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Kofi Burbridge (September 22, 1961 – February 15, 2019) was an American keyboardist and flutist of the Grammy Award-winning blues and blues-rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band. Burbridge was born to William and Carol Burbridge in the Bronx, New York, United States, although the family moved to Washington, D.C. two years later.

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50 Years of Going to Shows, Pt. 3: Portrait of the Rock Fan as an Old Man

Rediscovering the Grateful Dead in the late 1980s led to going to rock concerts again, both THEM at the end and then their aftermath.  If that was part 2, this part 3 is about other latter day rock’n’roll.

While the Allman Brothers had been disappointing at Royals Stadium in 1973, they were balm in September 1995 with Garcia’s death looming.  They went into a St. Stephen’s jam in the middle of an always climactic “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” that was soothing and hard charging.  Dicky Betts was around, so I guess that was the last time I saw him, but so was Warren Haynes.  So that was the first time I saw him as he was already a workhorse and a consummate professional.  I can’t say I thought they were great, but it sure was good to see them.  A later show in 2005, Haynes with Derek Trucks, was equally solid.  They were showing their age, as the GD had, but were invigorating the set lists and their self conception.  It helped to have Haynes and especially Trucks.  Poor Haynes, he is so very very good, but the first time I saw him, he was an after thought to Betts.  This time Trucks showed for the first time what a rare talent he is.  Jimmy Herring was often the lyrical soaring voice in Lesh’s Q.  Haynes just shows up and plays his ass off, always part of the first string.

So Gov’t Mule has been a must see when they come through.  I have found myself noticing different things each time.  One time it was the phrase by phrase construction of his solos with subtle adjustments of pick ups, one it was his singing, another time his set list construction and his exquisite taste in covers, the way he leads the band.  This guy is a pro and he leads a musician’s band.  Somebody once said that before smoking heroin, Garcia’s first addiction was music.  Haynes may not be addicted but he is an adventurous and wonderfully restless musician.  I was out of town for interesting experiments like the Warren Haynes Band which was very r&bish and a tour with acoustic musicians that was about songs.  But I would have gone.

The Derek Trucks Band was prodigy-ous, very good but not quite gelled.  Trucks deferred to his older drummer as the emcee and Kofi Burbridge and Mike Mattison (both of whom came into his band, their band with Susan Tedeschi) were important supports.  The material was clever and adventurous, but it wasn’t quite there.

Now, the Tedeschi Trucks Band is a beast, the best show on the road doing the music that matters to me.  She has one of the great voices and is no slouch on guitar.  They have everything, two drummers, horns, back up vocals, and a remarkable range and scope.  I have just realized how much they owe in conception and even cover tunes to the Joe Cocker/Leon Russell Mad Dogs and Englishmen project.  I have seen them three times but have not opted for their summer Wheels of Soul tours as one set from them on a week night after two supporting bands has not appealed.  I have couch toured with them for a couple of shows in February 2019.

I have tried to make up for lost ground too.  I have tried, honest I have, to get the Uncle Tupelo heritage, alt country being something I know I missed by being a jazz snob by the late 1970s and then gladly going with trad folk/Celtic/Balkan as the family’s music.  But I don’t hear songs well and don’t hang on lyrics anyway.  So a couple of Son Volt shows and one Jay Farrar were solid, interesting, and didn’t grab me.  Neither did a Wilco one.  Tweedy too has some songs and Nels Cline, whose path I’ve crossed in some jazz circles, is an interesting guitar colorist.  But, that’s enough.

I had more success with Elvis Costello who has put on some good expansive tours.  One used a spinning roulette type wheel to determine the set lists, but it was happily rigged to make sure that everything got played.  Another used a set to visit different eras.  That one included Larkin Poe as openers.  They were pretty nifty, but they have resurfaced and stand out as the future.

He also opened for Bob Dylan (2007ish) and frankly was more impressive.  That was the last time I saw Dylan and I’m glad I saw another tour circa 2004, but I don’t have the new tunes fixed in my mind and don’t plan to.  The old ones are sometimes hard to place.  I’m glad he’s still on the road and that he’s hardly a nostalgia act.  But he’s not doing much I need to hear.

My concert partners have encouraged me to try some things that have been worthwhile but not lasting.  Grace Potter was fine, but my song deafness was a factor.  Robert Randolph captures a nifty roots genre, sacred steel, and then brings it forward into a mix of rock and soul.  And I have twice bought tickets for the Yonder Mountain String Band and missed both due to illness.  I have resigned myself to being jinxed and don’t even try, preferring to stay healthy. I saw String Cheese Incident as a headliner for which Ratdog opened, but they didn’t do much for us and we walked out.  

I have passed on Phish but did see the Trey Anastasio Band twice.  Of course, he’s an amazing guitar player and this band is rootsier (the horns help) with some good covers.  But his songs are slight.  As a second generation jam band, he/they listened to first gen bands, Zappa, and prog rock whereas the first gen, especially the Dead, listened to jug bands, old time, bluegrass, and country.  So it’s less grounded.

