Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Wood Brothers, and Hot Tuna 7/9/17 Simsbury Meadows

Good triple bill at a soccer field with a bandshell called Simsbury Meadows. Electric Hot Tuna was first up. Jorma and Jack are now in their mid-70s and have been road warriors mostly in an acoustic vein. Solid reading of Water Song from the Burgers album was the highlight. The Wood Brothers, Oliver on guitar and vocals, and Chris from MMW on bass (standup and electric) were joined by a drummer. This band has chops, and Oliver's southern twang was fantastic on the Band's Ophelia. My jamband life has seen Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks go from strangers to band mates to husband and wife. Their current lineup has 12 members, drums, horns, singers make quite the racket. The show was billed as the Wheels of Soul tour, with that many members the spotlight needed to be spread around. Good version of Bound For Glory. The Wood Brothers joined the crew for a rousing version of Sweet Virginia. Simsbury Meadows usually hosts the likes of the Hartford Symphony and were therefore ill-equipped to handle the beer drinking and peeing hordes of hippies.