Bob Weir and Wolf Bros were at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Asheville, NC on Wednesday for the latest stop on the band’s ongoing run of winter performances. Following a show Durham the night prior, the trio comprised of Bob Weir, Don Was, and Jay Lane treated their North Carolina fans to another night of unique interpretations of the songs from the Grateful Dead catalog mixed with some tasteful classic rock covers.
The first set of the night started with a familiar show-opening tune in “Jack Straw” followed by a pair of covers with Bob Dylan‘s “She Belongs to Me” and Marty Robbins‘ “El Paso”. The set continued with a pair of songs from Weir and Lane’s yeas in RatDog with “Even So” and “October Queen” before the trio returned to the Dead songbook to close the set with “Althea” and Weir’s classic “Lost Sailor” into “Saint of Circumstance” combination.
Following set break, the band returned to open up the second half of the show with a take on The Beatles‘ “Blackbird”, which would be the first of two songs from the “Fab Four” explored by Weir and company on this night. The set continued with “Truckin'”, which started a nonstop flow of music as the band kept on rolling into “Fever”, “Estimated Prophet”, and back to the Beatles songbook with a take on John Lennon‘s psychedelic masterpiece, “Tomorrow Never Knows”. The music continued into “Looks Like Rain”, followed by another classic two-song combination to end the second set with “China Cat Sunflower” into “I Know You Rider”. The band’s one-song encore to close the show was that of “U.S. Blues”.
Watch the band explore The Beatles’ “Blackbird” and “Truckin'” from Wednesday’s show below.
Bob Weir and Wolf Bros – “Blackbird” – 3/4/20
[Video: Jonathan Walser]
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The band’s 2020 winter tour continues goin’ down the road (feeling good) this week with their next scheduled performance at Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, TN on Friday (3/6). Head to Weir’s website for tickets and tour info.
Setlist: Bob Weir and Wolf Bros | Thomas Wolfe Auditorium | Asheville, NC | 3/4/20
Set One: Jack Straw, She Belongs to Me (Bob Dylan cover), El Paso (Marty Robbins cover), Even So > October Queen, Althea, Lost Sailor > Saint of Circumstance
Set Two: Blackbird (The Beatles cover), Truckin’ > Fever (Eddie Cooley cover) > Estimated Prophet > Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles cover) > Looks Like Rain, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider (Traditional cover)
Encore: U.S. Blues