How you might know me

In 1999, drummer Eric Sanders, keyboardist Brooks Smith, and I began playing together in Atlanta. The Yeti Trio developed a voice rooted in the odd-metered intensity of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, the raw electricity of Tony Williams Lifetime, and the architectural ambition of King Crimson. We’ve been featured in Relix magazine and have played everywhere from The Wetlands to the Wanee Festival. 

The Yeti Trio

bonobos convergence

Pete Orenstein and Frank Registrato from the acclaimed Orlando jam band Kynda relocated to Atlanta and put out a call for a bassist and hired me to fill both bass and guitar duties (often simultaneously). Bonobos Convergence spent the better part of a decade working the jam band circuit across the Southeast, including several major festivals such as Wanee, Wakarusa, and Hulaween. 

Roots Rock Revival

Butch Trucks, along with Oteil Burbridge, and Luther and Cody Dickinson, believed that the music they helped build deserved to be passed forward - not just preserved, but practiced, taught, and lived. Roots Rock Revival resulted: a Masters Camp Collective event where players young and old could immerse themselves in the tradition from the people who made it. I was added as an artist in 2016 and since Butch’s passing in 2017 I have served as the Trucks family voice for Roots Rock Revival. 

butch trucks and the freight train band

When the Allman Brothers Band retired, Butch Trucks wasn't finished with live music. He put together two touring bands. A bigger, festival-based band - Les Brers featuring many Allman Brothers alumni, and a smaller club circuit band -  Butch Trucks and the Freight Train Band. The original lineup of the Freight Tran Band was Butch, me, Berry Duane Oakley on bass, and Bruce Katz on keyboards. Over time, the band grew to include Damon Fowler, Heather Gillis, and Garrett Dawson.  

Brother & Sister

The model Dweezil Zappa established for performing his father's music always made sense to me. Like Zappa Plays Zappa, Brother & Sister isn’t a tribute act, but an ensemble assembled specifically because they can execute the music as it was intended to be played. Brother & Sister has toured the East coast since 2021, with several sets at the Peach festival in Pennsylvania. 

the albums i have missed

What started as a pandemic project has grown into an ongoing YouTube channel and podcast in which I go beyond the simple reaction video. Across 5 seasons, each week I will listen to an album I’ve never heard before, but not just once. I will listen several times a day for a week before talking about it. The result isn’t a reaction or a review but rather an attempt to understand myself better by being honest about my relationship with music and culture. 

the blue jay sessions

My sister Melody Trucks and I invite some of our favorite artists to join us for an evening of music and stories in an intimate setting at Jacksonville’s best music venue – the Blue Jay Listening Room. Past guests include Jimmy Hall, Peter Levin and Lamar Williams Jr., Arleigh and Jackson Kincheloe of Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, and Victor Wainwright.  

jam cruise

For several years now, I've been part of the Masters Camp At Sea aboard Jam Cruise. I co-host workshops, sessions, and jams alongside musicians like Isaiah Sharkey, Nikki Glaspie, Eric Krasno, Reed Mathis, and Nigel Hall culminating in a live set performed by the participants at the end of the week. 

allman betts family revival

Over the past 4 years I have been fortunate enough to be a part of the Allman Betts Family Revival, a touring Last Waltz-style all-star tribute to the music of Gregg Allman and the Allman Brothers Band hosted each year by Devon Allman and Duane Betts. As part of the Allman Betts Family Revival, I’ve shared a stage and made music with Tal Wilkenfeld, George Porter Jr, Charlie Starr, Judith Hill, Maggie Rose, Robert Randolph, Alex Orbison, and so many others. 

slightly famous somebodies

Slightly Famous Somebodies is a collective assembled by actor and casting director Jonathan Spencer. Originally formed for adding a track to an upcoming Kevin Kinney tribute album, the core lineup of Slightly Famous Somebodies includes Jonathan, me, actor Laura Slade Wiggins, Mekenzie Zimmerman who founded Rumours ATL, Kane Stanley of Cosmic Charlie, plus a revolving cast of Atlanta and Athens musicians. For two years running we have been featured performers at Athfest. 

My family

My dad is Butch Trucks, founding drummer of the Allman Brothers Band. I’m on the cover of their 1973 album Brothers and Sisters. Derek Trucks of the Tedeschi Trucks Band is my cousin, and so is Duane Trucks of Widespread Panic. Melody Trucks is my sister. My child Astrid Trucks is a cellist, music technologist, and the person who keeps my listening honest. Pitcher Virgil Trucks and actor Toni Trucks are distant cousins.