Cry Freedom

Hands and feet are all alike
Composer
Matthews (1996)
Album:Crash

Releases

Studio Albums: 1
EPs: 1
Box Sets: 1
Live Albums: 1
DMBlive Series: 3
Warehouse Discs: 1
Bonus Discs: 2
V/A Compilations - Promotional: 1
Live Trax Series: 8

Song History

This powerful ballad was around since the very beginning where it featured Dave Solo to start out and then the band joining in. It was finally recorded in the studio and released on the "Crash" album; heavily produced and electrified. Its most popular runs were the fall of 1994, the encore features on the Dave and Tim '96 tour. After 1996, the song dropped off into a rarity and was the rarest song on the Summer '97 tour. After being completely missing in action in 1998, the song experienced a small revival in '99, but then dropped off in 2000 and 2001. However, as teases in the Spring 2002 tour showed, the song was surely not dead. It returned as a Dave solo in the Summer Tour, and full on in 2003.

Studio personnel:
Tim Reynolds - guitar

03.14.91

live debut

185 Known Plays

over 34 years

52 Days Since

last fully played (08.31.24)

16:43:46

total song time

Stats By Show Artist 

ArtistFirst ShowLast ShowAvg LengthPlay Count% Total Plays% Total Shows
Dave Matthews Band3/14/19918/31/20246:0213975.1%5.8%
Dave Matthews5/2/19927/3/20203:4821.1%0.7%
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds2/21/19942/19/20235:124021.6%14.6%
Dave Matthews & Friends12/20/20031/12/20045:4631.6%13.6%
Ladysmith Black Mambazo10/18/201410/18/2014—10.5%100.0%

Plays By Year 

Slot Count By Year 

Song Length Over Time 

Slots and Types 

Opener3 (1.6%)
Set 2 Opener1 (0.5%)
Midset154 (83.2%)
Encore27 (14.6%)
aborted2
tease8
 

Longest Full Versions 

# LengthDateLocation
18:565/22/2013Del Valle, TX
28:287/31/2015West Palm Beach, FL
38:2711/10/2010Boston, MA
48:1911/3/2010Uniondale, NY
57:479/16/2003Charlotte, NC
67:279/20/1991Charlottesville, VA
77:169/3/2016George, WA
87:0510/6/2004Ames, IA
96:589/5/2003Camden, NJ
106:579/13/2003Bristow, VA

Shortest Full Versions 

# LengthDateLocation
12:4211/3/1992Charlottesville, VA
22:505/2/1992Charlottesville, VA
32:5410/14/1992Richmond, VA
42:597/6/1993Charlottesville, VA
53:139/30/1992Richmond, VA

Liberated 3 Times 

#Missing SinceDate LiberatedDays SinceShows Since
17.10.996.18.031439244
23.27.056.5.101896369
39.3.168.21.222178313
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Top Segues 

#Song Count
1» Warehouse1
2» Long Black Veil1