Grateful Dead setlist, December 28, 1981

Oakland Civic Auditorium
Oakland, California

24 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 83 of 1981’s 85.

Set one

  1. Bertha
  2. Greatest Story Ever Told
  3. Peggy-O
  4. El Paso
  5. Loser
  6. Mama Tried
  7. Mexicali Blues
  8. Tennessee Jed
  9. Beat It on Down the Line
  10. Never Trust a Woman
  11. Lost Sailor
  12. Saint of Circumstance

Set two

  1. China Cat Sunflower
  2. I Know You Rider
  3. Man Smart, Woman Smarter
  4. Ship of Fools
  5. Eyes of the World
  6. Drums
  7. Space
  8. The Other One
  9. Stella Blue
  10. Around and Around
  11. Good Lovin'

Encore

  1. U.S. Blues

Previous night: December 27, 1981, Oakland Civic Auditorium
Next night: December 30, 1981, Oakland Civic Auditorium

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