Hey y'all, welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living. I'm your host, Sid Evans,

and today I'm talking with someone who may have been born and raised up in Boston, but she's forged a deep and lasting connection to southern culture.

Susan Tedeski grew up on the blues, gospel,

and soul music before eventually embarking on a career that brought all of those influences together,

making her one of the most exciting voices in modern rock and roll. She's also spent more than 25 years

in Jacksonville, Florida, where she and her husband and musical partner, Derek Trucks, have raised their family and built something truly special together.

As the Tedesky Trucks band, they've united Susan's talents as a singer, songwriter, and musician, with Derek's supernatural abilities on slide guitar.

Now they have a new record out called Future Soul, which in my humble opinion is one of their

best to date. Susan and I talked about the album, the family dynamic that's kept their band

together for 16 years, and a particularly fun gig they have on the horizon.

On Saturday, May 2nd, Susan and Derek will perform the Star-Spangled Banner at the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby.

She said she's still got a hat to pick out, but other than that, she's more than ready.

You'll hear all about that, plus the story behind her first

guitar, her obsession with the Jacksonville Jaguars, and her excitement about becoming a grandmother

on this week's Biscuits and Jam. Susan Tedeski, welcome to Biscuits and Jam.

Thank you. Thanks for having me.

It is such an honor to have you on.

I've been a big fan for a very long time and have seen you play a bunch of times,

and it's just so nice to meet you in person.

Thank you.

You guys have been to Birmingham a few times. Yes, we have. I hope it's a fun one for you when you come through town. It is. I actually usually get to see Greg Allman's one of his wives, who's really lovely. She's very sweet Stacey Allman, and she still lives up that way. She's great. Yeah, one of his ex-wives. He's got a lot of them.

She was fabulous.

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