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:
Three tracks, two of which debuted in 1972 and one in 1971
day14_qEcFNyvBPYufvkM_mississippi_bird.mp3
568 comments

  • LeeBob802
    1 week 4 days ago
    Nostalgic for BTW

    I'm nostalgic for BTW, as I'm reminded of hitch-hiking from Red Rocks back to Golden Gate Canyon Campground high in the Rockies, getting a ride into the mountains from a BTW trucker at the junction of Rte 93 and Rte 70. My tour clan was confused as to which vehicle I was going to ride back to camp, and I got left behind. I was wearing bright yellow overalls and a Hog Farm Tie-Dye, long hair and beard, and I was told that I was lucky, hitch-hiking so late in the night post-show, as wolves were recently spotted in the area. And how can I not be reminded of BTW every time I drive through St. Louis crossing the country, which I have done 19 times coast to coast. A most memorable road trip was during a significant snow storm. I pulled into a truck stop to take a break from the difficult conditions, and it was as if I walked into a morgue. Truckers sitting at the counter on their round red naugahyde stools, hands on a cup of coffee, shoulders rounded, staring into nothingness. Apparently a trucker had died that morning in a snow-related accident on I-70. BTW indeed.
    Hint: Today's show answer encore was only played twice as an encore according to DeadBase 50, assuming of course I got the correct answer.

  • ronmarley1
    1 week 4 days ago
    Side Note

    If you haven’t already done so, Barlow’s “Mother American Night” is a really good read.

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    jeff4682
    1 week 4 days ago
    Thank god they brought it back

    Always my favorite Bobby tune- I feel blessed that they brought it back before the end. And this one is especially sweet- the outro is sheer perfection.
    And congratulations to Martin from all us heads here in Stoneham!

  • opeelipsky
    1 week 4 days ago
    You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know

    I never had doubts about today's guess.
    'So I give you my eyes, and all of their lies
    Please help them to learn as well as to see'
    Very fitting lyrics for this election time of year.
    Love the Black Throated Wind! Very awesome version.
    Thanks David!

  • miraclekev
    1 week 4 days ago
    Lovin' It!

    Nailed it pretty quickly this morning - honestly, this just brings me so much joy each year! Love to the family!!!

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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