This 13 year old playing "Layla" on stage with the Allman Brothers Band in 1993 went on to win the Blues Music Award for Guitarist of the Year...FOUR times. (Hint: it's Derek Trucks) Find out who this year's winners will be at the 2017 Blues Music Awards: http://bit.ly/2017BMAs | The Blues Foundation

Derek Trucks at 14 performing Layla as he was opening for Allman Brothers Band who he would officially join five years later when he finally got a little bit taller! 🔥 | Michael Drumm

In this short clip, BB King asks Derek Trucks to play a solo for him. This is what it means to make a guitar sing. Hear what B.B. has to say about it at the end. Hear blues icons and discover upcoming artists at The Blues Foundation | The Blues Foundation

Founded by singer Susan Tedeschi and guitarist Derek Trucks, the Tedeschi Trucks Band sit at the crossroads of blues, soul, rock and jazz, an expansive, big-hearted sound carried by an ensemble of nearly a dozen musicians. For this extract, we chose one of the concert’s most unforgettable peaks: Derek Trucks’ solo on “Midnight in Harlem.” It’s the kind of playing that says everything without rushing, lyrical slide lines, raw emotion, and that unmistakable tone that turns a single phrase into a f