I Am the Moon
I Am the Moon is the fifth studio album by American blues rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band. It is a quadruple album which was initially released in four separate parts over consecutive full moons in 2022: Crescent, Ascension, The Fall and Farewell, with each album including a corresponding short film. The completed album was released via Fantasy Records on September 9, 2022 and is the band's first since 2019's Signs.
Conceptually, the project is based on the story of Layla and Majnun, a romantic poem of Arabian origin about star-crossed lovers.
It was ranked as the 10th best guitar album of 2022 by Guitar World readers.
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, additional acoustic guitar
- Isaac Eady - drums, percussion; additional acoustic guitar
- Gabe Dixon - keyboards, vocals; lead vocals, acoustic guitar, additional acoustic guitar
- Tyler Greenwell - drums, percussion; acoustic guitar, additional acoustic guitar
- Susan Tedeschi - lead vocals ; guitar, drums
- Derek Trucks - lead and rhythm guitars ; steel guitar, acoustic guitar, additional acoustic guitar, percussion, tabla
- Kebbi Williams - saxophone; flute
- Elizabeth Lea - trombone
- Ephraim Owens - trumpet
- Alecia Chakour - vocals; additional percussion
- Mike Mattison - vocals; lead vocals, acoustic guitar, additional acoustic guitar
- Mark Rivers - vocals; lead vocals, additional percussion
- Adrian Jackson - sousaphone
- Paul Olsen - acoustic guitar
- Marc Quiñones - congas, additional percussion
- St. EOM - dialog
- Eric Krasno - lead and rhythm guitar
Charts
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Ascension
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The Fall
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Farewell
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