Shakedown Stream T-Shirts!!

Spring will be arriving in a few days and it will be time to start wearing T-Shirts again. As some of you know, there are no commercials or sponsors on the Stream. 100% of our support comes from Deadheads like you.
If you like the podcast, show your support by making a tax deductible
donation to www.friendsofmvyradio.org. For our Spring 2010 fundraiser, we
have something new. If you donate 125 dollars, we'll say thank you by
sending you a 100% organic "Friend of the Devil - Friend of mvyradio"
t-shirt. Every donation, whatever the size, will help us out.
Thanks.

Happy Birthday Phil!!

How many Rock n' Roll bass players do you know that are 70 years old. How many do you know that are still jamming? Or who are still touring? Unbelievable.

Last night, Phil Lesh & Bobby Weir with their "hot hand" band Furthur celebrated Phil's 70th birthday in San Francisco. They were joined by Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes, Jackie Greene & Steve Molitz and John Molo too (Friends of Phil Lesh & Friends). The played all the good tunes. They opened with an acoustic set and then 2 electric sets. It was a New Year's Dead show.

I am proud to be a deadhead. I am proud that my bass player from my favorite band is still doing it and doing it right. Happy Birthday Phil!!!!!!! Peace - Jer Bear

Furthur & Friends
Phil Lesh's 70th Birthday Bash
03/12/2010
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
A Benefit Concert for the Unbroken Chain Foundation
Proceeds to support Haitian Earthquake Relief

Set 1 Acoustic:
Phil Lesh (on Ritter bass)
Bob Weir
John Kadlecik
Jeff Chimenti
Jay Lane
Sunshine Becker
Zoe Ellis
Steve Molitz
Chris Robinson
Jackie Greene

Ripple (BW)
Lazy River Road (JK)
(Bobby says were gonna do yet another tune in the key of G)
Peggy-O (CR)
Two Souls in Communion (CR)
Brokedown Palace (JG)
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (BW)
They Love Each Other (CR)
Mountains of the Moon (PL)
Attics of My Life (All)

Set 2:
Phil Lesh
Bob Weir
John Kadlecik
Joe Russo
Jeff Chimenti
Jay Lane
Sunshine Becker
Zoe Ellis
Jackie Greene
Chris Robinson

Scarlet Begonias (JG)
Minglewood Blues (BW)
Easy Wind (CR) >
New Speedway Boogie (JG)
Viola Lee Blues V1 (All) >
High Time (CR) >
Caution Jam >
Viola Lee Blues V2 (All) >
Hard To Handle (CR)
Viola Lee Blues V3 (All) >
Like A Rolling Stone (CR) >
Sugaree (CR)

Set 3:
Phil Lesh
Bob Weir
John Kadlecik
Joe Russo
Jeff Chimenti
Sunshine Becker
Zoe Ellis
John Molo
Steve Molitz
Jackie Greene

Not Fade Away Jam (w/parade of floats) >
Happy Birthday, Dear Phil! (w/balloon drop) (All, including audience and us) >
Not Fade Away Jam >
meltdown >
break/popping balloons >
Playin in the Band (BW) >
Other One Jam >
Jam >
St. Stephen (All) >
Other One (BW) >
Elevator >
Unbroken Chain (PL)
Comes a Time (CR) >
Cream Puff War (CR) (go-go dancers on stage) >
Franklin's Tower (PL)
Donor Rap
Johnny B. Goode (BW)

Grateful Dead with the Queen

I have decided to call it for the Queen. With 15 hours to go before the Shakedown Stream poll closes, it is safe to say that the London, England show from the famed Europe '72 tour is the chosen one. Yes, it is what the hardcore Streamers have been waiting for and their wish has come true. This week on Shakedown Stream, we are featuring the 5/23/72 show from The Strand Lyceum in London.

It is all very sophisticated and civilized. Tea and crumpets will be served with the Queen, of course. Who knows, she may bless us with a visit to the mvyradio studio.

...to Shakedown Stream podcasters:

A note from mvyradio Program Director PJ Finn, to Shakedown Stream
podcasters:

We've been experiencing some technical difficulty with our ability to
automatically upload the Shakedown Stream podcast to iTunes, and the
iPhone App. As this will take a few days to resolve itself, and we hate
to make you wait, I encourage you to download this week's episode from the
link below.

Shakedown Stream for March 9th, 2010

I personally apologize for the convenience.

PJ Finn
Program Director
mvyradio
pj@mvyradio.com

The Streamers have voted!!

Brent Mydland's last show with the Grateful Dead - 7/23/90 - was selected by the fans to be the featured show this week on Shakedown Stream. I know some of you were hoping to get another show or another year to be voted in as the featured show this week, however, something happened. Believe it or not, there were some concerted orchestration by some deadheads to sway this election toward a desired outcome. Here are the results:

Tinley Park, IL 7/23/90 - 69 votes (55%)
MSG, NYC 3/9/81 - 10 votes (8%)
Passaic, NJ 6/17/76 - 7 votes (5%)
Roanoke, VA 7/27/74 - 14 votes (11%)
London, UK 5/23/72 - 24 votes (19%)

Every election has an analysis and this one will have one too. Tune in this week for another episode of Shakedown Stream on mvyradio.com and iTunes. We'll also check out some new stuff from the Furthur tour. These guys are hot right now.

