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!

Today's Song
Hint:
Few songs embody the spirit of improvisation and musical adeventure like this one
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252 comments

  • gratefuldaddy
    2 days 9 hours ago
    Lo res files

    This has happened in other years. They post low res files at first then finally realize the mistake and replace the them with higher res ones. You'd think that would be checked first by now.

  • JoeyMC
    2 days 9 hours ago
    Very little about this is…

    Very little about this is working properly for me....

  • Gleenco
    2 days 10 hours ago
    Good Morning!

    Nice way to start the day with some Dead giveaways to sort it out.

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    jeff4682
    2 days 10 hours ago
    RELISTEN is BACK! PHEW…

    Hey, thanks AUTOMATICSLIM for letting me know that.

  • miraclekev
    2 days 10 hours ago
    Best Month of the Year!

    Took a few tries, but nabbed it - I'm glazing over any remark drama this year altogether; just LOVE my other family here and for the next month have nothing left to do but...

Yesterday's answer...
Chicago, IL, International Amphitheatre
The Dead played Black-Throated Wind frequently 1972-1974 before dropping it for for 16 years, when it returned in March 1990 and would stick around until 1995.
Yesterday's Winner...

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