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!

Hint:
A classic pairing of songs that appeared in 1967 and 1972, often played together in the latter portion of Dead shows
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260 comments

  • JustMotts
    3 days 23 hours ago
    Happy November

    Hello everyone and look forward to this time each year. Thank You to all involved. Going to try to beat last year and get more then half guesses correctly.

  • Wackaloonq
    3 days 23 hours ago
    welcome back yall

    so excited to b back again this year
    have had a rough time with health and life
    now a month of some thing to get excited about every day.

    i miss you phil. may the four winds blow you safely home.

  • deded54
    4 days ago
    Beautiful

    Another Great start to 30 Days
    Unfortunate the low bitrate

  • jfullerton
    4 days 1 hour ago
    Lovely start....

    Lovely start to what has become my favourite time of the year....thanks to all involved

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    ever grateful
    4 days 2 hours ago
    What a beautiful transition…

    What a beautiful transition into this 30 Days of Dead and the gift of hanging with you all once again. Welcome back family!

    Fare thee well, dear Phil. We were so blessed to have had you here for so long. Such a sweet happy heart! Feeling tender, while smiling at the same time.

Yesterday's answer...
Atlanta, GA, Piedmont Park
Recorded just a few months after the Live/Dead recordings, this terrific Dark Star shows the further evolution of the song after the Fillmore West gigs as the Dead transitioned into the Workingman's Dead/American Beauty era, while still easily playing primal music
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