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
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  • MICHAEL JAMES CAMPO
    1 week 4 days ago
    "Historic Run"

    This one was easy for me today. I was at this run! Great stuff!!! Good memories!! My 25th DEAD show!!!

  • opeelipsky
    1 week 4 days ago
    It left a smoking crater of my mind

    This version kept escaping through the lily fields.
    But In the end there's just this one song that matches.
    When all the cards are down, you may need to listen to a few shows to get this one.
    And when you hear that right song Come crying like the wind
    It seems like all this searching Was just a dream.
    Good luck all!
    Hope there is not any major drama tonight. We need to come together as one country,

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    pukegrub
    1 week 4 days ago
    Bday show

    After 10 years and about250 + shows , I finally got to see them on my birthday. very well played Stella , short but sweet Other One. thanks for all the memories and great times ! Lots of Love to everyone .Peace,Pot, & Micro Dot.

  • driftin and dreamin
    1 week 4 days ago
    Healy

    Agreed the Healy sound is epic in itself. Been doing a lil reading on the subject, and how he liked to F with Bobby. Great years for us, maybe not so much for Bobby.

  • driftin and dreamin
    1 week 4 days ago
    Deep Cuts

    This is an Historian Level post. Very Interesting Indeed.

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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