Peace - Jer Bear

Pearly Baker Band's 25th !!!

WHAT: The Pearly Baker Band’s 25^th Anniversary Celebration to benefit the United Way Hunger Commission of Southeastern MA.

New Bedford’s own Pearly Baker Band is celebrating 25 years of making music with a special concert at the Zeiterion Theatre – and they want to give back to the community!

All proceeds from this performance will benefit United Way’s Hunger Commission of Southeastern Massachusetts. Senator Mark Montigny is serving as the event chairman and Citizens-Union Savings Bank as the major sponsor.

We’re asking all attendees to bring one non-perishable food item to the event! There will be bins set up in the lobby.

WHEN: Saturday, April 3^rd from 7 – 11pm

WHERE: The Zeiterion Theatre

HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS: Contact the Z either online ( HYPERLINK "http://www.zeiterion.org" www.zeiterion.org), by phone (508-994-2900), or in person at the box office. Tickets are $15 each.

CONTACT: On the day of the event, contact Caroline Cuccia at 508-525-6750 (United Way) or Mike Mahoney at 508-717-2793 (Pearly Baker).

Vote for the Stream

It's audience participation time on Shakedown Stream. Every week during the entire month of March, there will be a list of Grateful Dead shows here to vote for. This week's winner was from Tinley Park, IL in 1990. The level of participation was awesome. Look for the poll in the upper right hand corner of this blog page, and vote for your favorite show. Runner-up shows remain on the list, and every week 1 more will be added. (Click on the image for last week's set list)

Also, check out the latest stuff coming out of Phil & Bobby's Furthur tour.

Peace - Jer Bear

Furthur into to Mass

Phil & Bobby tripped Furthur into Mass last night. They played in Amherst, Mass. The Grateful Dead only performed one time in Amherst (UMASS - 5/21/79) during their 30 year run. Therefore, it is quite a big deal for them to bring the sound and tripsters back together in this progressive and hip college town. Check out the set list:

February 19, 2010
Mullins Center @ Univ. of Mass.
Amherst, MA

Set 1: Jam>
Not Fade Away>
Althea>
All New Minglewood Blues
Dire Wolf, Friend of the Devil
Cassidy, Casey Jones

Set 2:Lost Sailor>

Saint of Circumstance

New Speedway Boogie>

Drums> King Solomon's Marbles

Caution (Do Not Step On Tracks>

Dark Star> Other One>

Let It Grow> Not Fade Away

Donor Rap

E: Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Furthur to Cornell

Phil & Bobby have taken the tour Furthur to Cornell Univ. After beginning their tour in Miami and playing venues in the South, they finally made it to the Northeast - the finger lakes region of upstate New York. Barton Hall is the site of the famed Grateful Dead show of 5/8/77 where they played one of the most popular Dead shows of all time. Tonight they broke out Morning Dew which they also played back in '77. The above photo shows the "savage" John Kadlecik belting it out - maybe it is him singing Morning Dew. Below is the set list of tonight's show. Happy Valentine's Day everybody.

Barton Hall
Ithaca, NY 2/14/10
Set 1:
Midnight Hour>
They Love Each Other
Beat It On Down The Line
Tennessee Jed
Peggy-O
Looks Like Rain
Sugaree
Good Lovin'
Set 2:
Uncle John's Band
Peaceful Valley
Ashes and Glass
Unbroken Chain
Morning Dew
Other One
China Cat Sunflower
Standing on the Moon
I Know You Rider
Encore:
Donar Rap
Samson and Delilah

Furthur on the Strean

This week on Shakedown Stream, we will continue with the Texas theme for the month of February. Last week we featured the Grateful Dead in Houston from 1977. This week we will feature the Dead at Manor Downs, Austin, TX on July 4th, 1981. It is a classic from this time period and sweet sounding too. I will also stream some of the newest music from the Furthur tour - the boys down South where it just snowed - how weird. "It is a Stream beyond description."

Episode #111 - Dead Scraps

Last week's episode of Shakedown Stream (click on image to enlarge) had a different type of theme. Instead of playing a complete Grateful Dead show, I gathered together some of my "Dead Scraps" and put them on the Stream.

Many of us DeadHeads have many tidbits of incomplete shows. For example, the recent "Road Trips" release from Rhino records of 12/28/79, Oakland, CA. I possessed a cassette tape of the 2nd set of that show for years. I always wanted the 1st set, but for some reason, I could never get my hands on it. The thing is, many of my Dead Scraps are awesome, but because they are incomplete, they will not ever be featured on Shakedown Stream.

For instance, I have had part of 9/19/70 Fillmore East for many years, as so many other DeadHeads, but was not sure when I would have had the opportunity to stream it on mvyradio.com. It is so good and juicy that it deserves to have its' due. Also, I included the soundcheck of 2/22/74 from Winterland Arena. Some of the songs such as It Must of Been the Roses are new tunes for the Dead.

The rest of the month of February will feature Grateful Dead shows from the state of Texas. See ya next week - Jer Bear