Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Wheels of Soul Tour Ready to Roll

Tedeschi Trucks Band has taken a month off, now geared up and ready to roll into the Wheels of Soul Tour with 25 dates splashed all along the East Coast and as far west as Red Rocks. They have lots more in store for fans as well.

The Tedeschi Trucks Band – Photo credit: Rick Munroe

The 12-member Tedeschi Trucks Band just released their sixth album, Signs, earlier this year. And, of course, both Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks have numerous albums to their individual credits before the husband and wife musically joined forces in 2010 (6 and 8, respectively).

The Tedeschi Trucks Band are: Susan Tedeschi, guitar, vocals; Derek Trucks, guitar; Tyler Greenwell, drums; JJ Johnson, drums; Gabe Dixon, keyboards; Mike Mattison, backing vocals; Mark Rivers, backing vocals; Alecia Chakour, backing vocals; Brandon Boone, bass; Kebbi Williams, saxophone; Elizabeth Lea, trombone; and Ephraim Owens, trumpet.

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The Wheels of Soul tour again this year hits major amphitheaters, kicking off next weekend with three Florida dates, beginning in Jacksonville Friday, June 28. After shows in Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina, the tour heads further north as far as New Hampshire, then heads west with a two-night stop at Red Rocks, finally ending at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta for a pair of shows.

Susan Tedeschi and Kebbi Williams – Photo credit: Rick Munroe

Susan Tedeschi – Photo credit: Rick Munroe

TTB’s musical companions for the tour are Blackberry Smoke and Shovels & Rope. Atlanta’s Blackberry Smoke have worked at taking their hard-edged Southern rock to the next level. Their sixth album, Find a Light, was released last year along with a companion acoustic EP, The Southern Ground Sessions. Blackberry Smoke are: Charlie Starr, vocals, guitar; Paul Jackson, guitar, vocals; Richard Turner, bass, vocals; Brit Turner, drums; and Brandon Still, keyboards.

Shovels & Rope is the critically acclaimed, award-winning husband & wife duo of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst from Charleston SC. Their Americana roots are showing again on their seventh album By Blood, and Shovels and Rope: The Movie will be out soon!

Trucks is enthusiastic about the tour:

“The motivation and, really, the fun of Wheels of Soul is that we get to bring that spirit of musical camaraderie to a summer crowd. Traveling, being outside, playing music with friends new and old. We love the limitless energy of this tour.”

The band plays a special show at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel NY on August 18 (Woodstock’s 50th anniversary) along with Grace Potter and John Fogerty. And their six-date Beacon run begins September 27. They also have six November dates in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas and a very special one-off show at Wembley Stadium in Great Britain next February.

It’s time to get on board the Wheels of Soul!

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi – Photo credit: Rick Munroe

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND Wheels of Soul Tour

06/28 Daily’s Place Amphitheater | Jacksonville FL
06/29 Mizner Park Amphitheater | Boca Raton FL
06/30 Al Lang Stadium | St. Petersburg FL
07/03 The Wharf Amphitheater | Orange Beach AL
07/05 Volvo Car Stadium | Charleston SC
07/06 CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park | Simpsonville SC
07/07 PNC Music Pavilion | Charlotte NC
07/09 Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek | Raleigh NC
07/10 The Mann Center for the Performing Arts | Philadelphia PA
07/13 Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion | Gilford NH
07/14 Saratoga Performing Arts Center | Saratoga Springs NY
07/16 CMAC | Canandaigua NY
07/17 Filene Center at Wolf Trap | Vienna VA
07/19 PNC Pavilion | Cincinnati OH
07/20 Rose Music Center at The Heights | Huber Heights OH
07/21 RiverEdge Park | Aurora IL
07/23 Meadow Brook Amphitheatre | Rochester Hills MI
07/24 Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park | Indianapolis IN
07/26 Red Rocks Amphitheatre | Morrison CO
07/27 Red Rocks Amphitheatre | Morrison CO
07/30 The Fabulous Fox | St. Louis MO
07/31 Brandon Amphitheater | Brandon MS
08/02 Fox Theatre | Atlanta GA
08/03 Fox Theatre | Atlanta GA

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND

07/12Levitate Music and Arts Festival | Marshfield MA
08/18Bethel Woods Center for the Arts | Bethel NYw/ Grace Potter, John Fogerty
08/22The Freeman Stage at Bayside | Selbyville DE

LOCKN’ MUSIC FESTIVAL | Arrington VA

08/23 Trey Anastasio Band with Derek Trucks
08/24 Tedeschi Trucks Band with Trey Anastasio

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND Beacon Run

09/27 The Beacon Theatre | New York NY
09/28 The Beacon Theatre | New York NY
10/01 The Beacon Theatre | New York NY
10/02 The Beacon Theatre | New York NY
10/04 The Beacon Theatre | New York NY
10/05 The Beacon Theatre | New York NY

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND

11/06 Hobby Center | Houston TX
11/07 Majestic Theatre | Dallas TX
11/08 Majestic Theatre | Dallas TX
11/12 Brady Theater | Tulsa OK
11/14 Tobin Center for the Performing Arts | San Antonio TX
11/16 Robinson Center | Little Rock AR
02/01 The SSE Arena | Wembley GBR