SOUTHERN ROCK AND BLUES: Blackberry Smoke is joined by special guests in New Brunswick on March 23.

Blackberry Smoke: Be Right Here Tour is on stage at the State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, on Saturday, March 23 at 8 p.m. Joining Blackberry Smoke for this concert are special guests Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel.

Blackberry Smoke, the Georgia-based band — vocalist/lead guitarist Charlie Starr, keyboardist Brandon Still, guitarist/vocalist Paul Jackson, bassist/vocalist Richard Turner and drummer Brit Turner — draw inspiration from Southern rock, blues-leaning classic rock and rootsy vintage country.

Over the past two decades, the group’s last five full-length albums achieved considerable chart success, including 2021’s You Hear Georgia, which reached  No.1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart. Highlights on the Be Right Here album include “Whatcha Know Good,” “Like It Was Yesterday,” “Azalea,” and “Little Bit Crazy.”

Betts will be performing hits from his debut solo album, Wild & Precious Life, offering a mix of blues, rock, folk, and country. Wild & Precious Life highlights include “Waiting on a Song,” “Circles in the Stars,” “Stare at the Sun,” and “Under the Bali Moon.”

Betts assembled his dream team of musicians — including guitarist Johnny Stachela, bassist Berry Duane Oakley, keyboardist John Ginty, and drummer Tyler Greenwell — and took up his old friends Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks on an offer to record the album at their own Swamp Raga Studio.

Tickets are $29-$254. Visit Stnj.org.