{{short description|American musician (born 1988)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Duane Trucks | image = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|28|mf=y}} | birth_place = Jacksonville, Florida, United States | death_date = | genre = Blues rock, Southern rock, Jam rock | occupation = Musician | instrument = Drums | years_active = 2000s–present | label = | associated_acts = Widespread Panic<br>Hard Working Americans<br>The Quark Alliance<br>Col. Bruce Hampton<br>Allman Brothers Band | website = }}
'''Duane Trucks''' (born December 28, 1988)<ref>{{cite web|title=Screenshot of TTB Facebook Page wishing Duane Trucks a happy birthday on Dec. 28|url=https://s27.postimg.org/5l06i706r/Duane_Trucks_Birthday.jpg|website=Facebook/PostImage|accessdate=2017-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202203239/https://s27.postimg.org/5l06i706r/Duane_Trucks_Birthday.jpg|archive-date=2017-12-02|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Armonaitis|first1=Dan|title=Duane Trucks talks about a relative who isn’t Derek or Butch, and about a love that isn’t music|url=http://soundobservations.blogs.goupstate.com/10538/|website=Sound Observations|accessdate=2017-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224446/http://soundobservations.blogs.goupstate.com/10538/|archive-date=2017-12-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American musician best known as the current drummer for Widespread Panic and Hard Working Americans.
==Life and career== Duane Trucks was born on December 28, 1988, in Jacksonville, Florida. He began learning to play drums at the age of two and was given his first drum kit on his third birthday.<ref name="ARTSATL1">{{cite web|last1=Stepp|first1=Brenda|title=Maker’s Dozen: Widespread Panic’s Duane Trucks carries forward his family legacy|url=http://www.artsatl.com/makers-dozen-widespread-panics-duane-trucks/|website=ARTSATL|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>
His first foray into being a professional musician was with bands led by Col. Bruce Hampton. He performed with Hampton in the Pharaoh Gummit beginning in the mid-2000s and became a founding member of one of Hampton's backup bands, The Quark Alliance, in 2007. He became a founding member of '''Flannel Church''', a band that includes fellow Hampton collaborator A. J. Ghent, in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Berndtson|first1=Chad|title=HT INTERVIEW: DUANE TRUCKS – FLANNEL CHURCH|url=http://www.glidemagazine.com/78757/ht-interview-duane-trucks-flannel-church/|website=Glad Magazine|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> They played a number of festivals including the 2013 Wanee Music Festival.<ref>{{cite web|title=FLANNEL CHURCH - LIVE AT 2013 WANEE MUSIC FESTIVAL|url=http://www.munck-music.com/collections/wanee-music-festival/products/2013-wanee-flannel_church|website=Munck Music Live Recordings|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>
In 2013 Duane Trucks became a founding member of the supergroup Hard Working Americans which also features Dave Schools, Todd Snider and Neal Casal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hard Working Americans: Todd Snider, Dave Schools, Neal Casal, Duane Trucks and Chad Staehly|url=http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/09/19/hard-working-americans-todd-snider-dave-schools-neal-casal-duane-trucks-and-chad-staehly/|website=jambands.com|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> He began filling in for founding Widespread Panic drummer Todd Nance in late 2014 when Nance stepped away from the band to deal with personal matters. He continued performing with the band as a fill-in musician until February 2016 when it was announced that he would be replacing Nance as the band's official drummer.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bernstein|first1=Scott|title=Duane Trucks Has Replaced Todd Nance In Widespread Panic|url=http://www.jambase.com/article/duane-trucks-has-replaced-todd-nance-in-widespread-panic|website=JamBase|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> Despite not having been an official member of the band at the time, Trucks recorded all of the drum parts on Widespread Panic's 2015 album ''Street Dogs''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Street Dogs AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/street-dogs-mw0002863470/credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>
==Personal life== Trucks comes from a musical family; his uncle was Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks and his older brother is Derek Trucks who is a former member of the Allman Brothers Band and currently performs with the Tedeschi Trucks Band.<ref name="ARTSATL1"/> He is the great nephew of Major League Baseball pitcher Virgil Trucks.
He is married to Cameron Herring, the daughter of his Widespread Panic bandmate Jimmy Herring.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stepp|first1=Brenda|title=Q&A: Widespread Panic’s gentle guitar giant Jimmy Herring on his music and achieving balance|url=http://www.artsatl.com/qa-widespread-panics-jimmy-herring-guitars-life-road/|website=ARTSATL|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hudson|first1=Phil|title=Q&A with Jimmy Herring of Widespread Panic (SLIDESHOW)|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2015/10/20/q-a-with-jimmy-herring-of-widespread-panic.html|website=Atlanta Business Chronicle|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.widespreadpanic.com/ Widespread Panic Official Website] *[http://www.thehardworkingamericans.com/ Hard Working Americans Official Website]
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