On Saturday, Tedeschi Trucks Band returned to Washington, D.C.’s Warner Theatre for their second show of the weekend. About an hour before the show on Friday, the band learned that their forever keyboardist/flutist Kofi Burbridge passed away. Kofi had been on medical leave this year following recurring heart complications, and renowned keyboardist Gabe Dixon has been touring in 2019 in his place.
It’s been an insanely rough couple of years for Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Friday marked their triumphant comeback with the release of SIGNS, marking the band’s first record since 2016’s Let Me Get By. The extended period of time between albums was a result of the major losses experienced by the band over the last several years. During the recording process, the group lost several of their mentors: Leon Russell, Col. Bruce Hampton, and Derek Trucks’ uncle and original Allman Brothers Band drummer, Butch Trucks, followed by Gregg Allman later that year.
Tedeschi Trucks Band opened up the show with a cover of Four Tops’ “Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever” before working their way into “Walk Through This Life”, off of the band’s recent SIGNS release. TTB continued to navigate through original material including “Let Me Get By”, “Right On Time”, “High & Mighty”, “Idle Wind”, “Laugh About It”, “Do I Look Worried”, and “I Want More”, as well as covers of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Darlin’ Be Home Soon”, Bob Dylan’s “Down In The Flood”, Allman Brothers Band’s “Don’t Keep Me Wonderin'”, Spooner Oldham’s “Sweet Inspiration”, Derek and the Dominos’ “Keep On Growing”, Sleepy John Estes’ “Leaving Trunk”, and Elmore James’ “The Sky Is Crying”. For the encore, the band returned with a cover of The Coasters’ “Let’s Go Get Stoned”.
Tedeschi Trucks Band – “Idle Wind”
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Tedeschi Trucks Band – “Leavin’ Trunk”
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Tedeschi Trucks Band – “Let’s Go Get Stoned”
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You can also listen to the full show below, courtesy of Alex Leary.
Tedeschi Trucks Band – 2/16/2019
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Tedeschi Trucks Band returns to the stage tonight with a show at Hershey, PA’s Hershey Theatre. For a full list of the band’s upcoming tour dates, head to Tedeschi Trucks Band’s website.
Setlist: Tedeschi Trucks Band | Warner Theatre | Washington, D.C. | 2/16/2019
Set: Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever, Walk Through This Life, Darlin’ Be Home Soon, Let Me Get By, Right On Time, Down in the Flood, High & Mighty, Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’, Idle Wind, Laugh About It, Sweet Inspiration, Keep On Growing, Do I Look Worried, When Will I Begin, Leaving Trunk, The Sky Is Crying, I Want More
Encore: Let’s Go Get Stoned