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
He's Gone>Truckin'>Drums>The Other One>Stella Blue
Hint:
A second set jam sequence that is about as classic from this era/year as it gets, featuring songs from 1967, 1970, and a double dose of 1972. We always try to go out with a bang during 30 Days Of Dead, and this certainly fits the bill
day30_nESNvWbPtWdiCwn_gone_blue.mp3
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1129 comments

  • driftin and dreamin
    3 weeks 6 days ago
    @Chris

    Thanks for the comment, clearly I need to dig deeper before I publicly look like a rookie, haha. Peas'

  • opeelipsky
    3 weeks 6 days ago
    Look out, look out

    I just had to lay it on the line, and guess at this one today.
    Now it's time to pass the whiskey 'round..

  • Bundubush
    3 weeks 6 days ago
    Wonky set-up

    My way to enter the answer isn't coming right up today. Scrolled the whole page and it's not there. So adding another comment to see if it will appear here now that I've pinned it down.

  • chrisr777
    3 weeks 6 days ago
    Bruce

    He was never an official member of the band. In fact, from what I understand, the reason he stopped playing regularly is because he was told he either had to join or stop touring.

  • driftin and dreamin
    3 weeks 6 days ago
    Nothing to do with 30 days of Dead

    Why is Bruce Hornsby not represented as a member in the photo section of Dead.net's Dead101. Bruce played over 100 shows, played with the boys for nearly 2 full years and was an integral part of the band continuing to function as a touring band after Brents' passing. In the least respect Bruce's part with a very honorable mention. Just wondering.

Yesterday's answer...
Indianapolis, IN, Market Square Arena
The two tours that surrounded the Fall Tour of 1976 (Summer 1976's comeback tour, and Spring 1977's tour of excellence) often overshadow this tour, but there are many great nights from September and early October 1976, including this great show in Indianapolis
Yesterday's Winner...
Jonathan
Grand Rapids
MI

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