Grateful Dead setlist, August 4, 1979

Oakland Civic Auditorium
Oakland, California

Why it’s special: Althea debuts, plus 1 more debut.

21 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 34 of 1979’s 75.

Set one

  1. Jack Straw
  2. They Love Each Other
  3. Mama Tried
  4. Mexicali Blues
  5. Peggy-O
  6. Minglewood Blues
  7. Tennessee Jed
  8. El Paso
  9. Althea (debut)
  10. Lost Sailor (debut)
  11. Deal

Set two

  1. Passenger
  2. Friend of the Devil
  3. Samson and Delilah
  4. Shakedown Street
  5. Playing in the Band
  6. Drums
  7. Space
  8. Stella Blue
  9. Sugar Magnolia

Encore

  1. U.S. Blues

Previous night: July 1, 1979, Seattle Center Coliseum
Next night: August 5, 1979, Oakland Civic Auditorium

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