David Hardy Lemieux (born November 8, 1970) is an audio and film

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. He is a

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, and

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Award voting member. He is the audiovisual archivist and legacy manager for the Grateful Dead.

Education

Lemieux is originally from

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, Canada, and was educated at

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World ...

in Ottawa (BA in history),

Concordia University Concordia University ( French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the t ...

in Montreal (BFA in film studies) and the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

in Norwich, UK (MA in film archiving).

Grateful Dead

He has been working as the

Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, Folk music, folk, country music, country, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, ...

's audiovisual archivist and CD/DVD producer since September 1999. He was put in charge of the Grateful Dead's vault after the August 1999 passing of original Grateful Dead tape archivist

Dick Latvala Dick Latvala (26 July 1943 – 6 August 1999) was an American tape archivist for the Grateful Dead. He started the CD series ''Dick's Picks'', a series that selects live music from Grateful Dead concerts. The first volume of ''Dick's Picks'' w ...

. With his producing partner, and long-time Grateful Dead studio engineer, Jeffrey Norman, Lemieux has produced scores of Grateful Dead CD and DVD releases since 2000. The '' Dave's Picks'' series is titled after Lemieux.Eisen, Benjy (October 24, 2011)
"Grateful Dead Archivist David Lemieux Announces New Live Series"
''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved January 28, 2014. He has also produced several CD releases by

Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...

. Lemieux hosts a daily radio show on

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(Channel 23)/

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(Channel 6023), ''Today in Grateful Dead History'', in which he selects a segment of music from that day in the Grateful Dead's history and explains its historical context and other information relating to the selection.

Other

Lemieux is also the editor of the

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' quarterly Newsletter. He is on the board of directors of the

Victoria Film Festival The Victoria Film Festival is a publicly attended film festival in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada running for ten days in February. The festival shows both Canadian and international films and unreels 150 films with 55 Features on 6 screens ...

in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where he has been on the programming committee since 2003, and for which he writes film notes for the festival's official programme guide.

References

* Selvin, Joel
"Every Single Note of Dead's Famous 4-night Run is Finally Out in a CD Set; Good Luck Finding It"
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'', November 8, 2005 *Schiesel, Seth
"Jerry Garcia: The Man, the Myth, the Area Rug"
''

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'', August 9, 2005 *Times Peopl
photo of David Lemieux
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'', August 9, 2005 *Jurgensen, John
"Grateful Dead Profits are Far from Moribund"
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'', August 27, 2000 *Gatta, John Patrick
"Truckin' Up To Buffalo (Part One of an Interview with Grateful Dead Archivist David Lemieux)
Jambands.com, July 9, 2005 *Gatta, John Patrick
"The Houseboat Tapes, the Fillmore Box and Listening Forward (Part Two of an Interview with Grateful Dead Archivist David Lemieux)"
Jambands.com, August 9, 2005 *Levy, Eric

''The Music Box'', February 2002 *Levy, Eric

''The Music Box'', March 2002 *Levy, Eric

''The Music Box'', May 2002 *Elkin, Sam
"Opening the Dead's Vault: David Lemieux"
JamBase, December 16, 2004 *"Ground Zero: Inside the Grateful Dead Vault", ''

Relix ''Relix'', originally and occasionally later ''Dead Relix'', is a magazine that focuses on live and improvisational music. The magazine was launched in 1974 as a handmade newsletter devoted to connecting people who recorded Grateful Dead concert ...

'', April 2001 *Bowman, Samantha
"Sirius' Grateful Dead Channel to Celebrate its One Year Anniversary"

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