10 Facts About Kofi Burbridge

Kofi Burbridge was an American keyboardist and flautist of the blues and blues rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band.

Kofi Burbridge was previously part of the Grammy Award-winning Derek Trucks Band.

Oteil Burbridge cites his brother as his biggest influence and mentioned Kofi was found to have perfect pitch around the age of seven.

Kofi Burbridge was born to William and Carol Kofi Burbridge in the Bronx, New York, United States, although the family moved to Washington, DC two years later.

Kofi Burbridge joined his first band in the Atlanta region called Knee-Deep, and the lineup included his brother Oteil and Jeff Sipe on drums.

Kofi Burbridge eventually joined the Aquarium Rescue Unit shortly after Col Bruce Hampton left, which reunited him with his brother and with Sipe.

In 2010, Derek Trucks announced a hiatus for his solo band and formed a new group with his wife, Susan Tedeschi, called the Tedeschi Trucks Band and both Kofi Burbridge brothers became members.

In 2010, Kofi joined his brother Oteil Burbridge in the new group, Tedeschi Trucks Band, which merged some former members of The Derek Trucks Band and Susan Tedeschi's former backing band.

On June 20,2017, Kofi Burbridge suffered a heart attack, and had surgery to repair an aortic rupture.

Kofi Burbridge died at the age of 57 on February 15,2019, the day that Tedeschi Trucks Band's fourth album, Signs, was released.