A Derek Trucks Band Contest Winner Jams With The Band Onstage

by UG Team on August 21, 2009

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In February of 2009, Indaba Music partnered with the Derek Trucks Band and their label, Sony Music, on a unique program that invited musicians from all over the world collaborate with the band on their (then) new single "Get What You Deserve" from Already Free (read story on UG).

The song's instrument stems were posted for fans to remix and re-imagine on IndabaMusic.com, an online networking and collaboration. And of the hundreds of high quality versions that resulted from the collaborative program, it was a complete re-interpretation of the song by a young music student in Charlottesville, VA named Mike Gannon that stood out to Derek and his fellow judges. As the grand prize winner of the program, Mike not only won a signed Epiphone G-400 guitar, but also a meet and greet with the band, which he redeemed on August 7th in Hyannis, MA. Read the full story on UG.