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The Derek Trucks Band — This Sky
Album: Songlines
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Released: 2006
Length: 6:20
Plays (last 30 days): 5
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Sad, sad lover
Being true
Falling out a window
For the view
All of us laugh
How many of us sing?
This sky where we live
Is no place to lose your wings
So love, love, love

Lose your body
And your mind
And the bitter
Taste of time
All of us cry
While we should be dancing
This sky where we live
Is no place to lose your wings
So love, love, love

Fly, fly away
Do you remember?
All of us sleeping
How many of us dream?
This sky where we live
Is no place to lose your wings
So love, love, love
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Not bad, but not completely my groove either. Something I will listen to, and enjoy, if it just happens to be playing somewhere, but if I'm looking for something to listen to, this would not be something I sought out.
Posted 1 month ago by chefjackbutler    [ Reply ]
Up-rate to 10.
Posted 1 month ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Duuuuuuuuval!!!!!

Posted 1 month ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
I'm  just not crazy about the guitar sound, I know he's talented, but something's off to me....
Posted 2 months ago by tunedog    [ Reply ]
As well crafted 10/10 with a message too!
Posted 4 months ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
played at the last concert i'd seen before the great pandemic of 2020. cant wait for the next time.  kickass show go see Tedeschi Trucks  live
Posted 4 months ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
Nice intro production & percussion technique!
Posted 5 months ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
a great groove
Posted 6 months ago by terryvanhk    [ Reply ]
Love this song. I stop what I'm doing and just listen.
Well, unless I'm driving... then I pretend I'm driving down a cool coastal road.
Posted 7 months ago by dianed    [ Reply ]
Posted 8 months ago by deadheadmark    [ Reply ]
this song takes me somewhere
Posted 8 months ago by BSartiste    [ Reply ]
 LoudshirtsBand wrote:
'Like'!!!
 

Ditto
Posted 10 months ago by SnapDragon66    [ Reply ]
'Like'!!!
Posted 10 months ago by LoudshirtsBand    [ Reply ]
Despite those who feel this band sounds similar throughout their catalogue this song stands on its own and is quite beautiful in its sound and structure. Many mediocre bands can have a miracle work of art stand on its own, when things just came together. This band however has the chops to creates these songs more than once. Great song, simple as that.
Posted 1 year ago by spacemanspiff    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
So many of us cry
When we should be dancing
This sky where we live
Is no place to lose your wings,
so Love, Love, Love!

Tell it brother!  Tell it with that super-funky slide guitar!
 
Pretty much exactly what I'd say to ppopp...LLRP!
Posted 1 year ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Over-use of a mediocre hook - have him up against the wall, and subject him to 4 continuous days of music by Michael Buble.
Posted 1 year ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 AlienNLight wrote:
Following The Band - The Weight, this guy sounds so much like Robbie Robertson.
 
I've noticed that before about him. Sometimes he's right in the Robbie groove. 
Posted 1 year ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Following The Band - The Weight, this guy sounds so much like Robbie Robertson.
Posted 1 year ago by AlienNLight    [ Reply ]
So many of us cry
When we should be dancing
This sky where we live
Is no place to lose your wings,
so Love, Love, Love!

Tell it brother!  Tell it with that super-funky slide guitar!
Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 gwolfie1959 wrote:
Almost all of his works sound Way Too Similar...He constantly pounds that Cat in Heat Sound. I t certainly is his signature sound...However, how long can you pound into the ground?????
 
