The Forgotten Download Series

The final installment for the month of April will feature Volume 1 of the Grateful Dead's download series recorded on 4/30/77. I always wondered why they stopped doing these monthly audio downloads - they were fun. These download series were the last things the Grateful Dead put out before Rhino Records took over the important job of releasing live Dead material.

I have not listened to this show in a long time so it will be good to do a review - a listening party of sorts. This show was from the epic Spring 77 run of shows, recorded at the Palladium in NYC.

What:  Shakedown Stream
Where: mvyradio.com
When: Tuesday - 5pm (eastern time)

The Dead vs. Fleetwood Mac

You should judge for yourself - as always - and make your own determination if you think the Grateful Dead stole from Fleetwood Mac. I think the notion is laughable, especially after you watch and listen to the two songs. Frankly, I think the Dead play much better than the other band. Click this link and check it out > The Dead vs. Fleetwood Mac.

Another show has been added to Furthur's summer 
tour - Ottowa, Canada > Furthur.net.

Also, back by popular demand, the set list for this 
week's Shakedown Stream. Observe by clicking the 
jpeg image in the upper right.

A New Furthur Show announced

Phil & Bobby have added another show to their Furthur summer tour (click the link to see more). I am not sure if I am offending the other band members by saying Phil & Bobby with their Furthur band. I do it so it is clear to those who may not be in the know, yet, I think I can stop saying it now. One of the hopes that deadheads have voiced is see Furthur play Red Rocks this fall. Also, their other hopes are for them to play more of the summer festivals. It is clear that everyone wants more and more.

Furthur.net

Billy & Mickey drumming this July

Looks like Billy & Mickey are going to play this summer. They have put together a re-incarnation of Rhythm Devils. Check out their tour schedule for the month of July:

http://www.dead.net/features/road/rhythm-devils-announce-july-dates

Peace - Jer Bear

Back to Basics

Back to Basics

The featured show for this week will take us back to the things that I know and truly understand. 4/20/83, 27 years ago, the Grateful Dead in Providence, Rhode Island blew my mind - literally. This show represents a pivotal point in my life. I lost my car, the horses had cops on their backs, the best BERTHA - ever (Bobby knocking them down like bowling pins) walking and following the colored lines all night long through the streets of Providence and, most importantly, I met the irreprehensible Colonel Mohabie.

Also, it was Unbroken Jane's very first Dead show.

Sometimes, I just gotta pull my favorite Dead b-legs off the shelf and play them like I used to - Back to the Basics.

What: Shakedown Stream
Where: mvyradio.com
When: Tuesday - 5pm (eastern time)
How: Open Your Heart to Grace

Featured Show for April 13th

The month of April is taking on a different twist for the featured shows for Shakedown Stream. Last week we featured Phil & Bobby w/ Furthur in Chicago from their latest tour. Instead of the customary full featured show, this week we will jam out to the Greatest Hits of the Road Trips Volume 2 series. This series of releases includes "MSG September '90", "Carousel 2.14.68", "Wall of Sound", "Cal Expo '93".

I have played various songs from each of these beautiful releases, but I have yet to give them their due. It is now time. I always try to be respectful and mindful of the Grateful Dead and Rhino Records’ efforts to sell these releases. Ergo, I do not blatantly play them in their entirety. Hey, I am so happy that Rhino and the Dead are doing these releases I MIGHT AS WELL be cool about it.

I think enough time has elapsed that we can have a nice little jam party on the Stream this week with the four Road Trips.

Check it all out on Shakedown Stream on mvyradio.com.

Tuesday at 5pm eastern time.

Peace - Jer Bear

Top Ten Grateful Dead Songs

What are your top ten all time favorite Grateful Dead songs? Have you ever thought about it?

Some months ago, on one of the episodes of Shakedown Stream I was talking about an article I read somewhere on the internet about the Grateful Dead - one of many. The article ended with the writer's top ten list of favorite Grateful Dead songs. Included in the list was the song "Rosemary" for which I made fun of.

My observation became a point of interest for many listeners of Shakedown Stream. I even asked Streamers to offer up their own top ten list and received a flurry of top ten lists. I keep receiving top ten lists, week after week. It is awesome. Somebody even put together an excel spreadsheet for me track all the lists. We will be able to calculate what the top ten of the top ten lists. Deadheads are crazy and way "into it."

What is your top ten favorite Grateful Dead songs? (jerbear@mvyradio.com)

Furthur on the Stream

Episode #120 of Shakedown Stream this week will go even Furthur. Many Streamers, railers, spinners, wharf rats, and devotees have asked me to play this show - 3/3/10. The 2nd night in Chicago is the stand out show from this tour. I may be wrong or I may be missing some others, but, for now - this is the show. Everybody is talking about it. I listened to it on a sunny shiny Saturday morning on my porch while eating Pear waffles drinking organic coffee with silky soy milk and listening to the 1st set of the 2nd night show.

I was quite blown. For sure. Indeed. It twas, dare I say, what Veneta was to Sunshine Daydream and nudity - this show is to Health Care Reform in my lifetime.

So, anyway, rarely do I go off script from the format, but this week we will feature Furthur in all its' glory.

Tuesday at 5pm (eastern time) April 6th on mvyradio.com.

Peace - Jer Bear

Where are we going this week ...?

The fans selected 6/17/76 of Passaic, NJ as the featured show for this week. With over 100 votes cast on ShakedownStream's blog page, this show barely beat out the '74 show. Either way, we were going to have a an awesome featured show this week.

The month of March was devoted to the polling/voting theme. It was a cool way for Streamers to get involved and determine the direction of their show. Shakedown Stream is a Grateful Dead podcast show hosted by a fan for the fans. No one thing is greater than the other - just a piece of a larger whole.

Join me this week for another episode of Shakedown Stream on mvyradio.com this Tuesday at 5pm (eastern time).

Also, you may hear some old crusty Grateful Dead, Pig Pen, something acoustic, tracks from the recent Furthur tour '10 and whatever else that may flow into the Stream.

Peace, Jer Bear

Jay Lane leaves Furthur to Go Primus

In a story first reported by Welcome to Now, Phil Lesh has confirmed that Jay Lane has left Furthur to re-join Primus. Phil took to the PhilZone message board this evening to explain the move…

“Over the past year, both Jill and I have come to know and love Jay for the great guy that he is. At the end of our tour he rode back on Bob’s bus and informed Bob that he had an opportunity to play drums with Primus. He and Bob discussed it, and they decided that the logical time to make the change would be after the birthday show. I only found out about this the day before the show; as their relationship goes back a long way, I told them both then that I support any decision they might make. I will miss Jay’s enthusiasm and ebullience; he’s a great guy to hang and play music with.”

Phil went on to answer a number of questions from fans in the thread and mentioned that both he and GD/Furthur band mate Bob Weir think that proceeding with one drummer – Sir Joe Russo – would be best. He also mentioned that we should keep our eyes on the Furthur website tomorrow for more information on the Furthur Festival. As for Jay Lane, he was an original member of Primus who left the band in 1989. He later joined up with the original Primus lineup in 1994 for an album released under the Sausage moniker. There’s been no official announcement from the Primus camp and there no confirmed Primus dates on the docket as of yet.

Dead Head Alert

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