Oteil Burbridge is a two-time Grammy-winning bassist who has been in the music industry for over three decades. His career began in 1991 when he became a founding member of the Aquarium Rescue Unit, featuring Col. Bruce Hampton. This led to his membership in the classic rock group The Allman Brothers Band, with whom he has earned two Grammy nominations for best rock instrumental.
Throughout his career, Oteil has shared the stage with numerous rock and blues legends, including Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Levon Helm, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Billy Gibbons, Chuck Leavell, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Johnny Winter, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, and Trey Anastasio. In 2012, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his 15-year contribution to the Allman Brothers Band as the longest-running bassist in the band's history.
In addition to his work with the Allman Brothers Band, Oteil has also collaborated with many other musicians. He formed his solo group, Oteil and the Peacemakers, in 1998, and has also played with Vida Blue, Phish's keyboardist Page McConnell and The Funky Meters' drummer Russell Batiste, and with Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann and Max Creek guitarist Scott Murawski.
In 2010, Oteil reunited on stage with his brother Kofi after ten years of touring separately when Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi formed the Tedeschi Trucks Band, featuring the Burbridge brothers in the rhythm section. The 11-piece super group released their first record, Revelator, in 2011, which won a Grammy in February 2012. The Tedeschi Trucks Band has also released a second album, Everybody's Talkin', and has played Eric Clapton's iconic Crossroads Guitar Festival.
Oteil has also recorded and shared the stage with jazz and jazz-rock fusion legends such as Herbie Hancock, Roy Haynes, Randy Brecker, John Scofield, Jerry Goodman, Bob Moses, Lenny White, Steve Smith, Bela Fleck, Jimmy Herring, Howard Levi, Victor Wooten, and Branford Marsalis.
In 2015, Oteil joined forces with Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, along with John Mayer, to form Dead & Company, with Burbridge on bass and Jeff Chimenti on keys. Since its formation, the band has completed six tours, playing to more than 2 million fans, and has become a record-breaking stadium act. Dead & Company has headlined iconic stadiums across the country and has broken Wrigley Field's all-time concert attendance record.
Oteil's fourth solo record, Water In The Desert, was released in 2017. He has also toured with his group Oteil & Friends, featuring a rotating cast of all-star musicians, and has several festival appearances booked throughout the year.
