1981-08-27 Grateful Dead

Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA

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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

Guests
Flora Purim - vocals
Michael Hinton - percussion

Set 1:
Alabama Getaway > Promised Land , Friend Of The Devil > C.C. Rider , Peggy-O > El Paso , Bird Song , Passenger , Cumberland Blues [1] > Looks Like Rain > Might As Well [2]

Set 2:
Samson And Delilah , Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain , Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums [3] > Space [4] > Not Fade Away > Black Peter > Good Lovin'

Encore:
Don't Ease Me In

[1] Last known performance (by GD) 1974-10-18 (400 events ago)
[2] Last known performance in Set 1 1979-02-11 (192 events ago)
[3] With Flora Purim on vocals and Michael Hinton on percussion
[4] drums/percussion remain throughout Space

Average Song Gap

20.68

Songs By Album

Terrapin Station: 3
Go to Heaven: 2
Workingman's Dead: 2
Shakedown Street: 2
American Beauty: 1
Garcia: 1
Ace: 1
Reflections: 1
From the Mars Hotel: 1
Wake of the Flood: 1

Songs Tags

garcia-hunter: 8
weir-barlow: 2
cowboy: 1
jerry-ballad: 1

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Alabama Getaway >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Go to Heaven	4	9
Promised Land		Bob Weir		3	9
Friend Of The Devil >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	1	5
C.C. Rider		Bob Weir		2	5
Peggy-O >		Jerry Garcia		1	7
El Paso	cowboy	Bob Weir		1	3
Bird Song	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Garcia	5	5
Passenger		Bob Weir and Brent Mydland	Terrapin Station	16	6
Cumberland Blues >	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	400	2
Looks Like Rain >	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Ace	3	2
Might As Well	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Reflections	2	2

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Samson And Delilah		Bob Weir	Terrapin Station	3	2
Scarlet Begonias >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	From the Mars Hotel	1	3
Fire On The Mountain		Jerry Garcia	Shakedown Street	1	3
Estimated Prophet >	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Terrapin Station	1	2
Eyes Of The World >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Wake of the Flood	1	5
Drums >		Instrumental		1	1
Space >		Instrumental		1	1
Not Fade Away >		Bob Weir, Brent Mydland, an...		2	5
Black Peter >	garcia-hunterjerry-ballad	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	2	7
Good Lovin'		Bob Weir	Shakedown Street	1	2

Encore			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Don't Ease Me In		Jerry Garcia	Go to Heaven	3	2

Run

GD - Long Beach Arena August 1981

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Notes

review: Larry Kelley, "Fans Grateful for the Dead ..." San Pedro News Pilot, August 29, 1981, p. 10. He notes the presence of Flora Purim and Michael Hinton during the rhythm devils section. Thanks to Jesse Jarnow for the tip.

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Weather

High: 101.0 °F
Low: 71.0 °F
Feels Like High: 102.4 °F
Feels Like Low: 71.0 °F
Wind Speed: 13.9 mph
Humidity: 52.7 %
Moonphase: 0.93
Clear conditions throughout the day.

Show Certainty

Confirmed

Setlist Certainty

Confirmed

Grateful Dead 1981-08-27 [Thu]

Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA

Set 1

Set 2

Encore