Grateful Dead setlist, May 8, 1979

Recreation Building, Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania

Why it’s special: China Doll busted out after 108 shows.

22 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 26 of 1979’s 75.

Set one

  1. Promised Land
  2. They Love Each Other
  3. Mama Tried
  4. Mexicali Blues
  5. Brown-Eyed Women
  6. It's All Over Now
  7. Row Jimmy
  8. El Paso
  9. Stagger Lee
  10. Lazy Lightning
  11. Supplication
  12. Deal

Set two

  1. Scarlet Begonias
  2. Fire on the Mountain
  3. Samson and Delilah
  4. Terrapin Station
  5. Playing in the Band
  6. Drums
  7. The Other One
  8. China Doll (bust-out: first in 108 shows, since 12/29/77)
  9. Good Lovin'

Encore

  1. Shakedown Street

Previous night: May 7, 1979, Allan Kirby Field House
Next night: May 9, 1979, Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena

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