Ain't Life Grand
by Widespread Panic
Setlists featuring Ain't Life Grand, page 16
18 Jul 1998 - Widespread Panic at Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC, USA
Main 1: Conrad, Weak Brain, Narrow Mind by Willie Dixon, Hatfield, Tall Boy, Who Do You Belong To? by BloodKin, Pleas, One Arm Steve, Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, Red Beans by Professor Longhair, Diner, Rock, Climb to Safety by Jerry Joseph, Happy, Walkin' (For Your Love), Impossible, Drums, Chilly Water
Encore: No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature by The Guess Who
12 Jul 1998 - Widespread Panic at Tweeter Center at the Waterfront, Camden, NJ, USA
Main: Weight of the World, Radio Child, Gradle, All Time Low, Airplane, Driving Song, Greta, Papa Legba by Talking Heads, Low Rider by WAR, Drums, Mercy, Ain't Life Grand
Encore: Who Do You Belong To? by BloodKin, Love Tractor
2 Jul 1998 - Widespread Panic at Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Main: The Take Out, Wondering, Porch Song, Tall Boy, Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale, Use Me by Bill Withers, Diner, Drums, Pleas, Love Tractor, Ain't Life Grand
Encore: Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin
17 Jun 1998 - Widespread Panic at Bataclan, Paris, France
Main: Let's Get Down to Business by brute., Radio Child, Pickin' Up the Pieces, Dyin' Man, Pleas, Love Tractor, Happy, Rebirtha, Papa Legba by Talking Heads, Hatfield, Drums, Pilgrims, All Time Low, Ain't Life Grand
Encore: And It Stoned Me by Van Morrison, Fishwater
12 Jun 1998 - Widespread Panic at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA
Main 1: Machine, Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale, Hatfield, Arleen by General Echo, I'm Not Alone, Happy Child, Wondering, Sleeping Man by Vic Chesnutt, Tall Boy, Barstools and Dreamers
Main 2: Conrad, All Time Low, Stop-Go, Big Wooly Mammoth, Ain't Life Grand, Holden Oversoul, Nobody's Fault but Mine by Blind Willie Johnson, Drums, Dyin' Man, Love Tractor
Encore: Makes Sense to Me
30 May 1998 - Widespread Panic at Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Main: Papa Legba by Talking Heads, Dyin' Man, Worry, Pickin' Up the Pieces, Stop-Go, Tie Your Shoes, Makes Sense to Me, Happy, Tall Boy, Blight by brute., Papa's Home, Drums, Ain't Life Grand
Encore: Low Spark of High Heeled Boys by Traffic, Dream Song
28 Apr 1998 - Widespread Panic at House of Blues, North Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Main 1: Weight of the World, Who Do You Belong To? by BloodKin, Gradle, Machine, Barstools and Dreamers, It Was You, Junior by Junior Kimbrough, Rock, All Time Low
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, Chilly Water, Galleon, Hatfield, Dyin' Man, Sleeping Man by Vic Chesnutt, Airplane, Pusherman by Curtis Mayfield, Drums, C. Brown
Encore: Mr. Soul by Buffalo Springfield
8 Mar 1998 - Widespread Panic at The Great Northern, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
Main: Stop-Go, Radio Child, Pigeons, It Ain't No Use by The Meters, Love Tractor, Gradle, Arleen by General Echo, Blight by brute., Blackout Blues, Pilgrims, Fishwater, Drums
Encore 1: Low Spark of High Heeled Boys by Traffic, Ain't Life Grand
Encore 2: Goin' Out West by Tom Waits
2 Jan 1998 - Widespread Panic at The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA
Main 1: Tie Your Shoes, Tall Boy, Hatfield, Happy Child, Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic, Gradle, Sleeping Man by Vic Chesnutt, I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal by Billy Joe Shaver, Weight of the World, Worry
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, Contentment Blues, Postcard, Jack, Airplane, Low Rider by WAR, Drums, I Walk On Guilded Splinters by Dr. John, Space Wrangler
