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!
I always loved this run of shows. And back in the day, they were some of my first crispy tapes so I knew this sound right away.
Hey saintfilberto, after looking at all the posts to find FRANCIS, I realized that you were quoting from film STRIPES… very funny! But never forget that the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog…
while checking out other Let It Grows in my 30 DoD file, I came upon 10-2-76 and it occurred to me that this next Dave's Picks release has several tracks on it from past 30 DoD years: the exquisite Let It Grow>Might As Well from the end of set 1, The Music Never Stopped set 2 opener, and the late 2nd set jam sequence of The Other One>Stella Blue>The Other One>Sugar Mags.
So remember, Lemieux just might release one of these 30 DoD shows if we are lucky enough. Today's show would definitely get my vote!
I think it's called Feeling Groovy Jam
are welcome, my friend :)