Setlist Spoilers: Blackberry Smoke's Drive Ins & Distancing Tour

Blackberry Smoke are one of the few bands who have found themselves back on the road again amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, playing socially distanced shows only of course, some at drive-ins, and others livestream only.

“Basically, we were on top of a mountain on a stage and everybody was down at the bottom of the mountain. So, it was like this huge expanse between the stage and the audience. There were big screens, you know, drive-in screens with video playing, but it was great. It was great to play music for people.” - Charlie Starr

The tour kicked off on September 10th in Roanoke, Virginia and will continue through October, wrapping up on October 22nd in Cincinnati. Each night, the Atlanta southern rockers have been performing a different setlist to keep fans on their toes. Check out which songs from their six album catalog they've been performing and more as we dust off our setlist spoilers segment!

How many songs are in the setlist?

Between 19-21 songs.

Which album do they play off the most?

2012's The Whippoorwill.

What is their most performed song?

"One Horse Town."

Have they done deep cuts?

Plenty! Every show has seen a number of deep cuts like: "Nobody Gives a Damn," "Son of the Bourbon," and "I've Got This Song."

How about new songs?

Last night (September 23) they live debuted "Grits Ain't Groceries" with special guest Jimmy Hall!

Any other special guests join on the tour?

Yes and it all happened last night at their Nashville stop at the Ryman Auditorium, which was a livestream only set. They were joined by: Billy Strings, Jerry Douglas, Tommy Emmanuel, and Jimmy Hall.

Have they been playing cover songs?

Lots of covers have made it into the setlists. They've been covering songs by Aerosmith, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and more!

Do they do encores?

They've done an encore at only three of the shows so far.

What song do they usually close out on?

"Ain't Much Left of Me."

Can I see a setlist?

Check out the most recent one here:

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Find the remaining tour dates along with ticketing information over on their website!

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Last updated: 20 Apr 2024, 08:29 Etc/UTC