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!
About 20 minutes of screening, and BOOM, got it on first try. Only 2 wrong so far this year, plus 6 days had no time to even listen let alone guess (work gets in the way of everything). Another great 30 days drawing near its bittersweet end. What a blast! Peace and Love to you all!
Much to be Grateful for here. Thanks!
nice bombs & bookends !
that you are listening to another repeat. three different happenings but he picks the same one???
For perspective: there is but one Brokedown Palace in the last 11 years. One. That song would be a fun and tough search, especially an early version (like 11-15-72 that we got years ago). Standing On The Moon from earlier this month was the one and only version in the last 11 years. And let's not even begin to talk about the lack of Pig in this annual banquet feast we call 30 DoD. With all the live music that the Grateful Dead produced (which we comb through every day), it's unbelievable that someone's not paying a lick of attention. And to continue to get repeated versions every year???
Enough complaining, this is a free game. Have a grateful day, heads.
Had to pick up my daughter at the airport at four-thirty, so got an early start today. I've said it a bunch this year, but this was much easier than I thought it would be.