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:
Three songs in a row sung by three Grateful Dead lead vocalists, none of whom are Jerry
day21_IuzIPpgBDAZPQtX_cassidy_box.mp3
794 comments

  • 1stshow70878
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Archive works

    I was just there. As many have posted, you have to use the other driver, webamp something or other.
    Post no guesses please.
    And look to the bottom of the page JJC and you other lost sailors. Many previous posts on how to navigate this contest. Good luck to all.
    Cheers

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    haarst
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Guess

    8.30.70 KQED

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    jeff4682
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    RELISTEN is DOWN!

    Thank god we’ve still got YouTube… hate to be that person, but it was a pretty quick find.
    Gonna be a tough month if RELISTEN (and probably the Internet Archive) keeps crappin’ out…

  • driftin and dreamin
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Savor the Flavor

    Great choice, I have always loved this number and this is a sweet one to revisit. See you cats tomorrow. Cheers.

  • judgedread
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Candyman

    Down all the wrong holes. Found it with literally the last one I checked...

Yesterday's answer...
San Francisco, CA, Family Dog at the Great Highway
The Other One was a consistent part of the Dead's repertoire 1967-1995, with Jerry's Cryptical Envelopment portion of the suite around 1967-1972 and 1985. Black Peter arrived in 1969 and stuck around to 1995
Yesterday's Winner...
Craig
Hoosick fall
NY

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