Grateful Dead setlist, December 31, 1971

Winterland Arena
San Francisco, California

Why it’s special: Chinatown Shuffle debuts, plus 1 bust-out.

29 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 81 of 1971’s 81.

Set one

  1. Dancing in the Street
  2. Mr. Charlie
  3. Brown-Eyed Women
  4. Beat It on Down the Line
  5. You Win Again
  6. Jack Straw
  7. Sugaree
  8. El Paso
  9. Chinatown Shuffle (debut)
  10. Tennessee Jed
  11. Mexicali Blues
  12. China Cat Sunflower
  13. I Know You Rider
  14. Next Time You See Me
  15. Playing in the Band
  16. Loser
  17. One More Saturday Night

Set two

  1. Truckin'
  2. The Other One
  3. Me and My Uncle
  4. Jam
  5. Black Peter
  6. Big River
  7. The Same Thing (bust-out: first in 431 shows, since 6/6/67)
  8. Ramble On Rose
  9. Sugar Magnolia
  10. Not Fade Away
  11. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad

Encore

  1. Casey Jones

Previous night: December 15, 1971, Hill Auditorium
Next night: January 2, 1972, Winterland Arena

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