Grateful Dead setlist, December 31, 1981

Oakland Civic Auditorium
Oakland, California

Why it’s special: Banks of the Ohio, its only performance, plus 1 bust-out · with Joan Baez and Matthew Kelly and 1 more.

28 songs in four sets and an encore. Night 85 of 1981’s 85.

Set one

1. Me and Bobby McGee (never played again; with Joan Baez)
2. Bye Bye Love (never played again; with Joan Baez)
3. Lucifer's Eyes (never played again; with Joan Baez)
4. (For the) Children of the Eighties (never played again; with Joan Baez)
5. Banks of the Ohio (the only time it was played; with Joan Baez)

Set two

6. Shakedown Street
7. Me and My Uncle
8. Mexicali Blues
9. Cold Rain and Snow
10. See See Rider Blues (with Matthew Kelly)
11. It Must Have Been the Roses (with Joan Baez)
12. Beat It on Down the Line
13. Big Boss Man (with Matthew Kelly)
14. Minglewood Blues (with Matthew Kelly)
15. Don't Ease Me In

Set three

16. Iko Iko (with Matthew Kelly)
17. Playing in the Band
18. Terrapin Station
19. Drums
20. Space
21. The Other One (with John Cipollina)
22. Not Fade Away (with John Cipollina)
23. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad (with John Cipollina)
24. Morning Dew

Set four

25. Dark Star (bust-out: first in 235 shows, since 1/20/79)
26. Bertha
27. Good Lovin'

Encore

28. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (with Joan Baez)

Previous night: December 30, 1981, Oakland Civic Auditorium
Next night: February 16, 1982, The Warfield

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