Tedeschi Trucks Band kicked off their three-night run at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN on Thursday night, debuting their own rendition of Willie Nelson‘s “Somebody Pick Up My Pieces” and welcoming out North Mississippi Allstars guitarist Luther Dickinson for a pair of songs.

The one-set show featured an even mix of originals (“Don’t Let Me Slide”, “Part Of Me”, “Right On Time”, “Just As Strange”, “Shame”, “2Bound for Glory”, and “Idle Wind) and unique covers, including Delaney & Bonnie‘s “Comin’ Home”, Bob Dylan‘s “Down in the Flood”, Four Tops‘ “Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever”, Sleepy John Estes‘ “Leaving Trunk”, Rahsaan Roland Kirk‘s “Volunteered Slavery”, and Elmore James‘ “The Sky Is Crying”. Both “Leaving Trunk” and “Volunteered Slavery” featured Luther Dickinson as a surprise special guest.

After a quick break, Tedeschi Trucks Band returned to the stage for a celebratory encore with an energetically-charged double encore made up of the Allman Brothers Band‘s “Statesboro Blues” and Joe Cocker‘s “Space Captain”.

While this tour features a slightly different iteration of the band, with Brandon Boone filling in on bass duty and Gabe Dixon covering the keys, the band continues to charge through the new year with full steam ahead.

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The 12-piece ensemble is gearing up to release a brand new album on February 15th, SIGNS, marking their fourth studio album and first release since 2016’s Let Me Get By. In addition to their upcoming tour dates, Tedeschi Trucks Band will celebrate the official release of SIGNS with a show at Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, February 20th. Tickets for the album release show at Brooklyn Academy of Music are on sale now. Every pair of tickets purchased for this show will come with a digital download of the new album.

“Down In The Flood”

[Video: Gregory Marcus]

“Sky Is Crying”

[Video: Ryan Moret]

“Statesboro Blues”

[Video: AJ Gonzalez]

Setlist: Tedeschi Trucks Band | Ryman Auditorium | Nashville, TN | 1/31/19

Don’t Let Me Slide, Part of Me, Comin’ Home, Somebody Pick Up My Pieces, Right On Time, Down in the Flood, Just as Strange, Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever, Shame, Leaving Trunk*, Volunteered Slavery*, Bound For Glory, The Sky Is Crying, Idle Wind

E: Statesboro Blues, Space Captain