Grateful Dead show guide

May 16, 1981 · Barton Hall, Cornell University

May 16, 1981 at Barton Hall, Cornell University · Ithaca, NY, US · Brent era · 7 circulating recordings · Archive listener rating around 5

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Setlist Songs

Feel Like A Stranger · Friend Of The Devil · Me And My Uncle · Big River · Althea · C.C. Rider · Brown Eyed Women · Passenger · High Time · Let It Grow · Don't Ease Me In · Shakedown Street · Bertha · Lost Sailor · Saint Of Circumstance · Spanish Jam · Drums · Space · Truckin' · Nobody's Fault But Mine · Stella Blue · Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad · One More Saturday Night · Uncle John's Band

Highlights

Feel Like A Stranger · Althea · Lost Sailor · Shakedown Street · Stella Blue · Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance · Alabama Getaway > Greatest Story Ever Told · Shakedown Street > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Stella Blue > Around And Around

Guide Note

Cornell 1981 is less about myth than flow: the first set keeps moving, and the second set opens into broader transitions. It lands in familiar territory, but the route there is supple and patient.

Open Deadhead High · Independent fan project. Setlist data attribution: gdshowsdb by Jeff Smith, MIT License. Listening links point to Archive and Relisten.