Grateful Dead setlist, February 17, 1979

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Oakland, California

Why it’s special: Greatest Story Ever Told busted out after 207 shows, plus 2 bust-outs.

24 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 20 of 1979’s 75.

Set one

  1. Greatest Story Ever Told (bust-out: first in 207 shows, since 10/18/74)
  2. Don't Ease Me In
  3. Mama Tried
  4. Mexicali Blues
  5. Friend of the Devil
  6. Passenger
  7. High Time (bust-out: first in 130 shows, since 5/26/77)
  8. Looks Like Rain
  9. Jack-A-Roe
  10. Lazy Lightning
  11. Supplication

Set two

  1. Might as Well
  2. I Need a Miracle
  3. Bertha
  4. Good Lovin'
  5. From the Heart of Me (never played again)
  6. Big Railroad Blues (bust-out: first in 206 shows, since 10/19/74)
  7. Terrapin Station
  8. Playing in the Band
  9. Drums
  10. The Wheel
  11. Shakedown Street
  12. Sugar Magnolia

Encore

  1. One More Saturday Night

Previous night: February 11, 1979, Kiel Auditorium
Next night: April 22, 1979, Spartan Stadium

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