Song
Drums
1526 plays · 1967 – 1995
Stats
Peak year
1980
88 plays
Peak era
Final
414 plays
Years in rotation
29
avg 54.2/yr
Usually
Set 2
84% of plays
By decade
60s
74
70s
367
80s
718
90s
414
Often comes in from
- 13%Eyes of the World(211×)
- 12%Terrapin Station(190×)
- 11%He's Gone(170×)
Often leads into
- 21%Space(333×)
- 19%The Other One(304×)
- 10%The Wheel(159×)
Top-rated versions
By Curator Score across all shows that played Drums.
Every time the Curator wrote about it
23 mentions across the listening journal.
Numbers show each show's Curator Score · how it works
Stephen-Not Fade Away-Drums-St.
Really cool Tropical/Islander sounding drums.
Sweet drums during Playin in the Band.
That leads right into Drums/Space.
Tight a** 19 minute Playing in the Band with drums going nuts with jazzy greatness to end the first set.
Terrapin into drums into a very nice Not Fade Away.
Then right into exceptionally far out pre-drums and drums.
Uncle John into drums into Playing in the Band back into Uncle John.
Oddly enough I really enjoy Drums on this one.
Out of drums and Space into Lost Sailor which is pretty cool.
Awesome Drums and Space.
The Other One straight up creeps out of Drums.
Drums gets REALLY far out.
Stephen-Not Fade Away-drums-Stephen-Terrapin-Sugar) nonstop!!!
Far out and funky Drums.
Drums, Space, into Other One.
Jerry smokes the solo in a long nine minute Truckin into a short two and a half minute Drums followed by a massive twenty minute Other One.
I think I like drums within Let it Grow.
Out of Drums and into a 20 minute Other One!
I do love the late career drums/spaces.
Incredible un-named 15 minute Jam after Drums and into 24 minute Lovelight where Pigpen does some hilarious crowd work “Maybe she kick ya in the nuts?” — 5 minute to Fade Away and then another 10 minute ending to Lovelight.
Bob tells a joke and then they launch into a tasty Alligator to drums to blistering St.
Smoking Eyes with short drums into KILLER Not Fade Away.
Listen to Drums from 1975-08-13 — official release