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    The Dead Covers Project 2016

    This year's submissions period has ended. Check out all the great performance with the Official 2016 DEAD COVERS PROJECT playlist.

    Whether you play just like Jerry or like to give the Grateful Dead's beloved classics a unique spin, the 2016 Dead Covers Project wants you! We're calling all musicians - near and far - to share your love for the music and magic of the Dead through video. Show off your musical chops and you just might find yourself front and center on Dead.net during the month of February! The rules are simple - all video submissions must contain a song either written by or recorded by the Dead. How that song is interpreted, however, is entirely up to you.

    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. Can't carry a tune? Join the fun by "liking" your favorites on YouTube.

    Good luck!

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    Ziph, Great picks. I've been watching some of their other vids. These guys are really really good. Travis is awesome, Annie too, they freakin' nailed that High Time.
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    Wow, here it is again, already. The 2nd iteration of the DeadCoversProject. Welcome and hello. I'm ziphler, a completely delusional, thus official, DCP editorialist, music critic, journalist, and otherwise complete nuisance. And this is the first edition of this year's ziph's picks, probably the bane of DCP's existence. It looks so far as if there's been about 130 entries in the project since sometime in December. Of course, who knows what the ground rules are this year? Are we looking at all entries since time began or is it just entries since the event officially closed March 1, 2012, OR is it since DCP announced this year's event? Is it based on when a video is tagged "DeadCoversProject" or when it was uploaded? Beats me and I'm happy with the obscurity for now since rules can all be circumvented. Anyhoo, I couldn't help but to notice a major contender right off the bat. They, it, them, him is called the volunteer string band and have jumped in with a plethora of entries. What sets VSB apart from some of the other early and aggressive "more entries is better" players is some serious musical talent. VSB seems to have a completely fluid membership and, in the case of lovelight, actually has no string players at all, instead sporting a brass band. So, sparing you anymore blather, here are the first two ziph's picks: The Volunteer String Band sings "HIGH TIME" and "LOVELIGHT" freakin well done! ziphler Oh and PS: like she says, you don't enter the project by posting videos in this forum. Every video in ziph's picks has already been officially attached to the project by TAGGING the video in YouTube with this exact one word: DeadCoversProject - (I know it looks like three words but its not). TAG IT: DeadCoversProject
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This year's submissions period has ended. Check out all the great performance with the Official 2016 DEAD COVERS PROJECT playlist.

Whether you play just like Jerry or like to give the Grateful Dead's beloved classics a unique spin, the 2016 Dead Covers Project wants you! We're calling all musicians - near and far - to share your love for the music and magic of the Dead through video. Show off your musical chops and you just might find yourself front and center on Dead.net during the month of February! The rules are simple - all video submissions must contain a song either written by or recorded by the Dead. How that song is interpreted, however, is entirely up to you.

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. Can't carry a tune? Join the fun by "liking" your favorites on YouTube.

Good luck!

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Whether you play just like Jerry or like to give the Grateful Dead's beloved classics a unique spin, the 2016 Dead Covers Project wants you! We're calling all musicians - near and far - to share your love for the music and magic of the Dead through video. Show off your musical chops and you just might find yourself front and center on Dead.net during the month of February! The rules are simple - all video submissions must contain a song either written by or recorded by the Dead. How that song is interpreted, however, is entirely up to you.
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Whether you play just like Jerry or like to give the Grateful Dead's beloved classics a unique spin, the 2016 Dead Covers Project wants you! We're calling all musicians - near and far - to share your love for the music and magic of the Dead through video. Show off your musical chops and you just might find yourself front and center on Dead.net during the month of February! The rules are simple - all video submissions must contain a song either written by or recorded by the Dead. How that song is interpreted, however, is entirely up to you.
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Submitted by broken_angel on Thu, 03/05/2015 - 15:23

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While I am greatly appreciative of this site and everything the people here do to make this it possible, please allow me to make a suggestion. It would be nice to see this thread more accessible to the average Joseph and Josephine just passing through to watch videos of friends and family. Perhaps a link on the home page titled ''Watch Dead Cover Projects Videos Here.'' If that is just not doable or too much trouble, I completely understand. Have a Grateful Day!
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Submitted by William-O on Mon, 03/09/2015 - 19:37

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Have to agree with broken angel. There's no link. Had to find this page doing a google search.
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Submitted by broken_angel on Sat, 03/14/2015 - 06:19

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I thought something was supposed to be happening with the Covers Project videos here mid-March.
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Submitted by broken_angel on Tue, 03/17/2015 - 17:12

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I love what you've done with the Covers Project, the bracket, the voting and everything! Looking forward to watching the voting progress. Loved watching the many videos over the past couple months. Thanks to everyone who makes this roll! Proper accolades are due! All the years combine; melt into a dream.
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Submitted by broken_angel on Wed, 03/25/2015 - 16:08

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What happened to the Dead Covers Project bracket? It was there, now it's gone. There was a link on the home page of Dead.net; now it's gone. Kinda disappointed at how the Covers Project videos are so difficult to access.
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Submitted by broken_angel on Mon, 03/30/2015 - 15:19

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...but I think this kind of illustrates my point about the difficulty for the average surfer to locate and enjoy the Dead Covers Project videos here. If someone doesn't stumble across this link you posted here, they will never find it. What happened to the link from the home page of Dead.net? Again, thanks to those who are involved in the project for making it happen. There just seems to be some room for improvement.
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Submitted by marye on Mon, 01/25/2016 - 08:19

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Long story short: On the YouTube page, there's a Share tab. Click that, then choose the Embed option. Copy the relevant code and paste it here.
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Submitted by Someone-uninte… on Sun, 01/31/2016 - 04:06

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Terrapin Station, or at least part of it...
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Submitted by Hoopsie on Sun, 01/31/2016 - 17:26

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...looking for familiar faces in any empty window pane!
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Submitted by Dead Pondo on Mon, 02/01/2016 - 20:44

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Terrapin Station (Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter) - performed by John Paul Roccaforte - 1/31/2016 - Dead Covers Project 2016 I thoroughly enjoyed the Terrapin Suite with Strings that was posted the other day by the band Other People. Here's another take on the epic song: solo piano and vocal. Enjoy!
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Submitted by mona on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 07:27

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Those disguises don't fool me. It is all you! Don't wanted to be treated this away.Nice cover :)
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Submitted by BrotherSean on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 14:40

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LOL. Thanks for the compliment. Not trying to trick anyone. Wardrobe changes are a result of it taking me days to capture a decent take of each instrument. Take care and thanks again for commenting!