So true, that's why I think Derek Trucks sucks...
Posted 1 year ago by nickshortie    [ Reply ]
Should follow with Dreaming Dead.
Posted 1 year ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Almost all of his works sound Way Too Similar...He constantly pounds that Cat in Heat Sound. I t certainly is his signature sound...However, how long can you pound into the ground?????????
Posted 1 year ago by gwolfie1959    [ Reply ]
NEVER get tired of this tune!  there is something quite magical and "drift away" that many great songs have.  Derek Trucks have it on this tune!
Posted 1 year ago by dublanica    [ Reply ]
VERY nice sound.  I attended the last Filmore East concert headlining The Allman Brothers many Lifetimes ago!
Posted 1 year ago by dublanica    [ Reply ]
Ditto! very sweet sound Nice change of pace for DT
Posted 1 year ago by reguru2112    [ Reply ]
Really nice sound.  Have heard of the band but never their music.  Very pleasant.
Posted 1 year ago by dublanica    [ Reply ]
That is some lush, Almanesque guitar playin'!
Posted 1 year ago by DavidSwannanoa    [ Reply ]
I love this. A sound 9!
Posted 1 year ago by capooti    [ Reply ]
This guy sticks with it, he could really go places...
c.
Posted 1 year ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Just decided that my 8 rate was too low....all's fine it's a 9...Long Live RP!!
It's all about the feel on this one, sometimes the slide just sounds right for the lyrics, and that's the case for me with this one.  
Posted 2 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
The most amazing song on this album is Sahib Teri bands-Maki Madni. 9:53 long...it's like sex in a song.
Posted 2 years ago by skyian    [ Reply ]
Saw Tedeschi Trucks Band and they played this.  So hauntingly beautiful.
Posted 2 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}Die Derek Trucks Band ist eine Supergruppe
Posted 2 years ago by peter.gerzner    [ Reply ]
Pretty decent indeed, Bill.  Thank you!
Posted 2 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
One of the best tracks from a KILLER album!
Posted 2 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
caught this track driving along some country lanes on way to office this moring with the roof down -{#Cool} - hey Bill can you repeat tomorrow around the same time 
Posted 2 years ago by prs    [ Reply ]
This song really lifted me today. Thanks, RP.
Posted 2 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
My favorite DTB song. This is REALLY good live...
Posted 2 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
I was going to say an excellent cover of a Robbie Robertson song.  Anyway, outstanding.
Posted 2 years ago by fredGarvin    [ Reply ]
haha Bill "another decent guitar player"  {#Smile}
Posted 2 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
 mrselfdestruct wrote:
Really love the vibe of this one.

 
It's the real deal. 
Posted 3 years ago by javelipix    [ Reply ]
New to me. Thanks! Will have to seek out more.
Posted 3 years ago by javelipix    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote: 
All of us cry
While we should be dancing

Amen, brother. 

Tell that to this fucker of a 2017 comfortably numbnuts president.

Sorry, political vent.

Thanks, Derek.

Hey, Butch Trucks is a relative of Derek Trucks.
Butch Trucks played in the Allman Bros. 
Duane Allman was a brother, and a co-pilot in Derek and the Dominoes. 

Derek rhymed with Eric. And so on. 

I haven't read up, I think there may not be a connection, but is there?
 

 
Derek is Butch's nephew and played in the ABB until the end. He's 2nd gen Allman's...
Posted 3 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
This tune defies a number classification. It stands on it's own. EPIC
Posted 3 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
Really love the vibe of this one.
Posted 3 years ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
 nickshortie wrote:

I'm always out of here via PSD when that band plays....

 
really?!?
Posted 3 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
All of us cry
While we should be dancing

Amen, brother. 

Tell that to this fucker of a 2017 comfortably numbnuts president.

Sorry, political vent.

Thanks, Derek.

Hey, Butch Trucks is a relative of Derek Trucks.
Butch Trucks played in the Allman Bros. 
Duane Allman was a brother, and a co-pilot in Derek and the Dominoes. 

Derek rhymed with Eric. And so on. 

I haven't read up, I think there may not be a connection, but is there?
 
Posted 3 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:
got here via PSD, nice

 
I'm always out of here via PSD when that band plays....
Posted 3 years ago by nickshortie    [ Reply ]
R.I.P., Butch Trucks. 
More of the old guard joins the great band in...this sky. 

 
Posted 3 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
got here via PSD, nice
Posted 3 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Maybe it takes a certain state of mind to appreciate this song. It is healing something in me, something that I didn't realize needed healing.
Posted 4 years ago by Brad_Eleven    [ Reply ]
If I had to name my favorite sitarists, Derek would make the top five.

