Grateful Dead setlist, August 28, 1981

Long Beach Arena
Long Beach, California

Why it’s special: Never Trust a Woman debuts.

24 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 50 of 1981’s 85.

Set one

  1. Jack Straw
  2. They Love Each Other
  3. Me and My Uncle
  4. Big River
  5. Althea
  6. The Little Red Rooster
  7. Brown-Eyed Women
  8. Let It Grow
  9. China Cat Sunflower
  10. I Know You Rider

Set two

  1. Shakedown Street
  2. Lost Sailor
  3. Saint of Circumstance
  4. The Wheel
  5. Jam
  6. Never Trust a Woman (debut)
  7. Jam
  8. Drums
  9. Space
  10. Spanish Jam
  11. Truckin'
  12. Wharf Rat
  13. Sugar Magnolia

Encore

  1. U.S. Blues

Previous night: August 27, 1981, Long Beach Arena
Next night: August 30, 1981, Compton Terrace

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