Mama Tried
by Merle Haggard
Setlists featuring Mama Tried, page 17
21 Jun 1976 - Grateful Dead at Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA, USA
Main 1: The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Brown-Eyed Woman, Cassidy by Bob Weir, Row Jimmy, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Scarlet Begonias, Lazy Lightning by Kingfish, Supplication by Kingfish, Candyman, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry
Main 2: The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Help on the Way / Slipknot!, Franklin's Tower, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Dancing in the Street by Martha Reeves, Wharf Rat, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Encore: Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
18 Jun 1976 - Grateful Dead at Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, USA
Main 1: The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Crazy Fingers, Big River by Johnny Cash, Brown-Eyed Woman, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Row Jimmy, Cassidy by Bob Weir, Mission in the Rain by Jerry Garcia, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry
Main 2: Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Tennessee Jed, St. Stephen, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Eyes of the World, Drums, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: U.S. Blues
14 Jun 1976 - Grateful Dead at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, USA
Main 1: Cold Rain and Snow, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Row Jimmy, Cassidy by Bob Weir, Brown-Eyed Woman, Big River by Johnny Cash, Might as Well by Jerry Garcia, Lazy Lightning by Kingfish, Supplication by Kingfish, Tennessee Jed, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir
Main 2: The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], High Time, The Music Never Stopped, Crazy Fingers, Dancing in the Street by Martha Reeves, Cosmic Charlie, Help on the Way / Slipknot!, Franklin's Tower, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Encore: U.S. Blues
11 Jun 1976 - Grateful Dead at Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA
Main 1: Might as Well by Jerry Garcia, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Tennessee Jed, Cassidy by Bob Weir, Candyman, Big River by Johnny Cash, Scarlet Begonias, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Lazy Lightning by Kingfish, Supplication by Kingfish, Brown-Eyed Woman, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry
Main 2: St. Stephen, Dancing in the Street by Martha Reeves, The Music Never Stopped, Ship of Fools, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Sugar Magnolia, Eyes of the World, Stella Blue, Sunshine Daydream
Encore: Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
4 Jun 1976 - Grateful Dead at Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR, USA
Main 1: The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Friend of the Devil, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Cassidy by Bob Weir, Candyman, Big River by Johnny Cash, Brown-Eyed Woman, Lazy Lightning by Kingfish, Supplication by Kingfish, Mission in the Rain by Jerry Garcia, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Help on the Way / Slipknot!, Franklin's Tower
Main 2: Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Might as Well by Jerry Garcia, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Cosmic Charlie, Let It Grow, Drums, Stella Blue, Dancing in the Street by Martha Reeves, U.S. Blues
Encore: Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
20 Oct 1974 - Grateful Dead at Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Cold Rain and Snow, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Deal by Jerry Garcia, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Brokedown Palace, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Around & Around by Chuck Berry
Main 2: Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, The Other One, Wharf Rat
Main 3: Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Eyes of the World, Stella Blue, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, And We Bid You Goodnight by [traditional]
19 Oct 1974 - Grateful Dead at Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Friend of the Devil, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Loose Lucy, Black-Throated Wind by Bob Weir, Scarlet Begonias, To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Eyes of the World, China Doll, Big River by Johnny Cash
Main 2: Uncle John's Band, Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, The Race Is On by George Jones, Tomorrow Is Forever by Dolly Parton, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Dire Wolf, Sugar Magnolia, He's Gone, Truckin', Drums, Black Peter, Sunshine Daydream
Encore: One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir, U.S. Blues
7 Aug 1971 - Grateful Dead at Golden Hall, San Diego, CA, USA
Main 1: Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Mr. Charlie, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Bertha, Big Boss Man by Jimmy Reed, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Hard to Handle by Otis Redding, Cumberland Blues, Casey Jones
Main 2: Truckin', China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Next Time You See Me, Sugar Magnolia, Sing Me Back Home by Merle Haggard, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
31 Jul 1971 - Grateful Dead at Yale Bowl, New Haven, CT, USA
Main 1: Truckin', Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Mr. Charlie, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Hard to Handle by Otis Redding, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Dark Star, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller
Main 2: Bertha, Big Boss Man by Jimmy Reed, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Deal by Jerry Garcia, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Sing Me Back Home by Merle Haggard, Sugar Magnolia, Casey Jones, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional]
Encore: Uncle John's Band, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
2 Jul 1971 - Grateful Dead at Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Next Time You See Me, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Ain't It Crazy (The Rub) by Lightnin' Hopkins, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Hard to Handle by Otis Redding, Deal by Jerry Garcia, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Main 2: Sugar Magnolia, Sing Me Back Home by Merle Haggard, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Cryptical Envelopment, Drums, The Other One, Big Boss Man by Jimmy Reed, Casey Jones, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional]
