Video Premiere: Blackberry Smoke with Bob Weir “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo”

February 3, 2017


As we reported earlier in the week, Blackberry Smoke with Bob Weir: An Evening at TRI, has been released today. The performance was captured at Weir’s TRI studios with director Justin Kreutzmann and the material spans the career of both Weir and Blackberry Smoke. Looking back on the experience, Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr tells Relix, “I don’t know if anyone was sure about what might happen, if we would just jam or if we would hit it off. Nobody was making assumptions. But everybody was so gracious and Bob was so cool. It was an incredible experience. As it turns out, nothing was off-limits, which, that was great. We got there in the morning and we set up in that amazing studio and we played music all day, for like 12 hours. Then we stayed another day and went in and did it again and played more songs and more of our material.”

Today we premiere the version of “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo” that appears on the DVD (which is available here). The complete tracklisting appears below the video, along with Blackberry Smoke’s upcoming tour dates.

Blackberry Smoke with Bob Weir: An Evening at TRI
1. Columbus Stockade Blues (with Bob Weir)
2. One Horse Town
3. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
4. Deep Elem Blues (with Bob Weir)
5. Big Boss Man (with Bob Weir)
6. Sure Was Good
7. Ramble On Rose (with Bob Weir)
8. Big River (with Bob Weir)
9. Woman In The Moon
10. Ain’t Got The Blues
11. Promised Land (with Bob Weir)
12. The Whippoorwill
13. Up On Cripple Creek (with Bob Weir)
14. Willin’
16. Ophelia
17. The Weight (with Bob Weir)

Blackberry Smoke Tour Dates
February 3—Asheville, NC—Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
February 4—Birmingham, AL—Iron City
February 9—Baton Rouge, LA—Varsity Theatre
February 10—Montgomery, AL—Montgomery PAC
February 11—Robinsonville, MS—Horseshoe Tunica
February 16—Lexington, KY—Manchester Music Hall
February 17—Glasgow, KY—Plaza Theatre
February 18—Glasgow, KY—Plaza Theatre
February 26-March 2—Tampa, FL—Outlaw Country Cruise
March 7—Madrid, Spain—La Riviera
March 8—Barcelona, Spain—Sala Apolo
March 10—Zurich, Switzerland—Dynamo
March 11—Milan, Italy—Fabrique
March 12—Munchen, Germany—Backstage Werk
March 14—Berlin, Germany—Columbia Theatre
March 16—Copenhagen South, Denmark—Amager Bio
March 17—Oslo, Norway—Rockafella
March 18—Stockholm, Sweden—Muchenbyggereit
March 20—Goteborg, Sweden—Pustervik
March 21—Hamburg, Germany—Uebel & Gefahrlich
March 22—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Melkweg Max
March 24—Cologne, Germany¬—Stollwerck
March 25—Paris, France—La Maroquinerie
March 27—Oxford, U.K.—O2 Academy Oxford
March 28—London, U.K.—Roundhouse
March 29—Norwich, U.K.—The Nick Rayns LCR
March 31—Manchester, U.K.—Manchester Academy
April 1—Dublin, Ireland—Olympia Theatre
April 3—Glasgow, U.K.—Barrowland Ballroom
April 4—Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K.—The Academy
April 6—Bristol, U.K.—O2 Academy Bristol
April 7— Birmingham, U.K.—O2 Academy Birmingham
April 8—Portsmouth, U.K.—Pyramids Centre
April 20-April 22—Live Oak, FL—Wanee Festival
May 19—Panama City Beach, FL—Jeep Beach Jam
June 25—Augusta, NJ—Rock, Ribs, and Ridges Festival