Cortez the Killer

Dancing across the water
Composer
Young (1975)
Song Category
Cover Songs

Releases

Guesting - Live: 1
Live Albums: 1
Live Trax Series: 1
V/A Compilations - Retail: 2

Song History

This Neil Young original came into the limelight at the Bridge School Benefit of 2000 with Neil Young guesting. Warren Haynes, whose band Gov't Mule also covers this song, has also contributed his vocals and guitar to in some monumental versions of this song.

10.28.00

live debut

27 Known Plays

over 25 years

238 Days Since

last fully played (02.16.24)

5:20:50

total song time

Stats By Show Artist 

ArtistFirst ShowLast ShowAvg LengthPlay Count% Total Plays% Total Shows
Dave Matthews Band10/28/20007/19/202313:322177.8%1.4%
Dave Matthews12/16/20063/26/202212:5227.4%0.9%
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds2/17/20192/16/202411:3727.4%1.2%
Gov't Mule10/18/200110/18/2001—13.7%14.3%
Dinosaur Jr.1/17/20241/17/202412:0213.7%100.0%

Plays By Year 

Slot Count By Year 

Song Length Over Time 

Slots and Types 

Midset23 (85.2%)
Closer4 (14.8%)
 

Longest Full Versions 

# LengthDateLocation
120:566/10/2015Holmdel, NJ
218:348/5/2006New York, NY
318:319/3/2011George, WA
417:599/17/2011New York, NY
517:287/31/2010West Palm Beach, FL
616:4611/30/2018New York, NY
715:4510/6/2004Ames, IA
815:438/31/2019George, WA
915:3310/29/2000Mountain View, CA
1015:337/19/2023Wantagh, NY

Shortest Full Versions 

# LengthDateLocation
16:5212/4/2000Rosemont, IL
27:0412/11/2000Boston, MA
37:0912/7/2000Cleveland, OH
48:415/10/2002Denver, CO
59:3012/13/2000New York, NY

Liberated 4 Times 

#Missing SinceDate LiberatedDays SinceShows Since
110.21.067.31.101379267
29.17.116.10.151362185
36.10.1511.30.181269158
48.31.197.19.231418245
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Top Segues 

#Song Count
1» Two Step1