Samson and Delilah
by [traditional]
Setlists featuring Samson and Delilah, page 12
13 May 1981 - Grateful Dead at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, USA
Main 1: Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, See See Rider by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Friend of the Devil, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Let It Grow, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Terrapin Station, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Drums, Iko Iko by The Dixie Cups, I Need a Miracle, Stella Blue, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Brokedown Palace
8 May 1981 - Grateful Dead at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA
Main 1: Jack Straw, Peggy-O by [traditional], Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Big River by Johnny Cash, Loser by Jerry Garcia, See See Rider by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Althea, Let It Grow, Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas
Main 2: Shakedown Street, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Terrapin Station, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Stella Blue, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: U.S. Blues
4 May 1981 - Grateful Dead at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Main 1: Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Jack-a-Roe by [traditional], Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Cold Rain and Snow, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Althea, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Nobody's Fault but Mine by Blind Willie Johnson, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Black Peter, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Brokedown Palace
30 Apr 1981 - Grateful Dead at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC, USA
Main 1: Jack Straw, Peggy-O by [traditional], See See Rider by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional
Main 2: Shakedown Street, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Drums, Space, Truckin', Black Peter, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
Encore: Casey Jones
28 Mar 1981 - Grateful Dead at Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Me and My Uncle by John Phillips, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Shakedown Street, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Althea, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Ship of Fools, Estimated Prophet, He's Gone, The Other One, Drums, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Wharf Rat, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: One More Saturday Night by Bob Weir
23 Mar 1981 - Grateful Dead at Rainbow Theatre, London, England
Main 1: Jack Straw, They Love Each Other by Jerry Garcia, Cassidy by Bob Weir, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Ramble on Rose, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Lazy Lightning by Kingfish, Supplication by Kingfish
Main 2: Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, Terrapin Station, Playing in the Band by Bob Weir, Drums, Space, The Other One, Stella Blue, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Casey Jones
13 Mar 1981 - Grateful Dead at Utica Memorial Auditorium, Utica, NY, USA
Main 1: Shakedown Street, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, They Love Each Other by Jerry Garcia, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Jack-a-Roe by [traditional], Cassidy by Bob Weir, High Time, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Althea, The Music Never Stopped
Main 2: Cold Rain and Snow, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Drums, Space, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas
9 Mar 1981 - Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
Main 1: Feel Like a Stranger, Althea, See See Rider by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Ramble on Rose, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Deep Elem Blues by Traditional, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Bird Song by Jerry Garcia, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers
Main 2: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Ship of Fools, Estimated Prophet, Uncle John's Band, Drums, Space, The Other One, Stella Blue, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: U.S. Blues
6 Mar 1981 - Grateful Dead at Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Main 1: Jack Straw, Peggy-O by [traditional], Cassidy by Bob Weir, They Love Each Other by Jerry Garcia, El Paso by Marty Robbins, Row Jimmy, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Brown-Eyed Woman, Let It Grow, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Samson and Delilah by [traditional], It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Estimated Prophet, Franklin's Tower, Drums, Space, The Other One, Stella Blue, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas
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
30 Dec 1980 - Grateful Dead at Civic Auditorium, Oakland, CA, USA
Main 1: Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Friend of the Devil, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Brown-Eyed Woman, Beat It on Down the Line by Jesse Fuller, Althea, Let It Grow, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Shakedown Street, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], He's Gone, Truckin', Drums, Space, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, China Doll, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: U.S. Blues
26 Dec 1980 - Grateful Dead at Civic Auditorium, Oakland, CA, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, They Love Each Other by Jerry Garcia, See See Rider by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Althea, Cassidy by Bob Weir, Peggy-O by [traditional], 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, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Black Peter, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: U.S. Blues
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
26 Nov 1980 - Grateful Dead at Hollywood Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
Main 1: Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told by Bob Weir, Friend of the Devil, On the Road Again by [traditional], Jack-a-Roe by [traditional], Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, The Race Is On by George Jones, Althea, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance, Deal by Jerry Garcia
Main 2: Cold Rain and Snow, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider by Traditional, Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Drums, Space, Wharf Rat, Around & Around by Chuck Berry, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones
30 Oct 1980 - Grateful Dead at Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, NY, USA
Main 1: Deep Elem Blues by Traditional, Dark Hollow by Jimmie Skinner, Been All Around This World by [traditional], On the Road Again by [traditional], To Lay Me Down by Jerry Garcia, Heaven Help the Fool by Bob Weir, Ripple
Main 2: Alabama Getaway, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry, Peggy-O by [traditional], Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Loser by Jerry Garcia, Minglewood Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, Althea, Lost Sailor, Saint of Circumstance
Main 3: Shakedown Street, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], He's Gone, Truckin', Drums, Space, The Other One, Wharf Rat, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
26 Oct 1980 - Grateful Dead at Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, NY, USA
Main 1: Iko Iko by The Dixie Cups, Dark Hollow by Jimmie Skinner, It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, On the Road Again by [traditional], Jack-a-Roe by [traditional], Cassidy by Bob Weir, China Doll, Ripple
Main 2: Jack Straw, Sugaree by Jerry Garcia, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Brown-Eyed Woman, Let It Grow, Don't Ease Me In by Henry Thomas
Main 3: Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Althea, Estimated Prophet, He's Gone, Drums, Space, Not Fade Away by The Crickets, Stella Blue, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Brokedown Palace
23 Oct 1980 - Grateful Dead at Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, NY, USA
Main 1: On the Road Again by [traditional], It Must Have Been the Roses by Robert Hunter, Dark Hollow by Jimmie Skinner, Jack-a-Roe by [traditional], Cassidy by Bob Weir, China Doll, The Monkey and the Engineer by Jesse Fuller, Oh Babe, It Ain't no Lie by Elizabeth Cotten, Ripple
Main 2: Feel Like a Stranger, Tennessee Jed, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Althea, Little Red Rooster by Willie Dixon, Big Railroad Blues by Cannon's Jug Stompers, The Music Never Stopped
Main 3: Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Ship of Fools, Estimated Prophet, Terrapin Station, Drums, Space, The Wheel by Jerry Garcia, Truckin', Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Casey Jones
19 Oct 1980 - Grateful Dead at Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA, USA
Main 1: On the Road Again by [traditional], Jack-a-Roe by [traditional], Dark Hollow by Jimmie Skinner, Rosalie McFall, Cassidy by Bob Weir, 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: Jack Straw, They Love Each Other by Jerry Garcia, Mama Tried by Merle Haggard, Mexicali Blues by Bob Weir, Candyman, Passenger, Row Jimmy, Looks Like Rain by Bob Weir, Tennessee Jed, The Promised Land by Chuck Berry
Main 3: Scarlet Begonias, Fire on the Mountain, Samson and Delilah by [traditional], Terrapin Station, Drums, Space, Truckin', Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia, Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals
Encore: Brokedown Palace