Grateful Dead setlist, August 12, 1981

Salt Palace
Salt Lake City, Utah

Why it’s special: Might as Well busted out after 186 shows.

25 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 45 of 1981’s 85.

Set one

  1. Alabama Getaway
  2. Greatest Story Ever Told
  3. Friend of the Devil
  4. Mama Tried
  5. Mexicali Blues
  6. Jack-A-Roe
  7. See See Rider Blues
  8. Althea
  9. Lost Sailor
  10. Saint of Circumstance

Set two

  1. Might as Well (bust-out: first in 186 shows, since 2/17/79)
  2. Man Smart, Woman Smarter
  3. Scarlet Begonias
  4. Fire on the Mountain
  5. Estimated Prophet
  6. Eyes of the World
  7. Jam
  8. Drums
  9. Space
  10. Spanish Jam
  11. Truckin'
  12. Morning Dew
  13. Around and Around
  14. Good Lovin'

Encore

  1. U.S. Blues

Previous night: July 14, 1981, McNichols Sports Arena
Next night: August 14, 1981, Seattle Center Coliseum

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