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!
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.
Ah, mornings with the Grateful Dead, breakfast, and a cup of tea. Delightful way to start the day. The wife and I rotate between a cup of Assam, Darjeeling, or Lapsang Suchong (and a dollop of honey of course) whilst listening to the daily offering. Keeps me humming guitar riffs all day!
David loves this run of shows. I kinda wish the keys had better sounds, because the band was clearly on fire.
I'm not sure of the exact start and end dates per month for the guys but if we include the entire months:
Wikipedia has TC from Sept 67 > Nov 98 (as touring, longer period for studio) Jerrybase shows 202 shows for that time frame
Bruce Sept 90 > March 92 146 shows. Assuming they were at each show. So not a definitive answer but a place to start
This was a good one. Never saw a show here but have had many glimpses over the years of 30 Days!