1979-12-26 Grateful Dead

Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, 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

Released As

Dick's Picks Volume 05

Soundcheck:
Brokedown Palace , Black Throated Wind

Set 1:
Cold Rain And Snow , C.C. Rider , Dire Wolf , Me And My Uncle > Big River , Brown Eyed Women , Minglewood Blues , Friend Of The Devil , Looks Like Rain , Alabama Getaway > Promised Land

Set 2:
Uncle John's Band [1] > Estimated Prophet > Caution [2][3] > He's Gone > The Other One > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Brokedown Palace [4] > Around And Around > Johnny B. Goode

Encore:
Shakedown Street > Uncle John's Band

[1] Last known performance (by GD) 1977-10-06 (172 events ago)
[2] jam is loosely but clearly based on Caution. At one point near the end Phil loudly states the theme from A Love Supreme pt. 1
[3] Theme only
[4] Last known performance (by GD) 1977-10-14 (167 events ago)

Average Song Gap

18.09

Songs By Album

American Beauty: 3
Workingman's Dead: 3
Ace: 2
The Grateful Dead: 2
Anthem of the Sun: 2
Go to Heaven: 1
Terrapin Station: 1
Shakedown Street: 1

Songs Tags

garcia-hunter: 10
weir-barlow: 3
cowboy: 2

Soundcheck			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Brokedown Palace	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	American Beauty		last
Black Throated Wind	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Ace		last

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Cold Rain And Snow		Jerry Garcia	The Grateful Dead	2	42
C.C. Rider		Bob Weir		8	31
Dire Wolf	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	5	40
Me And My Uncle >	cowboy	Bob Weir		1	3
Big River	cowboy	Bob Weir		1	3
Brown Eyed Women	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia		3	7
Minglewood Blues		Bob Weir	The Grateful Dead	1	3
Friend Of The Devil	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	9	8
Looks Like Rain	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Ace	2	4
Alabama Getaway >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Go to Heaven	1	2
Promised Land		Bob Weir		1	4

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Uncle John's Band >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	172	0
Estimated Prophet >	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Terrapin Station	1	6
Caution (theme only) >		Instrumental	Anthem of the Sun	24	20
He's Gone >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia		2	8
The Other One >		Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	5	8
Drums >		Instrumental		1	1
Space >		Instrumental		2	1
Not Fade Away >		Bob Weir, Brent Mydland, an...		1	4
Brokedown Palace >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	167	1
Around And Around >		Bob Weir		4	3
Johnny B. Goode		Bob Weir		2	3

Encore			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Shakedown Street >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Shakedown Street	1	8
Uncle John's Band	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	0	2

Run

GD - Oakland Auditorium NYE 1979

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Weather

High: 56.0 °F
Low: 42.2 °F
Feels Like High: 56.0 °F
Feels Like Low: 39.5 °F
Wind Speed: 11.6 mph
Humidity: 68.9 %
Moonphase: 0.27
Clear conditions throughout the day.

Show Certainty

Confirmed

Setlist Certainty

Confirmed

Sellout

Yes

In Attendance

6100

Grateful Dead 1979-12-26 [Wed]

Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA

Soundcheck

Set 1

Set 2

Encore