Big River
by Johnny Cash
Setlists featuring Big River, page 10
14 Mar 1981 - Grateful Dead at Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT, USA
Main 1: Feel Like a Stranger, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Peggy-O by [traditional], See See Rider by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Althea, Passenger, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional
Main 2: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Ship of Fools, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Drums, The Other One, Stella Blue, I Need a Miracle, Bertha, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
7 Mar 1981 - Grateful Dead at Cole Field House, College Park, MD, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Dire Wolf, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Candyman, See See Rider by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Jack-a-Roe by [traditional], Passenger, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Iko Iko by The Dixie Cups, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Drums, Space, Truckin', Black Peter, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
Encore: One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
3 Mar 1981 - Grateful Dead at Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland, OH, USA
Main 1: Feel Like a Stranger, Peggy-O by [traditional], Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], He's Gone, Drums, Space, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Black Peter, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Casey Jones
26 Feb 1981 - Grateful Dead at Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
Main 1: Feel Like a Stranger, Althea, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Tennessee Jed, Passenger, Peggy-O by [traditional], The Music Never Stopped
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], He's Gone, Drums, Truckin', Black Peter, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
Encore: U.S. Blues
28 Dec 1980 - Grateful Dead at Civic Auditorium, Oakland, CA, USA
Main 1: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Franklin's Tower, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Althea, Jack Straw
Main 2: Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Terrapin Station, Drums, Space, The Other One, Stella Blue, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Casey Jones
14 Dec 1980 - Grateful Dead at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Althea, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Passenger, Candyman, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas
Main 2: Cold Rain and Snow, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Estimated Prophet, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, Drums, Space, The Other One, Stella Blue, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Brokedown Palace
30 Nov 1980 - Grateful Dead at The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA
Main 1: Feel Like a Stranger, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Cassidy by Bob Weir, Ramble on Rose, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Scarlet Begonias, Fire on the Mountain, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Ship of Fools, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Space, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, China Doll, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
Encore: Uncle John's Band
29 Oct 1980 - Grateful Dead at Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, NY, USA
Main 1: Dire Wolf, On the Road Again by [traditional], It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, The Race Is On by George Jones, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Heaven Help the Fool by Bob Weir, Oh Babe, It Ain't no Lie by Elizabeth Cotten, Ripple
Main 2: Feel Like a Stranger, Franklin's Tower, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Candyman, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Tennessee Jed, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Althea, The Music Never Stopped
Main 3: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Estimated Prophet, Terrapin Station, Drums, Space, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, Saint of Circumstance, Black Peter, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: U.S. Blues
25 Oct 1980 - Grateful Dead at Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, NY, USA
Main 1: Deep Elem Blues by Traditional, The Race Is On by George Jones, Been All Around This World by [traditional], El Paso by Marty Robbins, To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, The Monkey and the Engineer by Jesse Fuller, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Heaven Help the Fool by Bob Weir, Dire Wolf, Ripple
Main 2: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Franklin's Tower, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, High Time, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Ramble on Rose, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 3: Cold Rain and Snow, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Uncle John's Band, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Space, The Other One, Black Peter, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
Encore: U.S. Blues
22 Oct 1980 - Grateful Dead at Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, NY, USA
Main 1: Dire Wolf, On the Road Again by [traditional], Been All Around This World by [traditional], The Monkey and the Engineer by Jesse Fuller, To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, Heaven Help the Fool by Bob Weir, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Ripple
Main 2: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Friend of the Devil, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Peggy-O by [traditional], Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional
Main 3: Scarlet Begonias, Fire on the Mountain, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Drums, Space, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: U.S. Blues
18 Oct 1980 - Grateful Dead at Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA, USA
Main 1: Dire Wolf, On the Road Again by [traditional], It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, The Monkey and the Engineer by Jesse Fuller, Been All Around This World by [traditional], Heaven Help the Fool by Bob Weir, To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, Ripple
