Grateful Dead setlist, April 18, 1986

Berkeley Community Theatre
Berkeley, California

Why it’s special: My Baby Left Me, its only performance, plus 1 bust-out.

22 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 21 of 1986’s 46.

Set one

  1. Alabama Getaway
  2. Greatest Story Ever Told
  3. West L.A. Fadeaway
  4. See See Rider Blues
  5. Brown-Eyed Women
  6. Me and My Uncle
  7. Mexicali Blues
  8. Tons of Steel
  9. My Baby Left Me (the only time it was played)
  10. That's All Right (bust-out: first in 803 shows, since 6/10/73; never played again)
  11. The Music Never Stopped

Set two

  1. Shakedown Street
  2. Man Smart, Woman Smarter
  3. He's Gone
  4. Drums
  5. Space
  6. The Wheel
  7. Smokestack Lightning
  8. Stella Blue
  9. Around and Around
  10. Johnny B. Goode

Encore

  1. U.S. Blues

Previous night: April 13, 1986, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
Next night: April 19, 1986, Berkeley Community Theatre

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