Grateful Dead setlist, May 6, 1981

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Uniondale, New York

Why it’s special: Spanish Jam busted out after 345 shows.

24 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 25 of 1981’s 85.

Set one

  1. Alabama Getaway
  2. Greatest Story Ever Told
  3. They Love Each Other
  4. Cassidy
  5. Jack-A-Roe
  6. The Little Red Rooster
  7. Dire Wolf
  8. Looks Like Rain
  9. Big Railroad Blues
  10. Let It Grow
  11. Deal

Set two

  1. Minglewood Blues
  2. High Time
  3. Lost Sailor
  4. Saint of Circumstance
  5. He's Gone
  6. Spanish Jam (bust-out: first in 345 shows, since 7/16/76)
  7. Drums
  8. Jam
  9. The Other One
  10. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
  11. Wharf Rat
  12. Good Lovin'

Encore

  1. Don't Ease Me In

Previous night: May 5, 1981, Glens Falls Civic Center
Next night: May 7, 1981, The Tomorrow Show

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