On August 14, some 100 music lovers and jam fiends from all over the world will descend on the Full Moon Resort[1] near Woodstock, New...
On August 14, some 100 music lovers and jam fiends from all over the world will descend on the Full Moon Resort[1] near Woodstock, New York, for the fifth annual Roots Rock Revival[2] music camp.
Roots Rock was the brainchild of Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks, who recruited a staff of teachers/counselors, including bassist Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band, Dead & Company) and brothers Cody and Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi All Stars). This year the camp will continue without Trucks, who died in January[3].
Two legendary drummers—Bernard Purdie and Johnny Vidocovich—will be on hand, along with former Allman Brothers Band guitarist Jack Pearson, keyboardist John Medeski and a host of other instructors, including Butch’s son Vaylor Trucks and Berry Duane Oakley, son of original Allman Brothers Band bassist Berry Oakley.
The whole camp will be dedicated to celebrating the life and music of Butch Trucks and Col. Bruce Hampton, who was an instructor in past years and who also died this year. Roots Rock is part of the Music Masters series, which also includes camps with Dweezil Zappa, Richard Thompson, Robben Ford and members of the extended The Band family.
It was Butch Trucks’ baby, and the decision to continue without him was difficult, but only for a moment, according to Henry Stout, who founded and runs the Music Masters camps.
“After mourning, everyone agreed that ‘the road goes on forever,’ and none of us had any question that Butch would have wanted us to carry on,” Stout says. “Butch and I had a deep understanding and connection regarding the concept of Roots Rock Revival. Roots is a home base for carrying the torch of his legacy and passing on the music of the Allman Brothers Band.”
Adds Burbridge, “We could have never