The 100 Longest Known Performances Song times from known tapes as of July 31, 2025. It should always be assumed that "longest" means "longest known spread recording." Of course there are hundreds of shows - mostly in the early days that don't have tapes or song times. By Song: Seek Up: 38 Two Step: 23 #41: 20 Jimi Thing: 13 Bartender: 3 All Along the Watchtower, #36, and Cortez the Killer: 1 By Year: 2005: 19 2006: 15 2000: 10 2013: 8 Earliest entry: #72 - Jimi Thing - 21:07 - 3.17.1993 - Richmond, VA Latest entry: #87 - Seek Up - 20:55 - 6.28.2024 - Noblesville, IN Performances with special guests: 33 (including the complete top 10) Performances with Béla Fleck: 18 (including 12 of the top 13) Openers: 4 (longest - Seek Up - 22:19 - 9.11.03) Closers: 13 (longest - #41 - 32:03 - longest song in DMB history - 4.20.02) Encores: 10 (longest - #41 - 27:28 - 11.21.98) |
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| 1 | 32:03 | #41 | 04.20.02 | Corel Centre, Ottawa, ON, CAN | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Butch, Futureman, Jeff, Victor Wooten |  | | 2 | 29:03 | #41 | 07.25.01 | AmSouth Amphitheatre, Antioch, TN | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Butch, Futureman, Jeff | | | 3 | 28:03 | #41 | 08.05.06 | Harlem River Event Area (Randall's Island Park), New York, NY | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Butch, Futureman, Jeff, Rashawn, Victor Wooten | | | 4 | 27:34 | Two Step | 09.19.00 | Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Futureman, Jeff, Victor Wooten | | | 5 | 27:28 | #41 | 11.21.98 | The Crown, Cincinnati, OH | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Tim, Béla Fleck, Futureman, Jeff, Victor Wooten | | | 6 | 27:08 | #41 | 09.18.00 | Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Futureman, Jeff, Victor Wooten | | | 7 | 26:26 | #41 | 08.15.06 | HiFi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Butch, Futureman, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 8 | 26:14 | Two Step | 09.16.00 | Smirnoff Music Centre, Dallas, TX | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Butch, Futureman, Jeff, Victor Wooten | | | 9 | 25:32 | #41 | 09.20.00 | Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Futureman, Jeff, Victor Wooten | | | 10 | 25:24 | #41 | 09.04.00 | AmSouth Amphitheatre, Antioch, TN | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Futureman, Jeff | | | 11 | 25:08 | Seek Up | 06.08.05 | Germain Amphitheater, Columbus, OH | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 12 | 25:05 | #41 | 09.15.00 | Smirnoff Music Centre, Dallas, TX | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Butch, Futureman, Jeff, Victor Wooten | | | 13 | 24:41 | Jimi Thing | 09.13.00 | The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, TX | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Butch, Futureman, Jeff, Victor Wooten | | | 14 | 24:16 | Two Step | 07.23.01 | Tampa Bay Ice Palace, Tampa, FL | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Junior Brown | | | 15 | 24:12 | Seek Up | 12.15.05 | TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 16 | 23:48 | Seek Up | 06.23.05 | Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 17 | 23:33 | Two Step | 08.13.05 | SBC Park, San Francisco, CA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Eric Krasno, Rashawn | | | 18 | 23:23 | Two Step | 09.08.13 | Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View, Mountain View, CA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 19 | 23:22 | Bartender | 09.01.06 | The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 20 | 23:17 | Two Step | 04.21.02 | Le Centre Molson, Montreal, QC, CAN | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Butch, Futureman, Jeff, Victor Wooten | | | 21 | 23:02 | Seek Up | 12.10.05 | Madison Square Garden, New York, NY | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 22 | 22:58 | Two Step | 04.14.24 | Uber Eats Music Hall, Berlin, DEU | Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Buddy, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 23 | 22:50 | Seek Up | 05.02.07 | Festival Theatre (Adelaide Festival Centre), Adelaide, SA, AUS | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 24 | 22:48 | Seek Up | 12.04.05 | Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON, CAN | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 25 | 22:46 | Seek Up | 11.30.05 | Assembly Hall (University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign), Champaign, IL | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 26 | 22:43 | Seek Up | 12.13.05 | Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 27 | 22:42 | Seek Up | 09.02.06 | The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 28 | 22:41 | Seek Up | 04.19.24 | Mediolanum Forum, Assago, ITA | Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Buddy, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 