David Lemieux (archivist)

David Lemieux
Origin	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Rock
Occupation(s)	Audio and video archivist Record producer Legacy manager

David Lemieux at Soldier Field in Chicago prior to the final Fare Thee Well concert in 2015

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]

Education

Lemieux is originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and was educated at Carleton University in Ottawa (BA in history), Concordia University in Montreal (BFA in film studies)^[2] and the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK (MA in film archiving).

Grateful Dead

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 48 of the Dead's record-setting 62 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 had never done before in any capacity. In his first two years of competitive running from May 2022 to November 2024, Lemieux completed five marathons (including his first World Major Marathon, the New York City Marathon), 15 half marathons, and several 10K races. Lemieux is vegan.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Paumgarten, Nick (2012-11-26). "Deadhead". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
2. Debbie Hum, "The Music Makers" Archived 2014-03-18 at the Wayback Machine, Concordia University Magazine, June 2004.
3. Eisen, Benjy (October 24, 2011). 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.

• Selvin, Joel. "Every Single Note of Dead's Famous 4-night Run is Finally Out in a CD Set; Good Luck Finding It", San Francisco Chronicle, November 8, 2005
• Schiesel, Seth. "Jerry Garcia: The Man, the Myth, the Area Rug", The New York Times, August 9, 2005
• Times People photo of David Lemieux, The New York Times, August 9, 2005
• Jurgensen, John. "Grateful Dead Profits are Far from Moribund", Los Angeles Times, 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. "Interview from the Vault: A Conversation with David Lemieux (Part 1)", The Music Box, February 2002
• Levy, Eric. "Interview from the Vault: A Conversation with David Lemieux (Part 2)", The Music Box, March 2002
• Levy, Eric. "Interview from the Vault: A Conversation with David Lemieux (Part 3)", 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, April 2001
• Bowman, Samantha. "Sirius' Grateful Dead Channel to Celebrate its One Year Anniversary", Reuters, September 2, 2008
• David Lemieux at AllMusic