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
Mississippi Half-Step, Black-Throated Wind, Bird Song
Hint:
Three tracks, two of which debuted in 1972 and one in 1971
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571 comments

  • proudfoot
    1 week 5 days ago
    SHOOT THE MOON!

    a joke I get but you probably won't

  • Automaticslim
    1 week 5 days ago
    C’mon People!

    Please do not post your guess and let everyone play the game.

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    dvalentine
    1 week 5 days ago
    Artwork

    Gone brainDead since last November. How do we save the artwork ??

  • driftin and dreamin
    1 week 5 days ago
    Thanks

    A Huge Thanks to All who make this happen, such a fun way to start the holidays

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    Uncle A's band
    1 week 5 days ago
    I think day one is 6.11.91

    Charlotte?
    I think that is Vince on the Keys.

Yesterday's answer...
San Francisco, CA, Family Dog at the Great Highway
The St. Stephen>The Eleven combination was played frequently in late 1968 through 1969, and makes up a quarter of Live/Dead. Here, rather than heading to Lovelight or Death Don't Have No Mercy, they segue into Drums and High Time
Yesterday's Winner...
michael
Pittsfield
MA

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