Grateful Dead setlist, August 31, 1979

Glens Falls Civic Center
Glens Falls, New York

Why it’s special: Saint of Circumstance debuts.

21 songs in two sets. Night 39 of 1979’s 75.

Set one

  1. Promised Land
  2. Dire Wolf
  3. Cassidy
  4. Loser
  5. El Paso
  6. Peggy-O
  7. Minglewood Blues
  8. Easy to Love You
  9. Althea
  10. Lost Sailor
  11. Saint of Circumstance (debut)
  12. Deal

Set two

  1. Shakedown Street
  2. Greatest Story Ever Told
  3. Ship of Fools
  4. Estimated Prophet
  5. Eyes of the World
  6. Drums
  7. Not Fade Away
  8. Black Peter
  9. Around and Around

Previous night: August 14, 1979, McNichols Sports Arena
Next night: September 1, 1979, Holleder Memorial Stadium

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