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    DEAD COVERS PROJECT 2018

    It's about that time to break out the banjo, gather up the family band, and let your creativity flow, visually and vocally. The DEAD COVERS PROJECT returns in 2018! We will be featuring selections on Grateful Dead properties all February long but you can send in your submissions as soon as January 1st. Simply upload your video to YouTube, tag it "DeadCoversProject," and we'll make it available to view on the band's official YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/gratefuldead in February.

    Check out this year's growing playlist.

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  • Bosco Boots
    6 years 8 months ago
    We Are It, We are On Our Own...
    Don't expect administrators to answer any questions or explain anything further.No one has in the last few years. I suspect an algorithm at work here. I first noticed it a couple of years ago when videos that had nothing to do with the GD or even music made their way onto the list. For example: https://youtu.be/hvrKufZ0L-o The video is called: Dance Till Your Dead / Heads Will Roll (JVH - C Remix) - Launchpad Cover - Project File Notice the title contains the words 'Dead', "Cover" and "Project" So it's not too surprising that it wound up on last years list. What is surprising is that there was no moderator checking the videos which resulted in this video landing in 55th place. It's not fair to all the folk who have put in a lot of time and effort only to be outranked by videos that have nothing to do with the Dead Covers Project. Many people have offered their services to Dead.net to help oversee and moderate the list....they should be considered. .....then again, no one from Dead.net is reading this....so there's that.
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    David Bryan an…
    6 years 8 months ago
    youtube curator??
    hello -- i see only 68 videos on your youtube playlist. surely you had at least twice that in terms of submissions? some of your "videos of the day" aren't even on the list! and this was updated yesterday? just wondering if anyone's paying attention! my video is there, so advocating on behalf of those others who posted and tagged, but seem to have been left out. don't forget them! some great videos, and heads who stumble upon that playlist would be cheated if they don't get all the goods! thanks, david p.s. if y'all need some help, i'm happy to leave my fulltime job and take this over for the GD organization. let me know if you wanna see a resume. ;-)
  • HippieGIrlAnna
    6 years 8 months ago
    Thank-you Dead.net for having Dead Covers Project
    I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate Dead.net making this available for musicians and videographers. I can't wait till next year. Especially because I have a new camera to work with to get more angles :):) Everyone's videos and music are great to watch! I just let the playlist play them all :D Thanks Again! Anna
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It's about that time to break out the banjo, gather up the family band, and let your creativity flow, visually and vocally. The DEAD COVERS PROJECT returns in 2018! We will be featuring selections on Grateful Dead properties all February long but you can send in your submissions as soon as January 1st. Simply upload your video to YouTube, tag it "DeadCoversProject," and we'll make it available to view on the band's official YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/gratefuldead in February.

Check out this year's growing playlist.

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Submitted by jojo2275 on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 05:20

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Hello people,I'm not sure of the rules for entering the dead covers project. Can it be any song that any member covered for example Bob Weir playing Dylan's Masters Of War? How about any song that Dead And Company plays? Ratdog? Pretty sure I've seen JGB covers that the Grateful Dead never played. Thank you. Joe
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Submitted by mona on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 12:47

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Except the ones on the top^^^ of the page on how to submit your song. Can't wait to hear ya! ~sometimes you get shown the light in the stranges places if you look at it right~
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Submitted by LadyLaurel on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 20:59

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We got things shakin on Shakedoen Street here in OB on Monday nights for the last 26 years! Have you heard Electric Waste Band?It is time for a visit to OB.
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Submitted by Tennessee Russ on Sat, 01/06/2018 - 08:23

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My understanding is you can cover any song the Grateful Dead has played in concert. Two years ago my band Sugar Lime Blue submitted our version of Little Sadie which got a little flack for not being a Dead song but the Dead did play it seven times (there's even a video for an '80's take) - its just not well known. The next year we covered Morning Dew which I believe they played a few more times then seven.
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Submitted by Dancingbear.dk on Thu, 01/11/2018 - 06:52

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This is off-topic, but would somebody please post the song list with show dates from (the 2017) 30 Days of Dead?I made the mistake of thinking it would still be available for some time after November. THX! /Bjorn Lindstrom
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Submitted by jojo2275 on Sun, 01/14/2018 - 09:19

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OK, a quick web search found this at jambase.com Grateful Dead 2017 30 Days Of Dead Rundown November 1: 5/26/77 Uncle John’s Band November 2: 8/29/69 Easy Wind November 3: 3/23/95 Unbroken Chain November 4: 6/23/90 Feel Like A Stranger November 5: 3/24/91 China > Rider November 6: 3/26/72 Brown-Eyed Women November 7: 9/18/94 Saint Of Circumstance November 8: 12/7/81 Mississippi Half-Step > Franklin’s November 9: 4/10/83 My Brother Esau, Might As Well November 10: 10/20/84 Shakedown > Samson & Delilah November 11: 5/6/78 Sugaree November 12: 10/2/76 The Other One > Stella Blue > The Other One > Sugar Magnolia November 13: 6/23/93 Lazy River Road November 14: 10/19/90 Shakedown Street November 15: 3/26/87 Bird Song November 16: 9/17/73 Let Me Sing Your Blues Away November 17: 9/21/74 Seastones > Playing In The Band November 18: 9/1/79 Scarlet > Fire November 19: 7/7/81 Candyman November 20: 5/12/91 Picasso Moon November 21: 3/17/91 Truckin’ > New Speedway Boogie November 22: 2/18/71 Bertha November 23: 12/4/71 Comes A Time November 24: 3/31/89 Terrapin Station > Jam November 25: 6/10/73 Here Comes Sunshine November 26: 10/22/89 Help > Slip > Franklin’s > Jam November 27: 3/21/92 So Many Roads November 28: 3/29/93 Here Comes Sunshine November 29: 6/7/70 Friend Of The Devil November 30: 5/13/78 The Music Never Stopped
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Submitted by marye on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 14:58

