Grateful Dead setlist, September 11, 1987

Capital Centre
Landover, Maryland

Why it’s special: Happy Birthday to You debuts.

21 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 62 of 1987’s 86.

Set one

  1. Bertha
  2. Promised Land
  3. Candyman
  4. Minglewood Blues
  5. When Push Comes to Shove
  6. Tons of Steel
  7. Desolation Row
  8. Deal

Set two

  1. Happy Birthday to You (debut)
  2. Sugar Magnolia
  3. Sugaree
  4. Estimated Prophet
  5. Eyes of the World
  6. Drums
  7. Space
  8. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
  9. Dear Mr. Fantasy
  10. All Along the Watchtower
  11. Wharf Rat
  12. Sunshine Daydream

Encore

  1. Touch of Grey

Previous night: September 9, 1987, Providence Civic Center
Next night: September 12, 1987, Capital Centre

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