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
1064 comments

  • truckinup2buffalo
    10 hours 5 minutes ago
    I had to run!

    Out of nowhere and to my surprise I was able to catch this run. Funny thing was the mentioning of birthdays. Not at all correct, I think it was due to equipment malfunction, Bobby has to speak! Got a handful of songs thru this run that would come up at one show approximately two weeks later. This Great Venue had some history especially the events in 1975 that took place. Okay now for today.
    Happy Thanksgiving!
    It's only appropriate to set it on the turn table. Time for this Thanksgiving tradition of Arlo Guthrie's (Alice's Restaurant).

  • jamgol
    10 hours 13 minutes ago
    White Fluff, thank you!

    White Fluff, thank you!

  • jamgol
    10 hours 16 minutes ago
    thx Ace!

    thx Ace!

  • jamgol
    10 hours 17 minutes ago
    thx smallz!

    thx smallz!

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    UESNYC
    10 hours 20 minutes ago
    Happy Turkey

    I am thankful for the hint. Today A stand alone Hey another could have taken some time

    Gobble Gobble

    Happy Holidays

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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