Greatest Story Ever Told
by Bob Weir
Setlists featuring Greatest Story Ever Told, page 6
12 Sep 1985 - Grateful Dead at Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA, USA
Main 1: Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Bertha, It's All Over Now by The Valentinos, Row Jimmy, My Brother Esau, Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Might as Well by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Help on the Way / Slipknot!, Franklin's Tower, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Space, The Other One, Black Peter, Throwing Stones, Not Fade Away by The Crickets
Encore: Drums, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Brokedown Palace
2 Sep 1985 - Grateful Dead at Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, West L.A. Fadeaway, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Stagger Lee by [traditional], Iko Iko by The Dixie Cups, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Ramble on Rose, Hell in a Bucket
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Man Smart, Woman Smarter by King Radio, Ship of Fools, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Space, I Need a Miracle, China Doll, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Keep Your Day Job
24 Aug 1985 - Grateful Dead at Boreal Mountain Resort, Soda Springs, CA, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, West L.A. Fadeaway, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Friend of the Devil, Hell in a Bucket, Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas
Main 2: Feel Like a Stranger, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, He's Gone, Drums, Space, Truckin', Black Peter, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Turn on Your Love Light by Bobby "Blue" Bland
Encore: Day Tripper by The Beatles
24 Jun 1985 - Grateful Dead at Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, They Love Each Other by Jerry Garcia, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Tennessee Jed, My Brother Esau, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Let It Grow
Main 2: Iko Iko by The Dixie Cups, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], He's Gone, Smokestack Lightning by Howlin' Wolf, Cryptical Envelopment, Drums, Space, Comes a Time by Jerry Garcia, The Other One, Wharf Rat, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: U.S. Blues
1 Apr 1985 - Grateful Dead at Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, West L.A. Fadeaway, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues by Bob Dylan, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Might as Well by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Drums, Space, The Other One, Stella Blue, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Not Fade Away by The Crickets
Encore: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue by Bob Dylan
21 Mar 1985 - Grateful Dead at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, They Love Each Other by Jerry Garcia, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Tennessee Jed, I Ain't Superstitious by Willie Dixon, Down in the Bottom by Howlin' Wolf, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Might as Well by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Space, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, The Other One, Wharf Rat, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
Encore: Keep Your Day Job
28 Dec 1984 - Grateful Dead at San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Touch of Grey, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Dire Wolf, Tons of Steel, Down in the Bottom by Howlin' Wolf, I Ain't Superstitious by Willie Dixon, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, West L.A. Fadeaway, Might as Well by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, He's Gone, Spoonful by Willie Dixon, Drums, Space, The Other One, Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Day Tripper by The Beatles
20 Oct 1984 - Grateful Dead at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, West L.A. Fadeaway, See See Rider by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Ramble on Rose, My Brother Esau, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Jack Straw
Main 2: Shakedown Street, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], He's Gone, Smokestack Lightning by Howlin' Wolf, Drums, Space, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, The Other One, Black Peter, Turn on Your Love Light by Bobby "Blue" Bland
Encore: Revolution by The Beatles
14 Oct 1984 - Grateful Dead at Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Dire Wolf, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Dupree's Diamond Blues, My Brother Esau, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Row Jimmy, I Need a Miracle, Might as Well by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], High Time, Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Drums, Space, China Doll, Throwing Stones, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Turn on Your Love Light by Bobby "Blue" Bland
11 Oct 1984 - Grateful Dead at Civic Center, Augusta, ME, USA
Main 1: Shakedown Street, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Peggy-O by [traditional], Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Big River by Johnny Cash, Ramble on Rose, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Might as Well by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Hell in a Bucket, Touch of Grey, Man Smart, Woman Smarter by King Radio, Ship of Fools, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Space, Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic, Black Peter, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Keep Your Day Job
13 Jul 1984 - Grateful Dead at Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Dire Wolf, See See Rider by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Cassidy by Bob Weir, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Hell in a Bucket, Might as Well by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Scarlet Begonias, Touch of Grey, Fire on the Mountain, Man Smart, Woman Smarter by King Radio, Drums, Space, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, I Need a Miracle, Stella Blue, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Dark Star
29 Jun 1984 - Grateful Dead at Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, They Love Each Other by Jerry Garcia, See See Rider by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Hell in a Bucket, West L.A. Fadeaway, The Music Never Stopped, Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas
Main 2: Scarlet Begonias, Touch of Grey, Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic, Man Smart, Woman Smarter by King Radio, Drums, Space, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, The Other One, Black Peter, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
Encore: U.S. Blues
12 Jun 1984 - Grateful Dead at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Friend of the Devil, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Althea, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Might as Well by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Scarlet Begonias, Touch of Grey, Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Drums, Space, The Other One, Wharf Rat, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
Encore: U.S. Blues
30 Apr 1984 - Grateful Dead at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA
Main 1: Iko Iko by The Dixie Cups, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Althea, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Row Jimmy, My Brother Esau, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: I Need a Miracle, Bertha, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, He's Gone, Drums, Space, The Other One, China Doll, Throwing Stones, Not Fade Away by The Crickets
Encore: Brokedown Palace
24 Apr 1984 - Grateful Dead at New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, CT, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Candyman, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, My Brother Esau, Ramble on Rose, It's All Over Now by The Valentinos, Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Man Smart, Woman Smarter by King Radio, He's Gone, Drums, Space, The Other One, Stella Blue, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: U.S. Blues
19 Apr 1984 - Grateful Dead at Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Loser by Jerry Garcia, See See Rider by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Hell in a Bucket, Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, The Music Never Stopped, Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Estimated Prophet, Terrapin Station, Drums, Space, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue by Bob Dylan
6 Apr 1984 - Grateful Dead at Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, They Love Each Other by Jerry Garcia, It's All Over Now by The Valentinos, Brown-Eyed Woman, Hell in a Bucket, Ramble on Rose, The Music Never Stopped, Might as Well by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Drums, Space, Eyes of the World, Truckin', Black Peter, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: U.S. Blues
30 Dec 1983 - Grateful Dead at San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Friend of the Devil, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Ramble on Rose, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Brown-Eyed Woman, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Shakedown Street, Man Smart, Woman Smarter by King Radio, Terrapin Station, Drums, Truckin', Wharf Rat, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Keep Your Day Job
30 Oct 1983 - Grateful Dead at Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael, CA, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Friend of the Devil, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Tennessee Jed, Cassidy by Bob Weir, West L.A. Fadeaway, Hell in a Bucket, Might as Well by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Bertha, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Ship of Fools, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Truckin', Spoonful by Willie Dixon, Black Peter, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Keep Your Day Job
20 Oct 1983 - Grateful Dead at Centrum In Worcester, Worcester, MA, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, West L.A. Fadeaway, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Tennessee Jed, Hell in a Bucket, Row Jimmy, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Help on the Way / Slipknot!, Franklin's Tower, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Eyes of the World, Drums, The Other One, Stella Blue, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Keep Your Day Job