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Song

Impossible

Times played
228
First
1988
Last
2013
Avg length
7:12
from 228 timed
The longest it ever went missing

234 shows without it, ending 2005-12-31.

Where it sits
  • 4opened the show
  • 4opened 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
  • 2280s
  • 11590s
  • 6600s
  • 2410s
Segues

Goes into

  1. 4Radio Child2000–2008
  2. 2Travelin' Light1989
  3. 2Drums1997–2000
  4. 2Chilly Water1998–1999
  5. 2Pigeons1999–2000
  6. 1Machine1988
  7. 1Worry1990
  8. 1Just Kissed My Baby1991

Comes out of

  1. 3Diner1992
  2. 2Heroes1995–2001
  3. 1Holden Oversoul1989
  4. 1Pigeons1990
  5. 1Conrad1993
  6. 1Goin' Out West2009
  7. 1Old Neighborhood2009
  8. 1Saint Ex2010

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

Every performance
Played by yearMost in 1989: 19
19882013
DateBandVenueLength
1988-10-13WSPThe Brewery, Raleigh1:54
1988-11-19WSPLittle Five Points Pub, Atlanta4:33
1988-11-25WSPUptown Lounge, Athens4:50
1988-12-31WSPUptown Lounge, Athens5:50
1989-01-03WSPJohn Keane's Studio, Athens3:35
1989-02-17WSPThe Cotton Club, Atlanta5:29
1989-03-11WSPCarrell Farms Pasture Party, Monroe7:50
1989-04-08WSPThe Armory, Valdosta6:30
1989-04-16WSPAthens Fairgrounds, Athens5:41
1989-04-21WSPPhi Delta Theta House University Of The South, Sewanee6:32
1989-04-22WSPJohn Brown's Farm, Oxford6:34
1989-05-19WSPThe Princess Augusta, Augusta5:16
1989-05-20WSPTau Epsilon Phi House University of Georgia, Athens5:33
1989-05-27WSPMath Fields, Griffin5:04
1989-07-22WSPThe Nick, Birmingham6:13
1989-08-05WSPThe Wetlands Preserve, New York4:44
1989-08-07WSPThe Ketch, Beach Haven6:12
1989-09-19WSPThe Brewery, Raleigh5:29
1989-10-04WSPThe Nick, Birmingham5:24
1989-10-18WSPSalomon's, Tuscaloosa5:26
1989-10-31WSPThe Georgia Theatre, Athens7:12
1989-12-01WSPCenter Stage, Atlanta6:18
1989-12-14WSPExit/In, Nashville5:45
1990-01-08WSPThe Georgia Theatre, Athens4:52
1990-01-13WSPGreenstreets, Columbia5:40
1990-02-16WSPThe Paradise, Boston4:25
1990-04-20WSPMain Street, Murfreesboro6:45
1990-04-28WSPSpring Festival Craven's Auditorium University of the South, Sewanee5:34
1990-10-05WSPOak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham6:13
1990-10-31WSPThe Georgia Theatre, Athens6:02
1990-12-29WSPThe Cotton Club, Atlanta5:08
1990-12-31WSPThe Cotton Club, Atlanta5:21
1991-01-10WSPUnderwood Auditorium, Nashville6:08
1992-02-27WSPThe Masquerade, Atlanta5:09
1992-03-14WSPThe Georgia Theatre, Athens8:02
1992-03-25WSPFly Me to the Moon Saloon, Telluride6:05
1992-03-31WSPThe Inferno, Steamboat Springs6:13
1992-04-11WSPRoseland Theater, Portland5:47
1992-05-02WSPAmphitheater - Mississippi State University, Starkville5:24
1992-05-08WSPPurple Gator, Myrtle Beach6:58
1992-05-23WSPThe Mad Monk, Wilmington6:04
1992-05-27WSPThe Post Office, Augusta6:04
1992-05-29WSPIvory Tusk, Tuscaloosa5:42
1992-06-26WSPRitz Theatre, Tampa5:15
1992-07-05WSPAtlantis, Nags Head6:03
1992-08-02WSPThe Vogue, Indianapolis6:26
1992-08-09WSPMerriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia5:57
1992-10-05WSPThe Georgia Theatre, Athens5:21
1992-10-27WSPRumours, Cleveland7:14
1992-11-03WSPZiggy's, Winston-Salem6:40
1992-11-06WSPThe Boathouse, Norfolk6:02
1993-02-09WSPIra Allen Chapel University of Vermont, Burlington6:12
1993-02-23WSPNewport Music Hall, Columbus6:10
1993-05-19WSPTheater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia6:08
1993-09-30WSPLegends Appalachian State University, Boone6:29
1993-10-25WSPTheater Lory Student Center Colorado State University, Fort Collins6:06
1993-11-06WSPSlim's, San Francisco5:34
1994-09-18WSPMonroe Fairgrounds, Monroe5:45
1994-10-05WSPGrady Cole Center, Charlotte6:34
1994-10-13WSPWaite Chapel Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem3:25