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
1102 comments

  • Sun King
    3 weeks 6 days ago
    I come in from Memphis....literally!

    This is what makes the week so fun. Pick an era, trust yourself, and when you hear it, you'll know immediately. After playing every year (not every song), I'm still looking for my first win. Wonder who has had their named pulled the most....?

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    WALSTIB33
    3 weeks 6 days ago
    Easy peasy. Yesterday was…

    Easy peasy. Yesterday was easy too, but I wasn't picked.Help on the way please!

  • marye
    3 weeks 6 days ago
    about those compressed files
    We're aware of the issue and the hi-def wavs will be along shortly if they're not there already. And now back to your regularly scheduled discussion...
  • driftin and dreamin
    3 weeks 6 days ago
    @Chris

    Thanks for the comment, clearly I need to dig deeper before I publicly look like a rookie, haha. Peas'

  • opeelipsky
    3 weeks 6 days ago
    Look out, look out

    I just had to lay it on the line, and guess at this one today.
    Now it's time to pass the whiskey 'round..

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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