Jorma Tickets!! Turning 70 @ the Beacon

Jorma is celebrating his 70th Birthday with Electric Hot Tuna at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. We scored two sets of miracle tickets for this Friday & Saturday night - Dec 3rd & 4th.  A generous fan of Shakedown Stream has donated a pair of tickets to Jorma's birthday bash! Jorma says expect "... many surprise guest appearances"! 


To support your favorite Stream > go to http://www.friendsofmvyradio.org/ and find out how you can get your crazy fingers on these sweet tickets! 


Thank you for your generosity everybody. There are so many ways to support the Stream - Peace - Jer Bear

Dead Boot-legs ... 1978

The "interesting set list" theme for the month brings us to our last installment for November. The featured show for this month - believe it or not - is a Passaic, New Jersey show from November of 1978. I picked this show because of sentimental reasons. 

It was one of the first Dead boot-legs that I heard where they played tunes into each other that I would of have never expected. It turned me on to the Grateful Dead on a deeper level. I know that it is a very popular and probably over played Grateful Dead show, but it has a significant place in my memory banks. Actually, when I first tripped to this show at Peter Coley's house, it was on vinyl - it was 6 records. I loved it and still do. 

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Another One ...

This week's shakedown stream has a sweet set-list, plus a delicious assortment of Grateful Dead songs from the fine gentlemen of San Francisco. There are many twists coming are way.

Join us this week on Shakedown Stream for a special Thanksgiving presentation. Check out the Grateful Dead perform their only gig in El Paso, Texas. Also, we will continue our conversation with Len Dell'Amico sharing his stories about the Dead as well as his new movie "Everything Must Go" (everythingmustgothemovie.

	com). Plus - the 7 Walkers CD (Billy K's new project).

Eclectic-fying set lists

Eclectic-fying set lists are fun. Finding shows with set lists that bend the imagination is a search I enjoy. This week I came upon an '88 show from Chicago that will suffice for this month's theme.

Thatz right - the theme for this month explores interesting variances in the magnetic field within the Grateful Dead world. Some years are better for this theme - like 1985 - however, the performance level may not be what we like.

Nonetheless and furthurmore - the goal is to move the energy and focus around from week to week. Also, we will check out some Jerry Garcia Band, new songs the Furthur shows from their Midwest tour and good 'ole acoustic Grateful Dead.

Peace - Jer Bear

Eclectic Grateful Dead

The eclectic Dead theme for this month is an exploration of various Grateful Dead shows where the set-list is unusual. There is nothing "usual" about Dead music in terms of rock 'n roll - we already know that. However, if you follow the shows from year after year, you can get an idea of what to expect and what is a typical set-list. Yet, from time to time, there are shows that are completely out of the norm.

This week we will travel to the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California from 1985. The set-list is clearly an eclectic arrangement.

Peace - Jer Bear

Ecletic Dead

We have an interesting theme this month. This week's featured show from 1973, will show us the unique interplay of Dead tunes that are not typically played together. For example, we'll hear The Other One go into an Eyes of the World and other songs. This show from San Diego, CA is very sweet.

Also, starting this week, we will start the countdown of Me & My Uncles' from 1967 to the very last one.

Vote Vote

Peace - Jer Bear

Vote Vote Vote Vote, says Bob

Grateful Dead Guitarist Calling Fans Personally, Reminding Them To Vote

Most deadheads are used to listening to Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir live on stage, but a new get out the vote effort will give several fans the chance to hear him live in an entirely different way: on their phones.
HeadCount.org, a nonpartisan group aimed at getting music fans involved in the Democratic process, announced Monday that a dozen musicians will place personal phone calls to their fans urging them to head to the polls.
“Rather than getting a recorded or live call from a politician saying vote for me,’ what we’re going to be dispensing are … live calls saying ‘vote for you,’”  Weir said during a conference call with reporters. 
According to HeadCount.org, those who receive the calls will be from the 25,000 young people who have signed up at concerts or online for the group’s “Pledge to Vote” campaign. 
Country music legend Willie Nelson will be joining Weir, as will Adam Gardner from Guster, Yim Yames from My Morning Jacket and Jon Fishman from Phish.

Playin' Missoula, Montana

The Playing in the Band theme for October has brought us to some sweet shows and some amazing Playin' jams. As we already know, there are over 500 shows to pick from when it comes Grateful Dead shows with Playing in the Band.

This week's featured show takes us to Missoula, Montana 1974. I have always been very fond of this show because I used to have a small part of it on tape for years. Now, we all can enjoy the whole show this week on Shakedown Stream on mvyradio.com.

It is all about the love and we all know how share it on the Stream.
Peace be with you - Jer Bear

Everything Must Go Movie Trailer

7 WALKERS

Famed drummer and Grateful Dead co-founder Bill Kreutzmann, guitar master Papa Mali, legendary New Orleans bass man George Porter Jr. (The Meters, Funky Meters) and multi-instrumentalist Matt Hubbard (Willie Nelson, Fastball), come together as 7 Walkers for their self-titled debut release, due out November 2, 2010 on Response Records. With nearly all of its songs co-penned by Papa Mali and longtime Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, 7 Walkers is an electrifying hybrid of classic Bay Area rock and New Orleans funk.

The highly anticipated release features a batch of brand-new originals, a guest performance by Willie Nelson on “King Cotton Blues,” and a few smokin’ instrumentals. A self-proclaimed “open love letter” to the city of New Orleans, the end result is a fiery and funky collection of tunes that quite brilliantly capture a unique collaboration between these very different musical shamans.

Everything Must Go - Len Dell'Amico

"Everything Must Go" is a new movie directed by Grateful Dead film-maker Len Dell'Amico. It is a weird new comedy about Mac who "after getting fired from his job and losing his girlfriend decides to go on a mission and find some drugs with his slacker friend Bobby. Their mission turns into a bizarre adventure that turns into a big screw up." I think this movie is friggin' funny and the perfect kind of humor for where we are in the crazy world right now. 

Definitely check it out at EverythingMustGoTheMovie.com.

I had the good fortune to discuss Len's new movie recently. We also talked about the environment, windmills and Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. Please join me this week for another long Grateful Dead stream and to hear parts of the interview on Shakedown Stream on mvyradio.com. Right on !! Jer Bear.