Grateful Dead • 12/6/1973 • Cleveland, OH • Full Show • Winter ’73 Magic (Audience Recording)

Grateful Dead – December 6, 1973 – Cleveland Public Auditorium, Cleveland, OH
A winter night, a snow-dusty Cleveland skyline, and the Dead rolling into town in peak ’73 form. This audience recording comes wrapped in a playful Dr. Seuss–style fictional intro about the legendary “blizzard taper” of Cleveland — and then the music takes over.

Late ’73 means fluid transitions, buttery Garcia tones, shining Keith piano, Phil bombs, and one of the warmest Dark Star → Eyes sequences of the year. Set Two melts straight into cosmic improvisation, even while the city outside froze in lake-effect snow.

Enjoy this lovingly restored audience tape from a legendary night in Northeast Ohio.
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🎶 SETLIST + APPROXIMATE TIMINGS


Set One

00:00 – Intro – “The Blizzard Taper of Cleveland Town”
03:54 – Bertha
10:24– Mexicali Blues
13:55 – Loser
20:30– Black Throated Wind
27:26 – They Love Each Other
32:57 – Beat It On Down the Line
36:18 – Deal
41:26 – El Paso
45:48 – Row Jimmy
55:07 – Greatest Story Ever Told
1:00:46 – China Cat Sunflower →
1:10:17 – I Know You Rider
1:15:53 – Around and Around

Set Two

1:21:01– Ramble On Rose
1:28:12 – Me & My Uncle
1:32:14 – Here Comes Sunshine
1:48:12 – Big River
1:53:03 – Dark Star →
2:37:10 – Eyes of the World →
2:51:20 – Stella Blue
3:00:50– Sugar Magnolia

Encore

3:07:13– Sunshine Daydream (Reprise / Outro Slide)