Reception
Trucks has appeared twice in Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". He was listed as 81st in 2003 and 16th in 2011. An article in the Wall Street Journal described him as "the most awe-inspiring electric slide guitar player performing today". In 2007, Trucks appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone for an article called the "New Guitar Gods".Trucks is reported to be a creative guitarist and according to Allman Brothers drummer, Butch Trucks "He never does the same thing twice".An article in The Washington Post described Trucks' guitar style as "notes and chords that soar, slice and glide, sounding like a cross between Duane Allman on a '61 Gibson Les Paul and John Coltrane on tenor sax".
Truck's album Already Free debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, and No. 1 on the Internet chart, No. 4 on the Rock chart and No. 1 on the Blues chart.
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