After the Tedeschi Trucks Band tour ending concert in St. Augustine, when Derek Trucks let his hair down in the second set, the question came up - How often has he ever had that occur? The consensus seems to be three times. The other great mystery (and some people hold it against him) is that he never says anything from the stage as in NEVER! Well there was ONE time when he did and it’s on the new Tedeschi Trucks Band Release ‘Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited’ With Leon Russell! And it’s because

PIRATE NAVIGATION – PART 2 Pirates didn’t stay in business by luck. They stayed alive by skill. From the mid-1600s through the early 1700s, pirate captains relied on hard-earned navigation knowledge to keep their ships off deadly shoals, on busy trade routes, and one step ahead of the Royal Navy. One bad estimate could mean wrecking on a reef or sailing straight into enemy guns. 🧭 Dead Reckoning (used throughout the Age of Sail, 1500s–1700s) Estimating position using speed, direction, and time.

From brothel to Pirate Queen—Ching Shih rose to command an empire of pirates, with estimates ranging as high as 500 ships and 80,000 men. Born into poverty, Ching Shih was sold into a floating brothel in Canton before marrying pirate captain Zheng Yi around 1801. Together, they united rival pirate crews into what became the feared Red Flag Fleet, dominating the South China Sea. When Zheng Yi perished at sea in 1807, Ching Shih did not fade into history—she seized command. Under her brutal and hi