Grateful Dead setlist, September 25, 1980

The Warfield
San Francisco, California

Why it’s special: Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie debuts, plus 7 bust-outs.

30 songs in three sets and an encore. Night 50 of 1980’s 87.

Set one

  1. Bird Song (bust-out: first in 382 shows, since 9/15/73)
  2. I've Been All Around This World (bust-out: first in 684 shows, since 3/8/70)
  3. Dark Hollow (bust-out: first in 551 shows, since 4/29/71)
  4. Rosa Lee McFall (bust-out: first in 606 shows, since 11/8/70)
  5. The Monkey and the Engineer (bust-out: first in 607 shows, since 11/7/70)
  6. It Must Have Been the Roses (bust-out: first in 118 shows, since 1/12/79)
  7. Jack-A-Roe
  8. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie (debut)
  9. Ripple (bust-out: first in 551 shows, since 4/29/71)

Set two

  1. Alabama Getaway
  2. Greatest Story Ever Told
  3. Friend of the Devil
  4. Mama Tried
  5. Mexicali Blues
  6. Loser
  7. The Little Red Rooster
  8. Althea
  9. Jack Straw
  10. Deal

Set three

  1. China Cat Sunflower
  2. I Know You Rider
  3. Samson and Delilah
  4. Ship of Fools
  5. Playing in the Band
  6. Drums
  7. Space
  8. Wharf Rat
  9. Around and Around
  10. Good Lovin'

Encore

  1. U.S. Blues

Previous night: September 6, 1980, Lewiston Fairgrounds
Next night: September 26, 1980, The Warfield

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