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The âLaylaâ album by Derek and the Dominos became a rock and roll classic soon after its release 51 years ago, thanks to torrid songs of unrequited love, dueling guitars by two masters of the instrument and the searing riff that kicked off the title track. Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks heard it regularly growing up.
âIt was a big album for Derek and I both,â Tedeschi said recently from the coupleâs home in Florida. âDerek said his dad used to play him and his brother David that record before bed.â
Their interpretation of the album, âLayla Revisted (Live at Locknâ),â will be released next month as the band hits the road for the first time since the pandemic shutdown. Tedeschi Trucks will perform at The Drive at Winston-Salem Fairgrounds on June 22, a week into the bandâs first real tour since early 2020.
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B.J. Thomas Singer B.J. Thomas performs during day 1 of Stagecoach: CaliforniaB.J. Thomas, the Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as I Just Can t Help Believing, Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head and Hooked on a Feeling, has died. He was 78.
Thomas, who announced in March that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, died from complications of the disease Saturday at his home in Arlington, Texas, his publicist Jeremy Westby said in a statement.
Thomas had continued to be a touring force in recent years, appearing at Stagecoach: California s Country Music Festival in 2010 as well as performing in A Celebration of the Music of Jimmy Webb at City Winery in New York in 2017. His last concert reported to