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!
I want to Wish You a Happy Thanksgiving 🍗 🥧 😊
Remember to put your Arms around the ones you are with, and tell them you Love them, even though they take and eat both Drumsticks !
Have a Great Time with Family !!
....and next time we meet, Wish me a Belated Birthday....just another day for me,
So no worries, if ya didn't know !
Happy Thanksgiving!
Either these are getting easier or I'm getting better at this. I think it's the former! Thanks Dave and Crew for all these years of 30 Days. Been on board since 2013 with 2 wins (could use another). It's great to see all of the die-hards every year!
I wanted to wish the US Deadhead community a very happy and Grateful Thanksgiving. And good luck to everyone for the final 3 days.
What would be a theme?? It would take more effort on DL's part.
Based on the 6 repeats (so far) this year and 7 last year, he may not even keep track of songs from previous years.
With ALL the shows available to him, repeats shouldn't occur at all.
Some songs are not even on records..eg: Iko Iko (1st time this year).
One timers: Standing on the moon ( first this year), Unbroken Chain (2017), Days Between(2016) West L.A. (2013).
Instead of the favorite standards we get every year, more of the seldom played would be good too.
Expanding the 30 Days list is ALWAYS a good thing.