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!
Phil Bombs and Beautiful Harmonies on Rider. This one took me a bit, even though I knew the specific era. Found some gems along the way, that's fer sure. Be Well Ya'll
got timing, speed, musicians
but no sync yet
looking for billy’s snare at china intro and of course dynamic keys for jerry’s train, hope that doesn’t give too much away, it’s not helping me yet.
This is a perfect example of why I love this year so much. Fairly quick search - setlist is standard for the era, but another great show.
Right there with you Mudlovebuddy!
The sound from this particular tour is unmistakable IMO. These are by far my favorite shows to listen to. There's about a 3-4 month stretch where I feel like there wasn't a single clunker! Just magic from start to finish, with unreal second set jam suites.
I was fairly proud when I walked into this jingle.
Took me quite a bit of searching and listening, but I could not take my rest until I nailed it.
Now I get to ring that silent bell having finally found it.
Guessing many may bow out on this test.
David goes from putting the ball on a tee for us, to throwing a curve ball that goes in all sorts of directions.
I'm going to miss these 30 Days when they're gone.