The Derek Trucks Band

Derek Trucks (born June 8, 1979) is an American guitarist.

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Trucks took up the guitar at age 9, and it was quickly apparent that he was a child prodigy.[citatio

Derek Trucks (born June 8, 1979) is an American guitarist.

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Trucks took up the guitar at age 9, and it was quickly apparent that he was a child prodigy.[citation needed] He was playing with a band and touring within two years. Trucks and poet G. M. Palmer grew up in the same Jacksonville neighborhood and often played pick-up games of football.