1971-12-01 Grateful Dead

Music Hall, Boston, MA

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Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Ron McKernan - keyboards, vocals
Keith Godchaux - keyboards
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc

Set 1:
Truckin' , Sugaree , Mr. Charlie , Beat It On Down The Line , Comes A Time , Jack Straw , The Rub [1] , Tennessee Jed , El Paso , Big Railroad Blues , Casey Jones , One More Saturday Night

Set 2:
Ramble On Rose , Me And Bobby McGee , Big Boss Man , Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > The Other One > Me And My Uncle > The Other One , Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad > Not Fade Away

[1] Final known performance

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Truckin'	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir	American Beauty	1	2
Sugaree	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Garcia	1	1
Mr. Charlie		Ron McKernan		19	1
Beat It On Down The Line		Bob Weir	The Grateful Dead	1	1
Comes A Time	garcia-hunterjerry-ballad	Jerry Garcia	Reflections	7	2
Jack Straw		Bob Weir		1	1
The Rub		Ron McKernan		29	last
Tennessee Jed	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia		1	1
El Paso	cowboy	Bob Weir		1	1
Big Railroad Blues		Jerry Garcia		1	1
Casey Jones	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	1	1
One More Saturday Night		Bob Weir	Ace	1	1

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Ramble On Rose	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia		1	2
Me And Bobby McGee		Bob Weir		2	2
Big Boss Man		Ron McKernan		19	3
Cryptical Envelopment >		Jerry Garcia	Anthem of the Sun	2	4
Drums >		Instrumental		1	4
The Other One >		Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	1	0
Me And My Uncle >	cowboy	Bob Weir		1	2
The Other One		Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	0	2
Not Fade Away >		Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia		1	0
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad >		Jerry Garcia		1	1
Not Fade Away		Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia		0	1

Run

GD - Boston Music Hall December 1971

Also Appearing

New Riders of the Purple Sage

Notes

Pigpen returns from hiatus

deadsources: December 1, 1971: Boston Music Hall (2012) | December 1, 1971: Music Hall, Boston (2020)

gratefulseconds: December 1971: A Forgotten Pinnacle of the Grateful Dead's Career

deadessays: The Missing Shows of 1971. LIA brings forward something that we had not quite known about: "One of the reviews mentions that during the intermission a tape was played over the PA: 'It featured piercing guitar feedback and cavernous waves of applause. For twenty minutes … grating, annoying – and after a while maddening.' Ned Lagin said recently that this was his tape: 'a stock recording of a crowd clapping that was sped up & slowed down until it sounded like white noise. It was an early iteration of Seastones that was worked on in stages at Mickey's studio.'" See Nedbase for more.

Giuliano 1971 describes going with the Columbia Records guy (New Riders' label) to pick everyone up at Logan at 11 pm. Probably night before first show. Garcia sounds grouchy.

Sources

Weather

High: 34.1 °F
Low: 23.1 °F
Feels Like High: 23.2 °F
Feels Like Low: 8.9 °F
Wind Speed: 24.2 mph
Humidity: 50.0 %
Moonphase: 0.48
Partly cloudy throughout the day.

Show Certainty

Confirmed

Setlist Certainty

Confirmed

1971-12-01 [Wed]

Music Hall, Boston, MA

Set 1

Set 2