Grateful Dead Smokestack Lightning live versions: 55 shows
Explore 55 Grateful Dead performances of Smokestack Lightning from 1966-1994, with first and last dates, venues, setlists, and listening links.
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Start with these Smokestack Lightning versions
Best first listen: June 24, 1985 · Riverbend Music Center · Cincinnati, OH, US
River Bend is one of those 1985 shows where the second set keeps uncorking surprises. The deep sequence after He's Gone makes it essential for listeners who want the year at its most adventurous.
Another strong choice: March 18, 1967 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
Another strong choice: October 20, 1984 · Carrier Dome, Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY, US
The Carrier Dome audience tape documents a big Syracuse college-stadium show with Take A Step Back crowd-management context and a Bertha > Greatest Story opener. Set two centers on Shakedown Street > Samson And Delilah and He's Gone > Smokestack Lightning before the Drums/Space-to-Lovelight run and Revolution encore.
First catalog performance: November 19, 1966 · Fillmore Auditorium · San Francisco, CA, US
Last catalog performance: October 18, 1994 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
Top shows featuring Smokestack Lightning
June 24, 1985 · Riverbend Music Center · Cincinnati, OH, US
March 18, 1967 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
October 20, 1984 · Carrier Dome, Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY, US
February 19, 1971 · Capitol Theatre · Port Chester, NY, US
March 3, 1968 · Haight Street · San Francisco, CA, US
November 19, 1966 · Fillmore Auditorium · San Francisco, CA, US
April 7, 1985 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
July 15, 1989 · Deer Creek Music Center · Noblesville, IN, US
March 25, 1972 · Academy of Music · New York, NY, US
October 28, 1985 · Fox Theatre · Atlanta, GA, US
July 14, 1985 · Ventura County Fairgrounds · Ventura, CA, US
July 30, 1988 · Laguna Seca Raceway · Salinas, CA, US
July 23, 1990 · World Music Theatre · Tinley Park, IL, US
June 14, 1985 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
November 2, 1984 · Berkeley Community Theater · Berkeley, CA, US
June 21, 1986 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
June 12, 1992 · Knickerbocker Arena · Albany, NY, US
September 15, 1985 · Devore Field, Southwestern College · Chula Vista, CA, US
December 4, 1971 · Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
March 10, 1985 · Berkeley Community Theater · Berkeley, CA, US
May 30, 1992 · Sam Boyd Silver Bowl · Las Vegas, NV, US
October 9, 1984 · Centrum · Worcester, MA, US
September 3, 1985 · Starlight Theatre · Kansas City, MO, US
December 2, 1971 · Music Hall · Boston, MA, US
February 8, 1970 · Fillmore West · San Francisco, CA, US
June 28, 1992 · Deer Creek Music Center · Noblesville, IN, US
April 12, 1989 · Rosemont Horizon · Rosemont, IL, US
February 9, 1986 · Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center · Oakland, CA, US
December 27, 1986 · Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center · Oakland, CA, US
August 21, 1993 · Autzen Stadium, University of Oregon · Eugene, OR, US
April 5, 1988 · Hartford Civic Center · Hartford, CT, US
March 28, 1985 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale, NY, US
September 5, 1991 · Richfield Coliseum · Richfield, OH, US
April 4, 1986 · Hartford Civic Center · Hartford, CT, US
December 19, 1993 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
August 20, 1987 · ParkWest Ski Resort · Park City, UT, US
July 2, 1994 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
December 28, 1987 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
April 3, 1991 · The Omni · Atlanta, GA, US
March 22, 1985 · Hampton Coliseum · Hampton, VA, US
May 11, 1986 · Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA, US
June 25, 1991 · Sandstone Amphitheater · Bonner Springs, KS, US
December 21, 1969 · Fillmore Auditorium · San Francisco, CA, US
March 20, 1993 · The Omni · Atlanta, GA, US
June 30, 1986 · Riverbend Music Center · Cincinnati, OH, US
August 17, 1991 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
October 15, 1988 · Bayfront Center Arena · St. Petersburg, FL, US
June 19, 1993 · Soldier Field · Chicago, IL, US
December 28, 1970 · Legion Stadium · El Monte, CA, US
September 30, 1989 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
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