Grateful Dead – Oakland, CA (10/27/91)

Grateful Dead
10/27/91
Oakland Coliseum Arena
Oakland, CA

Set I
Disc I:

  1. Tuning
  2. Sugar Magnolia >
  3. Sugaree
  4. Walkin’ Blues
  5. Althea
  6. When I Paint My Masterpiece (tape flip)
  7. Candyman
  8. Cassidy
  9. Touch Of Grey
  10. Announcements From David Graham

Set II
Disc II:

  1. China Cat Sunflower >
  2. I Know You Rider >
  3. Samson & Delilah >
  4. Ship Of Fools >
  5. Iko Iko > *
  6. Mona > * (tape flip)
  7. Drums >

Dias III:

  1. Space >
  2. The Wheel >
  3. I Need A Miracle >
  4. Wharf Rat >
  5. Good Lovin’ (tape flip)

Encore:

  1. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

First performance of Mona since March 25, 1972
Last performance of Mona

Jerry Garcia – Guitar
Bob Weir – Guitar
Vince Welnick – Keyboards
Bruce Hornsby – Piano, Accordion
Phil Lesh – Bass
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Mickey Hart – Drums
Carlos Santana – Guitar *
Gary Duncan – Guitar *

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OldNeumanntapr Notes;
This was the first Grateful Dead show after Bill Graham’s death from the helicopter crash. It was a very somber night, and they opened with ‘Sugar Magnolia’ in honor of Graham, as it was Bill’s favorite Dead song. ‘Mona’ was a treat to hear. I’d never seen Gary Duncan, from Quicksilver Messenger Service before, and Carlos is always special. I finally managed to drag Shane, my best friend from high school, along to a Dead show, and as I was setting up the recording gear in the tapers section he turned to me and said ‘This looks too much like work!’ I smiled and said that it wasn’t work, it was fun. He had fun watching all the deadheads but still just doesn’t get it. I guess the bus came by but he didn’t get on.

I was up and back from SLO County to the Bay Area three times in a row that week. Once for this show, once for the 10/31/91 Halloween show, and once for the Bridge Benefit on Saturday night followed by the Bill Graham memorial concert in Golden Gate Park on Sunday. It was quite a week!

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