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!
I can listen to the China>Riders from this entire period they all just get me high riding those jams in the transition.
I was able to identify the period pretty quickly, but still a lot of happy hunting ensued. A nice challenge.
FOUND IT
took till three thirty eastern, with lots of breaks but i knew i had the year and just went one by one
cool beans
thanks dave
gave up on the comments
started the year and went one by one…every few i go back to dod to reoriente myself, only maybes had bad set lists, but the one that was it was so crystal clear in every way.
glad i’m old and retired, time for a joint and a nap
see yall tomorrow
Yeah todays selection was a bit tougher but a great pair to hunt down
Knew I had it within about a year from sound. Went around randomly, took a break, came back and started going one by one though a year and got there. Very first notes of the song by Keith helped. Even got it to synch. I'm guessing I tried at least 20-30. Sweet!
Cheers