TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, Let Me Get By
In a year where my tastes have definitely found favor with duets and a multi-part harmony trend, it’s my pleasure to select the Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Let Me Get By as the my favorite album of 2016. When I wrote a review of Susan Tedeschi’s Hope and Desire album in 2005, I never would have guessed that she would be sharing a stage with husband Derek Trucks a decade later and blowing our minds with such astonding sounds. Both Tedeschi and Trucks are accomplished musicians on their own. Together they are a powerhouse. The blues guitar of Trucks combined with the bluesy vocals of Tedeschi then layered on top of the band’s continual jams is a gift to us all. I can only hope there will be many albums to come from this blues rock family. Don’t miss opening track “Anyhow” and album title “Let Me Get By.”
Tom’s Top 25 of 2016
Here’s the full list:
- TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, Let Me Get By
- JULIE RHODES, Bound to Meet the Devil
- MOUNT MORIAH, How to Dance
- THE ROOMSOUNDS, Elm St.
- THE AVETT BROTHERS, True Sadness
- LYDIA LOVELESS, Real
- CANYON CITY, Midnight Waves
- PAPER BIRD, Paper Bird
- ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES, Sea of Noise
- SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, The Electric Pinecones
- AMOS LEE, Spirit
- MANDOLIN ORANGE, Blindfaller
- LUKE WINSLOW-KING, I’m Glad Trouble Don’t Last Always
- SHOVELS & ROPE, Little Seeds
- JAMESTOWN REVIVAL, The Education of a Wandering Man
- JOHNNYSWIM, Georgica Pond
- JOSEPH, I’m Alone, No You’re Not
- SIERRA HULL, Weighted Mind
- THE I DON’T CARES, Wild Stab
- AOIFE O’DONOVAN, In the Magic Hour
- LAKE STREET DIVE, Side Pony
- THE JAYHAWKS, Paging Mr. Proust
- PAUL SIMON, Stranger to Stranger
- FANTASTIC NEGRITO, The Last Days of Oakland
- ELI “PAPERBOY” REED, My Way Home
Here’s some samples to inspire you to go buy these albums and support these artists further:
About the author: Washington, D.C. area creative by day. Music is my muse. I host Twangville’s weekly Readers‘ Pick.