Music First Present... The Derek Trucks Band + Scott Mckeon

"Derek's playing is stunning, unlike anything I'd ever heard before" -Eric Clapton.

One of the most critically acclaimed guitarists and the youngest musician to be named in Rolling Stone's list of the Top Hundred Guitarists of All Time, Derek Trucks has completed his much anticipated sixth studio album with The Derek Trucks Band, entitled "Already Free," available January 13, 2009 on Sony/Legacy.

The album was self-produced by Trucks and recorded in his  Jacksonville, Florida home studio. Nearly a year in the making and  brimming with a newfound focus on creating original material, "Already  Free" is the band's latest endeavour in the natural evolution of integrated musicality. Featuring guests such as Susan Tedeschi, Doyle Bramhall II, Oteil Burbridge and others, the collective effort resulted in an exploration of previously uncharted musical territory, blended into the unmistakable DTB sound. The organic way in which the album came together is but one indication of its creative and musical strength. As Derek said, "this album was completely organic.  We had no expectations. We just came down and started writing.

Then one thing led to the next. I had all this time off so I just started calling up friends. And once the process started rolling and once we realized that we were onto something, we were writing tunes and all the sounds we were getting were amazing and it was starting to feel great.  It felt like something was happening and we wanted to keep throwing musicians on the fire."

This special gig will be part of The Derek Trucks Band international tour in support of "Already Free" starting in January 2009.