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!
pdf of Deadbase 50 and personal hard drive with all circulating sbd. If only auds. circulate then Deadlists is an excellent resource.
This is the second pick this year that's on my birthday...my fave right after 1989.
Jerry just royally ripping, highly recommended to check the whole thing out.
I start with deadlists and usually end up at the Archive.
I use GDsets.com its an excellent site. Has notes under each show if there was something of note that day (i.e Jimi Hendrix died this day, first St Stephen in 8 years, etc) Plus it has setlist for individual members and posters. It's awesome