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
775 comments

  • danjo-west
    16 hours 55 minutes ago
    nice pairing

    you know Peter had to die...

  • 1stshow70878
    17 hours 58 minutes ago
    Oh yeah

    I remember thinking, well that's not fair when it happened before. Fool me twice, shame on me, lol. Love the intensity!
    Cheers

  • Bundubush
    18 hours 7 minutes ago
    We've got a theme ...

    Been here before for sure. Love the intimacy of these shows.

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    gleng1
    19 hours 10 minutes ago
    Bobby, Jerry, and Donna do the Hula

    Was at the show -- during Iko Iko Bobby, Jerry, and Donna did the hula. (No; really).

    Equipment truck outside with a giant Allman Brothers mushroom scrawled out in the dust.

    More than 100 degrees inside. GA show.

    Sink ripped out of the wall in the bathroom. (More likely stupid fun rather than vandalism).

    Hells Angels in force. No trouble, although after the show we were all stuck in traffic and they came through at high speed.

    Look for the Scarlet/Fire from this show -- a gem..

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    sundancer
    19 hours 21 minutes ago
    Awesome "Other One"…

    Awesome "Other One".....
    Jerry was Raw and Intense....to.....Sweet and Melodic!!!!
    God I miss you Jerry!!!!!
    Thanks Dave!!!

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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