Song

Rocky Top

Times played

199

First

1987

Last

2026

Avg length

2:49

from 199 timed

The longest it ever went missing

187 shows without it, ending 2025-07-03.

Where it sits

3opened the show
27opened a set
114encore

Longest on record

Only where a tape gives a length, so this is the longest anyone timed — not necessarily the longest ever played.

6:031998-04-02Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5:142018-12-02Globe Hall
5:061989-08-12Burlington Boathouse
4:361988-07-29The Roma
4:191988-08-04The Roma

Across the decades

1880s
15190s
400s
2310s
320s

Every performance

Played by yearMost in 1991: 37

19872026

Date	Band	Venue	Length
1987-09-21	PHIS	Nectar's, Burlington	3:13
1988-05-22	PHIS	Nectar's, Burlington	2:46
1988-05-23	PHIS	Nectar's, Burlington	3:12
1988-05-24	PHIS	Nectar's, Burlington	2:51
1988-06-15	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	2:56
1988-06-19	PHIS	Nectar's, Burlington	3:08
1988-06-21	PHIS	Nectar's, Burlington	2:45
1988-07-29	PHIS	The Roma, Telluride	4:36
1988-08-04	PHIS	The Roma, Telluride	4:19
1989-03-30	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	2:23
1989-08-12	PHIS	Burlington Boathouse, Burlington	5:06
1989-08-17	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	2:56
1989-08-19	PHIS	Collis Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover	2:57
1989-10-22	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	2:44
1989-11-10	PHIS	Sigma Phi House, Hamilton College, Clinton	2:56
1989-12-01	PHIS	The Paradise, Boston	2:36
1989-12-07	PHIS	8x10 Club, Baltimore	3:06
1989-12-09	PHIS	Huden Dining Hall, Castleton State College, Castleton	2:39
1990-02-10	PHIS	23 East Cabaret, Ardmore	2:45
1990-02-23	PHIS	Dining Center, Haverford College, Haverford	3:01
1990-03-03	PHIS	The Wetlands Preserve, New York	2:51
1990-03-10	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	2:48
1990-04-09	PHIS	Fly Me to the Moon Saloon, Telluride	2:25
1990-06-01	PHIS	The Cotton Club, Atlanta	4:00
1990-06-16	PHIS	Townshend Family Park, Townshend	2:28
1990-11-04	PHIS	Fort Ram, Fort Collins	2:52
1990-11-17	PHIS	Somerville Theatre, Somerville	3:24
1990-12-02	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	2:51
1990-12-29	PHIS	Campus Club, Providence	2:44
1990-12-31	PHIS	Boston World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Boston	2:34
1991-02-09	PHIS	John M. Greene Hall, Smith College, Northampton	2:33
1991-02-16	PHIS	The Marquee, New York	2:49
1991-02-19	PHIS	The Bayou, Washington	3:12
1991-03-16	PHIS	Ten Mile Room, Breckenridge	3:29
1991-03-23	PHIS	The Inferno, Steamboat Springs	2:59
1991-03-29	PHIS	DNA Lounge, San Francisco	2:39
1991-04-03	PHIS	Britt Ballroom, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland	3:01
1991-04-05	PHIS	Starry Night, Portland	3:26
1991-04-12	PHIS	Barrymore Theatre, Madison	2:42
1991-04-15	PHIS	The Gathering Place, Northwestern University, Evanston	2:35
1991-04-19	PHIS	Nietzsche's, Buffalo	2:42
1991-04-21	PHIS	SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam	2:40
1991-04-22	PHIS	Billings Lounge, University of Vermont, Burlington	3:22
1991-05-04	PHIS	Somerville Theatre, Somerville	2:30
1991-05-09	PHIS	Portland Performing Arts Center, Portland	2:42
1991-05-12	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	2:51
1991-05-17	PHIS	Campus Club, Providence	2:45
1991-07-12	PHIS	The Colonial Theatre, Keene	2:23
1991-07-20	PHIS	Arrowhead Ranch, Parksville	2:44
1991-08-03	PHIS	Larrabee Farm, a.k.a. Amy's Farm, Auburn	2:52
1991-09-27	PHIS	The Warehouse, Rochester	2:50
1991-09-29	PHIS	Agora Theater & Ballroom, Cleveland	3:46
1991-10-02	PHIS	The Cubby Bear, Chicago	3:32
1991-10-04	PHIS	Barrymore Theatre, Madison	2:38
1991-10-06	PHIS	Cochran Lounge, Student Union, Macalester College, St. Paul	3:23
1991-10-12	PHIS	Roseland Theater, Portland	2:44
1991-10-15	PHIS	International Beer Garden, Arcata	2:45
1991-10-24	PHIS	Crystal Ballroom, Hotel St. Michael, Prescott	2:39
1991-10-28	PHIS	Elk Ballroom, Telluride	1:02
1991-10-31	PHIS	Armstrong Hall, Colorado College, Colorado Springs	2:34