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!
Thank you all for another terrific 30 Days of Dead, from the band to Dave and team to all of you! I appreciate the community here and reading all your stories, suggestions and thoughts inspired by the music.
It was a daily dose of joy to join in, made daily walks like other have said, and everything else better! Such a great set of performances and recordings spanning eras and leading down new paths of discovery, right up to this glorious sequence today! Especially enjoyed the three selections from the wild year at the Family Dog and would love to hear more.
Thank you again, take care and peace to all in the new year!
... for the Band beyond description
... for the music that plays the band
... for Dave and everyone who puts in the work to gift us these tracks
... for all the tasty Philling this year
... and for all my Deadhead siblings
Thanks all, you make the universe a more interesting place!
What a phenomenon that all this is possible, with so much of this great music preserved all over the place thanks to soundboards, tapers, and this greatest ever band. Something like this can never happen again. So thankful for all this great music! The Music Never Stopped!
Thanks Dave and crew for all you do to put these together. I had a blast hearing the selections every morning, and there were great picks as always.
Now, as we wind up November, let's stop and reflect a moment for those we lost the last year. We are only on this ride for a short time, so... please... everyone be kind to one another. We can make it through anything if we try.
Yeah! This was a good pick for day 30 in context with Phil Lesh passing on recently. {Fare the Well, Phil!} The "Bass Grate, Lesh Philling" soloing there at the end of The Other One is so classic!
Thanks Dave & Co. for all the great Grateful Dead live music!