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!
Is there anyway of screening comments? We prefer to play along and as many have for years; it now seems that we have newbies here. I or shall I say those who have played for many years are not into comments posted of that day's selection with date and place in such comment ON THE SAME DAY. How about all comments are screened and any comment with such statement as, venue, date or the complete setlist would automatically be REJECTED. I've now gone from making my answer first then I take a look back at all comments.
C'MON NEWBIES! it's not that hard!
Don't continue reading the Comments; there's an answer posted below.
These multiples are usually a slam dunk. At least with this one I had to listen a bit to find the right show.
When you scroll down to the bottom of the page and you hit “DEAD 101” a photo list of members of the Grateful Dead appears- but there is no photo of Bruce Hornsby. WHERE IS BRUCE HORNSBY?!? Tom Constanten is there (and deservedly so). I haven’t done the math, but Bruce had to play in about as many shows as TC. Bruce was at my daughter’s wedding and I told everyone that a member of the GD was going to be there. Time to give Bruce the “official” status he earned and deserves…
at the bottom. Not in the comments. Please edit or delete your post.
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