Grateful Dead – 1981-10-06

Rainbow Theatre, London, England

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

Setlist

Set 1
Shakedown Street > Minglewood Blues , It Must Have Been The Roses , Little Red Rooster , Althea , Me And My Uncle > Mexicali Blues , Good Time Blues [1] , Cumberland Blues > Looks Like Rain > Might As Well

Set 2
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) , High Time , Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > Space [2][3] > The Wheel > Sugar Magnolia > Stella Blue > Good Lovin'

Encore
Sunshine Daydream [4] > Brokedown Palace

[1] First performance in Set 1
[2] with loose Blues For Allah theme
[3] drummers remain throughout Space
[4] Last known performance as encore 1976-06-12 (402 events ago)

Average Song Gap

4.04

Songs By Album

Shakedown Street: 2
Reflections: 2
Ace: 2
Workingman's Dead: 2
American Beauty: 2
The Grateful Dead: 1
Go to Heaven: 1
Terrapin Station: 1
Garcia: 1
Wake of the Flood: 1

Songs Tags

garcia-hunter: 9
weir-barlow: 3
cowboy: 2
brent-song: 1
jerry-ballad: 1

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Shakedown Street >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Shakedown Street	3	2
Minglewood Blues		Bob Weir	The Grateful Dead	1	2
It Must Have Been The Roses		Jerry Garcia	Reflections	5	10
Little Red Rooster		Bob Weir		2	3
Althea	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Go to Heaven	3	1
Me And My Uncle >	cowboy	Bob Weir		2	2
Mexicali Blues	cowboyweir-barlow	Bob Weir	Ace	3	1
Good Time Blues	brent-song	Brent Mydland		4	3
Cumberland Blues >	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	3	1
Looks Like Rain >	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Ace	2	4
Might As Well	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Reflections	7	9

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Man Smart (Woman Smarter)		Bob Weir		5	2
High Time	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	19	67
Estimated Prophet >	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Terrapin Station	2	3
He's Gone >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia		5	5
Drums >		Instrumental		1	1
Space >		Instrumental		1	1
The Wheel >	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir, Brent Mydland, an...	Garcia	7	4
Sugar Magnolia >		Bob Weir	American Beauty	1	4
Stella Blue >	garcia-hunterjerry-ballad	Jerry Garcia	Wake of the Flood	4	3
Good Lovin'		Bob Weir	Shakedown Street	4	3

Encore			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Sunshine Daydream >		Bob Weir		7	4
Brokedown Palace	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	2	14

Run

GD - Rainbow Theatre October 1981

Tour

Grateful Dead Fall 1981 Europe

Images

Notes

deadthinking: Europe 1981: more good than bad or ugly

Historical

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.

Recordings

SHNID	Type	Source
138249	AUD	gd1981-10-06.138249.Rainbow.London,England.sony.ecm99.williams.sirmick.flac24-176.4
138198	AUD	gd1981-10-06.138198.Rainbow.London,England.sony.ecm99.williams.sirmick.flac2496
138197	AUD	gd1981-10-06.138197.Rainbow.London,England.sony.ecm99.williams.sirmick.flac16
137268	SBD	gd1981-10-06.137268.Rainbow.London,England.sbd.gems.flac16
130405	SBD	gd1981-10-06.130405.Rainbow.London,England.sbd.MrBill.flac16
126572	AUD	gd1981-10-06.126572.Rainbow.London,England.set2.beyer.m88.stankiewicz.flac16
126571	AUD	gd1981-10-06.126571.Rainbow.London,England.set2.beyer.m88.stankiewicz.flac2496
103627	SBD	gd1981-10-06.103627.Rainbow.London,England.sbd.miller.flac16
3303	SBD	gd1981-10-06.003303.Rainbow.London,England.sbd.polgar.shn

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High 62.7 °F / Low 42.9 °F, Partially cloudy

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Grateful Dead 1981-10-06 [Tue]

Rainbow Theatre, London, England

Musicians

Setlist

Set 1

Set 2

Encore

Recordings

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