Music career Butch Trucks



a trucks drum case in allman brothers band museum


tired of then-middling music career, trucks pondered going school study mathematics. in 1969, invited join new project headed duane allman, had secured record deal atlantic records. allman introduced trucks jai johanny johanson (jaimoe), drummer in band. together, 2 drummers developed rhythmic drive prove crucial band. trucks laid down powerful conventional beat while jazz-influenced johanson added second laminate of percussion , ad libitum cymbal flourishes, seamlessly melded 1 syncopated sound. said founding member , co-lead guitarist dickey betts of trucks addition original band lineup, ...when butch came along, had freight train, meat-and-potatoes kind of thing set jaimoe perfectly. had power thing needed. group became allman brothers band, began touring heavily , released first, self-titled album later november. trucks continued record , perform allman brothers band until disbanded in 2014.


along band members gregg allman, jai johanny jaimoe johanson, , dickey betts, butch trucks plaintiff in lawsuit against umg recordings. suit, initiated in 2008, seeks $10 million on royalties cd sales , digital downloads services such apple s itunes. trucks saw license given users downloads legally unsound. trucks embraced internet technology group , planned use moogis.com (now defunct) make web real venue allman brothers , other jam bands.


in 2015, trucks performed @ 2 festivals band billed butch trucks & special friends. band evolved band called les brers led trucks , featured other former allman brothers band members including longtime drumming partner jaimoe. performed band called butch trucks & freight train band.


trucks had long interest in philosophy , literature. in 2005, new york times book review published letter trucks criticizing writer roy blount, jr. s reference duane 1 of these churls in review of splendor in short grass: grover lewis reader. letter further criticized grover lewis 1971 rolling stone article band, trucks wrote made members uneducated characters spoke in dialogue taken directly faulkner.








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