Song
Big Railroad Blues
164 plays · 1969 – 1995
Stats
Peak year
1971
29 plays
Peak era
Brent Era
50 plays
Years in rotation
21
avg 7.8/yr
Usually
Set 1
90% of plays
By decade
60s
1
70s
75
80s
80
90s
8
Biggest hiatus4y 4m — 1974-10-19 → 1979-02-17
Often comes in from
- 11%Jack Straw(17×)
- 8%El Paso(13×)
- 8%My Brother Esau(13×)
Often leads into
- 9%Looks Like Rain(15×)
- 7%The Music Never Stopped(12×)
- 6%Playing in the Band(10×)
Top-rated versions
By Curator Score across all shows that played Big Railroad Blues.
Every time the Curator wrote about it
4 mentions across the listening journal.
Numbers show each show's Curator Score · how it works
Killer Big Railroad Blues.
Nice Beer Barrel Polka before Big Railroad Blues which is cool.
Smoking Big Railroad Blues.
The cut, dry intro to Minglewood is some s***, but they keep the intensity up for Big Railroad Blues.
Listen to Big Railroad Blues from 1983-09-02 — official release