Main 3: Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
27 Apr 1971 - Grateful Dead at Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA
Main 1: Truckin', Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Bertha, Next Time You See Me, Cumberland Blues, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Hard to Handle by Otis Redding, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Casey Jones
Main 2: Sugar Magnolia, Deal by Jerry Garcia, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Dire Wolf, Searchin' by The Coasters, Riot in Cell Block #9 by The Robins, Help Me, Rhonda by The Beach Boys, Okie From Muskogee by Merle Haggard, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry, Sing Me Back Home by Merle Haggard, Uncle John's Band, Turn on Your Love Light by Bobby "Blue" Bland
26 Apr 1971 - Grateful Dead at Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big Boss Man by Jimmy Reed, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Hard to Handle by Otis Redding, Dark Star, Wharf Rat, Casey Jones
Main 2: Sugar Magnolia, It Hurts Me Too by Elmore James, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Deal by Jerry Garcia, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals, Drums, Sing Me Back Home by Merle Haggard, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional]
21 Apr 1971 - Grateful Dead at Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence, RI, USA
Main 1: Casey Jones, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Big Boss Man by Jimmy Reed, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Truckin', Drums, The Other One, Wharf Rat, Hard to Handle by Otis Redding, Cumberland Blues, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller
Main 2: Bertha, Sugar Magnolia, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional]
Encore: Uncle John's Band, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
17 Apr 1971 - Grateful Dead at Dillon Gymnasium, Princeton, NJ, USA
Main 1: Truckin', Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Big Boss Man by Jimmy Reed, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Hard to Handle by Otis Redding, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Casey Jones, Sugar Magnolia
Main 2: Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals, Drums, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Deal by Jerry Garcia, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, I'm a King Bee by Slim Harpo, Bertha, Sing Me Back Home by Merle Haggard, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], Turn on Your Love Light by Bobby "Blue" Bland
13 Apr 1971 - Grateful Dead at Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, PA, USA
Main 1: Casey Jones, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Big Boss Man by Jimmy Reed, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Bertha, Cumberland Blues, Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Hard to Handle by Otis Redding, Sugar Magnolia
Main 2: Truckin', Drums, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals, I Second That Emotion by Smokey Robinson, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry, Uncle John's Band
6 Apr 1971 - Grateful Dead at Manhattan Center, New York, NY, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, It Hurts Me Too by Elmore James, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Dire Wolf, Oh, Boy! by The Crickets, I'm a Hog for You by The Coasters, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, In the Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Cumberland Blues, Casey Jones
Main 2: Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals, Drums, Sugar Magnolia, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], Truckin'
18 Feb 1971 - Grateful Dead at The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, USA
Main 1: Bertha, Truckin', It Hurts Me Too by Elmore James, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Hard to Handle by Otis Redding, Dark Star, Wharf Rat, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips
Main 2: Casey Jones, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Me and Bobby McGee by Roger Miller, Candyman, Big Boss Man by Jimmy Reed, Sugar Magnolia, St. Stephen, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad by [traditional], Uncle John's Band
7 Jun 1970 - Grateful Dead at Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas, Silver Threads and Golden Needles by Wanda Jackson, Friend of the Devil, Candyman, Cold Jordan by [traditional], Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by [traditional], Cumberland Blues, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, New Speedway Boogie
Main 2: Cryptical Envelopment, Drums, The Other One, The Eleven, Drums, Sugar Magnolia, Louie Louie by Richard Berry, It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World by James Brown, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Sitting on Top of the World by Mississippi Sheiks, Cosmic Charlie, Casey Jones, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals, Drums, The Frozen Logger by James Stevens
5 Jun 1970 - Grateful Dead at Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Dire Wolf, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Silver Threads and Golden Needles by Wanda Jackson, Friend of the Devil, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Black Peter, New Speedway Boogie
Main 2: Cold Rain and Snow, Easy Wind, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Cryptical Envelopment, Drums, The Other One, Attics of My Life, Hard to Handle by Otis Redding, It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World by James Brown, Uncle John's Band
Encore: St. Stephen, Casey Jones
14 May 1970 - Grateful Dead at St. Louis Community College–Meramec, Kirkwood, MO, USA
Main 1: Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas, Friend of the Devil, Deep Elem Blues by Traditional, Silver Threads and Golden Needles by Wanda Jackson, Candyman
Main 2: Casey Jones, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, High Time, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals, Drums, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl by Sonny Boy Williamson, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Dire Wolf, Cold Rain and Snow, Attics of My Life, Cumberland Blues, New Speedway Boogie, St. Stephen, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Turn on Your Love Light by Bobby "Blue" Bland
Encore: Cold Jordan by [traditional]