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Song

Pigeons

Times played
558
First
1987
Last
2013
Avg length
8:48
from 558 timed
The longest it ever went missing

21 shows without it, ending 2002-11-02.

Where it sits
  • 35opened the show
  • 35opened a set
Longest on record

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

Across the decades
  • 3780s
  • 30290s
  • 16800s
  • 4810s
Segues

Goes into

  1. 2Pleas1993–1995
  2. 2Junior1997–2011
  3. 2Who Do You Belong To?2005–2006
  4. 1Cream Puff War1988
  5. 1New Speedway Boogie1988
  6. 1Mr. Soul1988
  7. 1Impossible1990
  8. 1Just Kissed My Baby1991

Comes out of

  1. 5Disco1998–2009
  2. 2Walkin' (For Your Love)1991–2010
  3. 2Tie Your Shoes1993–2007
  4. 2One Arm Steve1999
  5. 2Impossible1999–2000
  6. 2Give2000–2001
  7. 2Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi)2003
  8. 2From the Cradle2006–2011

Counted only where the setlist records the join. Every segue in the archive.

Every performance
Played by yearMost in 1993: 45
19872013
DateBandVenueLength
1987-07-20WSPUptown Lounge, Athens1:37
1987-08-22WSPUptown Lounge, Athens5:09
1987-10-09WSPNew Horizons, Richmond6:48
1987-10-31WSPUptown Lounge, Athens5:54
1987-11-14WSPMax's Cafe, Richmond6:19
1987-12-31WSPRockfish Palace, Athens6:15
1988-01-18WSPUptown Lounge, Athens6:01
1988-01-22WSPRockfish Palace, Athens5:23
1988-02-01WSPUptown Lounge, Athens7:22
1988-02-29WSPUptown Lounge, Athens7:44
1988-03-04WSPCaptain Harry's, Charleston5:45
1988-03-17WSPAl's Pump House, Greenville6:04
1988-03-18WSPNew Deli, Greenville6:21
1988-03-31WSPCat's Cradle, Chapel Hill6:05
1988-04-22WSPThe Brass Register, Chattanooga7:08
1988-04-27WSPThe Cockpit, Lexington6:41
1988-10-13WSPThe Brewery, Raleigh2:26
1988-10-31WSPUptown Lounge, Athens4:56
1988-11-19WSPLittle Five Points Pub, Atlanta6:25
1989-01-03WSPJohn Keane's Studio, Athens5:47
1989-01-03WSPJohn Keane's Studio, Athens5:35
1989-02-17WSPThe Cotton Club, Atlanta6:50
1989-03-11WSPCarrell Farms Pasture Party, Monroe9:26
1989-04-01WSPUnknown, Savannah6:33
1989-04-08WSPThe Armory, Valdosta6:06
1989-04-16WSPAthens Fairgrounds, Athens7:04
1989-04-21WSPPhi Delta Theta House University Of The South, Sewanee7:35
1989-05-27WSPMath Fields, Griffin5:22
1989-06-15WSPThe Post Office, Augusta6:32
1989-07-22WSPThe Nick, Birmingham6:50
1989-08-05WSPThe Wetlands Preserve, New York6:02
1989-08-10WSPMax's On Broadway, Baltimore6:15
1989-08-22WSPSAE House, Davidson5:26
1989-09-19WSPThe Brewery, Raleigh5:40
1989-10-12WSPCat's Cradle, Chapel Hill11:10
1989-10-18WSPSalomon's, Tuscaloosa5:13
1989-10-30WSPThe Georgia Theatre, Athens9:38
1989-11-15WSPThe Pterodactyl Club, Charlotte5:25
1989-12-01WSPCenter Stage, Atlanta9:00
1990-01-08WSPThe Georgia Theatre, Athens3:01
1990-01-19WSPThe Barrelhouse, Salem5:38
1990-02-11WSPCornell University, Ithaca6:24
1990-02-15WSPThe Living Room, Providence5:30
1990-03-03WSPRhythm Room, Dallas5:39
1990-04-07WSP"Ragtails" Baylor School, Chattanooga6:47
1990-04-20WSPMain Street, Murfreesboro7:05
1990-04-21WSPAntenna Club, Memphis7:13
1990-04-28WSPSpring Festival Craven's Auditorium University of the South, Sewanee7:03
1990-07-04WSPStadium Place, Columbia6:43
1990-08-09WSPThe Catalyst, Santa Cruz8:12
1990-08-16WSPCentral Tavern, Seattle7:13
1990-09-01WSPJohn Keane's Studio, Athens5:34
1990-09-26WSPElla Guru's, Knoxville10:41
1990-09-29WSPMain Street, Murfreesboro7:48
1990-10-05WSPOak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham4:11
1990-10-20WSPCat's Cradle, Carrboro8:08
1990-10-31WSPThe Georgia Theatre, Athens9:10
1990-11-09WSPHollins University - Cafeteria, Roanoke6:09
1990-12-07WSPSonny's Bistro, Asheville7:34
1990-12-28WSPThe Cotton Club, Atlanta7:31