30 Days of Dead
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!
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That hint kind of narrowed it down a bit. Probably a good thing, my brain is not firing properly today.
A perhaps overlooked show as others from this tour have been so celebrated. Oddly (or perhaps not, given the overnight happenings), I found the extended break and tuning between Half-step and LLR to be an enjoyable, soothing interlude.
And for those who decry her sometimes wailing, Donna's contributions here are splendid. Nice!
The deal has gone down - so maybe we should all spend some hours enjoying the rest of this show and more from this tour - some of the best ever.
Thanks David - we needed this!
Indeed Red Skies ... my only solace is today's game and a first time to zero right in on the correct sequence on my first selection two days in a row. Things are going to get stranger, so let's got on with the show. No hints here just a little venting.
The Blue stars of yesterday have faded to red skies this morning. Definitely Looks Like Rain. Goes to show you don't never know. Toodeloo till tomorrow Friends.(That Lemieux fellow has a wonderful sense of humor ;).
A great show from this tour. Solid playing all around. This date was a bit unknown or unmentioned on lists of shows from this time but well worth the whole experience. The build to the guitar solo section of Half Step here shows the excitement was high and band was really cooking well together.
I believe the the "first" appearance of a famous song pairing in this particular touring area (2nd overall) occurred at this show. And a fine version of the pairing it is.