
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Derek Trucks is the nephew of late Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks.
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Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi were married in 2001
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Tedeschi Trucks Band officially formed in 2010
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Mike Mattison of is the lead male vocalist of Tedeschi Trucks Band
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Tedeschi Trucks Band features 12 members.
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Susan Tedeschi was a 5 time Grammy Nominated Artist on her own before forming Tedeschi Trucks Band.
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The band’s album, Revelator, won a Grammy in 2012 for Best Blues Album
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Derek Trucks bought his first guitar at a yard sale for at age nine and became a child prodigy, playing his first paid performance at age 11
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The band’s late keyboardist and flautist, Kofi Burbridge, is honored with a Day of Service every September 19th.
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Jerry Garcia played the “Travis Bean” guitar in 1976 and 1977.
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Derek Trucks is known for his world class finger picking and slide guitar style.
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By age 20, Derek Trucks had performed with Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh and Stephen Stills.
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Tedeschi Trucks Band always features a full horn section.
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in 2023, Tedeschi Trucks Band was awarded Band of the Year by the Blues Music Awards.
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Tedeschi Trucks Band will go on to play Red Rocks again on August 2nd, 2025
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Eighteen-year-old Grace Bowers opened the show.
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Bowers won Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2024 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards
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She recently performed at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards with Chris Martin of Coldplay
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Grace Bowers has been named a U.S. Global Music Ambassador by the U.S. Department of State
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