Grateful Dead show guide

October 21, 1983 · Centrum

October 21, 1983 at Centrum · Worcester, MA, US · Brent era · 18 circulating recordings · Archive listener rating around 5

Setlist Songs

The Music Never Stopped · Loser · C.C. Rider · Cumberland Blues · Cassidy · Ramble On Rose · My Brother Esau · Big Railroad Blues · Promised Land · Scarlet Begonias · Fire On The Mountain · Uncle John's Band · Playing In The Band · Drums · Space · Truckin' · Wharf Rat · I Need A Miracle · Touch Of Grey · Johnny B. Goode

Highlights

Cassidy · Deal · Scarlet Begonias · Fire On The Mountain · Black Peter · Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Samson And Delilah · Drums > Spanish Jam > Truckin' > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia

Guide Note

This Centrum show has the punchier attack often associated with late 1983. The big draw is the second set, where the band turns a standard opening into a much stranger post-drums path.

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