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!

Today's Song
Cassidy, Far From Me, Box Of Rain
Hint:
Three songs in a row sung by three Grateful Dead lead vocalists, none of whom are Jerry
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  • ronmarley1
    2 days 22 hours ago
    Tricky

    With four songs, I thought it would be easy.
    Deadlists proved me wrong.
    Then I listened. Shoulda done that first. Dummass...
    Hit it on the second try.

  • HStones
    2 days 22 hours ago
    My mind was wandering...

    ... like the wild geese in the West
    But I also popped onto this show first!
    Not the best quality recordings of this show - nice that Dave's offering seems to bring out the keys much better than on the archive source I listened to. And another long set - Thank you!

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    sivia
    2 days 22 hours ago
    Grateful

    What an enjoyable morning's romp through some truly fantastic shows - to finally get the ONE was a triumph - now to listen to the entire show. Thank you for a month of sweet tunes! The sound quality on this one is just stellar.

  • deadheadned
    2 days 23 hours ago
    slightly stunned

    out of all the options, i landed on the right show at my first try.
    guess i know Brent's keys !

    thanks again to everybody making this possible, including all y'all playing along & creating this community that i look forward to every year.

  • danjo-west
    2 days 23 hours ago
    estimated profit

    A few of Jerry's bends makes me think I found it.

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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