Grateful Dead setlist, December 31, 1982

Oakland Civic Auditorium
Oakland, California

Why it’s special: Baby What You Want Me to Do busted out after 933 shows, plus 1 bust-out · with Matthew Kelly and John Cipollina and 1 more.

24 songs in three sets and an encore. Night 62 of 1982’s 62.

Set one

  1. Cold Rain and Snow
  2. See See Rider Blues (with Matthew Kelly)
  3. Cumberland Blues
  4. Far From Me
  5. Cassidy
  6. Ramble On Rose
  7. Looks Like Rain
  8. Keep Your Day Job

Set two

  1. Sugar Magnolia
  2. Sugaree
  3. Man Smart, Woman Smarter
  4. Ship of Fools
  5. Playing in the Band
  6. Drums
  7. Space
  8. Not Fade Away (with John Cipollina)
  9. Deal (with John Cipollina)
  10. Sunshine Daydream (with John Cipollina)

Set three

  1. Turn On Your Love Light (with Etta James)
  2. Tell Daddy (never played again; with Etta James)
  3. Baby What You Want Me to Do (bust-out: first in 933 shows, since 9/7/69; with Etta James)
  4. Hard to Handle (never played again; with Etta James)
  5. In the Midnight Hour (bust-out: first in 735 shows, since 4/29/71; with Etta James)

Encore

  1. Brokedown Palace

Previous night: December 30, 1982, Oakland Civic Auditorium
Next night: March 25, 1983, Compton Terrace

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