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
Ramble On Rose, Let It Grow
Hint:
A couple of songs from two consecutive early 1970s albums, with both songs being a big part of the repertoire from their debuts onward
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  • brassinthegrass
    1 week 1 day ago
    Garcia approves!

    You can hear him say "good one" at the completion of Box Of Rain. My sentiments exactly! Miss you Phil:( Mexicali's pretty good as well, but this Sugaree definitely gets a highlight in my DeadBase. And in response to that one fan's query.......I'm happy to report that Mickey Hart is alive and well!

  • jfab73
    1 week 1 day ago
    Good Memories

    I was born a month or so after this show. I often play shows on their anniversary, like so many others here, since I wasn't old enough to experience them in person. I have good memories from a few years ago of staying in a hotel for a week with a view of this venue (which happened to fall on the anniversary of these shows).

    This was the first night of two in this venue, and the second night happened on my grandfather's birthday, whom I had just lost not long before. Just a Box of Rain...

    Listening to these crispy boards while looking at the place where it was played just made me smile.

  • deded54
    1 week 1 day ago
    Easy with an accurate source

    3rd day of only one choice...DB-X made it easy
    Had never noticed before how many times MamaTried-Mexicali was played together
    How does Dead setlists get it wrong?

  • chrisr777
    1 week 1 day ago
    Too many easy ones

    I'm kind of missing the hours spent listening to the minutia of variations show by show this year.

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    Diego
    1 week 1 day ago
    Vorpal, did you win a calendar the year you won the grand prize?

    I've always wondered if only daily winners go into the grand prize drawing. Did you win a calendar the year you won the grand prize?

Yesterday's answer...
Indianapolis, IN, State Fair Coliseum
China Cat Sunflower and I Know You Rider were joined together in September 1969, and from their first time together it sounded like a natural fit. As the years went on, the Dead developed an intricate, composed jam to join the two, as heard here
Yesterday's Winner...
Howard
Tuxedo
NY

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