Grateful Dead – 12-28-90– Oakland, CA • Cozy Winter Fireplace Jerry Bob Snowmen

Grateful Dead – December 28, 1990
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena – Oakland, CA
Audience Recording by Chris Dusio

Settle in by the fire for a deep-winter journey into the early-’90 Dead. This is night two of the New Year’s run in Oakland — a warm, groove-heavy, quietly cosmic show captured straight from the crowd by taper Chris Dusio, whose deck caught the glow, the grit, and the strange beauty floating through the Coliseum air.

Set One eases into familiar territory with Cold Rain & Snow, Friend of the Devil, and a sweet Brown-Eyed Women. But the surprise highlight is Victim or the Crime — a metallic, drifting, space-tilted version that feels like the walls are bending in slow motion. Perfect background for a fireplace video where the flames dance in and out of the song’s shadows.

Set Two drops into the comfort classics — China → Rider, He’s Gone, Stella Blue — wrapped inside a spacious Jam and a swirling Drums/Space sequence that defines this era’s sound. A perfect mellow winter listen.

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🎶 SETLIST + CHAPTERS

00:00 – Cold Rain & Snow
07:14 – Walkin’ Blues
14:35 – Friend of the Devil
24:38 – It’s All Over Now
33:34 – Brown-Eyed Women
39:53 – Victim or the Crime
47:30 – Foolish Heart

59:24 – China Cat Sunflower
1:06:24 – I Know You Rider
1:12:29 – Saint of Circumstance
1:19:43 – He’s Gone
1:39:06 – Jam
1:47:54 – Drums
2:00:20 – Space
2:08:16 – All Along the Watchtower
2:17:05 – Stella Blue
2:30:51 – Around & Around

2:47:40 (Encore “Black Muddy River”