Author Profile
Butch Trucks
1947 – 2017 • American • Musician
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Showing 60 quotesWhen we're playing, when we're really, really going... you're just in the moment. You're not thinking about yesterday, tomorrow, or anything else. The brain gets out of the way. Your body just does what it knows how to do, and it's just... it's like a religion.— Butch Trucks
Once we started headlining at the Fillmore East, we were free to play all night, at least for the second set. 'Whipping Post' could get lengthy.— Butch Trucks
When I play, I stare at the left hand of whoever is playing lead. And I get to know what people are playing well enough that when they start going somewhere, once they arrive, I'm already there.— Butch Trucks
After being away from it for so long, it's really nice to go out and have 10- or 15,000 people show up and enjoy it. It leaves you with a very good feeling.— Butch Trucks
This is show business, and there's room for the shows and the personalities. But I think there's also room for music, for people to play music, and there seems to be an audience developing that's willing to go listen to music again, rather than just be blown away by drum machines and choreography.— Butch Trucks
Listen to John Coltrane. When he plays 'A Love Supreme,' that guy is totally into himself.— Butch Trucks
You're playing for yourself. And if you're not playing for yourself, you're an entertainer, doing it for the crowd.— Butch Trucks
When we started Allman Brothers, Atlantic Records kept telling us there was no way it was going anywhere.— Butch Trucks
When I listened to Elvin Jones, man, for the first time I heard a drummer that had all the technique plus emotion, passion, feel, and just - good God!— Butch Trucks
One that really caught me was Joe Morello. He was the first drummer I ever saw that could do a roll with one hand. He would turn his hand over and use his fingertips to get the stick bouncing. He could sit there with his right hand doing stuff on the cymbals and tom-toms while he was doing a roll with his left on the snare drum.— Butch Trucks
When we started the Allman Brothers Band, there was this great new technology that allowed us to get exposure: FM radio.— Butch Trucks
There are so many good, young bands out there who aren't getting the attention they deserve.— Butch Trucks