Grateful Dead setlist, April 9, 1983

Hampton Coliseum
Hampton, Virginia

Why it’s special: Smokestack Lightning busted out after 693 shows.

22 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 7 of 1983’s 66.

Set one

  1. Bertha
  2. Promised Land
  3. West L.A. Fadeaway
  4. My Brother Esau
  5. Candyman
  6. Minglewood Blues
  7. Brown-Eyed Women
  8. Looks Like Rain
  9. China Cat Sunflower
  10. I Know You Rider

Set two

  1. Help on the Way
  2. Slipknot!
  3. Franklin's Tower
  4. Truckin'
  5. Smokestack Lightning (bust-out: first in 693 shows, since 3/25/72)
  6. Drums
  7. Space
  8. Throwing Stones
  9. Black Peter
  10. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
  11. One More Saturday Night

Encore

  1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Previous night: March 31, 1983, The Warfield
Next night: April 10, 1983, WVU Coliseum

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