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!
Hey, thanks for the Taper’s Sec info. Does anyone know a way to Search in this section?
I go to the Taper’s Section often, but I’ve never found a way to search in it. I always just scroll down thru each entry where they write just a bit about the post. To see more of what’s in the post, I click on Read More. And if I want to go farther back in time, I have to add pages at the bottom. It’s a bit antiquated, but so be it. Just wondering if I’m missing a way to Search.
This sequence......?
It's probably the best of the tour, but for some reason, other dates have been featured on releases right around it. I hope this is a DP 2025 teaser.
Went with the sound, Jerry's guitar right after the chorus, and the similarities to the day before and after. But, man, you should listen to the whole show! What a scene that must have been.
So this morning I woke up with "Mama Tried" playing in my head; Guess I lost the connection - shoulda bought a lotto ticket yesterday!
what city am I in??? But I digress. Nice versions of all 3 of these streams. All three flow into one stream nicely. Very easy to love.
Till tomorrow, signing out from Happytown, USA.
BTW THANKS to those who shared info about the Tapers Section resource for searching out other versions of tracks not found in the standard search areas or ones that don't circulate. Very helpful.