Grateful Dead – 1981-12-07

Des Moines Civic Center, Des Moines, IA

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
Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told , Friend Of The Devil > C.C. Rider , Dire Wolf , Me And My Uncle > Big River , Deep Elem Blues , Cassidy , Althea , The Music Never Stopped

Set 2
Mississippi Half Step [1] > Franklin's Tower , Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance > Jam > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Nobody's Fault But Mine [2] > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia

Encore
Don't Ease Me In

[1] Last known performance in Set 2 1978-11-13 (261 events ago)
[2] Theme only

Average Song Gap

6.48

Songs By Album

Go to Heaven: 4
American Beauty: 3
Ace: 2
Workingman's Dead: 2
Blues for Allah: 2
Wake of the Flood: 1

Songs Tags

garcia-hunter: 8
weir-barlow: 4
cowboy: 2
jerry-ballad: 1

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Bertha >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia		3	5
Greatest Story Ever Told		Bob Weir	Ace	4	5
Friend Of The Devil >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	2	1
C.C. Rider		Bob Weir		2	4
Dire Wolf	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	9	2
Me And My Uncle >	cowboy	Bob Weir		3	2
Big River	cowboy	Bob Weir		3	3
Deep Elem Blues		Jerry Garcia		3	2
Cassidy	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Ace	3	1
Althea	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Go to Heaven	3	4
The Music Never Stopped	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Blues for Allah	14	38

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Mississippi Half Step >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Wake of the Flood	27	21
Franklin's Tower	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Blues for Allah	4	11
Lost Sailor >	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Go to Heaven	2	5
Saint Of Circumstance >	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Go to Heaven	2	5
Jam >		Instrumental		6	1
Drums >		Instrumental		1	1
Space >		Instrumental		1	1
Truckin' >	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir	American Beauty	3	3
Nobody's Fault But Mine (theme only) >		Instrumental		45	8
Black Peter >	garcia-hunterjerry-ballad	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	3	3
Sugar Magnolia		Bob Weir	American Beauty	2	4

Encore			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Don't Ease Me In		Jerry Garcia	Go to Heaven	4	3

Tour

Grateful Dead Fall 1981

Images

Notes

ref: Billboard, December 26, 1981, p. 44
A section of this tape was shared on The Tapers Section: 2009-12-07.

Recordings

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143939	AUD	gd1981-12-07.143939.Des Moines,IA.set2.fob.sennheiser.421.streeter.miller.clugston.flac2496
143938	AUD	gd1981-12-07.143938.Des Moines,IA.set2.fob.sennheiser.421.streeter.miller.clugston.flac1648
141898	SBD	gd1981-12-07.141898.Des Moines,IA.sbd.cm.miller.flac16
141707	SBD	gd1981-12-07.141707.Des Moines,IA.sbd.cm.miller.flac24
79857	AUD	gd1981-12-07.079857.pitch.fixed.008448.Des Moines,IA.aud.unk.sirmick.flac16
12970	SBD	gd1981-12-07.012970.Des Moines,IA.set2.sbd.miller.shn
8448	AUD	gd1981-12-07.008448.Des Moines,IA.aud.unk.munder.shn

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Grateful Dead 1981-12-07 [Mon]

Des Moines Civic Center, Des Moines, IA

Musicians

Setlist

Set 1

Set 2

Encore

Recordings

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