Grateful Dead setlist, December 5, 1979

Uptown Theater
Chicago, Illinois

23 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 66 of 1979’s 75.

Set one

  1. Alabama Getaway
  2. Greatest Story Ever Told
  3. Dire Wolf
  4. Me and My Uncle
  5. Big River
  6. Cold Rain and Snow
  7. Easy to Love You
  8. Althea
  9. Lost Sailor
  10. Saint of Circumstance

Set two

  1. Shakedown Street
  2. Samson and Delilah
  3. Ship of Fools
  4. He's Gone
  5. The Other One
  6. Drums
  7. Space
  8. Black Peter
  9. I Need a Miracle
  10. Bertha
  11. Good Lovin'

Encore

  1. Johnny B. Goode
  2. Don't Ease Me In

Previous night: December 4, 1979, Uptown Theater
Next night: December 7, 1979, Indiana Convention Center

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