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Smokestack Lightning

Played 60 times

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First: Saturday, November 19, 1966 1966-11-19
Last: Tuesday, October 18, 1994 1994-10-18

Composed by Chester Burnett.

Set 1

18

Set 2

42

Set 1 Opener
4
Set 1 Closer
2
Set 2 Opener
2
Show Closer
0
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Longest Gaps
  • 1972-03-25 3/25/72 to 1984-10-09 10/9/84
    795 shows
  • 1968-03-03 3/3/68 to 1969-05-07 5/7/69
    160 shows
  • 1967-03-18 3/18/67 to 1968-03-03 3/3/68
    129 shows
Most Preceded By
  • Truckin'
    25 shows
  • He's Gone
    8 shows
  • none - first song
    5 shows
  • Ship Of Fools
    3 shows
  • Me And My Uncle
    2 shows
Most Followed By
  • drums
    17 shows
  • He's Gone
    5 shows
  • Comes A Time
    4 shows
  • Morning Dew
    3 shows
  • Black Peter
    3 shows
  • Stella Blue
    3 shows
Click on any show to see the full setlist. A Slot number in parentheses indicates Set Closer.
Date Gap Venue Set Slot Preceded By Followed By
1966-11-19 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA 2 1 Dancing In The Street I'm A King Bee 0
1967-03-18 44 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA 1 4 He Was A Friend Of Mine Morning Dew 0
1968-03-03 129 Haight Street at Cole - San Francisco, CA 1 2 Viola Lee Blues Turn On Your Lovelight 1
1969-05-07 160 Polo Field, Golden Gate Park - San Francisco, CA 1 3 The Other One Good Lovin' 2
1969-05-28 6 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA 1 1 Doin' That Rag 2
1969-06-06 4 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA 1 1 Green, Green Grass of Home 2
1969-12-21 64 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA 1 1 New Speedway Boogie 2
1970-02-08 23 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA 1 1 Morning Dew 3
1970-02-13 Late 4 Fillmore East - New York, NY 1 5 Dire Wolf Monkey And The Engineer 3
1970-10-30 Late 90 Gymnasium, SUNY - Stony Brook, NY 1 1 Beat It On Down The Line 3
1970-12-28 23 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA 2 1 Casey Jones Big Railroad Blues 3
1971-01-21 1 Freeborn Hall, University Of California - Davis, CA 1 3 Me And My Uncle Truckin' 3
1971-02-19 3 Capitol Theatre - Port Chester, NY 1 8 Dark Hollow China Cat Sunflower 4
1971-12-02 66 Boston Music Hall - Boston, MA 1 11 Mexicali Blues Big Railroad Blues 5
1971-12-04 0 Felt Forum - New York, NY 1 12 El Paso Cumberland Blues 5
1971-12-07 2 Felt Forum - New York, NY 2 7 Me And My Uncle Deal 5
1972-03-25 10 Academy of Music - New York, NY 2 5 Brown Eyed Women Sittin' On Top Of The World 6
1984-10-09 795 The Centrum - Worcester, MA 2 6 He's Gone drums 9
1984-10-20 6 Carrier Dome, Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY 2 4 He's Gone drums 9
1984-11-02 4 Berkeley Community Theatre - Berkeley, CA 1 5 Loser Spoonful 9
1985-03-10 8 Berkeley Community Theatre - Berkeley, CA 2 4 Truckin' Mind Left Body jam 9
1985-03-22 3 Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, VA 2 9 Truckin' Black Peter 9
1985-03-28 3 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Uniondale, NY 1 2 Truckin' High Time 9
1985-04-07 6 The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA 2 9 Truckin' Morning Dew 9
1985-06-14 5 Greek Theatre, University Of California - Berkeley, CA 2 7 Truckin' Comes A Time 9
1985-06-24 4 River Bend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH 2 4 He's Gone Cryptical Envelopment 9
1985-07-14 7 Ventura County Fairgrounds - Ventura, CA 2 10 Truckin' Black Peter 9
1985-09-03 4 Starlight Theatre - Kansas City, MO 2 10 Truckin' Comes A Time 9
1985-09-15 6 Devore Field, Southwestern College - Chula Vista, CA 1 7 Dupree's Diamond Blues Deal 9
1985-10-28 2 Fox Theatre - Atlanta, GA 2 8 Truckin' Stella Blue 9
1986-02-09 18 Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center - Oakland, CA 2 4 He's Gone Comes A Time 9
1986-04-04 15 Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, CT 2 4 He's Gone drums 9
1986-04-18 2 Berkeley Community Theatre - Berkeley, CA 2 7 The Wheel Stella Blue 9
1986-05-11 6 Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA 2 4 He's Gone drums 9
1986-06-21 1 Greek Theatre, University Of California - Berkeley, CA 2 4 He's Gone drums 9
1986-06-30 4 River Bend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH 2 4 Ship Of Fools He's Gone 9
1986-12-27 7 Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center - Oakland, CA 2 9 Truckin' Comes A Time 9
1987-08-20 58 Park West Ski Resort - Park City, UT 2 6 Truckin' drums 9
1987-12-28 26 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena - Oakland, CA 2 9 Truckin' Black Peter 9
1988-04-05 18 Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, CT 2 5 Ship Of Fools drums 9
1988-07-30 27 Laguna Seca Recreation Area - Monterey, CA 2 7 space Going Down The Road Feeling Bad 9
1988-10-15 24 Bayfront Center Arena - St. Petersburg, FL 2 8 Truckin' Stella Blue 9
1989-04-12 27 Rosemont Horizon - Rosemont, IL 2 3 Truckin' Spoonful 9
2 5 Spoonful He's Gone 9
1989-07-15 20 Deer Creek Music Center - Noblesville, IN 2 5 Truckin' drums 9
1989-09-30 10 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA 2 4 Truckin' drums 9
1990-07-23 63 World Music Theatre - Tinley Park, IL 1 ( 8 ) Nobody's Fault But Mine jam Victim Or The Crime 9
1990-12-04 23 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena - Oakland, CA 2 5 Truckin' drums 11
1991-04-03 24 The Omni - Atlanta, GA 2 5 Truckin' drums 11
1991-06-25 26 Sandstone Amphitheatre - Bonner Springs, KS 2 4 Truckin' He's Gone 11
1991-08-17 5 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA 2 3 Ship Of Fools He's Gone 11
1991-09-05 2 Richfield Coliseum - Richfield, OH 2 6 Truckin' drums 11
1992-05-30 52 Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, UNLV - Las Vegas, NV 2 4 Truckin' Terrapin Station 12
1992-06-12 5 Knickerbocker Arena - Albany, NY 2 5 Truckin' drums 12
1992-06-28 9 Deer Creek Music Center - Noblesville, IN 1 ( 9 ) New Speedway Boogie China Cat Sunflower 12
1993-03-20 24 The Omni - Atlanta, GA 2 5 Truckin' drums 12
1993-06-19 30 Soldier Field - Chicago, IL 2 5 Truckin' drums 12
1993-08-21 5 Autzen Stadium, University Of Oregon - Eugene, OR 2 6 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl drums 12
1993-12-19 29 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena - Oakland, CA 2 6 Truckin' drums 12
1994-07-02 35 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA 2 6 Truckin' He's Gone 12
1994-10-18 35 Madison Square Garden - New York, NY 2 4 He's Gone Truckin' 12