Top 10 Tedeschi Trucks Band Songs

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Our Top 10 Tedeschi Trucks Band Songs list celebrates the music created by one of the most formidable American roots ensembles of the twenty-first century. We had followed the solo careers of Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi for years before they brought their musical worlds together. The formation of the Tedeschi Trucks Band combined their talents with musicians from their earlier groups and created a large ensemble capable of moving freely through blues, soul, rock, gospel, jazz, funk, and country.

The band released its debut studio album, Revelator, in 2011. That record was followed by Made Up Mind in 2013, Let Me Get By in 2016, and Signs in 2019. The ambitious I Am the Moon project arrived in four chapters during 2022: Crescent, Ascension, The Fall, and Farewell. In March 2026, the Tedeschi Trucks Band released its sixth studio album, Future Soul.

The current twelve-piece lineup features Susan Tedeschi on guitar and vocals, Derek Trucks on guitar, Mike Mattison on guitar and vocals, Gabe Dixon on keyboards and vocals, Brandon Boone on bass, Tyler Greenwell and Isaac Eady on drums and percussion, Mark Rivers and Alecia Chakour on vocals and percussion, Kebbi Williams on saxophone, Emmanuel Echem on trumpet, and Elizabeth Lea on trombone. The size of the group allows the music to shift from intimate ballads to full-scale arrangements without losing the spontaneous quality that makes the band so exciting onstage.

The band’s live catalog is just as important as its studio work. Everybody’s Talkin’ arrived in 2012, followed by Live from the Fox Oakland in 2017 and Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN’) in 2021. The 2025 release Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell Present: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited Live at LOCKN’ expanded that history with a spectacular large-ensemble tribute to Joe Cocker’s legendary touring production.

Choosing only ten performances from such a deep catalog was never going to be easy. Tedeschi Trucks Band songs often change onstage, with solos, vocal exchanges, horn passages, and rhythm-section improvisations taking familiar material somewhere new. This list combines original studio recordings with live performances that demonstrate why the band has earned its reputation as one of the greatest concert acts of its era.

# 10 – Come See About Me

We open our Top 10 Tedeschi Trucks Band Songs list with “Come See About Me,” the first track on Revelator. It was the perfect introduction to the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Derek Trucks’ slide guitar enters immediately before Susan Tedeschi’s soulful lead vocal takes control of the performance.

“Come See About Me” was an original composition created by members of the ensemble, including Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Mike Mattison, Tyler Greenwell, and bassist Oteil Burbridge. Its infectious guitar figure, gospel-influenced backing vocals, and old-school groove announced a band interested in musical tradition without sounding trapped by it.

The Revelator lineup included Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge, Kofi Burbridge, Tyler Greenwell, J.J. Johnson, Kebbi Williams, Maurice “Mobetta” Brown, Saunders Sermons, Mike Mattison, and Mark Rivers. The sound of the Tedeschi Trucks Band was fully formed from the opening moments of its first album.

# 9 – Anyhow

“Anyhow” opened the band’s third studio album, Let Me Get By, in 2016. The song begins with Derek Trucks establishing the guitar pattern while Susan Tedeschi builds the vocal from a restrained opening into a full expression of devotion and determination.

The drums enter with enormous warmth, and the backing singers turn the chorus into something close to a gospel response. Every part sounds carefully placed, but the performance still carries the feeling of musicians reacting to one another in real time.

Let Me Get By introduced a slightly altered lineup featuring Tim Lefebvre on bass, Kofi Burbridge on keyboards, Tyler Greenwell and J.J. Johnson on drums, Kebbi Williams on saxophone, Ephraim Owens and Maurice Brown on trumpet, Elizabeth Lea on trombone, and Mike Mattison, Mark Rivers, and Alecia Chakour on vocals. “Anyhow” remains one of the band’s most beautifully constructed originals.

# 8 – Keep On Growing

“Keep On Growing” is perfectly titled because that is exactly what Tedeschi Trucks Band does with the arrangement. The song originated with Derek and the Dominos and was written by Eric Clapton and Bobby Whitlock. Tedeschi Trucks Band stretches it into an extended celebration of guitar, rhythm, horns, and communal vocals.

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi both deliver terrific guitar work, while the singers and horn section keep pushing the performance higher. It cooks, it swings, and it demonstrates the band’s ability to honor a classic without simply reproducing the original recording.

This version appeared on the 2017 double album Live from the Fox Oakland. It captures the essential Tedeschi Trucks Band experience: familiar roots music transformed by the chemistry of a large ensemble playing at full strength.

# 7 – The Storm

“The Storm” closes the 2013 album Made Up Mind with one of the band’s fiercest blues-rock performances. Derek Trucks opens with a furious guitar figure, and the rhythm section drives the recording forward until Susan Tedeschi enters with a vocal that sounds equally powerful and controlled.

