Grateful Dead setlist, September 7, 1987

Providence Civic Center
Providence, Rhode Island

Why it’s special: La bamba busted out after 1,094 shows.

21 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 59 of 1987’s 86.

Set one

  1. Feel Like a Stranger
  2. Franklin's Tower
  3. Walkin' Blues
  4. When Push Comes to Shove
  5. My Brother Esau
  6. It Must Have Been the Roses
  7. Far From Me
  8. Let It Grow

Set two

  1. Iko Iko
  2. Saint of Circumstance
  3. Ship of Fools
  4. Uncle John's Band
  5. Drums
  6. Space
  7. Truckin'
  8. Spoonful
  9. Black Peter
  10. Around and Around
  11. Good Lovin'
  12. La bamba (bust-out: first in 1,094 shows, since 11/11/70)

Encore

  1. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Previous night: August 23, 1987, Calaveras County Fairgrounds
Next night: September 8, 1987, Providence Civic Center

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