

“We entered the Boston Battle of the Blues Bands and somehow came in first, then went down to Memphis and came in second for the International Blues Competition,” Tedeschi said. I didn’t really know about Bonnie until college, but then I thought, ‘Oh my God, I love her.’ … John Prine, Leonard Cohen, I love great songwriters.”Īfter graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, she officially formed the Susan Tedeschi Band with Adrienne Hayes and Little Annie Raines in 1993. “My dad and mom were both really into Bob Dylan … he would play me the Staple Singers … I also grew up loving Aretha Franklin and, of course, Bonnie Raitt. “My parents were folkies,” Tedeschi said. “We ended up making four records of music that we are in the process of mixing right now … we figured we have some off time, we have a studio in our backyard, so we’re going to make a bunch of music.”īorn in Boston in 1970, Tedeschi listened to all genres of music growing up.

“We were home for a good 18 months and couldn’t work because of the pandemic … so we all started writing,” Tedeschi told WTOP. They return to the Warner again from Feb. That’s what happened when Susan Tedeschi married Derek Trucks to form the Grammy-winning band Tedeschi Trucks, which plays Warner Theatre this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Imagine combining one of the great blues vocalists with one of the world’s best guitarists.

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