Song
Big River
388 plays · 1971 – 1995
Stats
Peak year
1973
57 plays
Peak era
Europe / Wall
117 plays
Years in rotation
25
avg 15.5/yr
Usually
Set 1
77% of plays
By decade
70s
219
80s
128
90s
41
Biggest hiatus9m — 1993-05-21 → 1994-03-04
Often comes in from
- 46%Me and My Uncle(176×)
- 9%Mama Tried(36×)
- 4%Row Jimmy(14×)
Often leads into
- 6%Tennessee Jed(25×)
- 6%Brown Eyed Women(25×)
- 6%Althea(25×)
Top-rated versions
By Curator Score across all shows that played Big River.
- 1975-08-13San Francisco, CA · Great American Music Hall123
- 1978-12-31San Francisco, CA · Winterland Arena109
- 1973-11-11San Francisco, CA · Winterland Arena107
- 1973-06-10Washington, DC · Robert F, Kennedy Stadium87
- 1974-03-23Daly City, CA · Cow Palace86
- 1973-07-27Watkins Glen, NY · Grand Prix Racecourse76
Every time the Curator wrote about it
8 mentions across the listening journal.
Numbers show each show's Curator Score · how it works
Awesome piano on Big River....actually just a sweet Big River in general.
Crazy keys on Big River that continue into Maggie'S Farm.
Absolutely blistering Big River.
Very nice Big River early in the first set.
Awesome keys on Big River as well.
Short but smoking Big River.
Boy, that Big River is a smoker.
Smoking keys on Big River.
Listen to Big River from 1975-08-13 — official release