Hope in a Hopeless World
by Roebuck "Pops" Staples
Setlists featuring Hope in a Hopeless World, page 6
29 Mar 1997 - Widespread Panic at The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Diner, Wondering, Weight of the World, Can't Get High by BloodKin, Love Tractor, Gimme, Radio Child, Stop-Go, Conrad
Main 2: Pigeons, Galleon, Arleen by General Echo, Blight by brute., Driving Song, Greta, Porch Song, Fishwater, Drums
Encore: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Cream Puff War by Grateful Dead
26 Mar 1997 - Widespread Panic at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Main 1: Glory, Pigeons, Heroes, Better Off, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Blight by brute., Disco, I'm Not Alone, Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale
Main 2: Airplane, Diner, Nobody's Loss, Send Your Mind by Van Morrison, Galleon, The Last Straw, Greta, Me and the Devil Blues by Robert Johnson, Makes Sense to Me, Fishwater
Encore: Red Beans by Professor Longhair
21 Mar 1997 - Widespread Panic at Roseland Theater, Portland, OR, USA
Main 1: Little Kin, Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale, Gradle, Sleepy Monkey, Greta, Send Your Mind by Van Morrison, Galleon, Jack, Makes Sense to Me
Main 2: Ride Me High by J.J. Cale, Disco, Diner, I'm Not Alone, Arleen by General Echo, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Airplane, Drums, I Walk On Guilded Splinters by Dr. John, Chilly Water
Encore: Pickin' Up the Pieces, Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man by Bobby Rush
31 Dec 1996 - Widespread Panic at The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA
Main 1: C. Brown, And It Stoned Me by Van Morrison, Can't Get High by BloodKin, Westport Ferry by brute., Blight by brute., Sleeping Man by Vic Chesnutt, Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, Nobody's Loss, Space Wrangler
Main 2: Barstools and Dreamers, A of D, Hatfield, Better Off, Pigeons, Happy, Pilgrims, Papa Legba by Talking Heads
Main 3: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Tall Boy, Low Spark of High Heeled Boys by Traffic, Airplane, Papa's Home, Drums, Entering a Black Hole Backwards, Chilly Water, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) by Sly & The Family Stone
Encore 1: Porch Song
Encore 2: Mr. Soul by Buffalo Springfield
19 Oct 1996 - Widespread Panic at Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA
Main 1: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Stop-Go, Wondering, Heroes, Papa's Home, Holden Oversoul, Sleepy Monkey, Radio Child, Can't Get High by BloodKin, Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale
Main 2: Conrad, Gradle, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin, Papa Legba by Talking Heads, Greta, Hatfield, Happy Child, Ain't Life Grand, Drums, Proving Ground, Blackout Blues
Encore: Flat Foot Flewzy by NRBQ
12 Oct 1996 - Widespread Panic at Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC, USA
Main 1: Disco, Walkin' (For Your Love), Papa Legba by Talking Heads, Little Kin, Proving Ground, Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, C. Brown, Can't Get High by BloodKin, You Got Yours, Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale
Main 2: Chilly Water, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin, Genesis by Jorma Kaukonen, I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal by Billy Joe Shaver, Worry, Airplane, Pilgrims, Tall Boy, Space Wrangler
Encore: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples
29 Jun 1996 - Widespread Panic at Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, NC, USA
Main 1: Pleas, Chilly Water, Glory, Diner, Blight by brute., Pickin' Up the Pieces, Greta, Can't Get High by BloodKin, Love Tractor
Main 2: Fishwater, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Wondering, Orange Blossom Special by Chet Atkins, Driving Song, Papa's Home, Drums, Happy Child, Ain't Life Grand
Encore: Flat Foot Flewzy by NRBQ
26 Jun 1996 - Widespread Panic at Tipitina's Uptown, New Orleans, LA, USA
Main 1: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Blackout Blues, Pickin' Up the Pieces, Glory, Papa Legba by Talking Heads, Smoke and Burn, Happy, Wondering, Jack, Conrad
Main 2: You Got Yours, Pigeons, Pleas, Diner, Pusherman by Curtis Mayfield, Help Me Somebody by NRBQ, Maggot Brain by Funkadelic, Porch Song, Drums, Chilly Water
Encore: Genesis by Jorma Kaukonen, Fishwater
19 Jun 1996 - Widespread Panic at State Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA
Main 1: Let's Get Down to Business by brute., Makes Sense to Me, Jack, Walkin' (For Your Love), Gradle, Goin' Out West by Tom Waits, You Got Yours, Diner, Send Your Mind by Van Morrison
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, Papa Legba by Talking Heads, Greta, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin, B of D, Space Wrangler, Low Rider by WAR, Drums, Hatfield, Love Tractor
Encore: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Porch Song
15 Jun 1996 - Widespread Panic at Mud Island River Park Amphitheater, Memphis, TN, USA
Main 1: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Ain't Life Grand, Pigeons, You Got Yours, Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, Rock, Space Wrangler, Nobody's Loss, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin
Main 2: Conrad, Happy Child, Walkin' (For Your Love), Galleon, Greta, Makes Sense to Me, Diner, I Walk On Guilded Splinters by Dr. John, Drums, Flat Foot Flewzy by NRBQ
Encore: Goin' Out West by Tom Waits, Hatfield
7 Jun 1996 - Widespread Panic at The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Blackout Blues, C. Brown, Love Tractor, Smoke and Burn, Happy, Wondering, Jack, Disco, Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, Greta, Makes Sense to Me, Pickin' Up the Pieces, Holden Oversoul, Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, Diner, Papa's Home, Drums
Encore: Sleepy Monkey, Low Rider by WAR
26 May 1996 - Widespread Panic at Chastain Park Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA, USA
Main 1: Get Up Early in the Morning by Professor Longhair, Space Wrangler, Weight of the World, West Virginia, Heroes, Greta, Fishwater, Drums, Little Kin, Help Me Somebody by NRBQ, Proving Ground
Main 2: Makes Sense to Me, Pickin' Up the Pieces, Conrad, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Radio Child, Diner, Driving Song, Goin' Out West by Tom Waits, Drums, Breathing Slow, Ain't Life Grand
Encore: Time Is Free by Aquarium Rescue Unit, Red Beans by Professor Longhair