Drums

Fans have heard The Grateful Dead play Drums live 156 times, from 1968 to 1995. It turns up about once every 13 shows. Its longest break was 2 years, 7 months, between May 1984 and December 1986. The song is in its longest break yet right now. At its hottest it showed up at 11 shows in a row, from June 1976 to August 1976.

It has been played at 88 different venues in 64 cities across 4 countries. Its most frequent stop is Winterland Arena (13 times). It turned up on 7 tours, most often on Europe '72 (3 shows).

It usually lands in the second set (143 of 152 performances with a known set). Across the 55 performances with a recorded time, it averages 3:53. The longest known version ran 26:53 (Sep 20, 1968), and the shortest 0:14 (Aug 26, 1971). It most often follows Eyes of the World (24 times) and leads into The Other One (42 times).