Ain't Life Grand
by Widespread Panic
Setlists featuring Ain't Life Grand, page 18
30 Dec 1996 - Widespread Panic at The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA
Main 1: Little Kin, Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale, Glory, Heroes, Rock, B of D, Sleepy Monkey, Holden Oversoul, Genesis by Jorma Kaukonen, Blackout Blues
Main 2: Love Tractor, You Got Yours, I'm Not Alone, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin, Gradle, Junior by Junior Kimbrough, It Ain't No Use by The Meters, Driving Song, Drums, Ain't Life Grand
Encore: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl by Sonny Boy Williamson, Dream Song
31 Oct 1996 - Widespread Panic at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, USA
Main 1: Coconut, Fishwater, C. Brown, Glory, Rock, Impossible, Blight by brute., Shiek by ZZ Top, Pilgrims, Postcard
Main 2: Radar Love by Golden Earring, Ain't Life Grand, West Virginia, Porch Song, Greta, Space Truckin' by Deep Purple, Chilly Water, Drums, Hatfield, Conrad
Encore: Riders on the Storm by The Doors, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin
26 Oct 1996 - Widespread Panic at Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI, USA
Main 1: Let's Get Down to Business by brute., Worry, L.A., Gradle, 1 x 1 by Beanland, Better Off, Happy, Wondering, Mercy, Flat Foot Flewzy by NRBQ
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin, Greta, I'm Not Alone, You Got Yours, Hatfield, Pusherman by Curtis Mayfield, Drums, Entering a Black Hole Backwards, Chilly Water, Blackout Blues
Encore: Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, Dream Song
22 Oct 1996 - Widespread Panic at Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN, USA
Main 1: Barstools and Dreamers, Radio Child, Disco, Greta, I'm Not Alone, Heroes, Wondering, The Last Straw, Sleepy Monkey, Ain't Life Grand
Main 2: Proving Ground, Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man by Bobby Rush, Hatfield, You Got Yours, Papa's Home, Drums, Help Me Somebody by NRBQ
Encore: Low Rider by WAR, Rock, Blackout Blues
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
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
25 Jun 1996 - Widespread Panic at Tipitina's Uptown, New Orleans, LA, USA
Main 1: Love Tractor, Worry, Gradle, Send Your Mind by Van Morrison, Tall Boy, I'm Not Alone, Stop-Go, Do What You Like by Blind Faith, Makes Sense to Me
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, Greta, Hatfield, Airplane, Blight by brute., Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin, Stag-O-Lee by Professor Longhair, Space Wrangler, Papa's Home, Drums
Encore: Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith
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
31 May 1996 - Widespread Panic at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA
Main 1: Pleas, Pigeons, Tall Boy, Driving Song, Walkin' (For Your Love), Holden Oversoul, You Got Yours, Ain't Life Grand
Main 2: Disco, Diner, I'm Not Alone, Glory, Sleeping Man by Vic Chesnutt, Jack, Chilly Water, Drums, Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, Rebirtha, Porch Song
Encore: Low Rider by WAR, Makes Sense to Me
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
23 Apr 1996 - Widespread Panic at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI, USA
Main 1: Send Your Mind by Van Morrison, Walkin' (For Your Love), Holden Oversoul, Greta, Sleepy Monkey, Can't Get High by BloodKin, Glory, Pilgrims, Help Me Somebody by NRBQ
Main 2: Makes Sense to Me, The Last Straw, Airplane, Arleen by General Echo, Weight of the World, Diner, Barstools and Dreamers, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) by Sly & The Family Stone, Fishwater, Jack, Proving Ground
Encore: Ain't Life Grand
19 Jan 1996 - Widespread Panic at Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO, USA
Main 1: Waiting for the Wind to Blow Down the Tree in My Backyard, Can't Get High by BloodKin, Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale, Pleas, Send Your Mind by Van Morrison, You Got Yours, Hatfield, The Last Straw, B of D, Sleeping Man by Vic Chesnutt
Main 2: Ribs and Whiskey, I Walk On Guilded Splinters by Dr. John, Ain't Life Grand, Happy Child, Driving Song, City of Dreams by Talking Heads, Nobody's Loss, Dream Song, Let's Get Down to Business by brute., Gradle, Postcard, Chilly Water
Encore: Junior by Junior Kimbrough, Flat Foot Flewzy by NRBQ
29 Dec 1995 - Widespread Panic at Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA
Main 1: Love Tractor, Pleas, Holden Oversoul, Jack, Walkin' (For Your Love), Radio Child, It Ain't No Use by The Meters, Blackout Blues, Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, Hatfield, Weight of the World, Rebirtha, C. Brown, Airplane, Drums, Papa Legba by Talking Heads, Proving Ground
Encore: Dream Song, Mr. Soul by Buffalo Springfield
26 Oct 1995 - Widespread Panic at State Palace Theatre, New Orleans, LA, USA
Main 1: Pigeons, Papa Legba by Talking Heads, Weight of the World, Junior by Junior Kimbrough, Space Wrangler, Blackout Blues, The Last Straw, Knocking 'round the Zoo by James Taylor, Proving Ground
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, Tall Boy, Arleen by General Echo, Walkin' (For Your Love), Chilly Water, Drums, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin
Encore: Dream Song
12 Oct 1995 - Widespread Panic at Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Main 1: Happy, Glory, Wondering, Just Kissed My Baby by The Meters, Heroes, Pleas, Sleeping Man by Vic Chesnutt, Can't Get High by BloodKin, A of D, Weight of the World
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, Contentment Blues, Diner, Driving Song, Tall Boy, Walkin' (For Your Love), Me and the Devil Blues by Robert Johnson, Blackout Blues
Encore: Pilgrims, Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic
3 Oct 1995 - Widespread Panic at Bogart's, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Main 1: Glory, Blackout Blues, Holden Oversoul, The Last Straw, Galleon, Better Off, Pigeons, Me and the Devil Blues by Robert Johnson, Worry
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, Love Tractor, It Ain't No Use by The Meters, Hatfield, Radio Child, Jack, Sleeping Man by Vic Chesnutt, Tie Your Shoes, Junior by Junior Kimbrough, Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith
Encore: Chilly Water
23 Sep 1995 - Widespread Panic at Oak Mountain Amphitheater, Pelham, AL, USA
Main 1: Pigeons, Pleas, You Got Yours, Makes Sense to Me, Happy Child, Holden Oversoul, Sleepy Monkey, Heroes, Pilgrims, The Shape I'm In by The Band
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand, I'm Not Alone, Diner, B of D, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin, Nobody's Fault but Mine by Blind Willie Johnson, Walkin' (For Your Love), Papa's Home, Drums, No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature by The Guess Who
Encore: Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale
20 Sep 1995 - Widespread Panic at Varsity Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Main 1: The Take Out, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin, Help Me Somebody by NRBQ, Diner, I'm Not Alone, Glory, Pleas, Aunt Avis by Vic Chesnutt, It Ain't No Use by The Meters, Porch Song
Main 2: Heroes, Impossible, C. Brown, Radio Child, Jack, Wondering, Machine, Barstools and Dreamers, West Virginia, Ain't Life Grand, Proving Ground
Encore: Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith, Blackout Blues