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!
I'm more lo-tech than you.....DeadBase IX, the hardcover version...........LOL.........I love it. A few posts back, somebody mentioned they use a DeadBase VII........do I hear a VI?..........how about a V?............does anyone use a DeadBase 1?
Deadbase-X (a book, lol) was all that I needed for today's. Took less than 5 minutes and I didn't need to hear it. That is worrisomely easy as some have speculated.
Jerry really was ripping up that Deal UK Deadhead. He just got faster with time on those riffs he really knew by heart. His acoustic skills were impressive as he aged as well.
Cheers
JerryBase lets you search a song, then search for a song within that set of shows. That narrows it down and makes multiple songs easier to find. Made today really easy.
Herbibot is a nice resource. It allows you to punch in consecutive songs, and has an imbedded player when you click on the show you want too. The embedded player doesn’t work on phones I don’t think though.
Already knew the show just by looking at the setlist and that it was part of a monster 1st set chock full of songs that were often rarities. One of my faves from that era.