Those March Winds

The March Dead of '88 - that is our theme for this month. The first episode of the month is the 2nd show of a three night run in Oakland, CA - the backyard of the Dead. This show in particular has a special guest Hamza El Din who joins Mickey and Billy on drumz in the 2nd set. This may be auspicious due to the changes we are witnessing in the middle east. Also, we will hear the 1st version of Bobby singing Dylan's "Memphis Blues Again" in the 1st set. These shows are much shorter than usual, therefore, we will be free to explore some other aspects of our favorite music. Join me this week and every week for a review of the Grateful Dead from March of 1988. Listen for those March winds to blow our troubles away. Shakedown Stream mvyradio.com & iTunes Tuesday @ 5pm EST "...those March Winds will blow are troubles away"

Last Stop in Kansas

"We are not in Kansas anymore" - actually, that is not true, we are. Shakedown Stream - a Grateful Dead radio show & podcast - streams a copious amount of Grateful Dead music every week on mvyradio.com. Sometimes, Jer Bear - the host - will devote a month to a theme (thematic Dead) so as to focus on a particular part of the 30 year jam from the San Francisco scene from the 60s.

As Ken Kesey once said, "I went into this room and ...then government said 'don't let anybody back in that room'." However, Kesey decided to open that room up to everybody and the Grateful Dead played music in that room. It's a big room.

This week we will finish up our foray into "Dead in Kansas". Our featured show this week is a 1991 show from Bonner Springs, Kansas. We will be treated to an awesome opener as Franklin's Tower continues to get its' dew this month - I think it has something to dew with Kansas.

Shakedown Stream
mvyradio.com & iTunes
Tuesday @ 5pm EST
"If you get confused, listen to the music play"

The Living Stream

Hey JerBear. Great to catch up with you on facebook. Growing up as a nubile deadhead in Littleton, NH I used to listen to your show every Sunday night while in high school. I called into your show a couple of times and you were always amazed that I could hear your show outta Dartmouth way up in my neck of the woods. I tell you it truly was a miracle because the only place in the whole town your show would come in was in my bedroom. You served as an inspiration to me. While in college in Quebec I had my very own Grateful Dead show every Wednesday evening for four years. Now I'm a bit older and living down in South Florida. I haven't been to a Dead show in almost two years so listening to your broadcasts helps to keep me sane. I hope you're doing well and I look forward to listening to your podcasts. Keep on truckin' on. Derek ...

Kansas Cities ?

There is a Kansas City, MO and there is Kansas City, Kansas. The city from Missouri is definitely bigger than the one from Kansas. I would have thought it to be just the opposite, but that is me. The Kansas City in Missouri has a population of 2 million, but that includes the surrounding metropolitan area of the city. As a New Englander, I would have to say that is bigger than anything we have going on here, except Boston. It also has a professional baseball team (Kansas City Royals) and a NFL football team (Kansas City Chiefs). It has the cleanest drinking water of any other city in the USA. Now that is something to be proud of – very impressive (how do they do it?). In addition, “The city is famous for 18th Street and Vine where jazz saxophone and composition legend, Charlie Parker (Charles "Yard Bird" Parker, Jr.), rehearsed in an empty lot (Wikipedia).

This week’s Stream featured show hails from Kansas City, Missouri – not Kansas. The show from 1982 is one of my favorites. The 1^st set of this show was a part of my collection that was on a Maxell UDII 45 minute cassette tape for years. Things have changed for the better and now we can hear the whole show – 1^st & 2^nd sets in all its’ glory. However, next week, we will properly get back to the Dead in Kansas theme on Shakedown Stream. Look for it, expect it, anticipate it and plan on it on mvyradio.com.

Dead in Kansas

Kansas (i /ˈkænzəs/) is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States.  It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south wind," although this was probably not the term's original meaning. Residents of Kansas are called "Kansans." Kansas Link

Double Header

The featured show this week on Shakedown Stream will be a double feature. The vote last week was a tie - 34% to 34%. Ergo, we will hear a show from 1969 and 1979. It is only right to play both - a true Streamer's Choice. Last week I spaced out and did not have a featured show with me in the studio, but, then again,  it was a tie between Modesto, CA ('69) and Kansas City, MO ('79). 

