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Tedeschi Trucks Band Pays Tribute to Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and original Mad Dogs & Englishmen members Plus

Special Guests at Lockn’ Festival

September 16, 2015 - - Tedeschi Trucks Band paid tribute to the late Joe Cocker by re-creating the legendary 1970 Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour with Leon Russell at this past weekend’s Lockn’ Festival in Arrington, Virginia. Welcoming original Mad Dogs & Englishmen members as well as special friends, Tedeschi Trucks Band, led by guitarist Derek Trucks and singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi, headlined a Friday evening set dedicated to the influential rock and soul collective that featured a historic gathering of guests Chris Robinson, Dave Mason, John Bell, Warren Haynes and Anders Osborne alongside renowned percussionist Chuck Blackwell, keyboardist Chris Stainton and Leon Russell himself. In addition to the 11-member power of Tedeschi Trucks Band’s dual drummers and three-piece horn section, the packed stage included Rita Coolidge, Claudia Lennear and Pamela Polland alternating lead and background vocal performances, joined by other Mad Dogs alumni Bobby Torres on percussion and Bobby Jones, Matthew Moore and Daniel Moore on vocals. Even original tour photographer Linda Wolf was on hand to capture the inspired 100-minute tribute, with the expanded congregation of musicians performing a slew of classics selected from the Mad Dogs film and live double album. Capping the momentous evening was a center stage microphone and single spotlight to honor Joe Cocker during “The Ballad of Mad Dogs & Englishmen” followed by a rousing and fitting encore of The Beatles’ “With a Little Help from My Friends,” leaving the festival crowd as awestruck witnesses to this once-in-a-lifetime event.

Leon Russell, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Claudia Lennear

Chris Robinson, Susan Tedeschi

Derek Trucks, Rita Coolidge, Claudia Lennear, Pamela Polland, Susan Tedeschi

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Credit: John Patrick Gatta

SET LIST

The Letter (lead vocals, Susan Tedeschi) Darlin’ Be Home Soon (lead vocals, Susan Tedeschi) Cry Me A River (lead vocals, Claudia Lennear) Girl From the North Country (lead vocals: Leon Russell & Claudia Lennear) Dixie Lullaby (lead vocals: Leon Russell) Bird On a Wire (lead vocals: Rita Coolidge) The Weight (shared vocals, Pamela Polland, Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Susan Tedeschi, Claudia Lennear) Superstar (lead vocals Rita Coolidge) Delta Lady (lead vocals: John Bell ) Lets Go Get Stoned (vocals Susan Tedeschi, Alecia Chakour, Mike Mattison (TTB), Mark Rivers (TTB) Something (lead vocals Doyle Bramhall II) She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (lead vocals Warren Haynes w/ guitarist Anders Osborne) Feelin’ Alright (lead vocals: Dave Mason w/ guitarist Anders Osborne) Sticks & Stones (lead vocals Chris Robinson) Space Captain (lead vocals: Chris Robinson, Susan Tedeschi) Encore The Ballad of Mad Dogs & Englishmen (vocals: Leon Russell) With A Little Help from My Friends (lead vocals Susan Tedeschi, Chris Robinson)

Derek Trucks, Dave Mason, Chris Robinson

Anders Osborne and Warren Haynes

Derek Trucks and John Bell

Leon Russell

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Press Contact: Renee Pfefer, On Tour PR

Renee@ontourpr.com 203-724-9919 www.ontourpr.com

credit: Stuart Levine

© Linda Wolf 2015