Grateful Dead setlist, December 31, 1978

Winterland Arena
San Francisco, California

Why it’s special: Dark Star busted out after 187 shows, plus 1 bust-out · with Matthew Kelly and Lee Oskar and 1 more.

26 songs in three sets and an encore. Night 81 of 1978’s 81.

Set one

  1. Sugar Magnolia
  2. Scarlet Begonias
  3. Fire on the Mountain
  4. Me and My Uncle
  5. Big River
  6. Friend of the Devil
  7. It's All Over Now
  8. Stagger Lee
  9. From the Heart of Me
  10. Sunshine Daydream

Set two

  1. Samson and Delilah
  2. Ramble On Rose
  3. I Need a Miracle (with Matthew Kelly)
  4. Terrapin Station
  5. Playing in the Band
  6. Drums (with Lee Oskar)
  7. Not Fade Away (with John Cipollina)
  8. Around and Around (with John Cipollina)

Set three

  1. Dark Star (bust-out: first in 187 shows, since 10/18/74)
  2. The Other One
  3. Wharf Rat
  4. St. Stephen
  5. Good Lovin'

Encore

  1. Casey Jones
  2. Johnny B. Goode
  3. And We Bid You Goodnight (bust-out: first in 140 shows, since 12/31/76)

Previous night: December 30, 1978, Pauley Pavilion
Next night: January 5, 1979, Spectrum

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