David Gilmore
Mark Knopfler
Gary Rossington
Duane Allman
Derek Trucks
Posted 4 years ago by Akazungu    [ Reply ]
Wings and strings.
Posted 4 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
You try to play a guitar like that!
I happen to like it. 
Posted 4 years ago by hufferer    [ Reply ]
dragon1952 wrote:
This does absolutely nothing for me......and I have about as wide a range of interest as you can get,

   
kurbowicz wrote:

same here.

It's this style of white guy electric blues that kind of irritates me.  

To each their own. 

 

Me too.  Don't know why, because I usually like slow, dreamy pieces like this.  This is just boring.
Posted 4 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
suck suck, barf barf...
Posted 4 years ago by nickshortie    [ Reply ]
 NeuroGeek wrote:
My brain thinks this is being played constantly on RP, and it is now weary of the track. 

 
That is exactly what I was just thinking...hmmm... how did you do that?..
Posted 4 years ago by coyote620    [ Reply ]
I do like the slide but the Ray Lamontagne vocals makes me want a throat lozenge.
Posted 4 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
My brain thinks this is being played constantly on RP, and it is now weary of the track. 
Posted 4 years ago by NeuroGeek    [ Reply ]
 dragon1952 wrote:
This does absolutely nothing for me......and I have about as wide a range of interest as you can get,

 
same here.

It's this style of white guy electric blues that kind of irritates me.  

To each their own. 
Posted 4 years ago by kurbowicz    [ Reply ]
I don't know why but the guitar fiddling gets so annoying towards the end...

Down to 4 for me...
Posted 4 years ago by nickshortie    [ Reply ]
 Mugro wrote:

Sadly, Duane is not making any new music. I see this comment like I would someone saying "If I wanted to listen to real blues, I'll listen to Robert Johnson." So, no one else can possibly make anything new/interesting/better? Kind of a depressing thought. 

 
Not really. 
Posted 4 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
Simply a great, cool and dreamy  song ... All is in the title ...
Posted 4 years ago by MythicMike    [ Reply ]
 dragon1952 wrote:
This does absolutely nothing for me......and I have about as wide a range of interest as you can get,

 
clearly your range is not as wide as you think
Posted 4 years ago by coccyx    [ Reply ]
"All of us sleeping, how many of us dream?" - DTB, this song
Posted 4 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my galactic presidential campaigns loves this song...  we be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...  we love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
Posted 5 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 Dosequis wrote:
If I want to listen to this type of bluesy slide I'll listen to the Master.........Duane Allman.

 
Sadly, Duane is not making any new music. I see this comment like I would someone saying "If I wanted to listen to real blues, I'll listen to Robert Johnson." So, no one else can possibly make anything new/interesting/better? Kind of a depressing thought. 
Posted 5 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
 helenofjoy wrote:

I'm not sure it's a contest. {#Wink}

 
Yes I agree it would be no contest.{#Tongue-out}
Posted 5 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
 Dosequis wrote:
If I want to listen to this type of bluesy slide I'll listen to the Master.........Duane Allman.

 
I'm not sure it's a contest. {#Wink}
Posted 5 years ago by helenofjoy    [ Reply ]
If I want to listen to this type of bluesy slide I'll listen to the Master.........Duane Allman.
Posted 5 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
I really like that instant when the whole band chimes in and the full sound emerges.
Posted 5 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

Yes, maybe you're right, every emotion "should be allowed." 
Including, say, racial hatred and religious rage? 
Anyway, are you saying it's better to be sad than happy?
Because most of us can think of a dozen or more in-the-news place in the world right now where that sentiment would be total bullshit.  And that's just for starters.
If music could encourage and foster more "emotions" like those who "should be dancing" I think about 5 billion people would be better off. 
Just sayin'.
 

