Lobero Live presents Susan Tedeschi
| August 28, 2009 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
Blues artist with multi-Grammy nominations has toured with the Stones and Dylan.
Tickets: $30, $40
Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido Street; 963-0761; www.lobero.com
About Susan Tedeschi
Susan Tedeschi’s knack for musical truth-telling has been apparent in the years since she first captured the public’s musical imagination. Growing up in the Boston suburb of Norwell, Massachusetts, she began singing with local bands at the age of 13, and subsequently pursued her passion for music while studying at the prestigious Berklee College of Music.
After establishing herself as one of New England’s top-drawing live acts and making her recording debut with her 1995 album Better Days, Tedeschi achieved an impressive musical and commercial breakthrough with her 1998 indie release Just Won’t Burn. The album became a massive grass-roots success, with a minimum of hype and plenty of old-fashioned word of mouth. Just Won’t Burn achieved Gold status and won Tedeschi a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, alongside such unlikely company as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Macy Gray and Kid
Rock.
Her next release, 2002’s Grammy-nominated Wait for Me, was produced by legendary studio veteran Tom Dowd. She moved to Verve Forecast for her fourth album Hope and Desire, which marked a substantial departure for the versatile artist, presenting her in the role of interpretive vocalist.
Her newest release is Back to the River. Produced by George Drakoulias (Black Crowes, the Jayhawks and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), it is a mature, soulful work that demonstrates how much singer/guitarist/songwriter Tedeschi has grown in the decade since she burst onto the scene. Back to the River’s 11 songs encompass a broad musical and emotional palette, and showcase Tedeschi’s multiple talents as a deeply expressive singer, a soulful and melodic guitarist and a distinctive, evolving songwriter.
Tedeschi co-wrote the exotic funk workout “Butterfly” with husband and fellow guitar-slinger Derek Trucks (of the Allman Brothers Band and his own Derek Trucks Band). Trucks — who plays slide guitar on four Back to the River tracks and co-leads the part-time combo Soul Stew Revival with Tedeschi — produced “Butterfly” in the couple’s home studio prior to the commencement of the album’s main recording sessions at L.A. Sunset Sound studios. Trucks also co-wrote the infectious “Love Will” with Tedeschi and lyricist/bassist Tommy Sims (who co-wrote
Eric Clapton’s “Change the World,” winner of 1997’s Grammy for Song of the Year).
Tedeschi and Trucks are also the parents of a young son and daughter. Becoming a mother, Susan says, was an influence on some of Back to the River’s more thoughtful, introspective lyrics, which take a humanistic view of a variety of sociopolitical issues.
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