It shall be a Grateful Dead music celebration. There will be plenty of streaming going on. Join us this week for another Stream of Dead

Send Healing Vibes

Hey Jer Bear, 

On December 10th I wrecked badly while riding my bicycle. I have know idea what caused the wreck, but I think it was just user error. 

I was found laying face down, unconscious, and bleeding from my head. A passing motorist stopped and called for help. I was life-flighted to the hospital, where I was later told that I had a fractured skull, and 2 fractured vertebrae(C1+C2). 

Yesterday I had a follow up visit, and the doctor told me there was no noticeable improvement(after 6 weeks). now I need to get a CT scan, but I'm uninsured, and have no money to pay for it. Everyone keeps telling me that I'm lucky to be alive, but I don't feel that way. 

my only request is for prayers, and positive healing vibes from the stream. the stress of the bills, not knowing if I'm going to heal, and watching myself go broke is really gettting me down. 

Keep streaming, it gives me something to look forward to every week. Love & hugs brother, 

Scott  

Boulder City, Nevada 

BTW, if you have a Rueben & Cherise that you feel like playing, I'd love to hear it. 

Streaming Oregon

Hello Jerbear 

I really Loved your Jan 11 show. Veneta was great.  I live in Oregon and I went to that show. It really took me back. But a track you played after the show from 1-16-70 Springer's in Portland really turned me on, I lived about a mile from Springer's and my friends parents owned the place so we were there every weekend. Is there any more from that show - I sure would like to know?  I have been listing to your show for about a month now, I love it - it has become part of my routine now and I really can feel the Vibe. 

Keep up the great work - Bruce

Feeling the Love

Jer - Bear, Feeling the love 2011!!!

Well thank you for what you do!! Your show has put me back on the team so to speak. The 12/28 show was the warm up while driving up the coast from San Diego to S.F. Listening to the killer Elvin Bishop / Jerry jam that got me pumped up, and ready for the 30/31st New Year’s Shows.



Then these shows were the tapered performance…. What an experience (By the way) the 30th being my birthday ….which was my girlfriends gift to me. The 31st show that included a parade lead by an elephant and a trailing dancing bear, all to be followed by a great countdown to New Years, then into a “we love you” ? A song that I had never herd before!!!!. These shows all left us smiling and happy. Feeling the love, heading further into a New Year.



Then the cool down, your show on 1/4/11 the replaying of some of the NYE music we had just listened to and the Raven all while returning home to San Diego. I just want to say thank you for your time and your show . Double twist when you hit the air.

Streaming Healing Music

Dear Jerbear,

I'm a native Californian, 29 years old, living in New Zealand. I've been listening to your show since November and absolutely love it. Kiwis don't really know who the Dead are, and having this show to tune into really brings a piece of home and our culture back into my heart.

In December, I had what was supposed to be a minor ankle surgery for a very rare disease. I'm a month into recovery, and for the first 15 days I was completely laid up. I really feel I would have lost my mind had it not been for your show. It never ceased to put a smile on my face even during the most tumultuous times of the healing process. I'm a firm believer in a positive mind leads to improved physical healing. The musical therapy has worked wonders and continues to do so. Thanks a bunch and keep up the good
work.

Sincerely, Will

Vote for Cosmic Joy

It is a "A Streamer's Choice" this month.  January 2011 offers the deadicated listeners of the Grateful Dead to choose the featured show this week on mvyradio's Shakedown Stream.  Vote for one of the four Dead shows from the summer of 1982.  The most popular show will magically delight our musical funny bones and scratch our aching hearts with cosmic love music. 

What will happen? who knows? Most of the universe is made up of stuff that we've never seen. Crazy, why oh why is so much stuff concealed from us humans? Some say Shakedown Stream has a way of unlocking the forgotten mystic joy bones so we can ride on that Dark Star. 

Only way one to find out - click on Shakedown Stream every week and remember what you always knew.  Peace - Jer Bear