A blues-rock guitarist who is the nephew of long-time Allman Brothers' drummer Butch Trucks. He displays a command of slide guitar styles that run the gamut from blues to classic R&B and early rock & roll to classic jazz. Although blues players like Buddy Guy, Elmore James and Duane Allman have been a strong influence on Trucks' slide guitar playing, so have pre-1970s jazz players like Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Sun Ra.

Trucks began playing guitar when he was 9 and shared stages and sat in with the likes of Buddy Guy and the Allman Brothers Band by the time he was 12. Trucks began his professional career playing with blues bands around his native Jacksonville, Florida, and formed his own group in high school. Before the age of 20, Trucks shared stages and jammed with Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh and Stephen Stills. After performing with The Allman Brothers Band for several years as a guest musician, he became a formal member in 1999. He was invited to perform at the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival and after the festival he toured as part of Clapton's band. More recently he has formed the Tedeschi Trucks Band with his wife, Susan Tedeschi.