Out of the Madness

Derek Trucks Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: House of Blues
• ASIN: B00000DBYM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,187 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Preachin' Blues

2. Young Funk

3. Good Mourning Little School Girl

4. Forty-Four

5. Kickin' Back

6. Look-Ka PyPy

7. Alright

8. Death Letter

9. Plesant Gardens

10. Spilway

11. Ain't That Lovin' You

12. Deltraga

Customer Reviews

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three Incredible Electric Blues solos on 0ne song!, December 29, 2004

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E. Voorhies (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Out of the Madness (Audio CD)

I am a 52 year old old professional electric blues/rock guitarist. I've been listening to and playing blues for 30 years, and my three all-time favorite electric blues guitar solos are on this CD......AND THEY'RE ALL ON THE SAME SONG..."Ain't That Loving You!" Derek Trucks, Larry McCray, and Jimmy Herring all swap solos on this song, and it's hard to say which one is the best....SO.....They're all the best! I'm talking about tone....I'm talking about phrasing....I'm talking about taste...I'm talking about pure feeling and emotion transferred form the heart of the guitarist straight thru the guitar into my ears. If this was the only song on this CD it would be worth the price. This was an incredible moment in time for these 3 guitarists. I doubt they could do it again like this. This song is so tight, you'll have to get a wet dishrag to open it.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BLUES AT IT'S FINEST, July 21, 2001

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Patrick Earley (Edmond, Oklahoma USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Out of the Madness (Audio CD)

At times, this band reminds me so much of the Allman Brothers circa 1970, that I feel like it's deja vu all over again. Of all the young guitar slingers out there today, I feel like Derek Trucks is the most talented and musically mature of all the diaper dandies. With Warren Haynes from Gov't Mule backing here, it just makes this CD that much better. The album starts out with a very bluesy version of the Son House tune "Preachin' Blues". He then goes into a cool instrumental "Younk Funk", which features some truely versatile guitar playing, going from jazz to funk to bluesy rock. Next comes a couple more classic blues covers in "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" and one of my favorite oldies, Chester Burnett's "Forty Four", in which Trucks shows us his slide guitar prowess. He does 2 instrumentals back to back with "Look-Ka-Pypy, and my favorite "Kickin' Back", that's so Allman Brother like, it feels like he's plucking notes straight from the ghost of Duane Allman himself. This kid is good. He also does the same thing on another instrumental "Spillway". But he also throws some very jazzy notes our way that avoid all blues cliches that are so prevalent among most young guitar players today. Blues great Larry McCray also thought enough of the kid to make an appearance here on the song "Ain't That Lovin" You", where he sings vocals and trades guitar licks with Trucks. A very nice tune and the best vocal on the album. The CD ends with one of the most unique acoustic blues instrumentals that I've ever heard. The best way to describe this song is psycedelic blues. The guitar playing here is so weird it's cool. This whole album is top rate from beginning to end. A very ambitious effort from the most versatile young guitar player playing today. Get it and get lost in the blues groove.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars guitar wiz & band change tune, May 3, 2000

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Donald K. Eno (Fort Kent, ME United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Out of the Madness (Audio CD)

With their first releast DTB put together an impresive set of jazz riffs and guitar work. From Coltrane to Davis, they reworked classic jazz fusion and blended into the mix a collection of ecclectic original tunes; ranging from blues to R&B and back to fusion jazz (with slide guitar, not often done!).

Out of the Madness, the bands second LP falls far outside of the first recording. Chalk it up to becoming more involved with the Allman Brothers and Warren Haynes, but the band, along with perhaps too many guest appearances from freinds, lay down a smoetimes scorching set of blues. That great jazz sound sometimes comes through, but too often gives way to the standard blues riffs. Those wild changes of tempo, explosive solos and contantly fluctuating flavor of the first LP simply is not here. Oh, some tracks do harken back to the fusion feel, but not many.

All this is to say that while the tune has changed, the skills have not. Solid rythym and impecible, if predictable guitar work are still the backbone of the record. And Warren Haynes has one of my favorite voices for those gospel/blues tunes. Still, if you liked the first DTB record, especialy for its wild jazz-rock-blues and consatant surprises, this second record will not be a quality sophmore effort. Buy it because it is good blues tinged with a bit of jazzy flavor. Chances are if you wind up with both records yoy will play the first one more.