Grateful Dead show guide

May 5, 1977 · New Haven Coliseum Veterans Memorial Coliseum

May 5, 1977 at New Haven Coliseum Veterans Memorial Coliseum · New Haven, CT, US · Post-Hiatus era · 7 circulating recordings · Archive listener rating around 4.85

Setlist Songs

Promised Land · Sugaree · Mama Tried · El Paso · Tennessee Jed · Looks Like Rain · Deal · Lazy Lightning · Supplication · Peggy-O · The Music Never Stopped · Bertha · Estimated Prophet · Scarlet Begonias · Fire On The Mountain · Good Lovin' · Saint Stephen · Sugar Magnolia · Johnny B. Goode

Highlights

Sugaree · Tennessee Jed · Estimated Prophet · Scarlet Begonias · Fire On The Mountain · Saint Stephen · Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain · Saint Stephen > Sugar Magnolia

Guide Note

New Haven sounds crisp and urgent, with long first-set songs and a decisive late-show climb through Scarlet > Fire and Saint Stephen. It is one of the clearest early peaks of the month.

Open Deadhead High · Independent fan project. Setlist data attribution: gdshowsdb by Jeff Smith, MIT License. Listening links point to Archive and Relisten.