The Derek Trucks Band (album)

The Derek Trucks Band
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 1997 (CD)
November 17, 2008 (Digital download)
RecordedSeptember 30, October 1–4, 1996
StudioDockside Studios
(Maurice, Louisiana)
GenreBlues, jazz fusion, jam rock, Southern rock
Length52:13
LabelLandslide
ProducerJohn Snyder
The Derek Trucks Band chronology
The Derek Trucks Band
(1997)
Out of the Madness
(1998)

The Derek Trucks Band (often called simply, Derek Trucks) is the debut album by American Jazz/Blues/R&B group the Derek Trucks Band, released on October 7, 1997. The album was recorded between September 30 and October 4, 1996, at Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana. The album is composed mainly of re-arranged jazz and blues classics and the rest are original compositions by the band. Derek was seventeen years old at the time of the release of the album. In 2008, the album was made available digitally.