It’s always a treat when new footage of the Grateful Dead finds its way onto YouTube. If one new upload is a treat, then four new shows is an absolute delight!

That’s what happened over the last week, as a series of Grateful Dead performances from February 1986 were uploaded by YouTube user Kevin Tobin. Of the five shows performed between February 8th through 14th at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland, CA, four of them are now available to watch in full. These were the first shows of 1986 for the Dead, and the band went big with special guest musicians, like Jose Lorenzo, Brian Stoltz, Daryl Johnson, William Green and three members of the Neville family – Charles, Art and Cyril, during some of the earlier shows of the run.

The Dead really get into groove over five nights in the Bay Area, powered by guest musicians, big jams and more fun. The run concludes with an emotional Valentine’s Day performance, celebrating the love-based community that the Dead fostered for so many years.

Check out the videos and their setlists below; enjoy!

February 8th, 1986:

Setlist:

Set 1: Iko Iko, Little Red Rooster, Peggy-O, Beat It On Down The Line, Stagger Lee, It’s All Over Now, Bertha, One More Saturday Night

Set 2: Mississppi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo, Franklin’s Tower, Playing In The Band, China Doll, Playing Jam, Drums, Space, Gimme Some Lovin’, Black Peter, Sugar Magnolia, Sunshine Daydream

Encore: Keep Your Day Job

February 11th, 1986:

Setlist:

Set 1: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider, New Minglewood Blues, Dupree’s Diamond Blues, Me & My Uncle, Mexicali Blues, Bird Song, The Music Never Stopped, Might As Well

Set 2: Drums *#, Iko Iko *%^, Eyes Of The World *%^, Drums *#+, Space, Truckin’, Stella Blue, Not Fade Away,

Encore: Crowd Chant, Not Fade Away %$, Hey Bo Diddley %$, Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad %$

Notes:

Bob Weir – Guitar, Tambourine $

Phil Lesh – Bass (Without Phil $)

Art Neville – Tambourine #, Keyboards %

Brian Stoltz – Percussion *, Guitar $

Daryl Johnson – Tambourine ^, Shakers +, Bass $

Cyril Neville – Percussion *

William Green – Drums *

?? – Percussion $

February 12th, 1986:

Setlist:

Set 1: Hell In A Bucket, Sugaree, Tons Of Steel, Tennessee Jed, Cassidy, Don’t Ease Me In

Set 2: Scarlet Begonias, Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet, Drums ^*, Jam #*$, Willie & The Hand Jive #%$, The Wheel, In The Midnight Hour $+, Johnny B. Goode $+@

Encore: US Blues

Notes:

Brent Mydland – Keyboards (Without Brent %)

Phil Lesh – Bass (Without Phil %)

Bill Kreutzmann – Drums, Tambourine %

Mickey Hart – Drums, Cow Bell %

Jose Lorenzo – Berimba, Shaker, Hand Bells *

Charles Neville – Saxophone $

Art Neville – Keyboards $

Brian Stoltz – Guitar $

Daryl Johnson – Bass %

William Green- Percussion & Drums ^, Drums #, Percussion +

Cyril Neville – Drums %

?? – Hand Bells %, Tambourine @

February 14th, 1986:

Setlist:

Set 1: Feel Like A Stranger, Cold Rain & Snow, Mama Tried, Big River, West L.A. Fadeaway, Looks Like Rain, Brown Eyed Women, Let It Grow

Set 2: Keep On Growing, Lost Sailor, Saint Of Circumstance, Terrapin Station, Drums, Wharf Rat, Throwing Stones, Turn On Your Love Light

Encore: Brokedown Palace