I did see some free concerts here in St. Louis of people I would have wanted to see.  There was a late 1980s tour of The Band and they got away with using the name with Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Garth Hudson holding up the legacy.  Around the same time or probably the summer before or after, Dr. John came through and that was welcome.

A local blues festival brought in Taj Mahal and I’m glad I got to see him as he was a hero of my youth.  Quite an influence too as country blues became part of the folk legacy I have gravitated too.

But this stuff should be dynamic and not nostalgic.  So I may have a couple of youngish bands that I am watching.

I mentioned Larkin Poe via Elvis Costello.  I found them doing hotel room videos of important covers which means, like Jackie Greene, that they are influenced by the right mix of rock, soul, and above all blues.  They have strong rootsy albums of their own.  Rebecca Lovell has one of those powerful Southern voices and is the articulate voice of their shared intelligence about the music.  Big sister Megan is “the slide queen” having rigged a lap steel like a dobro she can play standing up.  She is an amazing player.  I saw them In an outdoor club that I anticipate they will outgrow.  They are doing some festivals this summer that should garner/has garnered the attention of biggies in the blues scene—Eric Gales, Joe Bonamassa, and maybe even Warren Haynes—that should pay dividends.  Remember, I saw them back in the day.

It was covers too that called Lake Street Dive to my attention.  But, besides the incredible voice of Rachael Price, they also have a nifty band sound anchored by Bridget Kearney on bass.  They too have listened to soul and other roots, but also have a mix of pithy guitar or trumpet and a subtle approach to percussion.  They are already a big deal and may have settled into an audience.  But it’s one that I join as an older member.  Larkin Poe has a levy of my generation locked into the blues and Jackie Greene has Deadheads along for the ride.  But LSD has its own hipster identity.

So, the music keeps growing and maybe I do too.

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Quarter Notes: Blurbs & Briefs from Sound Bites

BURBRIDGE ON BURBRIDGE: Dead & Company and former Allman Brothers Band bassist Oteil Burbridge paid tribute to his older brother, Kofi, the Tedeschi Trucks Band multi-instrumentalist who died last week at age 57.

Kofi was Oteil’s “first and biggest hero,” the latter said in a lengthy and emotional online post in which he talked about plans made but never completed. In it, Oteil said he is “going to try my best to record all of the tunes (Kofi) wrote” but never released.

“Fly free, Kofi,” Oteil wrote. “Fly free my sweet brother. I love you so much, man.”

KEEF KIDNAPS MOJO: The folks who run MOJO magazine have mojo - and guts; they let Keith Richards edit the latest issue and Richards put himself on the cover.

“Good luck to the next editor,” Richards said in a statement. “I seem to have left the office in an awful mess. But it was real fun. ... It’s been a pleasure.”

OZZY TOURS OFF: Ozzy Osbourne cancelled tour dates in Australia, New Zealand and Japan as he continues to recover from pneumonia that recently left him hospitalized. Though he’s been released, Osbourne’s doctors advised him not to travel for six weeks, Billboard reports.

LENNON-ONO TO RENEW WEDDING ALBUM VOWS: John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s experimental 1969 release Wedding Album will be reissued March 22.

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#RIP Kofi Burbridge September 22, 1961 - February 15, 2019 Burbridge was a classically-trained multi-instrumentalist, and he has provided keyboards, organ, flute, and backing vocals for various bands throughout his career. He was previously part of the Grammy Award winning Derek Trucks Band. He was also the brother of bass player Oteil Burbridge, who is known for his work in the Allman Brothers Band, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Dead & Company, and the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Oteil Burbridge cites his brother as his biggest influence[3] and mentioned Kofi was found to have perfect pitch around the age of seven. #remembering #september27 #1961 #tedeschitrucksband #allmanbrothers #aquariumrescueunit #deadandcompany #rockandrollkeyboardist #flautist #multiinstrumentalist #February15 #2019 repost @oteil_burbridge — view on Instagram http://bit.ly/2DO9cSd

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Tedeschi Trucks Bands Kofi Burbridge Dead at 57 – Ultimate Classic Rock

Kofi Burbridge, a multi-instrumentalist who played keyboards and flute for the Tedeschi Trucks Band, died on Friday. The group confirmed the news via Facebook.

Burbridge, who was 57, underwent emergency heart surgery two years ago. The Tedeschi Trucks Band announced last month that he wouldn’t be joining them on their current tour, after complications arose.

“Today we have lost one of the most beautiful people on the planet: My brother Kofi Burbridge has made his transition. He put up a hard fight,” said percussionist Yonrico Scott, who was a member of the Derek Trucks Band and other projects alongside Burbidge. “My heart goes out to the Burbridge family. Also to the DTB and TTB family. … My love is with you. Brother Kofi has touched so many souls, through his spirit and music.”

