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
Iko Iko>The Other One>Black Peter
Hint:
An unusual trio of songs, as were so many of the Dead's live performance sequences
day17_OJMIOlFSyUWnMFg_iko_other.mp3
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  • spiritwide
    1 week 2 days ago
    re: "too easy?"

    "Hint," nothing. Those songs were performed in that order by GD exactly once.

  • Wackaloonq
    1 week 2 days ago
    sam and so

    another easy one to hunt
    a few more choices than yesterday but still not a long adventure.
    a visit to grateful stats
    a double check on deadbase
    a stop at relisten to sync to be sure
    and presto
    every song right now has my mind trying to link it to our country.
    i know all be mellow till inauguration but am still wondering after.
    did a bunch of prep to follow the time old adage of have 6 months of needs just in case.
    as a retired fire medic i was always taught plan for the worst then hope for the best. a lot of friends laugh at me but gotta follow my heart.
    jerry always said have fun as the ultimate goal so am trying to enjoy my extra work and the few new gadgets i got.
    i wish all of you nothing but peace love and happiness during the times ahead and if nothing wacko happens laugh and enjoy.
    i lived a good long while in florida and used to prep for storms only to have 3 leaves on ground after.
    so… 3 leaves to all
    thanks dave
    enjoy our great month.
    realized i been in this hunt for 13 out of the 15 years. much better at it. used to be 3-30.
    now i am getting 20 correct, a few wrong, and a couple spaced out trips down a totally wrong rabbit hole.
    next monday i turn 63, thanks to yall i feel 36.
    i appreciate all deadheads big and small .
    made it to sphere this year for a wild weekend
    miss ya jerry and phil
    peace

  • FredHead-NY
    1 week 2 days ago
    So far so good

    Six for six, baby! Now to go for seven...

  • Direwolf919
    1 week 3 days ago
    "If all you've got to live…

    "If all you've got to live for is what you've left behind
    Get yourself a powder charge and seal that silver mine"

    One of my all time favorite lyrics (today)
    & lyrics i try to live by

    Having a good time!

  • hornsby
    1 week 3 days ago
    nice win

    congrats.

Yesterday's answer...
Albany, NY, Knickerbocker Arena
The Wheel debuted live in 1976, although it had appeared on Jerry's 1972 solo debut album. I Need Miracle appeared in 1978 and was included on Shakedown Street, and Standing On The Moon made its first appearnce in February 1989 and was recorded for the Dead's final studio album later that year
Yesterday's Winner...
BirthaLove

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