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!
It seems to me that they're either really easy or really hard.
Oh what the ambience must've been at such a venue, with the history, and the combination of characters that might have wondered through, an eclectic blend of psychedelic rangers, living a life of 'Magic at the Edge of the Western World.'
I am sure having a High Time enjoying what David's been spilling.
This is a the season of the 30 Days and every day may require a change of strategy for searching.
We still have about 16 more Days of living the good life.
Nothing's for certain, but I know we're in store for more fun.
OMG such a hilarious version of Saint Stephen. I'm reminded of a Garcia interview I read somewhere that he sometimes would do his best to fuck the music up. I love it!
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LOL, anybody else catch this bit of chatter during Drums? Around thirteen and a half minutes.