29 | 22:40 | Seek Up | 07.01.06 | Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 30 | 22:38 | Two Step | 08.26.06 | Coors Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Alfredo Ballesteros, Butch, Rashawn, Robert Randolph | | | 31 | 22:37 | Jimi Thing | 08.06.06 | Harlem River Event Area (Randall's Island Park), New York, NY | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Butch, Futureman, Jeff, Rashawn, Victor Wooten | | | 32 | 22:35 | Jimi Thing | 06.09.06 | Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Ian Gordon, Rashawn, Reggie Watkins | | | 33 | 22:20 | Two Step | 06.21.06 | Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 34 | 22:19 | Seek Up | 09.11.03 | Hersheypark Stadium (Hersheypark), Hershey, PA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 35 | 22:18 | #41 | 09.12.00 | The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, TX | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Butch, Futureman, Jeff, Victor Wooten | | | 36t | 22:16 | Seek Up | 08.19.05 | The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 36t | 22:16 | Jimi Thing | 07.17.13 | MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa, FL | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Carlos Malta, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 38 | 22:14 | Seek Up | 06.27.23 | Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI | Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Buddy, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 39 | 22:10 | Two Step | 07.20.13 | Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 40 | 22:03 | Seek Up | 08.26.06 | Coors Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 41 | 22:02 | Seek Up | 07.08.07 | Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 42 | 22:01 | Seek Up | 10.05.04 | Kohl Center (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Madison, WI | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 43 | 22:00 | Jimi Thing | 03.23.93 | Trax, Charlottesville, VA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Peter, Roi, Stefan | | | 44 | 21:55 | Seek Up | 08.04.04 | Starwood Amphitheatre, Antioch, TN | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 45 | 21:50 | Seek Up | 06.12.05 | Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 46 | 21:44 | Seek Up | 07.25.18 | MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa, FL | Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Buddy, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 47 | 21:43 | Seek Up | 07.13.18 | Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY | Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Buddy, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 48 | 21:37 | Seek Up | 05.04.07 | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, QLD, AUS | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 49 | 21:34 | Seek Up | 08.30.05 | Cricket Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 50 | 21:33 | Two Step | 12.06.05 | Bryce Jordan Center (The Pennsylvania State University), University Park, PA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Eric Krasno, Rashawn | | | 51t | 21:31 | Jimi Thing | 08.09.06 | Ford Amphitheater at the Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa, FL | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 51t | 21:31 | Bartender | 09.08.06 | Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View, Mountain View, CA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 51t | 21:31 | Two Step | 11.13.15 | 3Arena, Dublin, IRL | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 54t | 21:28 | Seek Up | 08.27.03 | Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 54t | 21:28 | #41 | 08.14.09 | Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 54t | 21:28 | Jimi Thing | 12.01.12 | Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Carlos Malta, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 57 | 21:27 | Two Step | 06.01.05 | UMB Bank Pavilion, Maryland Heights, MO | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 58t | 21:26 | All Along the Watchtower | 07.26.95 | Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, David Ryan Harris | | | 58t | 21:26 | Jimi Thing | 09.12.05 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 60t | 21:24 | #36 | 07.27.93 | Flood Zone, Richmond, VA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Doug Wanamaker, Mike Durham, Oteil Burbridge | | | 60t | 21:24 | Seek Up | 11.27.05 | Qwest Center Omaha, Omaha, NE | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 62 | 21:21 | Two Step | 08.31.13 | The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 63 | 21:18 | Jimi Thing | 07.20.13 | Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Carlos Malta, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 64 | 21:17 | Seek Up | 07.21.04 | Tweeter Center at the