Smokestack Lightning

Played live by Grateful Dead on 62 nights, 3% of shows.

First: November 19, 1966 at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California
Last: October 18, 1994 at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York

Nights per year

1966: 1 · 1967: 2 · 1968: 1 · 1969: 4 · 1970: 4 · 1971: 5 · 1972: 1 · 1983: 1 · 1984: 3 · 1985: 10 · 1986: 7 · 1987: 2 · 1988: 3 · 1989: 3 · 1990: 2 · 1991: 4 · 1992: 3 · 1993: 4 · 1994: 2

Most in 1985: 10 nights.

Next

  1. Drums: 19 times
  2. Comes a Time: 4 times
  3. He's Gone: 4 times
  4. Morning Dew: 3 times
  5. Black Peter: 3 times
  6. Stella Blue: 3 times

Before

  1. Truckin': 27 times
  2. He's Gone: 8 times
  3. Ship of Fools: 3 times

Latest nights

  1. October 18, 1994: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
  2. July 2, 1994: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
  3. December 19, 1993: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
  4. August 21, 1993: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon
  5. June 19, 1993: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
  6. March 20, 1993: The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia
  7. June 28, 1992: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana
  8. June 12, 1992: Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
  9. May 30, 1992: Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas, Nevada
  10. September 5, 1991: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio

All of Grateful Dead

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