Songlines (The Derek Trucks Band album)

Songlines
Studio album by The Derek Trucks Band
Released	February 21, 2006
Recorded	2005
Genre	Blues rock, Southern rock, world fusion, jam rock
Length	53:52
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jay Joyce
The Derek Trucks Band chronology
Live at Georgia Theatre (2004) Songlines (2006) Already Free (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Songlines is the fifth studio album by American slide guitarist Derek Trucks and his group the Derek Trucks Band. This is the group's first studio album to feature an expanded sextet.

Track listing[]

1. "Volunteered Slavery" (Rahsaan Roland Kirk) – 2:05
2. "I'll Find My Way" (Trucks, Jay Joyce) – 4:23
3. "Crow Jane" (Skip James) – 3:53
4. "Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) – 9:53
5. "Chevrolet" (Ed Young, Lonnie Young) – 2:24
6. "Sailing On" (Toots Hibbert) – 3:47
7. "Revolution" (Jay Joyce) – 3:08
8. "I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled and Crazy" (Darryl Carter, Charles Hodges, Don Robey) – 4:33
9. "All I Do" (Trucks, Mike Mattison, Todd Smallie, Yonrico Scott, Kofi Burbridge) – 6:31
10. "Mahjoun" (Trucks) – 2:27
11. "I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)" (Dick Dallas, Billy Taylor) – 4:07
12. "This Sky" (Trucks, Mike Mattison, Jay Joyce) – 6:31

Personnel[]

• Derek Trucks - guitars, dobro
• Yonrico Scott - drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Todd Smallie - bass, vocal
• Kofi Burbridge - organ, piano, clavinet, flute, backing vocals
• Mike Mattison - lead vocalist
• Count M'Butu - percussion, vocals

Additional keyboards performed by Jay Joyce.

Production and crew[]

• Production: Jay Joyce
• Recording: Jay Joyce, Giles Reaves, Jason Hall
• Mixing: Jay Joyce, with Jason Hall
• Mastering: Jim Demaine
• Booking: Wayne Forte
• Management: Blake Budney
• Art Direction / Design: Josh Cheuse
• Cover Design and illustration: Jeff Wood
• Photography: James Minchin
• Setlist illustration: Yonrico Scott

References[]

External links[]

• Allmusic