Song
Mississippi Half-Step
230 plays · 1972 – 1995
Stats
Peak year
1973
33 plays
Peak era
Europe / Wall
69 plays
Years in rotation
21
avg 11/yr
Usually
Set 1
69% of plays
Show opener
47%
108 of 230
Set 2 opener
13%
31 of 230
Debuted
1972-07-16Last played
1995-07-06Album
Wake of the Flood
1973
Written by
Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
By decade
70s
121
80s
67
90s
42
Often comes in from
- 11%Promised Land(10×)
- 9%Jack Straw(8×)
- 9%New Minglewood Blues(8×)
Often leads into
- 17%Franklin’s Tower(40×)
- 6%Little Red Rooster(14×)
- 5%Me and My Uncle(12×)
Top-rated versions
By Curator Score across all shows that played Mississippi Half-Step.
Every time the Curator wrote about it
3 mentions across the listening journal.
Numbers show each show's Curator Score · how it works
Holy smokes at the Mississippi Half Step.
Killer solo in the break in Mississippi Half-Step.
Mississippi Half-Step, Me and My Uncle, Sugaree as the opening trio is perfectly executed and a tremendously strong combo to start a show on in general.
Listen to Mississippi Half-Step from 1977-09-03 — official release