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Cotton Was King

Dirty Side Down · 2010

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51 showssince it was last played
May 5, 2010first played
Aug 9, 2025last played
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May 5, 2010

BI-LO CenterGreenville, SC

0:00 5:25
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It's a tribute to New Orleans, past, present, and future. Yeah, that was fun to write... it uses the phrase ‘before the beginning,’ which I actually got from Firesign Theatre... It dates back to the beginning of time that a place like New Orleans was always meant to be created. It was inevitable, a geographic hot spot where things were going to happen no matter what, and New Orleans is what manifested.John Bell, singer, guitarist
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Every Cotton Was King on record

1 in 6shows since debut
Set 167% of sets
7:02average length
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YearsAll years

City Era Set Notes
August 9, 2025Everwise Amphitheater at White River State ParkIndianapolis, INHerringSet 17:04
June 27, 2025Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison, COHerringSet 16:31
March 21, 2025St. Augustine AmphitheatreSt. Augustine, FLHerringSet 17:07
March 24, 2024St. Augustine AmphitheatreSt. Augustine, FLHerringSet 17:03
May 27, 2023Brandon AmphitheaterBrandon, MSHerringSet 2—
February 9, 2023Durham Performing Arts CenterDurham, NCHerringSet 17:15
October 21, 2022Riverside TheaterMilwaukee, WIHerringSet 29:41
August 28, 2022Oxbow RiverStageNapa, CAHerringSet 17:39
June 26, 2022Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison, COHerringSet 17:09
May 27, 2022The Orion AmphitheaterHuntsville, ALHerringSet 16:58
July 16, 2021Live Oak Bank PavilionWilmington, NCHerringSet 110:16
October 25, 2019Riverside TheaterMilwaukee, WIHerringSet 26:43
August 2, 2019St. Augustine AmphitheatreSt. Augustine, FLHerringSet 26:50
June 7, 2019Brandon AmphitheaterBrandon, MSHerringSet 16:44
March 31, 2019Durham Performing Arts CenterDurham, NCHerringSet 17:09
March 15, 2019The Theater at MGM National HarborNational Harbor, MDHerringSet 27:44
December 30, 2018Fox TheatreAtlanta, GAHerringSet 16:39
September 1, 2018Ascend AmphitheaterNashville, TNHerringSet 26:56
June 24, 2018Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison, COHerringSet 17:13
April 20, 2018Spirit of the Suwannee Music ParkLive Oak, FLHerringSet 111:51
January 28, 2018Hard Rock HotelRiviera Maya, ROOHerringSet 27:12
October 27, 2017Park Theater at Monte Carlo Resort and CasinoLas Vegas, NVHerringSet 17:24
August 13, 2017The Pavilion at Montage MountainScranton, PAHerringSet 17:07
April 22, 2017Centennial Olympic ParkAtlanta, GAHerringSet 17:26
February 27, 2017Hard Rock HotelRiviera Maya, ROOHerringSet 18:59
October 22, 2016Riverside TheaterMilwaukee, WIHerringSet 1—
September 23, 2016St. Augustine AmphitheatreSt. Augustine, FLHerringSet 17:20
September 13, 2016Hippodrome TheatreBaltimore, MDHerringSet 27:22
July 16, 2016Wiltern TheatreLos Angeles, CAHerringSet 16:59
July 9, 2016The Joint at Hard Rock HotelLas Vegas, NVHerringSet 16:35
June 24, 2016Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison, COHerringSet 213:37
June 17, 2016Walmart AMPRogers, ARHerringSet 16:37
May 1, 2016Rose Music Center at The HeightsHuber Heights, OHHerringSet 211:15
April 25, 2016Tennessee TheatreKnoxville, TNHerringSet 17:02
April 13, 2016Thalia Mara HallJackson, MSHerringSet 17:02
February 23, 2016Chrysler HallNorfolk, VAHerringSet 16:55
February 16, 2016Mark C. Smith Concert Hall at Von Braun CenterHuntsville, ALHerringSet 1—
February 9, 2016The Classic Center TheatreAthens, GAHerringSet 27:25
February 2, 2016Hard Rock HotelRiviera Maya, ROOHerringSet 27:05
December 29, 2015Fox TheatreAtlanta, GAHerringSet 26:13

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