Grateful Dead setlist, September 27, 1980

The Warfield
San Francisco, California

Why it’s special: The Race Is On busted out after 313 shows.

32 songs in three sets and an encore. Night 52 of 1980’s 87.

Set one

  1. Dire Wolf
  2. The Race Is On (bust-out: first in 313 shows, since 10/19/74)
  3. Jack-A-Roe
  4. The Monkey and the Engineer
  5. It Must Have Been the Roses
  6. Dark Hollow
  7. Bird Song
  8. To Lay Me Down
  9. On the Road Again
  10. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
  11. Ripple

Set two

  1. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
  2. Franklin's Tower
  3. Mama Tried
  4. Mexicali Blues
  5. Row Jimmy
  6. The Little Red Rooster
  7. Althea
  8. Let It Grow
  9. Deal

Set three

  1. Cold Rain and Snow
  2. See See Rider Blues
  3. Ramble On Rose
  4. He's Gone
  5. The Other One
  6. Drums
  7. Space
  8. Stella Blue
  9. I Need a Miracle
  10. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
  11. Johnny B. Goode

Encore

  1. One More Saturday Night

Previous night: September 26, 1980, The Warfield
Next night: September 29, 1980, The Warfield

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