HT: There’s been a lot of speculation that this 40th anniversary tour is actually the beginning of a scale-back for the band, but it sounds from you like there’s no plans to slow down. Is talk of a scale-back inaccurate?
Buthc Trucks: "It’s inaccurate for this year. This year will be the biggest summer tour in a long time — we’re going to do twice as many shows this year than we have in the summer for the last 10 to 15 years. But this is the last year we’re going to do that. Derek and Warren both have their projects and we promised them that if they would give us a lot of time this year, we will back off and not tour as much in the future. I mean, I’m 61 years old and that’s OK with me. We will still do the Beacon every year, and we’ll probably do 12 to 15 venues, the major places, in the summer. That’s our plans going forward."
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^ this is great news! less abb = more creativity from the Derek Trucks Band and Gov't Mule. i imagine the 12-15 will all be on the east coast aside from chicago and morrison,co and more specifically a majority of them in the northeast around the tri-state area.
