Big River
by Johnny Cash
Setlists featuring Big River, page 17
21 Jul 1974 - Grateful Dead at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Main 1: The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Tennessee Jed, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Jack Straw, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Scarlet Begonias, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Big River by Johnny Cash, Row Jimmy, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Wharf Rat, Truckin', Ship of Fools, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: U.S. Blues
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
28 Jun 1974 - Grateful Dead at Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA
Main 1: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Jack Straw, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Deal by Jerry Garcia, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Tennessee Jed, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Loose Lucy, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Main 2: Sugar Magnolia, Scarlet Begonias, Big River by Johnny Cash, To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Row Jimmy, Weather Report Suite, U.S. Blues, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], Sunshine Daydream
Encore: Ship of Fools
26 Jun 1974 - Grateful Dead at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, USA
Main 1: Big River by Johnny Cash, Brown-Eyed Woman, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Scarlet Begonias, Black-Throated Wind by Bob Weir, Row Jimmy, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Deal by Jerry Garcia, The Race Is On by George Jones, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Ship of Fools, Weather Report Suite, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter
Main 2: U.S. Blues, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Truckin', Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Eyes of the World
23 Jun 1974 - Grateful Dead at Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, FL, USA
Main 1: Ramble on Rose, Black-Throated Wind by Bob Weir, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Row Jimmy, Jack Straw, Let It Rock by Chuck Berry, Cumberland Blues, El Paso by Marty Robbins, To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, Weather Report Suite, China Doll
Main 2: Ship of Fools, Big River by Johnny Cash, Black Peter, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Dark Star, U.S. Blues, Uncle John's Band, One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
Encore: Casey Jones
20 Jun 1974 - Grateful Dead at Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, GA, USA
Main 1: U.S. Blues, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Brown-Eyed Woman, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Jack Straw, Scarlet Begonias, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, El Paso by Marty Robbins, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Main 2: Big River by Johnny Cash, Ship of Fools, Truckin', Eyes of the World, Slipknot, China Doll
Encore: One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
18 Jun 1974 - Grateful Dead at Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY, USA
Main 1: The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Black-Throated Wind by Bob Weir, Ramble on Rose, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Eyes of the World, China Doll, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Main 2: Loose Lucy, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Row Jimmy, Weather Report Suite, The Other One, I Know It's a Sin by Jimmy Reed, Stella Blue, Big River by Johnny Cash, Tennessee Jed, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Morning Dew by Bonnie Dobson
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
25 May 1974 - Grateful Dead at Campus Stadium, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Main 1: U.S. Blues, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Deal by Jerry Garcia, Jack Straw, Scarlet Begonias, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Brown-Eyed Woman, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, El Paso by Marty Robbins, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Main 2: The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Ship of Fools, Big River by Johnny Cash, Tennessee Jed, Truckin', Let It Grow, Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
Encore: Casey Jones
21 May 1974 - Grateful Dead at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, WA, USA
Main 1: Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Brown-Eyed Woman, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Deal by Jerry Garcia, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, The Race Is On by George Jones, Scarlet Begonias, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Row Jimmy, Money Money, Ship of Fools, Weather Report Suite, China Doll
Main 2: Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, U.S. Blues, Big River by Johnny Cash, Stella Blue, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Eyes of the World, Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
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
14 May 1974 - Grateful Dead at Harry Adams Field House, Missoula, MT, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Black-Throated Wind by Bob Weir, Scarlet Begonias, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Deal by Jerry Garcia, Big River by Johnny Cash, Brown-Eyed Woman, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir
Main 2: U.S. Blues, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Row Jimmy, Weather Report Suite, Dark Star, China Doll, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
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
23 Mar 1974 - Grateful Dead at Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, USA
Main 1: U.S. Blues, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Brown-Eyed Woman, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Tennessee Jed, Black-Throated Wind by Bob Weir, Scarlet Begonias, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Deal by Jerry Garcia, Cassidy by Bob Weir, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Weather Report Suite
Main 2: Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Uncle John's Band, Morning Dew by Bonnie Dobson, Ship of Fools, Big River by Johnny Cash, Ramble on Rose, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Bertha, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia, Casey Jones
Encore: One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
24 Feb 1974 - Grateful Dead at Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: U.S. Blues, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Brown-Eyed Woman, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Candyman, Jack Straw, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir
Main 2: Cumberland Blues, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Big River by Johnny Cash, Bertha, Weather Report Suite, Row Jimmy, Ship of Fools, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Dark Star, Morning Dew by Bonnie Dobson, Sugar Magnolia, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional]
Encore: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue by Bob Dylan
23 Feb 1974 - Grateful Dead at Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Dire Wolf, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Here Comes Sunshine, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Ship of Fools, Jack Straw, Deal by Jerry Garcia, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir
Main 2: Row Jimmy, Weather Report Suite, Stella Blue, Big River by Johnny Cash, Ramble on Rose, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, He's Gone, Truckin', Drums, The Other One, Eyes of the World, One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
Encore: Casey Jones, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry, And We Bid You Goodnight by [traditional]
22 Feb 1974 - Grateful Dead at Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: U.S. Blues, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Brown-Eyed Woman, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Black-Throated Wind by Bob Weir, They Love Each Other by Jerry Garcia, Big River by Johnny Cash, Loose Lucy, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Row Jimmy, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir
Main 2: Tennessee Jed, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Ship of Fools, The Race Is On by George Jones, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Truckin', Nobody's Fault but Mine by Blind Willie Johnson, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional]
Main 3: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Brokedown Palace, Jack Straw, Eyes of the World, China Doll, Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Uncle John's Band
19 Dec 1973 - Grateful Dead at Curtis Hixson Hall, Tampa, FL, USA
Main 1: The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Dire Wolf, Black-Throated Wind by Bob Weir, Candyman, Jack Straw, Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Big River by Johnny Cash, Here Comes Sunshine, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Ramble on Rose, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir
Main 2: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Row Jimmy, Weather Report Suite, He's Gone, Truckin', Nobody's Fault but Mine by Blind Willie Johnson, The Other One, Stella Blue, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Encore: Casey Jones