After jamming with Duane Betts in Washington D.C. earlier in the week, Tedeschi Trucks Band traveled to Maryland for a show at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre on Saturday evening.
After opening with “Last Night in the Rain”, TTB began to dig in to its back catalog with the first “Signs, High Times” in nearly a year. The bust-outs continued throughout the night, with the band’s first cover of Roosevelt Sykes‘ “44 Blues” since March 2022 arriving late in the first set following a string of covers including Eddie Kirkland‘s “I Must Have Done Somebody Wrong” and The Wood Brothers‘ “Smoke Ring Halo”. An odyssey through the Trucks-led I Am the Moon instrumental “Pasaquan” brought the first set to a powerful conclusion.
The second set also featured a few fun covers including Wet Willie‘s “Keep On Smilin'”, which was followed by a seamless pairing of “Fall In” and The Allman Brothers Band‘s “Come and Go Blues”. TTB finished the set with an unexpected transition from “I Want More” into Santana‘s “Soul Sacrifice”, played for the first time since May 2023, instead of its recent go-to sparring partner, “Beck’s Bolero”.
For the encore, the band broke out a pair of Sly & the Family Stone medley last performed at Madison Square Garden during the monumental Garden Parties run (“Sing a Simple Song” > “I Want to Take You Higher”).
Click below to check out fan-shot video highlights and a gallery of photos from Tedeschi Trucks Band at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre courtesy of photographer Andrew Blackstein.
TTB’s tour continues tonight with the first of two shows in Richmond, VA. The band just added a batch of Deuces Wild tour dates. For a full list of upcoming shows and to purchase tickets, visit the band’s website.
Tedeschi Trucks Band – “Soul Sacrifice” (Santana) – 3/9/24
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Setlist: Tedeschi Trucks Band | Hippodrome Theatre | Baltimore, MD | 3/9/24
Set 1: Last Night in the Rain, Signs, High Times, I Must Have Done Somebody Wrong (Eddie Kirkland), Smoke Ring Halo (The Wood Brothers), 44 Blues (Roosevelt Sykes), La Di Da, Little by Little (Junior Wells), Pasaquan
Set 2: I Can’t Make You Love Me (Mike Reid), All the Love, Anyhow, Keep On Smilin’ (Wet Willie), Fall In > Come and Go Blues (The Allman Brothers Band), Made Up Mind, Midnight in Harlem, I Want More > Soul Sacrifice (Santana)
Encore: Sing a Simple Song (Sly & the Family Stone) > I Want to Take You Higher (Sly & the Family Stone)
