This 13 year old playing "Layla" on stage with the Allman Brothers Band in 1993 went on to win the Blues Music Award for Guitarist of the Year...FOUR times. (Hint: it's Derek Trucks) Find out who this year's winners will be at the 2017 Blues Music Awards: http://bit.ly/2017BMAs | The Blues Foundation

Most people think that Derek Trucks formed his first band at the age of 15 in 1994 when he formed the first version of Thr Derek Trucks Band, but as it turns out, a much more obscure first band that Derek formed was Derek and the Dominators - so obscure that it’s not even represented in his official Wikipedia biography. But as it turns out, he was already showing absolutely unbelievable gifts at the age of 11, and the buttons were pushed that had them performing on Much Music, which was Canada‘s

Derek Trucks guitar solo from Take Me As I Am. Tedeschi Trucks Band. | Tommy Bolin Archives

In this short clip, BB King asks Derek Trucks to play a solo for him. This is what it means to make a guitar sing. Hear what B.B. has to say about it at the end. Hear blues icons and discover upcoming artists at The Blues Foundation | The Blues Foundation