Grateful Dead setlist, October 21, 1988

Reunion Arena
Dallas, Texas

Why it’s special: Wang Dang Doodle busted out after 194 shows.

21 songs in two sets and an encore. Night 75 of 1988’s 81.

Set one

  1. Good Times
  2. Feel Like a Stranger
  3. Franklin's Tower
  4. Walkin' Blues
  5. Believe It or Not
  6. Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
  7. Dupree's Diamond Blues
  8. Jack Straw

Set two

  1. Happy Birthday to You (never played again)
  2. Wang Dang Doodle (bust-out: first in 194 shows, since 3/27/86)
  3. Victim or the Crime
  4. Foolish Heart
  5. Man Smart, Woman Smarter
  6. Drums
  7. Space
  8. I Will Take You Home
  9. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
  10. All Along the Watchtower
  11. Stella Blue
  12. Sugar Magnolia

Encore

  1. Brokedown Palace

Previous night: October 20, 1988, The Summit
Next night: December 9, 1988, Long Beach Arena

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