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!
not only is the power out for several days (!!), but i lost internet halfway through my first listen last night.
but luckily i already knew this one anyway, found it marked in my Deadbase from the last time around.
thanks again, Dave !
btw those Pigpen songs you mention are still written by other artists. can't be played on 30 Days for copyright reasons.
enjoy what you have.
While hunting for this combination, some patterns began to become clear. It seems that they mostly liked going into Cosmic Charlie here instead of Peter... however, this combo seems to work well w/ the 'die/death' theme of both songs.
This is why I love this game (even though I have played for years and usually get the answer but have NEVER won.) The fun is in the hunt and the discoveries that await.
ON to tmro!
The boys absolutely shredding before other one verse 1. Smoking crater indeed! My favorite day so far. Can’t help but think this entire month is Lemieux’s sonic eulogy for Phil. Thanks, Dave.
Re listen was up just now 415 pm E S T . Found this nugget right away. Whooosshhhh....
A date on which occurred another good show in another year
Not related but just found out the upcoming DP 53 is a show that was only popping up online as an audience.
Could be an illusion, or one of my flashes, but I swear we’ve been here before.
I think this pair already left a smoking crater on our minds in past Days.
No matter how many times we revisit, I’ll never regret getting on the bus all those years ago.
Looking forward to what’s coming around these next 10 Days.