On December 30th, 1977, the Grateful Dead played for over three hours of music, as part of a four-night run, at Bill Graham‘s famed Winterland Ballroom. The lineup features Keith Godchaux on piano and Donna Godchaux on vocals.
The San Francisco venue was home base for the Grateful Dead, having played there nearly fifty times between 1966 and 1978. This particular night of music featured fan-favorites like John Philips‘ “Me & My Uncle”, GD classics “Dire Wolf”, “Ramble On Rose”, and a scorching “Estimated Prophet”.
Speculation rises between the setlist in this “official” video versus documented setlists from the night, as the video’s second set seems to include 12/27’s “Cold Rain & Snow”, and skips “St. Stephen” and “Sugar Magnolia” entirely. There is no video documented from 12/27, and Deadheads have voiced their concern on the legitimacy of 12/30’s video based on Bobby’s double wardrobe change, as he returns to the original shirt after only a song. What happened to 12/27? What about 12/30?
Thanks to the Music Vault, you can watch an entire video from (most of) “12/30/77” below:
Grateful Dead @ Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, CA 12/31/77 Setlist (VIDEO):
0:00:00 – Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodleloo
0:10:40 – Me & My Uncle
0:14:24 – Stage Ambience
0:15:56 – Dire Wolf
0:20:28 – Stage Ambience / Tuning
0:22:30 – Looks Like Rain
0:30:31 – Stage Ambience
0:32:16 – Row Jimmy, Row
0:41:24 – Stage Ambience
0:42:48 – Big River
0:49:24 – Stage Ambience
0:51:20 – Bobby’s story
0:52:19 – Peggy-O
0:59:40 – Stage Ambience
1:02:05 – Passenger
1:06:09 – Stage Ambience
1:07:04 – Ramble On Rose
1:14:32 – Stage Ambience
1:16:21 – Let It Grow
1:29:14 – Intermission
1:29:40 – Cold Rain And Snow (Incomplete)
1:33:43 – Stage Ambience
1:39:11 – Samson And Delilah
1:47:01 – Stage Ambience
1:49:58 – Ship Of Fools
1:56:47 – Stage Ambience / Tuning
1:59:56 – Estimated Prophet / Eyes Of The World / Drums / Space (part 1)
2:44:54 – Stage Ambience
2:46:06 – U.S. Blues
2:52:43 – Extended Applause / Stage Ambience
2:55:16 – Good Lovin’
3:02:16 – Around and Around (Incomplete)
3:07:53 – Extended Applause / Stage Ambience
3:11:13 – Samson and Delilah (Reprise)
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