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:
A trio of classic first set songs from an lesser known but excellent tour
day29_FSqWjgoxAwZCKBd_deal_devil.mp3
1098 comments

  • driftin and dreamin
    6 hours 8 minutes ago
    30 Days.. Come and Gone... My O My

    My First Year, it was a blast, I learned a lot and had a Ton O Fun
    Hope to see you all next year
    Peas'

    27-3 not bad for a rookie

  • Pitzburg Felt Forum
    6 hours 39 minutes ago
    Oz

    I knew i'd see blue crow and firstshow78 there. Blue crow actually called this show 3 weeks ago. Dave and co are awesome . Another year gone by. Tomorrow we get our zip file. No idea who won and no conversation. Have a most wonderful year ya all. Horrible October and I even celebrated my b-day with Bobby. Same day not with. Had direct hits from Helene and Milton. This was the true distraction I needed. And it's almost over. I'll see some of you on Mondays i'm sure. Everyone be safe.

  • Bundubush
    7 hours 45 minutes ago
    Shows are backing up ...

    I still have to finish yesterdays show and have to queue this one up too. More cooking and leftovers. So nice to have the time for this search today.

    How about the great spread and moving across eras? All the years combined ... just loving it.

  • bluecrow
    8 hours 4 minutes ago
    Was having the same thought this morning

    Really curious as to how many entries there are each day and how many correct answers.

    And yeah 1stShow - he did it again!

  • moribundjt
    8 hours 10 minutes ago
    Black Friday chillin'

    Make sure you check out the other colours from this show, they do not disappoint.

Yesterday's answer...
Philadelphia, PA, The Spectrum
One More Saturday Night closed this show's second set, and the very next night, the Dead's final appearance at the Spectrum, Phil broke out Unbroken Chain for the very first time
Yesterday's Winner...

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