Encore: Low Spark of High Heeled Boys by Traffic, Time Is Free by Aquarium Rescue Unit
29 Dec 1997 - Widespread Panic at The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA
Main 1: Disco, Papa's Home, Send Your Mind by Van Morrison, Little Kin, Happy, Wondering, I Wish You Would by Billy Boy Arnold, Me and the Devil Blues by Robert Johnson, Tall Boy
Main 2: Rebirtha, Space Wrangler, Radio Child, It Ain't No Use by The Meters, Walkin' (For Your Love), Big Wooly Mammoth, One Kind Favor by Blind Lemon Jefferson, Drums, Pleas, Conrad
Encore: Ain't Life Grand
29 Nov 1997 - Widespread Panic at The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, USA
Main 1: Chilly Water, C. Brown, Send Your Mind by Van Morrison, Happy, Just Kissed My Baby by The Meters, B of D, Dyin' Man, Holden Oversoul, Walkin' (For Your Love)
Main 2: Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man by Bobby Rush, Makes Sense to Me, Mercy, Big Wooly Mammoth, Diner, Party at Your Mama's House, Papa's Home, Drums, Tall Boy
Encore: Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, Ain't Life Grand
25 Nov 1997 - Widespread Panic at The Joint, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Main 1: Papa Legba by Talking Heads, Blackout Blues, Rebirtha, C. Brown, Little Kin, Pleas, Proving Ground, Big Wooly Mammoth
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, 1 x 1 by Beanland, Stop-Go, Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, Walkin' (For Your Love), Climb to Safety by Jerry Joseph, Chainsaw City by Little Women, Drums, Arleen by General Echo, Chilly Water
Encore: And It Stoned Me by Van Morrison
18 Nov 1997 - Widespread Panic at Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX, USA
Main 1: Radio Child, Barstools and Dreamers, Weak Brain, Narrow Mind by Willie Dixon, Pleas, Big Wooly Mammoth, Hatfield, You'll Be Fine, Space Wrangler, Tall Boy
Main 2: Blackout Blues, Makes Sense to Me, Blight by brute., Porch Song, Happy, Low Rider by WAR, Drums, City of Dreams by Talking Heads, Ain't Life Grand
Encore: End of the Show by BloodKin, Chilly Water
2 Nov 1997 - Widespread Panic at Barnhill Arena, Fayetteville, AR, USA
Main 1: Weak Brain, Narrow Mind by Willie Dixon, Stop-Go, Wondering, You Got Yours, Send Your Mind by Van Morrison, Junior by Junior Kimbrough, It Ain't No Use by The Meters, Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, Love Tractor
Main 2: Driving Song, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Ride Me High by J.J. Cale, B of D, Ain't Life Grand, Raise the Roof, Drums, I'm Not Alone, Weight of the World
Encore: Pilgrims, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin
28 Oct 1997 - Widespread Panic at The Moon, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Main 1: Glory, Low Rider by WAR, Weight of the World, Can't Get High by BloodKin, Just Kissed My Baby by The Meters, Sleeping Man by Vic Chesnutt, Pickin' Up the Pieces, Holden Oversoul
Main 2: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Pigeons, Junior by Junior Kimbrough, Genesis by Jorma Kaukonen, You Got Yours, Driving Song, City of Dreams by Talking Heads, Drums, Tall Boy
Encore: Dream Song, West Virginia, Ain't Life Grand
10 Sep 1997 - Widespread Panic at The Opera House, Toronto, ON, Canada
Main 1: Papa Legba by Talking Heads, Wondering, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin, Sleepy Monkey, Big Wooly Mammoth, You Got Yours, Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, Jack, Fishwater
Main 2: Junior by Junior Kimbrough, Blackout Blues, Tie Your Shoes, C. Brown, Diner, No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature by The Guess Who, Drums, Stop-Go, Radio Child
Encore: Ain't Life Grand