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please do keep the submissions coming throughout February!
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Submitted by thejbb on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 19:33

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...looong time lurker! Had to finally register to chime in about the Dead Covers Project. Portland filmmaker Ian Fowler made a video of my band's performance of Bird Song at a show in November in NYC. We've collaborated on a few things before, but this work he's done is really beautiful and I wanted to share it as much as I can. I hope you can hear and see how much we love the song, and how much we love the Dead (despite my botching the lyric -- twice!) Apologies Hunter! https://youtu.be/qykSjcd3uzs
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Submitted by Bosco Boots on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 20:40

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Unlimited Devotion - Help►Slipknot! - Orange Blossom Jamboree 2017 The Heavy Pets - Casey Jones - Orange Blossom Jamboree 2017 Unlimited Devotion - Brown Eyed Women - Orange Blossom Jamboree 2017 Unlimited Devotion - July 28, 2017 - Cassidy 13yo Jaden Lehman Sits In With Unlimited Devotion - Aug 5, 2017 - Scarlet►Fire The Lovely Nita London Joins The Grateful Jam Invitational Series - Mister Charlie 13yo Jaden Lehman & Friends 1st Big Gig, Filling In For Cancelled Dead & Co. Show - Eyes Of The World Unlimited Devotion - St Stephen►Not Fade Away►GDTRFB
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Submitted by Tennessee Russ on Sat, 02/03/2018 - 09:41

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This is Sugar Lime Blues 3rd time here - we just adore the Dead & it's so great to check out everyone's contributions each year. I was fortunate to see the Dead play this once in '88 at Irvine Meadows - thanks to Cindy Munson for turning me on to the band.
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Submitted by golda on Sat, 02/03/2018 - 11:31

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I'm a singer/songwriter/bassist in NYC and I love covering the Dead. My husband Jeff (on guitar and backup vocals here, wearing his "Grateful Dude" shirt) has been a Deadhead for nearly 40 years and has covered their music for nearly that long. We've been introducing more and more Dead into our sets. This video also features our friend Tony Calabro on mandolin. If you dig our cover of "Friend Of The Devil," I hope you'll check out my site over at www.thatgolda.com. Thanks!
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Submitted by David Bryan an… on Sun, 02/04/2018 - 17:52

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This is Clare Maloney, who sings backup (and some leads) with my band in NYC (David Bryan and Friends). SHE'S AWESOME, Y'ALL! I hope some of you will check this out. Oh, and on keys, Mr. Waynard Schellar, who has played onstage with Big Bad Bobby Weir before. ;-) Cheers!
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Submitted by HippieGIrlAnna on Mon, 02/05/2018 - 18:37

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Posted my Dead Covers Project Video today and it says it’s blocked by UMPG :( makes me sad :( https://youtu.be/foZn5tKANuQ How can I post a Dead Covers Project to youtube when it is being blocked by youtube?
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Submitted by Tennessee Russ on Tue, 02/06/2018 - 07:43

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Universal Music Publishing Group is big on blocking anything by the Eagles on youtube but I don't think they have any rights to Ice Nine or the Grateful Dead. I'd contest it. Nope - I'm wrong - The Dead signed over their catalog to UMPG in 2014 but I don't believe they have been enforcing this on Youtube. It would suck if they did. Another win for Corporate Capitalism.
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Submitted by David Bryan an… on Tue, 02/06/2018 - 09:18

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HippieGirlAnna -- That's so bizarre. Why YOUR video? there are by now literally thousands of these cover videos on youtube. Are they slowly going to start chipping away at them? Someone from the Dead office should call them up and let them know to leave these alone!!
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Submitted by Paul Dirks on Tue, 02/06/2018 - 19:14

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I was able to view it - no problem.
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Submitted by Paul Dirks on Tue, 02/06/2018 - 19:18

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After getting hit with TWO (Count 'em -2) Category 5 Hurricanes in a 2 week period and enduring over 92 days without power, it felt particularly good to get everything plugged back in and make sure it worked. Hope you like the result.
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Submitted by HippieGIrlAnna on Wed, 02/07/2018 - 03:15

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It seems to be blocked in the US by copyright. Which country are you in?Thanks
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Submitted by Paul Dirks on Wed, 02/07/2018 - 07:01

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FWIW, seven of my videos are labeled as 'containing copyrighted content' but none of them are blocked. Do you have any 'strikes' for other videos? I'm in the US Virgin islands. It's ALMOST like the USA.
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Submitted by Dead Pondo on Thu, 02/08/2018 - 10:16

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Here's my contribution for 2018...back at the piano this year for "Unbroken Chain" written by Phil Lesh and Bobby Petersen and originally recorded for the 1974 album From the Mars Hotel but not played live by the Grateful Dead until 1995. Thanks for listening!
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