Waterfront, Camden, NJ | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 65 | 21:16 | #41 | 07.24.09 | Hersheypark Stadium (Hersheypark), Hershey, PA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 66 | 21:14 | Bartender | 08.05.07 | New England Dodge Music Center, Hartford, CT | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn, Xavier Rudd | | | 67t | 21:13 | #41 | 06.18.10 | Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 67t | 21:13 | #41 | 07.14.10 | Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain, Scranton, PA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 69 | 21:12 | #41 | 09.05.09 | The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 70t | 21:11 | Seek Up | 12.06.05 | Bryce Jordan Center (The Pennsylvania State University), University Park, PA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 70t | 21:11 | Seek Up | 07.09.22 | Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY | Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Buddy, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 72t | 21:07 | Jimi Thing | 03.17.93 | Flood Zone, Richmond, VA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Doug Wanamaker | | | 72t | 21:07 | #41 | 08.08.09 | Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge, Bristow, VA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 74 | 21:04 | #41 | 05.15.01 | Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Eric Krasno, Neal Evans, Sam Kininger | | | 75 | 21:02 | Two Step | 10.21.15 | Kioene Arena, Padua, ITA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 76t | 21:01 | #41 | 06.18.97 | Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, NC | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, Futureman, Jeff, Victor Wooten | | | 76t | 21:01 | Two Step | 07.13.13 | Hersheypark Stadium (Hersheypark), Hershey, PA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 76t | 21:01 | Two Step | 07.07.18 | Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center, Noblesville, IN | Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Buddy, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 76t | 21:01 | Seek Up | 06.29.22 | PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ | Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Buddy, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 80 | 21:00 | Seek Up | 06.08.13 | Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 81t | 20:59 | Seek Up | 06.10.97 | Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Béla Fleck, John Popper | | | 81t | 20:59 | Seek Up | 09.04.04 | The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 81t | 20:59 | Seek Up | 08.01.06 | Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 84 | 20:58 | #41 | 06.26.09 | O2 Academy, Brixton, London, ENG | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 85 | 20:56 | Cortez the Killer | 06.10.15 | PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Warren Haynes | | | 86t | 20:55 | Two Step | 08.06.00 | The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 86t | 20:55 | Seek Up | 06.28.24 | Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN | Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Buddy, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 88 | 20:54 | Seek Up | 09.10.05 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 89 | 20:52 | Two Step | 07.06.13 | Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 90t | 20:51 | #41 | 12.08.98 | Worcester's Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Tim, Béla Fleck, Butch, Jeff | | | 90t | 20:51 | Seek Up | 07.29.06 | New England Dodge Music Center, Hartford, CT | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 92 | 20:47 | Seek Up | 05.05.07 | Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW, AUS | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch, Rashawn | | | 93t | 20:45 | Two Step | 04.23.02 | The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 93t | 20:45 | Two Step | 06.05.05 | Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 95 | 20:44 | Jimi Thing | 08.26.06 | Coors Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Alfredo Ballesteros, Butch, Rashawn | | | 96 | 20:43 | Two Step | 04.20.24 | Nelson Mandela Forum, Florence, ITA | Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Buddy, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 97 | 20:42 | Two Step | 08.04.00 | The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 98 | 20:41 | Jimi Thing | 08.19.05 | The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan, Butch | | | 99 | 20:40 | Seek Up | 09.01.23 | The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA | Carter, Dave, Stefan, Tim, Buddy, Jeff, Rashawn | | | 100 | 20:39 | Jimi Thing | 05.31.93 | Zollman’s Pavilion (Washington and Lee University), Lexington, VA | Boyd, Carter, Dave, Roi, Stefan | |
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