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Liberation Guidelines
Here are the ground rules:
  1. A song joins the list when it goes 1000 days without being fully played live by the full band, and it is "liberated" when it is fully played live by the full band. Our definition of "full band" is fairly loose but generally includes a minimum of Dave, Carter, and one other member of the current touring band.
  2. A song qualifies if it has been fully played live by the full band five or more times. The exception is that officially-released, Dave-penned studio songs qualify as long as they have been fully played live by the full band at least once (e.g., Baby Blue, Let You Down).
  3. A song is disqualified if it has not been fully played live by the full band five or more times or if it is in the Defunct category (e.g., #36, Leave Me Praying).
Liberation List: Fall 2026
# Song Missing Since Days Since Shows Since Notes
1People People1.26.93123432519teased by Stefan in 2012; never fully played without Peter
2Spotlight10.22.93120742366teased once in 1994 and once in 1997
3Get in Line12.31.94116392126reportedly soundchecked in 1999
4Let You Down6.20.97107371814played by Dave & Tim in 1997; teased by Stefan in 2003 & 2013; played by Dave solo in 2015
5For the Beauty of Wynona9.10.0095591572played by Dave solo in 2002 and by Dave & Tim in 2003
6Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard5.5.0193221540played by Dave & Paul Simon in 2014
7Mother Father8.26.0192091491
8Angel From Montgomery8.26.0192091491played occasionally by Dave & Tim, Dave solo, and Dave with guests; never played by DMB without Boyd
9Angel7.5.0385311383
10Exodus10.2.0769811088
11#406.21.0867181070teased and partially played occasionally; played by Dave solo in 2015
12Dream So Real, A6.21.0867181070
13Money (That's What I Want)7.26.0866831054
14Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)8.30.0866481035sister song played by Dave solo in 2014
15Money9.6.0866411032
16Blue Water4.25.0964101018played occasionally by Dave & Tim (most recently 2019); teased or partially played occasinally by full band (most recently in 2014)
17Road6.18.105991903never played without Danny Barnes
18Some Devil7.21.105958886played regularly by Dave solo
19Baby Blue8.27.105921872played by Dave & Tim in 2010-2011 and by Dave solo in 2011-2012 and 2023-2026
20Little Thing7.13.125235796played by Dave solo in 2015 and occasionally by Dave & Tim
21Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)5.17.134927762
22True Reflections6.15.134898749played regularly by Boyd with Crystal Garden in 2017; never played without Boyd
23Good Times Bad Times6.29.134884742played by Secret Stash in 2017
24Crazy Easy8.30.134822723
25Gaucho9.1.134820721
26(Don't Fear) The Reaper9.8.134813717
27Take Me to Tomorrow7.16.144502677played by Dave & Tim in 2015 and occasionally by Dave solo
28Good Good Time8.29.144458666played by Dave & Tim in 2022 and 2023 and Dave solo in 2026
29Slip Slidin' Away8.31.144456664
30Still Water10.27.154034600
31Out of My Hands6.28.163789566played occasionally by Dave & Tim
32Death on the High Seas7.29.163758550played occasionally by Dave & Tim
33Oh9.2.163723544played regularly by Dave & Tim and Dave solo
34Runnin' Down a Dream2.3.183204540
35Sleep to Dream Her11.29.182905487
36Belly Belly Nice12.7.182897482
37Kill the King12.8.182896481
38Sweet Emotion12.14.182890478
39Save Me4.1.192782460played in 2021 without Carter or Stefan
40Stand Up (For It)6.21.192701443
41Fly Like an Eagle10.20.192580403
42Write a Song8.25.211905314
43Time of the Season10.9.211860283
44Rye Whiskey10.9.211860283played regularly by Dave solo
45Sugar Man6.21.221605248
46#349.4.221530226
47That Girl Is You11.16.221457210
 Riff, The11.18.221447203-=LIBERATED on 11.4.26=-
48Bismarck6.29.231232184
49I Want You (She's So Heavy)7.29.231202168
50After Everything7.29.231202168
51Late in the Evening8.29.231171164
52Help Myself9.2.231167162
53Christmas Song11.14.231094155
54Smooth Rider11.18.231090153
There are 194 total qualifying songs, 139 of which are not currently on the list. Additional qualifying songs are #27, #41, Again and Again, All Along the Watchtower, All You Wanted Was Tomorrow, Alligator Pie, American Baby, American Baby Intro, Ants Marching, Bartender, Beach Ball, Best of What's Around, The, Big Eyed Fish, Black and Blue Bird, Blackjack, Break for It, Break Free, Brick House, Broken Things, Burning Down the House, Busted Stuff, Can't Stop, Captain, Cha Cha, Come On Come On, Come Tomorrow, Corn Bread, Cortez the Killer, Crash Into Me, Cry Freedom, Dancing Nancies, Digging a Ditch, Dive In, Do You Remember, Don't Drink the Water, Down by the River, Dreamgirl, Dreaming Tree, The, Drive In Drive Out, Drunken Soldier, Eh Hee, Everyday, Fool in the Rain, Fool to Think, Funny the Way It Is, Grace Is Gone, Granny, Gravedigger, Grey Street, Halloween, Hello Again, Hunger for the Great Light, I Did It, Idea of You, If I Had It All, If Only, I'll Back You Up, Improv/Jam, It Could Happen, It's Your Thing, Jimi Thing, Joyride, JTR, Kit Kat Jam, Last Stop, The, Let's Dance, Lie in Our Graves, Long Black Veil, Looking for a Vein, Louisiana Bayou, Lover Lay Down, Loving Wings, Lying in the Hands of God, Madman's Eyes, Madman's Eyes, Maker, The, Melissa, Mercy, Monsters, Ocean and the Butterfly, The, Old Dirt Hill (Bring That Beat Back), One Sweet World, Only Thing, The, Pantala Naga Pampa, Pay for What You Get, Peace on Earth, Pig, Proudest Monkey, Rapunzel, Raven, Recently, Rhyme & Reason, Rooftop, Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin), Satellite, Say Goodbye, Seek Up, Seven, Shake Me Like a Monkey, She, Shotgun, Sister, Sledgehammer, Snow Outside, So Damn Lucky, So Much to Say, So Right, Song That Jane Likes, The, Space Between, The, Spaceman, Spoon, Squirm, Stay (Wasting Time), Stay or Leave, Steady As We Go, Stolen Away on 55th & 3rd, Stone, The, Straight Shot, Sugar Will, Sweet, Sweet Up and Down, Time Bomb, Too Much, Tripping Billies, Two Step, Typical Situation, Virginia in the Rain, Walk Around the Moon, Warehouse, What Would You Say, What You Are, When the World Ends, Where Are You Going, Why I Am, Will It Go Round in Circles, Word Up!, You & Me, You Might Die Trying, You Never Know.