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!
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.
Thanks, my friend!
CHEERS!
Listened to the beginning of the song this morning getting ready for work and thought it sounded much like my favorite show from this year. Listened to more during the day then got to the "end". Consulted the DB50 Bible and was not surprised to see it was indeed only two nights after my fav. Amazing how the mix and sound was so consistent throughout this year. Also never knew that all but three UJB this year were in this position. So much fun and enlightening playing 30 Days of Dead! BTW, this night is my next fav this year. The NFA is awesome!