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!

Hint:
The penultimate song of the night from the Dead's penultimate show at this classic venue, where they played more than four dozen times
day28_XgWAyFAjeSHDaAQ_saturday_philadelphia.mp3
1065 comments

  • Wackaloonq
    1 day 9 hours ago
    how can i say this ???

    when it becomes easier to search for the song from morbunjt than archive it is time to revise the format.
    i loved years with
    eac jam from a rehearsal
    mindbender ( confusions prince)
    we at least were guaranteed a bi yearly little sadie
    this year will make a great playlist for me as well and even if things are the same i’d be back next year, but all are correct. we could probably have gone all 15 years without a single repeat and still have room to grow.
    love ya dave.
    to one and all happy turkey.
    i b home tomorrow with dog as all housemates go to family and i wait for leftovers.
    don’t forget Alice’s Restaurant at noon after macys parade santa goes by.
    traditional and all that.
    peace love and fun,
    joel aka wackaloonq from ranch sturbridge ma.

  • driftin and dreamin
    1 day 9 hours ago
    Congrats

    Dang this is my first year so.... :-)

  • jamgol
    1 day 10 hours ago
    I finally won!

    after 14 years, I finally won a day! love 30 days every november! i guess i wait for the email now to get my calendar.....and maybe a box set (fingers crossed)!

  • driftin and dreamin
    1 day 10 hours ago
    On the Eve of Thanks

    Gotta say this lil community has been super fun to be a part of. Here’s to a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend.
    Cheers

  • Bundubush
    1 day 11 hours ago
    Sounds fun but ...

    Very interesting idea, the combined list would be really interesting to listen to but I'm not 100% there yet. With that said back in 2010, Furthur played a series of show up in Angels Camp Ca. Each night for three nights they played a full album which was a blast. We camped out and caught the full series after driving out from near Chicago. So I must say the theme idea is a good one.

Yesterday's answer...
Providence, RI, Providence Civic Center
From 1978, 1977, and 1973, respectively, all three of these songs land on many people's Top 20 Grateful Dead songs list.
Yesterday's Winner...
Rock
Malaga
NJ

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