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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237 comments

  • Jay_Dogg_76
    16 hours 52 minutes ago
    Re: Hey Now!

    I received the daily prize a few times in the early years (twice when it was whoever submitted the first correct answer) and they contacted me via email confirming my shipping address. So if you do win, maybe check your spam folder and then contact dead.net after a few days have passed.

    As far as I know, no winner of the annual grand prize has ever been identified - either by notification or by posting here in the comments.

  • DRKSTARR
    17 hours 21 minutes ago
    Keep playin’ in the band docmarty

    The real prize is the journey

  • DRKSTARR
    17 hours 23 minutes ago
    Ha driftin and dreamin me too

    Yup I clear my mornings the entire month of Nov., weekends my family wonders what is wrong with me when I set up shop in the living room

    So much fun

  • DRKSTARR
    17 hours 50 minutes ago
    Hey now!

    Has anyone here ever won/received calendar/end of year grand prize?

    I won last year and didn’t get a calendar, still don’t know what day it is lol

    Nailed it today! Been listening to alot of BTW’s from the Wolf Bros. such a beautiful song

    Yo no extra hints/clues in the comments let it be fun and fair for all

  • Jay_Dogg_76
    18 hours 6 minutes ago
    Thanks LeeBob

    Too busy for a thorough search of my own today but I found your comments were helpful. Took some work to verify using only my phone but I concur. :)

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.
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