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- Summary: Part one of a four-album project of Tedeschi Trucks Band is based on Layla and Majnun, the 100-page poem by 12th century Persian poet by Nizami Ganjavi.
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- Record Label: Concord
- Genre(s): R&B, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Blues-Rock, American Trad Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Roots Rock, Guitar Virtuoso, Retro-Rock, Jazz-Rock, Jam Bands
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Jul 7, 2022I Am the Moon: I. Crescent is dazzling in concept and execution. Tedeschi Trucks Band embrace this narrative with ambition, and expose its lessons with creative imagination, emotionally intelligent songwriting, and mind-blowing musicality.
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Jul 7, 2022Yes, while the previous three revealed a gentler side of the band, this one flat-out rocks until we hear the spoken dialogue from St. EOM for whom the closer, an epic 12-minute instrumental, is named. It’s rendered simply by the quartet of Trucks, Dixon on B3, Boone, and Greenwell. As expected, it showcases the phenomenal spiraling, stratospheric guitar of Trucks. ... TTB, as expected, is off to a flying start.
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MojoJul 7, 2022The star is Derek Trucks' sweeping washes of whooshes that wrap the five tunes in a warm blanket, 12-minute ender Pasaquan showcasing his stinging, dexterous, raga-blues brilliance. [Aug 2022, p.95]
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Jul 7, 2022The songs dwell on general themes of loneliness, isolation, despair and connection—which not only avoids concept-album bloat but makes the lyrics more universal and timelier. ... Worth your while. They make Southern-rock and classic-rock history seem present in our time. [Jul - Aug 2022, p.120]