Drunken Soldier

Make the most of what you got
Composer
Beauford / Lessard / Matthews / Tinsley / Coffin / Reynolds / Ross (2012)
Album:Away from the World

Releases

Studio Albums: 1
Warehouse Discs: 2
Bonus Discs: 1
Live Trax Series: 2

Song History

Admin Note: the lyrics listed in the booklet that came with the album are a bit different from what is sung on the vocal take used for the final version.

Drunken Soldier is the longest studio track ever released by the band, coming in at 9 minutes and 47 seconds.

In 2012 Dave mentioned in an interview with Rodrigo Simas of DMBrasil that the idea of this song originated prior to the Stand Up album and that takes were done both during the recording of Stand Up with Mark Batson and Big Whiskey with Rob Cavallo.

11.30.12

live debut

72 Known Plays

over 13 years

52 Days Since

last fully played (09.01.24)

10:07:44

total song time

Stats By Show Artist 

ArtistFirst ShowLast ShowAvg LengthPlay Count% Total Plays% Total Shows
Dave Matthews Band11/30/20129/1/20248:4872100.0%10.3%

Plays By Year 

Slot Count By Year 

Song Length Over Time 

Slots and Types 

Midset55 (76.4%)
Encore17 (23.6%)
 

Longest Full Versions 

# LengthDateLocation
111:048/30/2013George, WA
210:2912/22/2012Philadelphia, PA
310:137/12/2014Hartford, CT
410:0612/21/2012Brooklyn, NY
59:559/5/2015George, WA
69:516/7/2013Hartford, CT
79:4512/1/2012East Rutherford, NJ
89:4411/30/2012East Rutherford, NJ
99:418/22/2014Berkeley, CA
109:4012/4/2012Louisville, KY

Shortest Full Versions 

# LengthDateLocation
17:157/12/2013Cincinnati, OH
27:197/29/2023West Palm Beach, FL
37:267/11/2023Gilford, NH
47:267/14/2023Saratoga Springs, NY
57:277/22/2023Camden, NJ

Liberated 2 Times 

#Missing SinceDate LiberatedDays SinceShows Since
111.11.158.30.191388171
29.7.199.2.221091187
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Top Segues 

#Song Count
1» Two Step6
2» Ants Marching1
3» All Along the Watchtower1
4» You & Me1