TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND SET TO PREMIERE I AM THE MOON: CRESCENT – THE FIRST OF THE BAND’S EPIC 4-ALBUM AND 4 COMPANION FILM SERIES
Available Via Band’s YouTube Channel Beginning Tonight @ 9:00PM ET
Immersive Film An Early Opportunity To Watch and Listen In A Communal Setting Ahead of the Album’s CD + Digital Release This Friday, June 3rd
Tedeschi Trucks Band — the revered, GRAMMY-winning, twelve-piece rock and soul band headed by Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi will premiere I Am The Moon: Crescent, the first episode of their epic four-part I Am The Moon album series tonight with an LP length companion visual directed by the noted filmmaker Alix Lambert.
The I Am The Moon: Crescent companion film will stream on the band’s YouTube Channel, available for all viewers beginning tonight at 9:00PM ET / 6:00PM PT. The experience will kick off at 8:45pm ET with a YouTube Premiere pre-film chat, in which Tedeschi Trucks Band will be answering pre-submitted and live questions as well as sharing the album alongside their fans.
An immersive audio-visual experience, the film serves both as a companion piece to Crescent — and as a collective first listen experience for the band and fans alike before the album is released in stores and on digital platforms later this week, Friday, June 3rd.
What began as a pandemic related writing exercise transformed into a career defining artistic statement as TTB reimagined Layla and Majnun, the mythic Persian tale of star-crossed lovers through a modern-day lens: grappling with grief, fate, and romance as a way to process the emotional and isolating effects of the era.
Featuring I Am the Moon’s affecting title track and the project’s lone instrumental called, “Pasaquan,” I Am The Moon: Crescent was borne of riffs and ideas developed collectively at the Trucks’ family farm in rural Georgia and their home studio in Jacksonville, FL. Across its five tracks, I Am the Moon: Crescent traverses life and love through a robust tapestry of blues, funk, country, jazz and gospel: the perfect introduction to the grand saga that Tedeschi Trucks Band have in store over next few months.
In this new thrilling and creative chapter for TTB, the four albums that comprise I Am The Moon — I. Crescent, II. Ascension, III. The Fall, and IV. Farewell — will be released in successive months beginning with I. Crescent, available June 3rd digitally and on CD. (All vinyl configurations, including individual LPs and the 4-LP I Am The Moon Deluxe Box will be available on September 9th, 2022.)
In addition, each installment of I Am the Moon features its own album length companion film that will debut three days prior to each audio release. The films present the music communally online in an unbroken chain. Full film and audio release dates below.
Pre-order I AM THE MOON HERE and watch the project trailer HERE
The concept behind I Am The Moon, the band’s fifth studio recording, was suggested by TTB vocalist Mike Mattison in May 2020, two months after the band was forced off the road by the pandemic. Layla & Majnun was the title inspiration for Derek and the Dominos’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – an influential album for TTB. Written collectively and collaboratively, by January 2021 the band was recording I Am The Moon at Tedeschi and Trucks’ home studio, Swamp Raga, in Jacksonville, FL, with Derek behind the soundboard as producer and long-time studio engineer Bobby Tis in charge of recording and mixing.
The limited-edition, I Am The Moon Deluxe Box Set, including all four albums in the I Am The Moon series on 180g black vinyl, plus additional special items, will be available September 9th, 2022 — order EXCLUSIVELY through the TTB store and the Fantasy Records store.
Tedeschi Trucks Band have extensive tour dates planned for 2022. See below for the complete list. For ticket information, please visit tedeschitrucksband.com.
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND – I AM THE MOON: ALBUM + FILM RELEASE DATES:
I Am The Moon: I. Crescent
Film Premiere: May 31st
Album Release: June 3rd
I Am The Moon: II. Ascension
Film Premiere: June 28th
Album Release: July 1st
I Am The Moon: III. The Fall
Film Premiere: July 26th
Album Release: July 29th
I Am The Moon: IV. Farewell
Film Premiere: August 23rd
Album Release: August 26th
I Am The Moon – All Vinyl Configurations: individual LPs + the 4-LP Deluxe Box
Available September 9th, 2022.
Tedeschi Trucks Band:
Susan Tedeschi: Guitar and Vocals
Derek Trucks: Guitar
Gabe Dixon: Keys and Vocals
Brandon Boone: Bass Guitar
Tyler Greenwell: Drums and Percussion
Isaac Eady: Drums and Percussion
Mike Mattison: Guitar and Vocals
Mark Rivers: Vocals
Alecia Chakour: Vocals
Kebbi Williams: Saxophone
Ephraim Owens: Trumpet
Elizabeth Lea: Trombone
Photo Credit: David McClister
Tedeschi Trucks Band Tour Dates
June 24 Jacksonville, FL Daily’s Place Amphitheater
June 25 Mobile, AL Mobile Civic Center
June 26 Tuscaloosa, AL. Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
June 28 Indianapolis, IN The Amphitheater at White River State Park
June 29 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
July 1 Canandaigua, NY Constellation Brands – Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
July 2 Gilford, NH Banks of New Hampshire Pavilion
July 3 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 6 New Haven, CT Westville Music Bowl
July 8 Philadelphia, PA The Mann Center for the Performing Arts
July 9 Essex Junction, VT Midway Lawn
July 10 Patchogue, NY Great South Bay Music Festival
July 12 Lewiston, NY ArtPark
July 13 Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion at Riverbend
July 15 – 16 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
July 19 Vienna, VA Wolf Trap
July 20 Richmond, VA Virginia Credit Union LIVE!
July 21 Raleigh, NC Coastal Credit Union Music Park
July 23 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
July 24 Huber Heights, OH Rose Music Center at The Heights
July 26 Aurora, IL RiverEdge Park
July 27 St. Louis, MO Fabulous Fox Theatre
July 29 – 30 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 18 San Diego, CA Cal Coast Credit Union Amphitheater
August 19 Los Angeles, CA The Greek Theatre
August 20 Berkeley, CA The Greek Theatre
August 23 Sacramento, CA Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
August 24 Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheater
August 26 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheater
August 27 Bend, OR Hayden Homes Amphitheater
August 28 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort & Casino
August 31 Boise, ID Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden
September 1 Bonner, MT Kettlehouse Amphitheater
September 3 Moorhead, MN Bluestem Center for the Arts Amphitheater
September 29 – Oct 8 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
October 17 Copenhagen, DK. Amager Bio
October 18 Copenhagen, DK Amager Bio
October 20 Randers, DK Vaerket
October 21 Oslo, NO Sentrum Scene
October 22 Stockholm, SE Annexet
October 25 Berlin, DE Verti Music Hall
October 26 Hamburg, DE Edel-optics.de Arena
October 27 Prague, CZ Forum Karlin
October 30 Rotterdam, NL RTM Stage
November 2 Dublin, IE The Helix
November 4 London, UK The London Palladium
November 5 London, UK The London Palladium
November 6 London, UK The London Palladium
November 9 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
November 10 Glasgow, UK O2 Academy Glasgow
November 12 Paris, FR Le Trianon
November 13 Paris, FR Le Trianon
November 15 Paris, FR Bataclan
Photo Credit: David McClister
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