Grateful Dead setlist, May 12, 1979

Alumni Stadium
Amherst, Massachusetts

20 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 29 of 1979’s 75.

Set one

  1. Jack Straw
  2. They Love Each Other
  3. Me and My Uncle
  4. Big River
  5. Tennessee Jed
  6. Minglewood Blues
  7. Stagger Lee
  8. Looks Like Rain
  9. Deal

Set two

  1. Don't Ease Me In
  2. Samson and Delilah
  3. Friend of the Devil
  4. Terrapin Station
  5. Playing in the Band
  6. Drums
  7. Not Fade Away
  8. Stella Blue
  9. Good Lovin'

Encore

  1. Shakedown Street
  2. One More Saturday Night

Previous night: May 11, 1979, Billerica Forum
Next night: May 13, 1979, Cumberland County Civic Center

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