Grateful Dead Setlist

Freeborn Hall, UC Davis, Davis, CA

college-gig

Musicians
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Mickey Hart - drums, perc
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Ron McKernan - organ, vocals

Garcia also appeared with the New Riders of the Purple Sage at this show — View full show

Set 1
Cold Rain And Snow , Me And My Uncle , Smokestack Lightning > Truckin' , Dire Wolf , Hard To Handle , Sugar Magnolia , Black Peter , Mama Tried , Around And Around , Cumberland Blues , Casey Jones

Set 2
Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > Cosmic Charlie , China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider , Uncle John's Band

Songs listed in italics are not sourced from a recording

Average Song Gap

2.05

Songs By Album

Workingman's Dead: 5
Anthem of the Sun: 3
American Beauty: 2
Aoxomoxoa: 2
The Grateful Dead: 1

Songs Tags

garcia-hunter: 8
cowboy: 2
jerry-ballad: 1

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Cold Rain And Snow		Jerry Garcia	The Grateful Dead	1	1
Me And My Uncle	cowboy	Bob Weir		2	1
Smokestack Lightning >		Ron McKernan		2	4
Truckin'	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir	American Beauty	1	2
Dire Wolf	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	1	20
Hard To Handle		Ron McKernan		3	1
Sugar Magnolia		Bob Weir	American Beauty	1	2
Black Peter	garcia-hunterjerry-ballad	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	1	37
Mama Tried	cowboy	Bob Weir		3	3
Around And Around		Bob Weir		3	15
Cumberland Blues	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	1	2
Casey Jones	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	2	1

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Cryptical Envelopment >		Jerry Garcia	Anthem of the Sun	1	0
Drums >		Instrumental		1	2
The Other One >		Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	1	4
Cryptical Envelopment >		Jerry Garcia	Anthem of the Sun	0	4
Cosmic Charlie	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia	Aoxomoxoa	12	284
China Cat Sunflower >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Aoxomoxoa	1	1
I Know You Rider		Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia		1	1
Uncle John's Band	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	1	2

Also Appearing

New Riders of the Purple Sage and James & the Good Brothers

Lights

unidentified

Images

Notes

Possible guest musician seen in pic posted at JGMF, but could be Lesh. Mickey Hart plays at this show despite what other sources say.

A recently-surfaced audience tape confirms the old setlist, except for a few missing songs.

review: [positive] Abramson 1971, via January 21, 1971: Freeborn Hall, Davis CA

Mama Tried, Around And Around, Cumberland Blues and Casey Jones shared on The Tapers Section on the week of 2009-01-19.

Cold Rain And Snow, Me And My Uncle, Smokestack Lightning > Truckin', Dire Wolf and Hard To Handle shared on Jam of the Week on the week of 2023-10-06.

previews: "Grateful Dead appear in concert at Freeborn," Daily Democrat, January 16, 1971, p. 4 | California Aggie, January 20, 1971, p. 11

JGMF: NRPS, January 1971 | NRPS 19710121 Freeborn Hall, UC Davis, Davis, CA

Sources

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Weather

High: 57.8 °F
Low: 34.1 °F
Feels Like High: 57.8 °F
Feels Like Low: 29.8 °F
Wind Speed: 11.6 mph
Humidity: 71.4 %
Moonphase: 0.83
Clear conditions throughout the day.

Grateful Dead 1971-01-21 [Thu]

Freeborn Hall, UC Davis, Davis, CA

Set 1

Set 2