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 trio of songs from 1973-1978, all of which stuck around for the duration after their debuts
day27_XgWAyFAjeSHDaAQ_shakedown_world.mp3
1029 comments

  • Pitzburg Felt Forum
    1 week 4 days ago
    Congragulations

    Spiritman74 on yesterdays win. Also a shout out to opeelipsky. Great venue your headed to later today. Tis sold out. Enjoy!

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    bigdaddyblues
    1 week 4 days ago
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    I didn't know how to submit the show.
    I should of scrolled to bottom of page.
    Sorry

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    jeff4682
    1 week 4 days ago
    ONE FOR SIXTEEN

    It only took until November 16th, but finally a show that I was at! I think that’s me screaming “I need a miracle ev-er-y day!”

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    get2terrapin
    1 week 4 days ago
    Reply to thismikebenz: 11/15 Box-Mexicali-Sugaree

    I found it on page 192 of my DB50. What's interesting is the bottom of the pages in that section show that those "every time played" lists are from DB XI.

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    jwelsh8
    1 week 4 days ago
    Assembly Hall

    The only time I have been on the rail for a Phish concert was at Assembly Hall, back in the Fall of 1996. Fun imagining the Dead in that flying saucer-like space.

Yesterday's answer...
San Francisco, CA, Winterland Arena
The track that opens Workingman's Dead signals a new Grateful Dead sound, the Americana acoustic Dead focusing on vocal harmonies. It was often played as an encore in 1977, to very strong results as heard here
Yesterday's Winner...

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