Derek Trucks

As I continue my discussion about the solo artist and the never-ending need to adapt and improvise, I thought of my December 2010 tour. Starting off the tour with four dates with Tim May in Florida and Alabama, then playing two solo dates in Tennessee and North Carolina, then driving through the winter storm that blanketed the area, I caught back up with Tim and his partner, Gretchen Priest-May to fly out of Nashville for the western part of the tour. The switch from one to three in the mix made me realize I had better not forget that I was no longer traveling alone.