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!
Saying that a specific show is not today's answer still counts. It's best to avoid mentioning venues and dates at all until the next day.
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I am always finding other gems of songs during the 30 Days of Dead Daze than the ones I am supposed to be searching out.
Today is no exception! I been jamming Dave's #39 & #52 pretty heavy these past few weeks so the song Let it Grow is on the mind, from both spring and autumn tours.
Anyways,.... There is a really killer Let it Grow from 9/18 1983 in Grass Valley, CA.
NO, NOT THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING FOR! Though one of the best Brent versions I have ever heard!
Narrowed it down from a short list of 20+ reasonably quickly. Now listening to the full concert.
A lot better today than my hopeless efforts to solve yesterday's. Congratulations to all those who got the China>Rider right. I was out by a year; convionced myself it was 1972.
used your post to google list of beatles shows 64-66 when i first started hunting.
never gave this one a glance till i went thru each 73 show
last nite i went back and looked and sure enough the beatles were there
thanks smallz
the possibilities today cover a large number of years
it’s three am here
just woke to check if i got china right
will start this one in morning.
good morning at nine am, easy cues, and intro/outro
got it, now today i have time to listen to whole show
good hunting to all