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:
A classic set closing sequence from 1973 onward through 1995
day24_MGpgRLPRuGxBIan_jam_wharf.mp3
888 comments

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    Shindigger
    1 week 5 days ago
    One typo remains

    From Day 1: "...followed by Jerry's The Heel from his first sold album."

  • Wackaloonq
    1 week 5 days ago
    more places to look

    adding more places to look…
    taping compendium ( it is a book )
    deadbase 50
    setlistprogram
    30 days of white gum
    grateful dead guide
    our fellow november friend that keeps an amazing list
    gdsets.

  • Pitzburg Felt Forum
    1 week 5 days ago
    The Candyman search

    Not sure who but I think on Candyman search the answer was right here on this website. Dave hiding clues in plain sight. Again. It's Monday. BTW Happy Birthday whackaloonq.

  • Wackaloonq
    1 week 5 days ago
    1 more

    63 trips around the sun
    today, another over and done.
    Nothing beats being a part of us.
    At the top of the hill and still on the bus.

    thanks to all of you that make this an adventure every year.
    i would not miss it.
    thanks dave for the underhand pitch for me.

  • driftin and dreamin
    1 week 5 days ago
    A lil book keeping

    If you have been playing (Where and When) the last few days you might recall some questionable postings of the "correct answer" (regarding location). I was back tracking today to list the shows for my records and noticed the MSG is now listed as the correct location of the 94 "Samson>So Many Roads (No longer the Felt). Also the H was added to Pittsburgh Pa show in 79 (Easy To Love You, Minglewood, Althea). Not sure if others have mentioned the correction or even care but I was happy to see things set straight.

Yesterday's answer...
Berkeley, CA, Greek Theatre - University of California
From Europe '72 and Wake Of The Flood respctively, Ramble On Rose and Let It Grow stuck around the Dead's repertoire consistently through 1995
Yesterday's Winner...
Tom
Cheshire
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