I just pulled up iTunes to provide some background music while I finish up tomorrow's Sunday School lesson. I was very impressed to see that a link to The Derek Trucks Band was featured on the front page of their music store. The band recently released a new album -- Live At The Georgia Theatre -- which is currently exclusively available via the iTMS. Physical CDs will be available in a week or so. Download a track or two at a buck a piece, or get the whole album for ten bucks. It's a great bargain and the band's live efforts are much, much better than their studio work.

I hope this album is a great success for the band and they release other live albums. Sure, since the band encourages taping, it's pretty easy to get your hands on audience recordings of the live shows. What the official release has going for it, however, is that it's got the different band members on separate channels, so it can be mixed much, much better than an audience recording can.

Now playing: Softly And Tenderly - Johnny Cash (Just As I Am)</span>