30 Days of Dead

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It's a Dead Head's most wonderful time of the year! Welcome to another 30 days of unreleased Grateful Dead tracks from the vault, one for every day of the month, selected by archivist and producer David Lemieux. The tracks are yours, 100% free gua-ran-teed, but the real fun is taking part in the challenge for the chance to win some sweet swag from the Dead.

Those of you who know what to do, feel free to skip right on ahead. For those of you who need a refresher, here's the drill:

You know your Ables from your Bakers from your C's, but can your finely tuned ears differentiate the cosmic "comeback" tour from a spacey 70s show? Each day we'll post a song from one of the Dead's coveted shows. Will it be from that magical night at Madison Square Garden in '93 or from way back when they were just starting to warm it up at Winterland? Is that Pigpen's harmonica we hear? Brent on keys? If you think you know, lob your answer in and you just might find yourself taking home our daily prize of a 2025 Grateful Dead wall calendar or the grand prize – a copy of limited, numbered, FRIEND OF THE DEVILS: APRIL '78 boxed set!

Today's Song
Scarlet Begonias>Fire On The Mountain
Hint:
A pair of beauties joined together (mostly) for nearly 20 years
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  • DRKSTARR
    1 week 3 days ago
    Day 1

    So easy and I blew it…time to buckle in

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    mGraue
    1 week 3 days ago
    Sweet Candy

    This is a very nice version of one of my least favorite Grateful Dead songs. Don't know why but I've never appreciated the song...but this one, with the Midi and Smooth Vocal harmony is pretty Sweet.

  • driftin and dreamin
    1 week 3 days ago
    St Stephen

    Not sure why so many are worried about the bit-rate and not the point of the game (Where and When). Let's have some fun you all. Blessings

  • Wackaloonq
    1 week 3 days ago
    My Favorite, A down the rabbit hole dig

    Thanks Dave
    Many references refer to unknown location, had to go to a few old places for a mention, even a compendium of sorts. Pretty sure I found it with an offhand comment on an old website i had used before, but as usual anomalies and such leave me unsure like the crowd applauding at end and such. but that was fun.

  • ronmarley1
    1 week 3 days ago
    Hometown Show

    Nice kickoff for 2024!

Yesterday's answer...
Kansas City, MO, Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
The first two songs in today's entry are from the only Kingfish studio album, Bob's solo project from 1975-1976 during the Dead's hiatus. The next three songs here are from Jerry's and Bob's 1972 solo albums, three songs that were a huge part of the Dead's repertoire right to 1995 but that were never recorded for a Dead album
Yesterday's Winner...
Steven
Natick
MA

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