1981-12-26 Grateful Dead

Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Mickey Hart - drums, perc
Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals

Set 1:
Alabama Getaway > Promised Land , Candyman > Little Red Rooster , Big Boss Man [1] , Me And My Uncle > Big River , Bird Song , It's All Over Now [2] , Big Railroad Blues , Let It Grow

Set 2:
Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > Space [3] > Jam [4] > Truckin' > Black Peter > Around And Around > One More Saturday Night

Encore:
Don't Ease Me In

[1] Last known performance (by GD) 1972-05-25 (598 events ago)
[2] Last performance (by GD) 1981-05-11 (52 events ago)
[3] Includes "A Day At The Dentist"
[4] Contra some prior setlists The Eleven is not played. This is a nice jam in 11 though.

Average Song Gap

30.61

Songs By Album

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

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Alabama Getaway >		Jerry Garcia	Go to Heaven	5	7
Promised Land		Bob Weir		5	7
Candyman >		Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	2	7
Little Red Rooster		Bob Weir		1	3
Big Boss Man	Last known performance (by GD) 1972-05-25 (598 events ago)	Jerry Garcia		598	4
Me And My Uncle >		Bob Weir		1	4
Big River		Bob Weir		3	5
Bird Song		Jerry Garcia	Garcia	2	6
It's All Over Now	Last performance (by GD) 1981-05-11 (52 events ago)	Bob Weir		52	3
Big Railroad Blues		Jerry Garcia		5	8
Let It Grow		Bob Weir	Wake of the Flood	5	8

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Scarlet Begonias >		Jerry Garcia	From the Mars Hotel	2	6
Fire On The Mountain >		Jerry Garcia	Shakedown Street	2	6
Estimated Prophet >		Bob Weir	Terrapin Station	2	3
He's Gone >		Jerry Garcia		2	12
Drums >		Instrumental		2	1
Space >	Includes "A Day At The Dentist"	Instrumental		2	1
Jam >	Contra some prior setlists The Eleven is not played. This is a nice jam in 11 though.	Instrumental		2	7
Truckin' >		Bob Weir	American Beauty	3	5
Black Peter >		Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	3	3
Around And Around >		Bob Weir		1	2
One More Saturday Night		Bob Weir	Ace	1	8

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

Run

GD - Oakland Auditorium NYE 1981

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Notes

gratefulseconds: Return of Big Boss Man, A Day At The Dentist and An Eleven Jam Highlight The Most Underrated Show of 1981: December 26, 1981

Torrents for Date

Weather

High: 60.2 °F
Low: 47.9 °F
Feels Like High: 60.2 °F
Feels Like Low: 45.3 °F
Wind Speed: 15.0 mph
Humidity: 93.1 %
Moonphase: 0.0
Partly cloudy throughout the day.

Show Certainty

Confirmed

Setlist Certainty

Confirmed

1981-12-26 [Sat]

Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA

Set 1

Set 2

Encore