Song

The Race Is On

Times played

First

1969

Last

2026

Avg length

5:46

from 4 timed

The longest it ever went missing

346 shows without it, ending 1980-09-27.

Where it sits

1opened the show
1opened 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.

6:362024-06-15Saint Louis Music Park
6:132022-08-25Saratoga Performing Arts Center
5:192026-01-17Capitol Theater
4:562019-01-19Capitol Theater

Across the decades

160s
4070s
1380s
490s
110s
320s

Segues

Goes into

1Dire Wolf1993

Comes out of

1Cold Rain And Snow1986

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

Every performance

Date	Band	Venue	Length
1969-12-31	GD	Boston Tea Party, Boston, MA, USA	—
1970-01-31	GD	The Warehouse, New Orleans, LA, USA	—
1970-02-05	GD	Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA	—
1970-04-19	GD	Family Dog On The Great Highway, San Francisco	—
1970-05-01	GD	Alfred College, Alfred, NY, USA	—
1973-03-19	GD	Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA	—
1973-03-21	GD	Utica Memorial Auditorium, Utica, NY, USA	—
1973-03-22	GD	Utica Memorial Auditorium, Utica, NY, USA	—
1973-03-24	GD	The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA	—
1973-03-26	GD	Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD, USA	—
1973-03-28	GD	Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA, USA	—
1973-03-30	GD	Community War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, NY, USA	—
1973-03-31	GD	War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY, USA	—
1973-05-20	GD	Stadium (UC Santa Barbara), Santa Barbara, CA, USA	—
1973-05-26	GD	Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA, USA	—
1973-06-10	GD	RFK Stadium, Washington, DC, USA	—
1973-06-22	GD	P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	—
1973-06-24	GD	Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, USA	—
1973-06-26	GD	Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA, USA	—
1973-06-29	GD	Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA	—
1973-07-01	GD	Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA	—
1973-08-01	GD	Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ, USA	—
1973-09-11	GD	William and Mary College Hall, Williamsburg, VA, USA	—
1973-09-26	GD	War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY, USA	—
1973-10-29	GD	Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, USA	—
1973-11-09	GD	Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA, USA	—
1973-11-14	GD	San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA	—
1973-11-17	GD	Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA	—
1973-11-20	GD	Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO, USA	—
1973-11-23	GD	County Coliseum, El Paso, TX, USA	—
1973-12-02	GD	Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA	—
1973-12-08	GD	Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke U., Durham, NC, USA	—
1974-02-22	GD	Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA, USA	—
1974-05-17	GD	P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	—
1974-05-21	GD	Edmundson Pavilion, U. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA	—
1974-06-16	GD	Des Moines State Fair Grandstand, Des Moines, IA, USA	—
1974-06-22	GD	Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami, FL, USA	—
1974-06-26	GD	Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, USA	—
1974-09-18	GD	Parc des Exposition, Dijon, France	—
1974-09-21	GD	Palais Des Sports, Paris, France	—
1974-10-19	GD	Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA, USA	—
1980-09-27	GD	Warfield Theatre, San Francisco	—
1980-10-02	GD	Warfield Theatre, San Francisco	—
1980-10-04	GD	Warfield Theatre, San Francisco	—
1980-10-09	GD	Warfield Theatre, San Francisco	—
1980-10-13	GD	Warfield Theatre, San Francisco	—
1980-10-25	GD	Radio City Music Hall, New York	—
1980-10-27	GD	Radio City Music Hall, New York	—
1980-10-29	GD	Radio City Music Hall, New York	—
1980-11-26	GD	Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines	—
1980-12-31	GD	Oakland Auditorium, Oakland	—
1981-10-16	GD	Melk Weg, Amsterdam	—
1986-05-03	GD	Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento	—
1989-05-06	GD	Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto	—
1990-05-05	GD	California State U. Dominguez Hills, Carson	—
1991-05-04	GD	Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento	—
1993-09-20	GD	Madison Square Garden, New York	—
1995-05-20	GD	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas	—
2019-01-19	JRAD	Capitol Theater, Portchester, NY	4:56
2022-08-25	JRAD	Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, NY	6:13
2024-06-15	JRAD	Saint Louis Music Park, Maryland Heights, MO	6:36
2026-01-17	JRAD	Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY	5:19