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!
Shall we go listen to a few versions of Dark Star, you and I while we can?
I think I finally got this one. Not an entirely easy hunt.
Good luck all.
With 285 Dark Stars listed on JerryBase I wondered if I would be there all day. I had an idea of the era. But the time of the track helped a lot.
What a grate way to start the day with such a monster Dark Star. Yesterday was a deep rabbit hole, but I finally nailed it in the evening after listening to just about all of the dead air after all the BTWs, and remembering Dave's propensity to repeat occasionally. Greetings to all my fellow travelers. Always great to hang with all of you for a few weeks and listen to the music play!
Sounds like a great title for a book. It also describes accurately my activities this fine morning. But ears and brain don't always play well together. Brain and ears agreed on the year of this performance, not so much on the venue. But after knocking my noisy brain off it's lofty perch, a few clicks here and a few clicks there, there she was. What an adeventure! It's audioade for my soul and I'm taking a big swig. I propose a toast to all the deadicated tapers who make these sonic adventures possible.
Please DO NOT post your Guess in the comments
Thank you
enjoy the ride