Bill Graham, dressed as Father Time, flies in on a giant joint. Along the way, he throws out smaller joints to the crowd. Eventually, he gets to the stage where he meets up with Ken Kesey, two dancing skeletons, and the band for the countdown to New Year’s.
12-31-1980 – Flying Joint> Midnight Countdown
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Video description:
Grateful Dead – Bill Graham’s Flying Joint entry/ Midnight Countdown
Recorded Live: 12/31/1981 – Oakland Auditorium – Oakland, CA
Personnel:
Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals
Bill Kruetzman – drums
Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
Guests:
Joan Baez – vocals (on It Must Have Been The Roses & Its All Over Now Baby Blue)
Matthew Kelly – harmonica (on C.C. Rider, Big Boss Man & New Minglewood Blues)
John Cipollina – guitar (on The Other One & Not Fade Away)
YouTube Channel: Wolfgang’s Grateful Dead
Other December 31, 1980 Videos:
- 12-31-1980 – Alabama Getaway
- 12-31-1980 – Althea
- 12-31-1980 – Around and Around
- 12-31-1980 – Bird Song
- 12-31-1980 – Cassidy
- 12-31-1980 – China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider
- 12-31-1980 – Deal
- 12-31-1980 – Estimated Prophet> Drums> Space
- 12-31-1980 – First Set
- 12-31-1980 – Greatest Story Ever Told
- 12-31-1980 – Jack-A-Roe
- 12-31-1980 – Little Red Rooster
- 12-31-1980 – Looks Like Rain
- 12-31-1980 – Lost Sailor> Saint Of Circumstance
- 12-31-1980 – Monkey And The Engineer
- 12-31-1980 – Ripple
- 12-31-1980 – Satisfaction
- 12-31-1980 – Scarlet Begonias> Fire On The Mountain
- 12-31-1980 – Second Set
- 12-31-1980 – Sugar Magnolia
- 12-31-1980 – Sunshine Daydream
- 12-31-1980 – The Other One
- 12-31-1980 – The Race Is On
- 12-31-1980 – They Love Each Other
- 12-31-1980 – Third Set
- 12-31-1980 – To Lay Me Down
- 12-31-1980 – Wharf Rat
- 12-31-1983 – Space
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