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!
If you have been playing (Where and When) the last few days you might recall some questionable postings of the "correct answer" (regarding location). I was back tracking today to list the shows for my records and noticed the MSG is now listed as the correct location of the 94 "Samson>So Many Roads (No longer the Felt). Also the H was added to Pittsburgh Pa show in 79 (Easy To Love You, Minglewood, Althea). Not sure if others have mentioned the correction or even care but I was happy to see things set straight.
Grateful Stats is a very cool site along with the many others that have been mentioned.
Hats off to all thoughs who served.
Blessings.
Your service and sacrifice is not forgotten.
What a fantastic grouping of tunes we get to enjoy today! Speaking of fans, there's some real livewires in the crowd at this concert. Not too difficult to pick this one out. Enjoy the rest of your day friends.
I'm more lo-tech than you.....DeadBase IX, the hardcover version...........LOL.........I love it. A few posts back, somebody mentioned they use a DeadBase VII........do I hear a VI?..........how about a V?............does anyone use a DeadBase 1?