1979-02-07 [Wed]

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SIU Arena, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

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Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Keith Godchaux - keyboards
Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
Mickey Hart - drums, perc
Set 1:
Don't Ease Me In [1] , Mama Tried > Mexicali Blues , Jack-A-Roe , Looks Like Rain , They Love Each Other , Minglewood Blues , Stagger Lee , Cassidy , Peggy-O , The Music Never Stopped

Set 2:
Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain , Dancin' In The Streets > Drums > Space > Black Peter > I Need A Miracle > Bertha > Good Lovin'

Encore:
U.S. Blues
Songs listed in italics are not sourced from a recording
[1] Last known performance (by GD) 1974-08-06 (215 events ago)
Tour
Grateful Dead Winter 1979 Midwest
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Notes
  • All circulating sources are incomplete and order is uncertain (the placement of Miracle > Bertha at the end of the second set)
  • In Steve Parish's book Home Before Daylight he talks about this show as the one where Jerry ate four valiums before the show. His performance definitely deteriorates during the set. Stagger Lee through Bertha is pretty bad. Also discussed on the Big Steve Hour, February 5, 2020, around 8:39 for a few minutes.
  • gratefulseconds: An Off Night in Carbondale, February 7, 1979
    • Historical
  • The Clash kicked off their first concert of their first American tour at the Berkeley Community Theatre outside San Francisco. Bo Diddley opened the show.
  • Supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini take over the Iranian law enforcement, courts, and government administration.
  • Pluto enters a 20-year period inside the orbit of Neptune for the first time in 230 years.
    • Sources
    Weather
    High: 29.9 °F
    Low: 11.9 °F
    Feels Like High: 29.0 °F
    Feels Like Low: -1.4 °F
    Wind Speed: 18.3 mph
    Humidity: 76.0 %
    Moonphase: 0.35
    Clearing in the afternoon.
    Show Certainty
    Confirmed
    Setlist Certainty
    Uncertain Setlist
    Sellout
    Yes