Mickey Hart is Cosmic

Mickey Hart - the drummer of the Grateful Dead - is on tour. The Mickey Hart Band started their tour  in Eugene Oregon a few days ago. Mickey and his band will continue their tour around the northwest then down to the southwest to the rocky mountains and through the midwest. Believe it or not, Mickey Hart Band is even traveling to my old stomping grounds - White River Junction, Vermont @ Tupelo Music Hall.

Mickey is also looking for volunteers to become apart of the Stellar Crew to help spread the beat of his tour.

A Streamer's Choice - 1976

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There was an inexplainable mix up in last week's vote. Perhaps it's the effect of Mercury moving retrograde, a hanging chad, human corruption, or a technological glitch - who knows. In analyzing the Streamer's Choice vote from last week, it is quite apparent that there was an oversight. The 1976 show IS the actual winner and is the rightful choice for the featured show on Shakedown Stream - mvyradio.com. A ruling by the US Supreme Court is not necessary. We will handle the situation amicably and feature it on next week Stream. Streamer's Choice continues into December with Volume 4 of the Download Series - 1976. Peace, Jer Bear

Dead Music for Movies?

The Grateful Dead will allow access to their rather extensive archive of music for movies. It is the first time that such an arrangement has been made possible by the boys. A movie featuring the Grateful Dead music is in the works. 


Click http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/grateful-dead-ICM-narrative-film-263674 to read the full article. 

The Streamer's Are Voting

... and swirling to the music of the Grateful Dead. That's the Deal for the month of November on mvyradio's Shakedown Stream - a Grateful Dead podcast. For the past three weeks - in celebration of the supporters of Shakedown Stream - Jer Bear has been posting a selection of live Dead shows for the supporters to vote for. Last week's vote included a recent Furthur show from New Hampshire - it won the most votes and was featured on this week's Stream. The momentum is growing - every week is receiving more and more votes. Join us for another round of voting with a new selection of shows from Legion of Mary, RatDog and of course, the Grateful Dead. Peace, JerBear

Phil Lesh scraps plans for Terrapin

"Phil Lesh scraps plans for Terrapin Crossroads music hall in Fairfax," says recent headline  in Marin Independent Journal posted 11/08/11 by Richard Halstead. I have mentioned Phil's plan to have a barn-type studio where he could jam, much like Levon Helm's in upstate New York. Unfortunately, it does not look like it is going happen. Read the whole article to find out more (click here). 

Streaming in Scotland

We have a friend and fellow streamer from Scotland. Check out what he had to say in his email to Jer Bear - the host of mvyradio's Grateful Dead show "Shakedown Stream" 

Jer Bear,
Discovered the Stream June of this year - pick up the podcasts here in Scotland. Love the length and the comments by your good self. You are basically my soundtrack to the weekend.

Saw Grateful Dead in England (Bickershaw Festival) in 1971 or 1972, in Edinburgh around 1980 and again at Wembley Arena England 1990. Still a few Deadheads in this part of the world

Thanks for keeping it going.
Gordon 
Galashiels , Scotland

Paradise Waits in 1984

The featured show this week on Shakedown Stream is the 2nd night of a three night run at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA. Last week, we enjoyed the 1st night - Friday the 13th with a full moon with a Dark Star encore - How Sweet It Was! WE go forward to the next night with a Help>Slip>Franklin's 2nd set opener and special guest Matt Kelly on harmonica. 

This show does not receive great reviews, but may reflect some tiredness from Jerry and the Boys from the night before. However, we are still in the Scarlet>Fire - Help>Slip>Franklin's - China>Rider reverie this month. 

What kind of deadhead are you? 

A real truth is never based on facts or labels anyway. The Truth is a plural - ongoing changing thing. The conversation continues to expand.

The Eyes have it !

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Eyes have it! Please join me once again for another episode of Shakedown Stream on mvyradio.com. The last episode of our theme of "Eyes of the World" features another Grateful Dead show from 1973; the first year that Eyes of the World was displayed for the masses. The theme developed on its own in much the same fashion as the Stream itself - it breathes and pulsates to its own inner rhythms. 

We started with a show from February 1973 and then moved to a show from March 1973. This week, expect a show from April 1973 - one that possesses one of the great early versions of Eyes of the World. Listen! and then wake up to find out you are the Eyes of the World. You always have been, now you know it and, for heaven's sake, try not to forget it. Maybe somewhere down the road, we will theme Eyes again and focus on 1974, but for now ...

Shakedown Stream

mvyradio.com & iTunes

Tuesday @ 5pm - Beach Time

Wake Up!!!

Eyes !

"There comes a redeemer
and he slowly too fades away
There follows a wagon behind him
that's loaded with clay
and the seeds that were silent
all burst into bloom and decay
The night comes so quiet
and it's close on the heels of the day" (2nd Verse of Eyes of the World)

"Pure Jerry" - Part 2

"Might As Well" take that ride again. Join us for episode 2
of Pure Jerry. It will be more of the same, but different.

August 9th is the anniversary of Jerry Garcia's death, therefore, this show will have a more somber tone to it. Yet, look forward to "mini sets", sparkling gems representative of Jerry Garcia's style and brilliance.

Shakedown Stream
mvyradio.com & iTunes
Tuesday @ 5pm - Jerry Time
"Shine On, keep on shining, shine on.

Furthuring and Streaming

         Hey JerBear,
       This is Walter in New York and I'm writing in for the first time. I've been tapped into the stream since summer of '09 and have listened religiously ever since. I just wanted to say that shakedown stream is always one of the highlights of my week. This summer I'm taking classes at SUNY Geneseo, a college near Rochester. I just got my Further tickets this week for the July 26, (this coming tuesday), show and I couldn't be more excited. The first place I heard that they were playing near me was on the stream when you read the summer tour dates. It's that funny named town that was giving you problems, Canandaigua, that I have tickets for. It is so hard to say and spell that it's somewhat of a running joke for people who live around here. The easy explanation is to say it like this: cannon like a war cannon, day, and gwuh. Cannondaygwuh is how it should be spelled. 
       Anyway, thanks for all the streams, they never fail to satisfy my dead fix. My buddies and I will be listening to the new stream on tuesday afternoon as we prepare for the show and we'd love to hear a good long Franklin's Tower this week. Maybe you could even send the formidable vibes at the control of the stream towards Further and see if we can coax a Franklins out on tuesday night aswell. 
Thanks for doin what you do and keep on streamin my friend, 
   Sincerely,
    Walter in NY

The Furthur Band is on tour. They have played New England - The Gathering of the Vibes on Friday night - and are moving their way southward down the East Coast. The show I saw last Thursday night in Mansfield, Mass (Comcast Center) displayed to a plumb, the familiar musical bond between Phil & Bobby, but also the very exceptional musicianship between the new guys; Kadlecick (lead guitar-vocals), Chimenti (keyboards-vocals) and Russo (drums). Here is the set list from Saturday night:

Mann Music Cetner 
PHILadelphia 
7/23/2011 

Set I: 
Sitting on Top of the World 
Greatest Story Ever Told 
High on a Mountain 
When I Paint My Masterpiece 
Reuben & Cerise > 
Loser 
The Last Time 
Quin the Eskimo! 

Set II: 
Shakedown Street > 
Women Are Smarter 
Any Road 
Playing In The Band > 
Help On The Way > 
Slipknot! > 
Franklin's Tower > 
Playin' Reprise... 
Death Don't Have No Mercy > 
In The Midnight Hour 

Encore: Donor Rap 
Fool In The Rain > 
One More Saturday Night