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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)

#	Length	Song	Date	Location	Personnel	Release
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