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!
This next one might be a polka. Classic show. Thanks David!
I agree, but it wasn't that hard with all the information available and it was well worth it. What a great show from top to bottom
We're almost halfway home, I was thinking this all goes too quickly. Indeed, RIP Phil it has definitely all gone by too quickly but I am happy with the quick hunt today so I can queue up the show once I arrive at work this morning. From the Land of Lincoln wishing everyone and great day and nice weekend!
This version is especially beautiful as I have never heard the musical stops/break downs that allows the vocals to flow through the open space.
Not a hint per say but IMO folks are not wrong: I too am finding sequencing issues of the 3 numbers on the some of usual places of research.
The time period is clear and it does not take to much poking around to find the show in question.
Be Well
I did not have any problems finding today’s show using Deadbase 50, which is my first resource (I also have a beat up copy of Deadbase VI, which I use when I’m on the road because it’s a fraction of the weight!). It led me right to the show and then there it was on Relisten.