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!
Found it. Didn't take *that* long, lol. I am quite intrigued by those two or three versions that I listened to this morning that feel like they are being played on warp speed. They don't seem to coincide with any particular runs -- just pop up randomly. But man, they are flying through these songs. Enhancement? ;)
What a grate way to start the day. All those years of research and timings led me straight to this magnificent show. Going to sit back and listen to the whole thang! Thanks, Dave!
So many versions to sift through. Have it narrowed down to 2 years but so many versions (minus 1 distinct version) it could be. No vocal flubs as clues either.
...or Mr Charlie, Operator , Easy Wind (outtakes, perhaps). Why is this so hard?
How about Two Souls or Chinatown Shuffle? He wrote those, didn't he? Maybe not.