Born in New York City, Burbridge and his bassist brother Oteil pursued musical ambitions, learning multiple instruments and genres. They were first bandmates in Knee-Deep then the Aquarium Rescue Unit in 1994, after Oteil credited his younger brother with finding perfect pitch at the age of seven. The younger Burbridge and Scott later shared projects together before all three became founding members of the Tedeschi Trucks Band in 2010; Oteil left two years later.

“Oteil and I actually explored a series of instruments,” Kofi Burbridge said of his early days, in a 2016 talk with NYS Music. “We got lucky because we had a set of parents who saw that we were interested. Like any responsible pair, they made us get our work done first and then we could play. It showed them though that we were really passionate about getting into music, so they invested in lessons and things like that. We had the benefit of my dad’s extensive record collection as well. … We had this treasure waiting for us, not knowing it was treasure waiting for us.”

Kofi appeared on the first four Tedeschi Trucks Band studio albums, and a pair of live projects. “I’ve never had this much creative freedom with any band,” Burbridge added. “It’s the most I’ve been able to open up in any band situation, especially in one like this with so many people.”

Watch Kofi Burbridge Jamming in 2012

Things took a turn more recently, when the group said Burbridge left the road “to undergo a follow-up procedure. The doctors feel good about his recent progress and we’re hoping he’ll be out of the hospital soon, but he’ll need some time for recovery. … We appreciate everyone’s best wishes for Kofi and we’re all looking forward to his healthy recovery and return to the stage where he belongs.”

No cause or location of death was confirmed. The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s new album Signs was released on Friday, as well – and Burbridge played a key role.

“Kofi is full force,” Trucks told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution last April, while Signs was being recorded. “It reminds me of Lord of the Rings when Gandalf goes down and comes back as the white wizard: He’s got a few extra layers of magic! His musicianship has always been amazing, but listening back to the studio [tracks] the last few days, he crossed over there for a minute!”

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In Memoriam: Kofi Burbridge (September 22, 1961 – February 15, 2019)

In Memoriam: Kofi Burbridge // Tedeschi Trucks Band multi-instrumentalist Kofi Burbridge died on Friday at age 57. #kofiburbridge #tedeschitrucksband

In Memoriam: Multi-Instrumentalist Kofi Burbridge (September 22, 1961 – February 15, 2019)

Tedeschi Trucks Band multi-instrumentalist Kofi Burbridge died on Friday at age 57. The news was shared by Kofi’s friend and former band mate Yonrico Scott and confirmed by multiple sources. While the cause of death has not been reported as of press time, the New York City native was recently hospitalized…

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Kofi Burbridge Bio

Kofi Burbridge (September 22, 1961 – February 15, 2019) was an American keyboardist and flutist of the Grammy Award-winning blues and blues-rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band. Burbridge was born to William and Carol Burbridge in the Bronx, New York, United States, although the family moved to Washington, D.C. two years later.

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#RIP Kofi Burbridge September 22, 1961 - February 15, 2019 Burbridge was a classically-trained multi-instrumentalist, and he has provided keyboards, organ, flute, and backing vocals for various bands throughout his career. He was previously part of the Grammy Award winning Derek Trucks Band. He was also the brother of bass player Oteil Burbridge, who is known for his work in the Allman Brothers Band, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Dead & Company, and the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Oteil Burbridge cites his brother as his biggest influence[3] and mentioned Kofi was found to have perfect pitch around the age of seven. #remembering #september27 #1961 #tedeschitrucksband #allmanbrothers #aquariumrescueunit #deadandcompany #rockandrollkeyboardist #flautist #multiinstrumentalist #February15 #2019 (at Flamingo Heights, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt87uzJHDIj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ouhiobdf568r

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Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “Resident Genius” Kofi Burbridge Dead at 57

Kofi Burbridge, the keyboardist, flautist and singer with Tedeschi Trucks Band, died Feb. 15 at age 57.

His death was announced by former Derek Trucks Band drummer Yonrico Scott, who played with Burbridge in that TTB predecessor and called the multi-instrumentalist “one of the most beautiful people on the planet.

“My brother Kofi Burbridge has made his transition, he put up a hard fight,” Scott wrote. “My heart goes out to the Burbridge family. Also to the DTB and TTB family. My love is with you.”

Called the 12-piece TTB’s “resident genius” on the occasion of his birthday in 2017, Burbridge had been suffering from heart problems that sidelined him in 2017 and again this year. Though he had been hospitalized and wasn’t touring with the group, Burbridge appears on Tedeschi Trucks Band’s just-released Signs LP.

Kofi Burbridge was the older brother Dead & Company and former Allman Brothers Band bassist Oteil Burbridge. They were bandmates first in Aquarium Rescue Unit and later in an early iteration of Tedeschi Trucks Band.

“I am gonna miss the magic of Kofi Burbridge,” the Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray tweeted. “He was a kind and gentle man and gave music to the world. Now I truly believe in the angel band.”

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