''Revelator'' is the debut album by the 11-piece blues rock group

Tedeschi Trucks Band The Tedeschi Trucks Band () is an American blues and blues rock group based in Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 2010, the band is led by married couple Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. Their debut album, '' Revelator'' (2011), won the 2012 Gra ...

released in 2011 by

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. Recorded in Derek and Susan's Swamp Raga Studios in Jacksonville, co-produced by Derek with producer/engineer Jim Scott. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.

Reception

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music critic Thom Jurek praised the album and wrote the recording "proves something beyond their well-founded reputation as a live unit: that they can write, perform, and produce great songs that capture the authentic, emotional fire and original arrangements that so many modern blues and roots recordings lack... Revelator is a roots record that sets a modern standard even as it draws its inspiration from the past. It's got everything a listener could want: grit, groove, raw, spiritual emotion, and expert-level musical truth." David Fricke of ''

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'' wrote " rucksand Tedeschi, a perfect vocal foil, now front the best Dixie-funk family band since Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett."

Track listing

Personnel

Derek Trucks Derek Trucks (born June 8, 1979) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and founder of The Derek Trucks Band. He became an official member of The Allman Brothers Band in 1999. In 2010, he formed the Tedeschi Trucks Band with his wife, blues sin ...

– slide guitar *

Susan Tedeschi Susan Tedeschi (; born November 9, 1970) is an American singer and guitarist. A multiple Grammy Award nominee, she is a member of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, a conglomeration of her band, her husband Derek Trucks’ and other musicians. Early l ...

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

Oteil Burbridge Oteil Burbridge is an American multi-instrumentalist, specializing on the bass guitar, trained in playing jazz and classical music from an early age. He has achieved fame primarily on bass guitar during the resurgence of the Allman Brothers Ban ...

– bass guitar *

Kofi Burbridge Kofi Burbridge (September 22, 1961 – February 15, 2019) was an American keyboardist and flautist of the blues and blues rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band. Burbridge was a classically trained multi-instrumentalist who provided keyboards, organ, ...

– keyboards, flute * Tyler Greenwell – drums, percussion * J. J. Johnson – drums, percussion * Mike Mattison – harmony vocals * Mark Rivers – harmony vocals * Kebbi Williams – saxophone * Maurice "Mobetta" Brown – trumpet * Saunders Sermons – trombone

Additional musicians

* Oliver Wood – guitar and vocals * David Ryan Harris – guitar and vocals * Ryan Shaw – harmony vocals * Eric Krasno – acoustic guitar * Alam Khan – sarod * Salar Nader – tabla

Credits

* Producers – Jim Scott and

* Engineers – Jim Scott and Bobby Tis * Additional Engineer – Kevin Dean * Mixing – Jim Scott * Mastering – Bob Ludwig * Art Direction – Josh Cheuse * Photography – James Minchin

Chart positions

References

{{Authority control Grammy Award for Best Blues Album Tedeschi Trucks Band albums 2011 debut albums Albums produced by Jim Scott (producer)