 

That. Just that. And the thing that I just cannot be angry at anything or anyone anymore after hearing This song. Peace.
Posted 5 years ago by jessesteinen    [ Reply ]
Knowing what to leave out is just as important as knowing what to leave in. DT could do with a lesson in this.
Posted 5 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
Hell, yeah! Gets me every time, that killer intro... So Jimi, so Stevie; so bluesy, so twangy! Such a smokin' hot groovy mindscape here!
Posted 5 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
This time around, the intro really hooked me but instead of the breathy vocals I was wishing for something more like John Lee Hooker... still, a great tune.
Posted 5 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
 OHMish wrote:
I really like the music on this one
But I dislike the harah krishna "all of us cry, while we should be dancing"
Every emotion should be allowed 

 
Yes, maybe you're right, every emotion "should be allowed." 
Including, say, racial hatred and religious rage? 
Anyway, are you saying it's better to be sad than happy?
Because most of us can think of a dozen or more in-the-news place in the world right now where that sentiment would be total bullshit.  And that's just for starters.
If music could encourage and foster more "emotions" like those who "should be dancing" I think about 5 billion people would be better off. 
Just sayin'.
 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 dragon1952 wrote:
This does absolutely nothing for me......and I have about as wide a range of interest as you can get,

 

Agree, but i thinks it's a wasted opportunity.
it has the Indian/Asian flavor at the outset but squanders it with a Western ADHD affliction. They got the notes but not the sense.
Posted 5 years ago by MtnGoat    [ Reply ]
This does absolutely nothing for me......and I have about as wide a range of interest as you can get,
Posted 5 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
I really like the music on this one
But I dislike the harah krishna "all of us cry, while we should be dancing"
Every emotion should be allowed 
Posted 5 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
I love the way Trucks keeps expanding the vocabulary of the slide beyond blues.

 
His slide work here is so damn good I had absolutely no idea it was a slide until reading your comment, and even then had to listen reeeeeally carefully.

Edit: .... until the solo
Posted 5 years ago by OceanBlue    [ Reply ]
 rjewyo wrote:
Sublime....{#Heartkiss}

 
Bears say "+1, babies!" This is a 10. Something happened when thy cut this track....


Posted 5 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 diannemck56 wrote:
Wonderful way to start the day....  {#Yes}

 
Or the evening.
Posted 5 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Wonderful way to start the day....  {#Yes}
Posted 5 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
Sublime....{#Heartkiss}
Posted 5 years ago by rjewyo    [ Reply ]
most excellent 
 
Posted 5 years ago by heeps    [ Reply ]
 Saqqara_Bird wrote:
First time for me, I really liked it.

 
I really liked my first time too.
Posted 5 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
First time for me, I really liked it.
Posted 5 years ago by Saqqara_Bird    [ Reply ]
Huge tour starting next month.
Posted 5 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Nice and unoffending.  What's the word I'm looking for?  Anodyne - that's it.  <Yawn>
Posted 5 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
All at once, this song capture beauty, sadness, and hope.  Love it. 
Posted 5 years ago by timmywilson    [ Reply ]
I can recall hearing this song only once before. Hell of a good song.
Posted 5 years ago by MentalWedgie    [ Reply ]
This song is played about every 15 minutes. STOP already!
Posted 5 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
My ears get repetitive stress listening to this hook.
Posted 5 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 helgigermany wrote:

A lot of lyrics in the blues music is not very "high spirit" something, but the music is great!!

 
True, but it would be sort of contradictory for a blues tune to have happy lyrics.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 helgigermany wrote:

A lot of lyrics in the blues music is not very "high spirit" something, but the music is great!!

 
Yea- really "Hud," now that you've tapped the awesome power of the internet, Google the lyrics to "Crossroads"- they dont need to make sense to be the giant cornerstone of American music and culture that song represents. It's poetry, yo?- it creates a picture, and you can still barrelhouse on- the riverside— baby!
Posted 6 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
What a fine song. Sweet in every way. Where the Allmans would have been if they had survived... pure beauty, total engagement.
Posted 6 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
Happy, happy, joy, joy!  

All of us cry
While we should be dancing
This sky where we live 
Is no place to lose your wings
So love, love, love

Amen, brother! 

 
A lot of lyrics in the blues music is not very "high spirit" something, but the music is great!!
Posted 6 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Okay, this is not bad. Can we hear some other songs of this band!? Who is the singer btw.?
Posted 6 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this marvelous song...  we be dancing buck naked and cross-eyed like Willy Shakes...
Posted 6 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]

How about Joe Bonamassa?  I think he's better.  (Not taking anything away from Trucks.)

