Tedeschi Trucks Band with The Wood Brothers – “Sweet Virginia” – Review and Performance

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Tedeschi Trucks Band and The Wood Brothers at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre performing Sweet Virginia is a depiction of a musical experience like no other. This performance, held at the stunning Red Rocks, has a unique mix of soul, blues and American music that captivates the audience.

Tedeschi Trucks Band with The Wood Brothers – Sweet Virginia – Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

Through out the performance, due to Susan Tedeschi’s well-endowed, heartfelt singing, “Sweet Virginia” gains an emotion that is both rending and pounding. Her expression is warm and soulful, fitting most harmonies delivered by The Wood Brothers, and the music complements itself in an enjoyable manner without effort.

Adding icing on the cake is the clever use of slide guitar by Derek Trucks. The simple melodies played tend to be both skillfully and emotionally expressive with accompanying modulations articulating in and out of the melody. The Wood Brothers in a few as Influences acoustic rhythm and melodic vocals tightly knit musical structures reinforcing the forceful, emotional presence of the Tedeschi Trucks Band.

Lyrics:
Wadin’ through the waste stormy winter
And there’s not a friend to help you through
Tryin’ to stop the waves behind your eyeballs
Drop your reds, drop your greens and blues

Thank you for your wine, California
Thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits
Yes I got the desert in my toenail
And I hid the speed inside my shoe

But come on, come on down Sweet Virginia
Come on, honey child, beg you
Come on, come on down, you got it in ya
Got to scrape the shit right off your shoes

Yeah, I want you to come on, come on down Sweet Virginia

I want you to come on, come on down Sweet Virginia
I want you come on, honey child, I beg you
I want you come on, honey child you got it in you
Got to scrape that shit right off your shoes

But come on, come on down Sweet Virginia
Come on, come on down, I beg
Come on, come on down, you got it in you
Got to scrape that shit right off your shoes

Songwriters: Keith Richards / Mick Jagger