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!
If you haven’t already done so, Barlow’s “Mother American Night” is a really good read.
Always my favorite Bobby tune- I feel blessed that they brought it back before the end. And this one is especially sweet- the outro is sheer perfection.
And congratulations to Martin from all us heads here in Stoneham!
I never had doubts about today's guess.
'So I give you my eyes, and all of their lies
Please help them to learn as well as to see'
Very fitting lyrics for this election time of year.
Love the Black Throated Wind! Very awesome version.
Thanks David!
Nailed it pretty quickly this morning - honestly, this just brings me so much joy each year! Love to the family!!!
Definitely not complaining about free music! I believe I got this too, but the online and download lengths aren't jiving. And as Poneill378 said, it doesn't quite match with the Archive version I guessed. It's almost like one of the versions has been "speed corrected." I'm not that much of an audiophile, but maybe one of the experts here can weigh in.
Or, never trust a Prankster...