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:
Rolling Stone magazine famously referred to the studio version of this song as "without question, the best recorded track done by this band."
day26_LKUHEiKgztTWWbP_uncle_winterland.mp3
992 comments

  • opeelipsky
    4 hours 44 minutes ago
    It's the same story...

    Not positive, but feels like we may have seen the likes of this tune in past Days.
    I think Jerry may have been wondering "How does this song go" for a bit during this performance.
    I am certain we will have some things to talk about these next 4 Days.
    Almost Thanksgiving, where does the time go??

  • Wackaloonq
    6 hours 30 minutes ago
    wrong and impossible

    wow
    so many wrong and impossible guesses in comments already.
    would love to talk to some as to how they think their choice is even close.
    oh well
    maybe tomorrow
    enough cues, hints, and things in actual song today that for most no help is needed but a list and an ear.
    happy holiday to all

  • Dan R.
    7 hours 10 minutes ago
    Uncle John’s Band

    I heard two phrases of Jerry’s intro solo, and got this one on the first try.

  • driftin and dreamin
    7 hours 36 minutes ago
    Jer's Rig

    Rosebud 12/31/89 - 6/26/93
    Older guitars continued to be used: Wolf appears on 7/23/90 & 2/23/93 (among others), Tiger and Wolf in the Nov. 1991 JGB run.
    So you can assume Rosebud but Wolf and Tiger were not collecting dust and were used from time to time.
    Edit: VooDooNola2 on YT has posted video this entire show, it was in fact Rosebud from start to finish this night.

  • driftin and dreamin
    7 hours 52 minutes ago
    A Mod

    This is where a Mod would come in handy as they could simply delete the post.
    The community can only do so much, if the Original Poster is not paying attention, the glaring fopaux remains.

    Anywho interesting day.... Thanks for the hint DAVE :-)

Yesterday's answer...
Albany, NY, Knickerbocker Arena
Attics Of My Life was in the repertoire quite often in 1970, and a couple of times in 1972 before it was seemingly dropped for good. Thankfully, though, it returned in October 1989, and would be played 30 times 1989-1995.
Yesterday's Winner...
BeaterMP
Richmond
VA

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