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!

Hint:
The penultimate song of the night from the Dead's penultimate show at this classic venue, where they played more than four dozen times
day28_XgWAyFAjeSHDaAQ_saturday_philadelphia.mp3
1056 comments

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    Catfish Wilson
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    30 Days o' Dead !!!

    So Many Roads
    Omni Atlanta Ga
    3 - 20 - 93

    My first rodeo..

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    Just'Grateful
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    First choice I made to check…

    First choice I made to check! Swing and a hit. Nice show, and I had to stop and listen to If The Shoe Fits also. :) Thanks Phil

  • geododge
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    So Many Beautiful Roads

    Off to a Good Start this year. 3rd try!

  • danjo-west
    3 weeks ago
    bittersweet

    Yes, as some of you have also said, So Many Roads is such a beautiful song, and recalls a declining Jerry for me. Lovely to hear though.

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    ever grateful
    3 weeks ago
    @driftin & dreamin - 2010

    30 DoD started in 2010, so this is the 15th stellar year.
    (~);-}

Yesterday's answer...
Providence, RI, Providence Civic Center
From 1978, 1977, and 1973, respectively, all three of these songs land on many people's Top 20 Grateful Dead songs list.
Yesterday's Winner...
Rock
Malaga
NJ

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