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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  • smallz
    2 days 22 hours ago
    another repeat

    I have it listed as "Cryptical-Black Peter" in my file catalog. It just randomly came up on shuffle this morning and I was like "waaaaaait a minute..." lol

  • Fluffy_Looper
    2 days 22 hours ago
    Just days before I start to travel around the sun.

    I have often listened to this one as it was the concert just before I started my trips around the Sun.

    Thanks Dave and Co. for the great November listens.

  • driftin and dreamin
    2 days 22 hours ago
    It left a smoking crater of my mind I like to blow away

    The clarity of the music preformed decades ago is jaw dropping. The care and love of Dave, Dead dot net and countless others to archive and preserve this slice of Americana has hit me like a ton of bricks this morning. Thank You Thank You Thank You!

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    jon mitchell
    2 days 22 hours ago
    Ron

    Dear whomever decides these things. This like year five, or something, without one Pigpen cut (so far...). And no comments from the peanut gallery...
    How bout a Lied, Cheated from 5-4-72? Or Schoolgirl from Kirkwood 1970 the best!

  • Wackaloonq
    2 days 23 hours ago
    the whole thing

    always preferred the whole thing
    weather report
    cryptically
    st.,william tell, eleven
    while there are countless amazing jams of let it grow
    and the other one i missed the intro and outro parts
    today was just fabulous
    woke at 3am and waited for changeover
    no matter found a great new way to sync using my laptop and ipad
    i even can now adjust volume as 30 dod always seems so low.
    thanks dave
    it’s getting better all the time.
    can remember getting 3 for30 years back as i cannot tell an A chord from a D.
    now i am usually closer to 25 for 30
    y’all enjoy this great show.
    just because what key is black peter played in?

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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