 

idiot_wind wrote:

Yes, play some more of his rocking tunes.

After all...he is probably the greatest living guitar player under 40.

 

And he needs to tour more!



 



Posted 6 years ago by otis_of_moab    [ Reply ]
 scottfennimore wrote:
 Dickie Betts may also be smiling from the comfort of his own living room since he is still alive.

tkelley wrote:
Dickie Betts and Duane Allman are smiling somewhere in the cosmos.  So so beautiful.  Must see these guys live somewhere.

 
 
Chuckle, chuckle.  Yeah, Dickie kinda is.  Perhaps the original poster meant Butch Trucks?
Posted 6 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Happy, happy, joy, joy!  

All of us cry
While we should be dancing
This sky where we live 
Is no place to lose your wings
So love, love, love

Amen, brother! 
Posted 6 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]

 

Would fit my 2 AM mood a bit better...

Romantic, dozy, sleepy, romantic... Not work-work-work thing...

Still an nice steady -8- just because it's that good.


Posted 6 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]

Seeing Tedeschi Trucks Band for the fourth time tomorrow night!

 

Looking forward to a great show and enjoying a few cold ones on a beautiful summer night.


Posted 6 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
 Dickie Betts may also be smiling from the comfort of his own living room since he is still alive.

tkelley wrote:
Dickie Betts and Duane Allman are smiling somewhere in the cosmos.  So so beautiful.  Must see these guys live somewhere.

 


Posted 6 years ago by scottfennimore    [ Reply ]
 tkelley wrote:
Dickie Betts and Duane Allman are smiling somewhere in the cosmos.  So so beautiful.  Must see these guys live somewhere.

 
Amen to that thought.  I was watching a rerun of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction show on Palladia last weekend, and they were flashing up a montage of photos of Aretha Franklin... in one photo, unaccountably there's Duane Allman kind of gazing out past Aretha at something.  Reminded me again how much great music we probably lost in that accident.  Sometimes when I listen to stuff from "Layla and other..." I get a little verklempt thinking about that.  But Derek is definitely some solace.
Posted 6 years ago by SmileOnADog    [ Reply ]
{#Sunny}Very nice mellow,great balance.
Posted 6 years ago by morning    [ Reply ]
I love the way Trucks keeps expanding the vocabulary of the slide beyond blues.
Posted 6 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Quite blissful and calming. Primes one for a power nap!  {#Meditate}
Posted 6 years ago by marty88210    [ Reply ]
OK, this is too weird, I just listened to this song on my iPhone and now Bill's playing it!
Posted 6 years ago by jimys    [ Reply ]

Calming and fun- I will have to cave soon to the urge to purchase this...


Posted 6 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]

Yes, play some more of his rocking tunes.

After all...he is probably the greatest living guitar player under 40.

 

And he needs to tour more!


Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 Delawhere wrote:
 I hear ya, let's see some different Trucks. This is either the only son I know by the man, or all of his songs sound the same

otis_of_moab wrote:
Like it but this is overplayed.  Page says 5 times in the past 30 days but I swear I hear it every day.

 



 

Word to that.
Posted 6 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
 I hear ya, let's see some different Trucks. This is either the only son I know by the man, or all of his songs sound the same

otis_of_moab wrote:
Like it but this is overplayed.  Page says 5 times in the past 30 days but I swear I hear it every day.

 


Posted 6 years ago by Delawhere    [ Reply ]
Like it but this is overplayed.  Page says 5 times in the past 30 days but I swear I hear it every day.
Posted 6 years ago by otis_of_moab    [ Reply ]
Digging this!
 
Posted 6 years ago by mtbiker493    [ Reply ]
Suddenly I am in a great mood!

{#Sunny}
Posted 7 years ago by Tennisgirl    [ Reply ]
quite like this - and OOOOh love the album cover!
Posted 7 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
These guys gotta tour with Sonny Landreth.


It would be Oh my God...I'm in heaven!  
Posted 7 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Breathy...like Ray Lamontagne but of course it's not Ray so higher ratings.
Posted 7 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]