''I Am the Moon'' is the fifth
studio album
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by American
blues rock
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group
Tedeschi Trucks Band. It is a quadruple album which was initially released in four separate parts over consecutive months in 2022: ''Crescent'' (released on June 3), ''Ascension'' (released on July 1), ''The Fall'' (released on July 29) and ''Farewell'' (released on August 26), with each album including a corresponding short film. The completed album was released via
Fantasy Records
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on September 9, 2022 and is the band's first since 2019's ''
Signs
Signs may refer to:
* ''Signs'' (2002 film), a 2002 film by M. Night Shyamalan
* ''Signs'' (TV series) (Polish: ''Znaki'') is a 2018 Polish-language television series
* ''Signs'' (journal), a journal of women's studies
*Signs (band), an American ...
''.
Conceptually, the project is based on the story of
Layla and Majnun, a romantic poem of Arabian origin about star-crossed lovers.
Track listing
Credits adapted from
AllMusic.
I Am the Moon I: Crescent
I Am the Moon II: Ascension
I Am the Moon III: The Fall
I Am the Moon IV: Farewell
Personnel
* Brandon Boone - bass guitar; baritone guitar (disc II 2, 4; disc III 5), additional acoustic guitar (disc II 6)
* Isaac Eady - drums, percussion; additional acoustic guitar (disc II 6)
*
Gabe Dixon - keyboards, vocals; lead vocals (disc I 1, 3; disc II 2, 7; disc III 4; disc IV 2, 4), acoustic guitar (disc I 3), additional acoustic guitar (disc II 6)
* Tyler Greenwell - drums, percussion; acoustic guitar (disc I 4; disc II 7), additional acoustic guitar (disc II 6)
*
Susan Tedeschi - lead vocals (except disc I 2, 5; disc II 6; disc III 5); guitar (disc I 2, 3, 4; disc II 1, 2, 6; disc III; disc IV 4), drums (disc II 4)
*
Derek Trucks - lead and rhythm guitars (except disc III 1); steel guitar (disc I 2), acoustic guitar (disc I 1, 3; disc IV 4, 5), additional acoustic guitar (disc II 6), percussion (disc II 4; disc IV 6),
tabla (disc II 7)
* Kebbi Williams - saxophone; flute (disc II 7)
* Elizabeth Lea - trombone
*
Ephraim Owens
Ephraim Owens (born November 5, 1972) is an American musician, composer, and jazz bandleader who plays trumpet and flugelhorn. He has toured and recorded with the Tedeschi Trucks Band since 2015. He is one of the most highly regarded jazz musicia ...
- trumpet
* Alecia Chakour - vocals; additional percussion (disc I 1, 2, 4; disc II 2, 5; disc III 1; disc IV 2, 6)
*
Mike Mattison - vocals; lead vocals (disc I 2; disc III 5), acoustic guitar (disc III 2, 3, 5; disc IV 6), additional acoustic guitar (disc II 6)
* Mark Rivers - vocals; lead vocals (disc III 6), additional percussion (disc I 1, 2, 4; disc II 2; disc IV 6)
Additional musicians
* Adrian Jackson -
sousaphone
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(disc I 2; disc II 6; disc III 4, 5)
* Paul Olsen - acoustic guitar (disc I 3; disc II 1, 6; disc III 2, 6; disc IV 1, 4)
*
Marc Quiñones -
congas
The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest) ...
, additional percussion (disc I 3; disc II 1, 5; disc III 1, 3, 4; disc IV 2)
*
St. EOM - dialog (disc I 4)
*
Eric Krasno - lead and rhythm guitar (disc IV 4)
Charts
Crescent
Ascension
The Fall
Farewell
References
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2022 albums
Tedeschi Trucks Band albums
Fantasy Records albums