Song

Smokestack Lightning

Times played

First

1966

Last

2024

Avg length

8:41

from 38 timed

The longest it ever went missing

956 shows without it, ending 2005-06-29.

Where it sits

3opened the show
5opened 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.

16:522008-06-24Civic Theatre
14:412008-11-19Irving Plaza
13:072006-07-01The Wiltern Theatre
12:272007-06-22Red Rocks
11:362007-07-21Radio City Music Hall

Across the decades

660s
970s
3980s
1690s
1700s
710s
420s

Segues

Goes into

Comes out of

3Truckin'1990–2024
2New Speedway Boogie1992–2022
1The Other One1969
1North2008

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

Every performance

Date	Band	Venue	Length
1966-11-19	GD	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA	—
1967-03-18	GD	Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA, USA	—
1968-03-03	GD	Haight Street, San Francisco, CA, USA	—
1969-05-07	GD	Polo Field, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, USA	—
1969-05-28	GD	Winterland, San Francisco	—
1969-12-21	GD	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA	—
1970-02-08	GD	Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA	—
1970-11-27	GD	The Syndrome, Chicago	—
1970-12-28	GD	Legion Stadium, El Monte, CA, USA	—
1971-01-21	GD	Freeborn Hall, U. of California, Davis, CA, USA	—
1971-02-19	GD	Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY, USA	—
1971-12-02	GD	Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA	—
1971-12-04	GD	Felt Forum, New York, NY, USA	—
1971-12-07	GD	Felt Forum, New York, NY, USA	—
1972-03-25	GD	Academy of Music, New York, NY, USA	—
1984-10-09	GD	Centrum, Worcester	—
1984-10-20	GD	Carrier Dome, Syracuse University, Syracuse	—
1984-11-02	GD	Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley	—
1984-11-02	GD	Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley	—
1985-03-10	GD	Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley	—
1985-03-22	GD	Hampton Coliseum, Hampton	—
1985-03-28	GD	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale	—
1985-04-07	GD	Spectrum, Philadelphia	—
1985-06-14	GD	William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley, Berkeley	—
1985-06-24	GD	Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati	—
1985-07-14	GD	Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura	—
1985-09-03	GD	Starlight Theatre, Kansas City	—
1985-09-15	GD	Devore Field, Southwestern College, Chula Vista	—
1985-10-28	GD	Fox Theatre, Atlanta	—
1986-02-09	GD	Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland	—
1986-02-13	WSP	Uptown Lounge, Athens, GA	10:54
1986-04-04	GD	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford	—
1986-04-05	WSP	Uptown Lounge, Athens, GA	7:06
1986-04-18	GD	Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley	—
1986-05-11	GD	Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto	—
1986-05-12	WSP	Uptown Lounge, Athens, GA	6:26
1986-06-21	GD	William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley, Berkeley	—
1986-06-30	GD	Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati	—
1986-08-04	WSP	Uptown Lounge, Athens, GA	10:54
1986-08-04	WSP	Uptown Lounge, Athens, GA	7:28
1986-12-27	GD	Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland	—
1987-01-03	WSP	The Rookery, Macon, GA	7:19
1987-02-27	WSP	Harvest Moon Saloon, Atlanta, GA	10:51
1987-03-30	WSP	New Horizons, Richmond, VA	9:34
1987-08-20	GD	ParkWest Ski Resort, Park City	—
1987-10-31	WSP	Uptown Lounge, Athens, GA	8:06
1987-12-28	GD	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland	—
1988-04-05	GD	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford	—
1988-07-30	GD	Laguna Seca Raceway, Salinas	—
1988-10-15	GD	Bayfront Center Arena, St. Petersburg	—
1989-04-12	GD	Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont	—
1989-04-12	GD	Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont	—
1989-07-15	GD	Deer Creek, Noblesville	—
1989-09-30	GD	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View	—
1990-07-23	GD	World Music Theatre, Tinley Park	—
1990-12-04	GD	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland	—
1991-04-03	GD	The Omni, Atlanta	—
1991-06-25	GD	Sandstone Amphitheater, Bonner Springs	—
1991-08-17	GD	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View	—
1991-09-05	GD	Richfield Coliseum, Richfield	—
1992-05-30	GD	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas	—
1992-06-12	GD	Knickerbocker Arena, Albany	—
1992-06-28	GD	Deer Creek, Noblesville	—
1993-03-20	GD	The Omni, Atlanta	—
1993-06-19	GD	Soldier Field, Chicago	—
1993-08-21	GD	Autzen Stadium, University of Oregon, Eugene	—
1993-12-19	GD	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland	—
1994-07-02	GD	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View	—
1994-09-18	WSP	Monroe Fairgrounds, Monroe, GA.	11:19
1994-10-18	GD	Madison Square Garden, New York	—
2005-06-29	WSP	Big Sky Brewing Amphitheatre, Missoula, MT	9:05
2005-07-08	WSP	Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA.	9:10
2005-07-30	WSP	Nissan Pavilion, Bristow, VA	8:43
2005-10-09	WSP	Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN	6:33
2005-11-04	WSP	The Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO	8:58
2006-07-01	WSP	The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA	13:07
2006-10-15	WSP	Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN	10:28
2007-03-27	WSP	Uptown Theater, Kansas City, MO	8:17
2007-06-22	WSP	Red Rocks, Morrison, CO	12:27
2007-07-21	WSP	Radio City Music Hall, New York	11:36
2007-10-03	WSP	Hult Center For The Performing Arts, Eugene, OR.	10:58
2008-06-24	WSP	Civic Theatre, San Diego, CA	16:52
2008-10-26	WSP	St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL	9:22
2008-11-19	WSP	Irving Plaza, New York, NY.	14:41
2009-07-24	WSP	10KLF, Unknown Location	11:28
2009-08-29	WSP	Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA	3:01
2009-11-07	WSP	Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA	9:56
2010-07-06	WSP	Orpheum Theater, Omaha, NE	8:42
2010-09-17	WSP	WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV	8:54
2011-06-14	WSP	Moody Theater at ACL Live, Austin, TX	8:00
2013-04-23	WSP	Township Auditorium, Columbia, SC	8:23
2015-11-24	DEAD	1st Bank Center, Broomfield, CO	4:23
2017-06-10	DEAD	Folsom Field, Denver, CO	2:03
2017-11-16	DEAD	Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA	4:45
2020-02-21	JRAD	Capitol Theatre, Port Chester	5:41
2022-06-17	DEAD	Folsom Field, Unknown Location	4:34
2023-07-01	DEAD	Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado	5:00
2024-05-18	DEAD	Sphere, Last Vegas, Nevada	4:39