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:
Three songs in a row sung by three Grateful Dead lead vocalists, none of whom are Jerry
day21_IuzIPpgBDAZPQtX_cassidy_box.mp3
794 comments

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    ShadyJake75
    3 days 19 hours ago
    Easy once you zero in on it

    1. Iko was only played from 77 on
    2. Donna on backup vocals so you know it’s 77-early 79
    3. Only 2 instances of this exact combo in said time period.
    4. This is a SBD recording. Other only has AUD’s

    Side note: The encore for this show was appropriate given the date.

  • BirthaLove
    3 days 20 hours ago
    can't go back and you can't stand still

    So happy for the calendar!! keeps me grinnin' from ear to ear. Mid-western Night Owl here: I usually search at the end of the night, so when 3 a.m. rolls around i look at the answer/winner before sleep and yesterday, twas I ! HOOT Hoot! Using my trusty Re-listen, (Deadbase is back on the western edge of the u.s.) i refuse to look at the comments till after i submit my answer. Too much, TMI there, especially this year. Today, i also experienced Re-listen as off-kilter, that's where ETREE came in for the rescue for Iko/OO/BP. That is one Revved up Iko! Thanks & Peace to Dave & Krewe! Always a Hoot!

  • proudfoot
    3 days 22 hours ago
    Woodro

    I read your post as 10 24 71's BP plays

    Cool

  • woodro69
    4 days ago
    Black Peter

    MAY .... just be .... my favorite ..... Grateful Dead song .......of all time ..... (-;

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    Mytime
    4 days ago
    Dead Setlist

    Setlist Program links
    to archive for you @smallz

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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