The song moves through blues, rock, and jazz-inflected passages while leaving Trucks enough room to build a long and increasingly intense solo. The arrangement never feels like an exercise in technical skill. Every instrumental turn adds to the emotional pressure of the song.

There are moments when “The Storm” sounds as though the entire band might break apart, yet the ensemble remains locked together. That balance between danger and discipline makes it one of the most thrilling recordings in the Tedeschi Trucks Band catalog.

# 6 – Don’t Know What It Means

“Don’t Know What It Means” first appeared on Let Me Get By and later opened Live from the Fox Oakland. The live arrangement brings every section of the ensemble into the performance almost immediately, from the dual drummers and horns to the layered vocals and Derek Trucks’ guitar.

The 2017 live album featured Trucks and Tedeschi with Tim Lefebvre, Kofi Burbridge, Tyler Greenwell, J.J. Johnson, Kebbi Williams, Ephraim Owens, Elizabeth Lea, Mike Mattison, Mark Rivers, and Alecia Chakour. The size of the group never makes the music feel crowded because each musician understands when to step forward and when to support the larger groove.

“Don’t Know What It Means” captures the band’s gospel and soul influences as clearly as any original in its catalog. The chorus feels designed for a concert hall full of voices, making it an ideal opening statement for one of the group’s strongest live albums.

# 5 – Shame

“Shame” begins with heavy guitar and explosive horn figures before Susan Tedeschi brings the song home with one of her most commanding blues vocals. The arrangement rises and falls like a boat moving over rough water, shifting between restraint and release without losing its central groove.

The song appeared on the 2019 album Signs. That record carried extraordinary emotional weight for the band, and “Shame” turns tension, anger, and disappointment into a performance built for a twelve-piece rock-and-soul ensemble.

Few modern bands can combine guitar improvisation, a full horn section, multiple singers, and two drummers without burying the song. Tedeschi Trucks Band makes every element serve the emotional impact of “Shame.”

# 4 – Midnight in Harlem

We return to the band’s debut album, Revelator, for “Midnight in Harlem.” Mike Mattison and Derek Trucks wrote the song, and Susan Tedeschi delivered the tender lead vocal that helped turn it into one of the band’s most beloved recordings.

Tedeschi can roar with the best blues and rock singers, but her quieter performances are every bit as powerful. She gives “Midnight in Harlem” a sense of longing that matches the gradual expansion of the arrangement. Trucks’ slide guitar answers the vocal before rising into one of his most lyrical solos.

The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Revelator won the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album. The record demonstrated that a large band working with the scale once associated with groups such as Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire could still create vital new music.

# 3 – Darling Be Home Soon

Tedeschi Trucks Band’s live interpretation of “Darling Be Home Soon” appeared on the 2012 album Everybody’s Talkin’. John Sebastian wrote the song for the Lovin’ Spoonful, and it later became closely associated with Joe Cocker. The band slows the composition down and gives every emotional turn room to breathe.

Susan Tedeschi sings with enormous tenderness while Derek Trucks builds a guitar solo that ranks among his most moving performances. It is difficult to call any one solo his greatest, but this version carries something especially personal and unguarded.

The studio recordings are consistently excellent, but the band reaches another level onstage. That tradition connects Tedeschi Trucks Band with improvisational giants such as the Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead, whose songs also became living structures in concert.

# 2 – Leavin’ Trunk

We turn to Live from the Fox Oakland one final time for “Leavin’ Trunk.” The song was written and first recorded by Sleepy John Estes, and the Tedeschi Trucks Band version gives lead-vocal duties to Mike Mattison.

This performance may come closer to the sound of the Allman Brothers Band than most of the group’s material. The guitars stretch out over a deep rhythm-section groove while the horns turn the track into a full-scale party.

Mattison delivers a soaring vocal, and the band responds with solos that keep the performance moving rather than stopping it for individual displays. “Leavin’ Trunk” is blues history, Southern rock energy, and big-band soul all happening at once.

# 1 – Everybody’s Talkin’

We close our Top 10 Tedeschi Trucks Band Songs list with the group’s inventive live version of “Everybody’s Talkin’.” The performance opened the band’s first live album, Everybody’s Talkin’, in 2012. Releasing a double live record after only one studio album was unusual, but it made perfect sense for an ensemble whose identity had been built on the concert stage.

Fred Neil wrote “Everybody’s Talkin’,” but Harry Nilsson recorded the famous hit version used in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy, starring Dustin Hoffman. Nilsson’s performance won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male.

The Tedeschi Trucks Band takes the song in a completely different direction. It becomes an extended journey through folk, soul, blues, and gospel while retaining the unforgettable melody at the center of the composition.

The arrangement demonstrates everything that makes the Tedeschi Trucks Band special. Susan Tedeschi’s vocals, Derek Trucks’ guitar, the responsive rhythm section, layered singers, and horn arrangements transform a familiar song into one of the finest Tedeschi Trucks Band performances on record.