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!
Does anybody know what Jerry and David Gilmour thought about each other?
The hint got me there. After a busy morning with no time to hunt, I thought I might not have the time but that hint got me there on the first show I stopped on. Love it! Now I can just relax and listen.
That piano at the end of Miracle, sounded a bit like Roadhouse Blues!
Highlights are the intro to Wheel and all of SOTM, especially the keys of the outro. Never fails I always seem to get something stuck in my eye everytime I hear SOTM, especially this one. There are many things I could be doing the month of November, but like the song says, "I'd rather be with you" all right here. Thanks to David and Co. for keeping this mother rollin' all these years.
Standing on the Moon is such a pretty and majestic tune. Nice version.
He was in the band, played and got paid, at a time when they needed him the most in so many ways, kinda like John Mayer bringing that music buisness legitimacy and breath of fresh air.