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!
They liked to have these 2 segments pop up post space but not always in this order. Found a ton of the reverse out there. The first 30 seconds have these great post drums moments from Jerry that I love. I had many 80s tapes where he played similar runs to the first 30 seconds or so here. Just getting it warmed up... like we all are here today! Welcome!
Back in the swing, had been looking forward to it for a couple of weeks. Gonna keep the set list but online versions of this little duo are of much higher quality.
Thanks Dave for giving us an easy one to ease back into it. This is, I believe, my third year doing 30 Days and I thoroughly enjoyed the first 2 years so this is something to look forward to in what otherwise appear to be dark times.
And, I sincerely want to note: all love and respect to the mighty Phil Lesh!!!
Can't believe this is the 15th year we've been playing this game!
Just like last year, the first day's file is a lower bit rate than the standard 320kbps (mine was 64). A new 320 file was up by the afternoon last time, so I'll try DLing it again later today while crossing my crazy fingers. Regardless of bit rate, great choice to lead off the month!
A lovely way to start the best thing about November! Looking forward to spending the next 30 days with all of you.
Can’t get Phil off my mind this windy autumn morn. Fare thee well, old friend.