BACK TO THE RIVER - Susan Tedeschi

Personnel: Susan Tedeschi (vocals, guitar, guitars, background vocals); Josh Schwartz (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Dave Yoke (electric guitar); Rob Hardt (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Matt Slocum (piano, grand piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, Wurlitzer organ, Mellotron, keyboards); Ted Pecchio (bass guitar); Tyler Greenwell (drums, percussion); David Bianco (background vocals).
Additional personnel: Doyle Bramhall II (guitars, electric guitar, slide guitar, background vocals); Derek Trucks (guitars, electric guitar, slide guitar); Gary Louris (guitars, electric guitar, background vocals); Brendan O'Brien (guitars, electric guitar); Josh Stewart (guitars); Alex Budman (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Kyle Newmaster (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jamie Hovorka (trumpet); Jeremy Levy (trombone); Robert Walter (Clavinet, keyboards); George Drakoulias (percussion, background vocals); Julia Waters, Maxine Willard Waters (background vocals); Robert Hardt.
Audio Mixers: David Bianco; Derek Trucks; Bob Tis.
Recording information: Dave's Room, North Hollywood, CA; Sunset Sound Studios, West Hollywood, CA; Swamp Raga Studios, Jacksonville, FL.
Photographer: Pieter M. VanHatten.
While its predecessor, 2005's HOPE AND DESIRE, found blues-rocker Susan Tedeschi getting on a soul train, BACK TO THE RIVER represents that phrase beloved by hardcore fans of any artist, "a return to form." Tedeschi is back to the hard-hitting, bluesy sound with which she made her name, and her joy at this stylistic homecoming is clearly audible; you can hear it both in the throaty abandon of her vocals and in the unfettered fury with which she digs into her guitar solos. While there's still a soul flavor present in some of the tracks here, it takes a back seat to the visceral, string-bending, blues-belting sound that will forever be identified as Tedeschi's true trademark.

• Genre: Pop
• Genre: Pop
• Released: 10/28/2008
• Format: CD
• Format: CD
• Released: 10/28/2008