A Detailed Concert Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band at Beacon Theatre, NYC

This concert review provides a detailed account of a live jazz concert by the Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan, New York City, on October 10, 2017. The reviewer describes the atmosphere, stage setup, and the performance of the band, highlighting the vocals of Susan Tedeschi and the guitar work of Derek Trucks. The review mentions several songs performed, including covers of traditional songs and original compositions, and the contributions of other band members and opening acts. The reviewer expresses a high level of enjoyment and appreciation for the band's performance, describing it as an unforgettable experience. The review also briefly touches on the opening act by The Greyhounds and David Luning, providing a complete overview of the concert.

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Without any warning, the theatre went dark as the lights went off. It was the moment I
had been waiting for so long. It was after four long years that I had been attending a live jazz
concert. My adrenaline sharply increased. It was the concert of one of the most famous multi
genre American band- ‘Tedeschi Trucks’. It was held at Beacon Theatre, Manhattan, New
York City on 10th October 2017(Band and Park, 2017). The venue was large enough for such
a concert but on the concert day it was completely packed up with the hall full of audiences
and it was very difficult for me to stand at the entrance queue with the rapidly expanding
crowd. After couples of minute, I was snuck down to the fifth row. The stage decoration was
lucrative and amazingly eye catching. Susan, Derek and their super fantastic band are such a
wonderful treat and it was the third time that I have seen them. Maybe it was the best concert
I have ever seen. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. There is no band other than the one
leading by this husband and wife team (Tillotson 2016). The level of power between the
voice of singer Susan Tedeschi and guitarist Derek Truck was from another world. Their
vocals are frequently searing. Jesse Aycock, the hard working multi-instrumentalist ha added
guitar to cover the famous traditional song of Sleepy John Estes “Love about it” and Oliver
Woods’ “Ball and Chain” (Wells 2012). Later, Todd Snider along with Dave Schools covered
The Rolling Stones’ “Sweet Virginia” (Rickert 2013). Several other fabulous musicians were
packed onto the stage as a part of the band. The whole concert satisfied the ears of the
listeners who came for a multitude of musical rationale, be it relentless rhythms, lyricism or
visceral harmonies. The taste of music was filled with varieties of colors produced by the mix
and match retinue and the audio stokes. The rest other songs includes “Are You Ready?”,
“Made Up Mind”, “Sticks and Stones”, “Do I Look Worried ”, “Bird on the Wire” by
Leonard Cohen, “Had to Cry Today”, “Swamp Laugh About It”, “Sweet Mama Janisse”,
“Anyday” covered by Derek and Dominos, “Done Somebody Wrong” by Oliver Wood and

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Elmore James, “Let Me Roll It”, Billy Taylor’s soulful anthem “ For My Friend” (setlist.fm,
2017).
In all, the band had played eighteen songs and Tedeschi’s voice was like a soulful
angel. She was featured on vocals and she did that with grace and commanding power. All
the twelve members of the band were passionate contributors to the entourage. Adding to the
mix was their new released songs “Shame” and “All the World”. Trombonist Elizabeth Lea
and Alecia Chakour was the crowd favorite. They mostly provided the backing vocals. Alecia
shined brightly when she covered the “Idle Wind”. It had a great fun with the version of
Wings’ “Let Me Roll It” and the most stunning song was the Tedeschi/Trucks’ original-
“Midnight in Harlem” (Kolleritsch 2015). There was also a horn-section, made up of Lea,
Trumpeter Ephraim Owens and saxophonist Kebbi Williams. The thing I left out is that there
was also an opening act by the famous band ‘The Greyhounds’ and it was worth arriving on
time. The show was then ascended by David Luning. He played harmonica and guitar, and
with his stunning quartet, he delivered a bluesy country rock that was set with the songs of
jail, bar scenes, whisky, dangers and lost love. The message of the quartet was ‘searching for
hope’. The drummers J.J. Johnson and Tyler Greenwell, the bassist Tim Lefebvre and the
keyboardist Carey Frank did fine work constructing a foundation. However, there were only
two male vocals, Mark Rivers and Mike Mattison who relished their few opportunities. On
the other side of the stage, there was Derek, calmly spending the evening by delivering
supersonic excursions with a slide guitar work and mixing, strumming, picking, and plucking
on his left side in order to produce a dynamic range of music to please the audience. He
literally made his guitar scream.
The Friday show that lasted for just a couple of hours of music has left a great mark in
the heart of music lovers. I really enjoyed the band performance. The performers played
several tunes and few of them were not familiar to me. However, Later, I came to know that

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they were also a type of music genre and eventually I developed an interest in it. To be
straight, I enjoyed the concert until the last minute.

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