Revelator (Tedeschi Trucks Band album)

Revelator is the debut album by the 11-piece blues rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band released in 2011 by Sony Masterworks. Recorded in Derek and Susan's Swamp Raga Studios in Jacksonville, co-produced by Derek with producer/engineer Jim Scott. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.

Reception
Allmusic music critic Thom Jurek praised the album and wrote the recording "proves something beyond their well-founded reputation as a live unit: that they can write, perform, and produce great songs that capture the authentic, emotional fire and original arrangements that so many modern blues and roots recordings lack... Revelator is a roots record that sets a modern standard even as it draws its inspiration from the past. It's got everything a listener could want: grit, groove, raw, spiritual emotion, and expert-level musical truth." David Fricke of Rolling Stone wrote "[Trucks] and Tedeschi, a perfect vocal foil, now front the best Dixie-funk family band since Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett."

Personnel

 * Derek Trucks – slide guitar
 * Susan Tedeschi – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
 * Oteil Burbridge – bass guitar
 * Kofi Burbridge – keyboards, flute
 * Tyler Greenwell – drums, percussion
 * J. J. Johnson – drums, percussion
 * Mike Mattison – harmony vocals
 * Mark Rivers – harmony vocals
 * Kebbi Williams – saxophone
 * Maurice "Mobetta" Brown – trumpet
 * Saunders Sermons – trombone

Additional musicians

 * Oliver Wood – guitar and vocals
 * David Ryan Harris – guitar and vocals
 * Ryan Shaw – harmony vocals
 * Eric Krasno – acoustic guitar
 * Alam Khan – sarod
 * Salar Nader – tabla

Credits

 * Producers – Jim Scott and Derek Trucks
 * Engineers – Jim Scott and Bobby Tis
 * Additional Engineer – Kevin Dean
 * Mixing – Jim Scott
 * Mastering – Bob Ludwig
 * Art Direction – Josh Cheuse
 * Photography – James Minchin