David Hardy Lemieux (born November 8, 1970) is an audio and film
archivist. He is a
Grammy,
Juno, and
Gemini Award voting member. He is the audiovisual archivist and legacy manager for the Grateful Dead.[1]
He has been working as the
Grateful Dead'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. Lemieux has produced scores of Grateful Dead CD and DVD releases since 2000, including more than 40 Billboard Top 40 albums. The Dave's Picks series is titled after Lemieux.[3] He has also produced several CD releases by
Jerry Garcia.
Lemieux hosts a daily radio show on
The Grateful Dead Channel on
SiriusXM Satellite Radio (Channel 23)/
Dish Network (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. He has hosted and produced more than 5,500 shows since its debut in September 2007.
Personal
When Lemieux turned 51 in 2021, he began running, which he'd never done before in any capacity. In his first 18 months of competitive running from May, 2022 to October, 2023, Lemieux has completed two marathons, 10 half marathons, and several 10K races.[citation needed]
^Eisen, Benjy (October 24, 2011). Additionally, Lemieux has produced seven Grammy-nominated boxed sets, including one Grammy-winning boxed set, Madison Square Garden 1981-1982-1983.
"Grateful Dead Archivist David Lemieux Announces New Live Series", Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 28, 2014.