Greatest Story Ever Told
by Bob Weir
Setlists featuring Greatest Story Ever Told, page 10
20 Jun 1980 - Grateful Dead at West Anchorage High School Auditorium, Anchorage, AK, USA
Main 1: Jack Straw, Franklin's Tower, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Friend of the Devil, Let It Grow, Althea, Easy to Love You, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Ship of Fools, Estimated Prophet, The Other One, Drums, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Black Peter, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
Encore: Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas
7 Jun 1980 - Grateful Dead at Folsom Field, Boulder, CO, USA
Main 1: Jack Straw, Friend of the Devil, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Ramble on Rose, Passenger, Far From Me, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Feel Like a Stranger, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Althea, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Drums, Space, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Wharf Rat, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Alabama Getaway, One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir, U.S. Blues
6 May 1980 - Grateful Dead at Penn State University, State College, PA, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Peggy-O by [traditional], Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Far From Me, Lazy Lightning by Kingfish, Supplication by Kingfish, Althea, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Feel Like a Stranger, He's Gone, The Other One, Drums, Space, Wharf Rat, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
Encore: Brokedown Palace
28 Dec 1979 - Grateful Dead at Civic Auditorium, Oakland, CA, USA
Main 1: Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Row Jimmy, It's All Over Now by The Valentinos, High Time, The Music Never Stopped
Main 2: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Terrapin Station, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Space, Uncle John's Band, I Need a Miracle, Bertha, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Casey Jones, One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
10 Dec 1979 - Grateful Dead at Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS, USA
Main 1: Cold Rain and Snow, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Peggy-O by [traditional], Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Tennessee Jed, Dancing in the Street by Martha Reeves, Franklin's Tower, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Scarlet Begonias, Fire on the Mountain, Easy to Love You, Let It Grow, He's Gone, Truckin', Drums, Wharf Rat, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
Encore: U.S. Blues
30 Nov 1979 - Grateful Dead at Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Peggy-O by [traditional], Cassidy by Bob Weir, Friend of the Devil, Easy to Love You, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Tennessee Jed, Dancing in the Street by Martha Reeves, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Scarlet Begonias, Fire on the Mountain, Passenger, Terrapin Station, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Space, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Wharf Rat, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas
24 Nov 1979 - Grateful Dead at Golden Hall, San Diego, CA, USA
Main 1: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Peggy-O by [traditional], Cassidy by Bob Weir, Easy to Love You, Althea, Passenger
Main 2: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Ship of Fools, Terrapin Station, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Space, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
4 Nov 1979 - Grateful Dead at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, USA
Main 1: Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, They Love Each Other by Jerry Garcia, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Althea, Easy to Love You, Brown-Eyed Woman, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Ship of Fools, Estimated Prophet, He's Gone, Drums, Space, The Other One, Wharf Rat, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Encore: U.S. Blues
31 Aug 1979 - Grateful Dead at Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY, USA
Main 1: The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Dire Wolf, Cassidy by Bob Weir, Loser by Jerry Garcia, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Peggy-O by [traditional], Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Easy to Love You, Althea, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Shakedown Street, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Ship of Fools, Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Drums, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Black Peter, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
17 Feb 1979 - Grateful Dead at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USA
Main 1: Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Friend of the Devil, Passenger, High Time, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Jack-a-Roe by [traditional], Lazy Lightning by Kingfish, Supplication by Kingfish
Main 2: Might as Well by Jerry Garcia, I Need a Miracle, Bertha, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals, From the Heart of Me, Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Terrapin Station, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, Shakedown Street, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
18 Oct 1974 - Grateful Dead at Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Peggy-O by [traditional], Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Brown-Eyed Woman, Cumberland Blues, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Jack Straw, Row Jimmy, Weather Report Suite
Main 2: Dark Star, Drums, Morning Dew by Bonnie Dobson
Main 3: The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Ship of Fools, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
Encore: U.S. Blues
20 Sep 1974 - Grateful Dead at Palais des Sports, Paris, France
Main 1: Cumberland Blues, Jack Straw, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Scarlet Begonias, Black-Throated Wind by Bob Weir, Friend of the Devil, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Row Jimmy, Weather Report Suite, Stella Blue, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Big River by Johnny Cash, Brown-Eyed Woman, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Brokedown Palace, Truckin', Eyes of the World, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
Encore: U.S. Blues
31 Jul 1974 - Grateful Dead at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT, USA
Main 1: Scarlet Begonias, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Brown-Eyed Woman, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Row Jimmy, Jack Straw, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Main 2: Bertha, Big River by Johnny Cash, Eyes of the World, China Doll, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Ship of Fools, Weather Report Suite
Main 3: El Paso by Marty Robbins, Ramble on Rose, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, Truckin', Wharf Rat, U.S. Blues, One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
Encore: Uncle John's Band
30 Jun 1974 - Grateful Dead at Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA, USA
Main 1: Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas, Black-Throated Wind by Bob Weir, Peggy-O by [traditional], Jack Straw, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Cumberland Blues, Dire Wolf, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Uncle John's Band
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Big River by Johnny Cash, Scarlet Begonias, El Paso by Marty Robbins, U.S. Blues, Truckin', Eyes of the World, Stella Blue, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional]
Encore: One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
22 Jun 1974 - Grateful Dead at Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, FL, USA
Main 1: The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Deal by Jerry Garcia, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Scarlet Begonias, Jack Straw, Loose Lucy, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, The Race Is On by George Jones, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Ship of Fools, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Eyes of the World, Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
16 Jun 1974 - Grateful Dead at Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Row Jimmy, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Scarlet Begonias, Black-Throated Wind by Bob Weir, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, El Paso by Marty Robbins, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Jack Straw, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Main 2: U.S. Blues, The Race Is On by George Jones, Eyes of the World, Big River by Johnny Cash, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir
Main 3: Tennessee Jed, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Deal by Jerry Garcia, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Ship of Fools, Truckin', Wharf Rat, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional]
Encore: Casey Jones
8 Jun 1974 - Grateful Dead at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA, USA
Main 1: The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Brown-Eyed Woman, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Scarlet Begonias, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Tennessee Jed, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Main 2: U.S. Blues, Big River by Johnny Cash, Ship of Fools, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Wharf Rat, Eyes of the World, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Casey Jones, One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
19 May 1974 - Grateful Dead at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, USA
Main 1: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Black-Throated Wind by Bob Weir, Scarlet Begonias, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Tennessee Jed, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Jack Straw, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Loose Lucy, Money Money, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional
Main 2: The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Ship of Fools, Weather Report Suite, Wharf Rat, Big River by Johnny Cash, Peggy-O by [traditional], Truckin', Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
Encore: U.S. Blues
17 May 1974 - Grateful Dead at Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Main 1: The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Deal by Jerry Garcia, The Race Is On by George Jones, Ramble on Rose, Jack Straw, Dire Wolf, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Loose Lucy, Big River by Johnny Cash, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Row Jimmy, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir
Main 2: U.S. Blues, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Ship of Fools, Money Money, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Truckin', Nobody's Fault but Mine by Blind Willie Johnson, Eyes of the World, China Doll, Sugar Magnolia
12 May 1974 - Grateful Dead at University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
Main 1: The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw, Brown-Eyed Woman, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional
Main 2: El Paso by Marty Robbins, U.S. Blues, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Deal by Jerry Garcia, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
Main 3: Truckin', The Other One, Row Jimmy, Big River by Johnny Cash, Ship of Fools
Encore: Sugar Magnolia