1979-08-12 Grateful Dead

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

official-release

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Musicians
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
Mickey Hart - drums, perc
Phil Lesh - electric bass

Released As

Enjoying the Ride

Set 1:
Promised Land , They Love Each Other , Mama Tried > Mexicali Blues , Peggy-O , Lazy Lightning > Supplication , Brown Eyed Women , Looks Like Rain , Althea > Passenger

Set 2:
China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider , Lost Sailor , Don't Ease Me In , Estimated Prophet [1][2] > Eyes Of The World [2] > Space [3] > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Black Peter > Around And Around

Encore:
U.S. Blues

[1] Released on So Many Roads (1965 - 1995)
[2] Released on The Music Never Stopped
[3] with Drummers

Average Song Gap

2.96

Songs By Album

Go to Heaven: 3
Ace: 2
Terrapin Station: 2
Reflections: 1
Aoxomoxoa: 1
Wake of the Flood: 1
Workingman's Dead: 1
From the Mars Hotel: 1

Songs Tags

garcia-hunter: 7
weir-barlow: 6
cowboy: 2
jerry-ballad: 1

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Promised Land		Bob Weir		1	2
They Love Each Other	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Reflections	2	5
Mama Tried >	cowboy	Bob Weir		2	2
Mexicali Blues	cowboyweir-barlow	Bob Weir	Ace	2	2
Peggy-O		Jerry Garcia		2	3
Lazy Lightning >	weir-barlow	Bob Weir		8	15
Supplication	weir-barlow	Bob Weir		8	15
Brown Eyed Women	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia		1	8
Looks Like Rain	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Ace	4	4
Althea >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Go to Heaven	1	1
Passenger		Bob Weir and Brent Mydland	Terrapin Station	2	2

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
China Cat Sunflower >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Aoxomoxoa	9	6
I Know You Rider		Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia		9	6
Lost Sailor	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Go to Heaven	1	1
Don't Ease Me In		Jerry Garcia	Go to Heaven	3	4
Estimated Prophet >	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Terrapin Station	1	3
Eyes Of The World >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Wake of the Flood	1	3
Space >		Instrumental		1	0
Drums >		Instrumental		1	1
Space >		Instrumental		0	2
Not Fade Away >		Bob Weir, Brent Mydland, an...		1	2
Black Peter >	garcia-hunterjerry-ballad	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	5	3
Around And Around		Bob Weir		1	3

Encore			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
U.S. Blues	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	From the Mars Hotel	2	2

Images

Notes

James Anderson photos from this show

Billboard data indicate all three at Red Rocks. I have just averaged across the three Denver metro area shows.

ref: Billboard, September 1, 1979, p. 37.

Sources

Weather

High: 87.2 °F
Low: 62.9 °F
Feels Like High: 83.8 °F
Feels Like Low: 62.9 °F
Wind Speed: 18.3 mph
Humidity: 44.3 %
Moonphase: 0.66
Partly cloudy throughout the day.

Show Certainty

Confirmed

Setlist Certainty

Confirmed

Ticket Price

$8.50 / $9.50

Sellout

Yes

In Attendance

9762

Gross

$92,651.00

Grateful Dead 1979-08-12 [Sun]

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

Set 1

Set 2

Encore