Main 2: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Friend of the Devil, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Althea, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 3: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Feel Like a Stranger, Ship of Fools, Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Drums, Space, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Black Peter, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
Encore: One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
10 Oct 1980 - Grateful Dead at The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: On the Road Again by [traditional], It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, The Monkey and the Engineer by Jesse Fuller, Jack-a-Roe by [traditional], Dark Hollow by Jimmie Skinner, To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, Heaven Help the Fool by Bob Weir, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Ripple
Main 2: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Franklin's Tower, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Candyman, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Row Jimmy, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Althea, Jack Straw
Main 3: Scarlet Begonias, Fire on the Mountain, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Drums, Space, Truckin', Nobody's Fault but Mine by Blind Willie Johnson, Black Peter, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry
Encore: U.S. Blues
7 Oct 1980 - Grateful Dead at The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Iko Iko by The Dixie Cups, Dark Hollow by Jimmie Skinner, Rosalie McFall, The Monkey and the Engineer by Jesse Fuller, To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, Heaven Help the Fool by Bob Weir, Deep Elem Blues by Traditional, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Ripple
Main 2: Cold Rain and Snow, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Althea, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas, Let It Grow, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 3: Shakedown Street, Estimated Prophet, He's Gone, Drums, Space, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, Stella Blue, I Need a Miracle, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Alabama Getaway
3 Oct 1980 - Grateful Dead at The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Dire Wolf, The Monkey and the Engineer by Jesse Fuller, Been All Around This World by [traditional], Dark Hollow by Jimmie Skinner, Jack-a-Roe by [traditional], Heaven Help the Fool by Bob Weir, China Doll, On the Road Again by [traditional], Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Ripple
Main 2: Jack Straw, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Row Jimmy, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Tennessee Jed, The Music Never Stopped
Main 3: Scarlet Begonias, Fire on the Mountain, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Ship of Fools, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Space, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, Black Peter, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Brokedown Palace
26 Sep 1980 - Grateful Dead at The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, On the Road Again by [traditional], Been All Around This World by [traditional], Dark Hollow by Jimmie Skinner, Rosalie McFall, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Cassidy by Bob Weir, China Doll, Ripple
Main 2: Feel Like a Stranger, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Peggy-O by [traditional], Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Candyman, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Tennessee Jed, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance
Main 3: Scarlet Begonias, Fire on the Mountain, Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Drums, Space, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Black Peter, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Brokedown Palace
29 Aug 1980 - Grateful Dead at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Candyman, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Row Jimmy, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Brown-Eyed Woman, Far From Me, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Althea, Let It Grow, He's Gone, The Other One, Drums, Space, Wharf Rat, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
Encore: U.S. Blues
23 Aug 1980 - Grateful Dead at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Candyman, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Tennessee Jed, Lazy Lightning by Kingfish, Supplication by Kingfish, Althea, The Music Never Stopped
Main 2: Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, He's Gone, Drums, Space, Wharf Rat, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
19 Aug 1980 - Grateful Dead at Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
Main 1: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Franklin's Tower, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Dire Wolf, Cassidy by Bob Weir, Row Jimmy, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Althea, Easy to Love You, Feel Like a Stranger
Main 2: Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Drums, Space, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Comes a Time by Jerry Garcia, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Alabama Getaway
Encore: Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
10 Aug 1980 - Johnny Cash at Country Music Festival Grounds, Portsmouth, England
Main 1: Folsom Prison Blues, Sunday Morning Coming Down, Ring Of Fire, I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal, A Boy Named Sue, The Last Time, Without Love, Bull Rider, The Shifting Whispering Sands, I Ride an Old Paint, Streets of Laredo, (Ghost) Riders in the Sky, Music Box Dancer by Earl Poole Ball
Main 2: I Walk the Line, Give My Love to Rose, I Got Stripes, I Still Miss Someone, Big River, One Piece at a Time, If I Were a Carpenter, Far Side Banks of Jordan, Jackson, Angel Band, Casey Jones, Orange Blossom Special
21 Jun 1980 - Grateful Dead at West Anchorage High School Auditorium, Anchorage, AK, USA
Main 1: Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Candyman, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Lazy Lightning by Kingfish, Supplication by Kingfish, Far From Me, Ramble on Rose, Feel Like a Stranger
Main 2: Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Terrapin Station, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Space, Truckin', Stella Blue, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir, Brokedown Palace