Grateful Dead setlist, December 31, 1988

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Oakland, California

Why it’s special: With Clarence Clemons and Babatunde Olatunji.

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

Set one

  1. Good Times
  2. Franklin's Tower
  3. Wang Dang Doodle (with Clarence Clemons)
  4. West L.A. Fadeaway (with Clarence Clemons)
  5. When I Paint My Masterpiece
  6. Cold Rain and Snow
  7. Cassidy
  8. Don't Ease Me In

Set two

  1. Sugar Magnolia (with Clarence Clemons)
  2. Touch of Grey (with Clarence Clemons)
  3. Man Smart, Woman Smarter (with Clarence Clemons)
  4. Terrapin Station (with Clarence Clemons)
  5. Drums (with Babatunde Olatunji)
  6. Space
  7. The Wheel
  8. Gimme Some Lovin'
  9. All Along the Watchtower
  10. Morning Dew
  11. Sunshine Daydream

Encore

  1. Wharf Rat
  2. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad (with Clarence Clemons)
  3. One More Saturday Night (with Clarence Clemons)

Previous night: December 29, 1988, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Next night: February 5, 1989, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

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