The Derek Trucks Band Debuts at Number 19 on the Billboard Top 200 After Spellbinding...

The Derek Trucks Band Debuts at Number 19 on the Billboard Top 200 After
Spellbinding Performance on Conan and Critical Acclaim

This Marks the Band's Highest Chart Position to Date

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Derek Trucks Band sets a new personal
record with their sixth studio album, Already Free (Sony Music/Victor),
debuting at number 19 on Billboard's Top 200 chart, number 1 on the Internet
chart, number 4 on the Rock chart and number 1 on the Blues chart. This marks
the band's highest debut on the Billboard Top 200 chart to date.

The album, in stores and online now, has been met with tremendous excitement
from the media and DTB's fan base alike. Praised as the band's "most
accessible blues-rock set to date" by Rolling Stone Magazine, the first
single, "Down in the Flood," a stirring Bob Dylan cover from the album The
Basement Tapes, has been embraced at radio with very strong out-of-the-box
support at AAA and Mainstream Rock Radio formats.

The Derek Trucks Band kicked off their release week with a riveting
performance of the album's first single, "Down in the Flood" on Late Night
with Conan O'Brien followed by a flurry of positive reviews. Rolling Stone
hailed, "Derek Trucks could very well be the best guitarist of his
generation." The Philadelphia News called the album, "Exquisite." Boston
Globe said, "You probably won't hear a better rock/R&B record this year." And
Entertainment Weekly exclaimed, "Trucks' bluesy playing is excellent
throughout..."

The album was self-produced by Trucks and recorded in his Jacksonville,
Florida home studio. Nearly a year in the making and brimming with a newfound
focus on creating original material, Already Free is the band's natural
evolution as they move forward integrating influences that span a variety of
musical genres. Known for their blues roots, the group takes this album well
beyond blues to incorporate the larger sounds of rock & soul.

The band, which consists of Derek Trucks on guitar, bassist Todd Smallie,
percussionist Count M'Butu, drummer Yonrico Scott, keyboardist Kofi Burbridge
and singer Mike Mattison, was joined by their famous friends-- pals like Doyle
Bramhall II, Oteil Burbridge and Trucks' wife Susan Tedeschi can all be heard
on the album.

Raised in a home filled with music, Trucks picked up a guitar at nine and was
quickly considered a guitar prodigy. He has gone on to a storybook guitar
career playing with some of the greatest musicians of all time including Eric
Clapton, Willie Nelson, Buddy Guy, a regular stint with the Allman Brothers
Band (his uncle, Butch Trucks is a founding member), performing on Clapton's
Crossroads Guitar Festival Emmy-winning DVD, opening a tour for Carlos
Santana, and appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, to name a few
of the highlights. Already Free reflects all of Trucks' many influences and
experiences, and highlights the quintessential Derek Trucks Band sound of
mixing soulful vocals and expert guitar playing on what is poised to be the
band's definitive album.

The band kicks off their North American tour February 6, 2009 in Portland, ME.

ALREADY FREE FULL TRACK LISTING:

1. Down In The Flood
2. Something To Make You Happy
3. Maybe This Time
4. Sweet Inspiration
5. Don't Miss Me
6. Get What You Deserve
7. Our Love
8. Down Don't Bother Me
9. Days Is Almost Gone
10. Back Where I Started
11. I Know
12. Already Free

For more information on the CD and tour visit www.derektrucksband.com

SOURCE Sony Music

Angela Barkan, Sony, +1-212-833-8575, Angela.Barkan@sonymusic.com, Kristen
Foster, or Erica Gerard, Erica.Gerard@pmkhbh.com, both of PMK/HBH,
+1-212-373-6108