Bobby's Back !!

WE all certainly had a little scare the other night seeing Bobby Weir fall down, but, no worries, because he's BACK!! Like I said, he is a bright light in the Dead world, burning that big ole candle for all of US. Furthur played in Atlantic City, NJ this Saturday night - everything looks good. Check out Relix's brief report and video footage of Bobby and the boys. "Make good money $5 a day."

"Bob Weir returned to the stage with Furthur last night in Atlantic City, NJ and by all accounts he was in fine form. Following Thursday night’s show at the Capitol Theatre when he was forced to leave the stage late in the second set, reportedly due to complications associated with medicating a sore shoulder, Weir appeared to the resounding cheers of the audience at Boardwalk Hall. He then took a an active role from start as the show opened with “Jack Straw,” in which he shared vocals. He remained an active presence throughout the night, as if to demonstrate his health and vitality." (Relix Article)

Bob Weir Fell Down

"Easy to Slip - Easy to fall" - by now, we have all heard throughout the deadhead community, that Bob Weir fell down on stage during last night's show. Yes, it is true. Bobby fell down while Furthur was playing Unbroken Chain in the 2nd set at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. It was the last night of a multiple run of shows at the famed theatre. Apparently, Bobby was not doing too well from the beginning of the show, however, it was not clear what was up. Sometimes the guys have off nights, but in the 2nd set, as the YouTube video indicates, Bobby starting slumping, getting wobbly, falling into Johnny K and then he hit the ground. He was helped up by stage hands and placed into a chair. Quite frankly, it did not look good. Kinda scary. 

The rumor is that he took some Ambien - a sleeping pill - for a shoulder injury

that happened earlier in the day. Who knows? I just hope he is okay and it is not serious. We may never know what what really happened - the details or facts. It may not be any of our business. Yet, more importantly, he is our guy, our comrade, the rhythm guitar player and singer of so many of the Grateful Dead songs that we all love. He has been keeping the candle burning for a long time, way past Jerry's death in '95. My thoughts and prayers are with Bobby Weir. Get well and stay well brother - Jer Bear

Rolling Stone article.

The Cap Theatre shows

Furthur's "One More Saturday Night" kicked off the Grateful Dead band's fifth show at The Capitol Theatre last week and delighted the thousands of fans there to soak up the music on that chilly Saturday night.

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This Must Be Heaven

We are moving ahead "a little bit furthur" on Shakedown Stream™. Our next episode this month continues to stream the theme - Grateful Dead from 1987. We will join up with the boys on the West Coast this coming week. There will also be extra treats - JGB from '87 and Dylan & the Dead from the summer of '87. "This must be Heaven ..."

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"If not, I'll Cross the Line"

1987 - We Will Get By!

The year is 1987. The band is the Grateful Dead. The vehicle is Shakedown Stream™. This week we pick up from where we started last week - the Meadowlands, April 1987. We will travel a little bit furthur down the Stream to another time and place - to another venue representing the featured year of 1987. "Touch of Gray" was climbing the top 40 charts; the band was hitting the commercial big time. Other songs like "Black Muddy River," "Push Come to Shove" and "West LA Fadeaway" were being played and played. 

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Join us once again for another journey down the Stream. 

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We Will Survive
We Will Get By

Just Gotta Poke Around

Shakedown Stream™ devotes the entire month of April to the entire year of 1987. It is time to poke around and see what we can discover with the music of Grateful Dead. We have 5 weeks to explore 5 different Live Dead shows from '87, a year yet to be fully featured on Shakedown Stream. Here it comes, get ready and stream on in.

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"Just Gotta Poke Around"

All You Need

"Just a Touch, that's all you gotta have." The second half of our doubleheader this week on Shakedown Stream™ finishes up with the Grateful Dead in London, England. We'll get treated to a serious, grown-up version of Dark Star (not for the faint of heart). This kind of Grateful Dead jamming is for deadheads who enjoy a long, hearty cup of organic dark roast, freshly ground, cradled ina  properly warmed ceramic filter holder before the just-bel ow-boiling temperature water poured over it. Perfection!

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"All You Need

All You Gotta Have"

Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, founding members of the Dead, announced on Friday that their band, Furthur, will do a series of eight concerts at the theater starting on April 16.



In the early 1970s, the Capitol Theater, which at the time was a crumbling movie house, was one of the the Dead’s favorite concert halls because of its unusually good acoustics. The group played 18 concerts there in 1970 and 1971

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Netanyahu & Jerry Garcia

"Scholars of Middle East politics and students of the San Francisco–centered psychedelic-rock movement of the 1960s have for years asked the same vexing question: Just how many degrees of separation exist between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia?"

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Weir Walks off Stage

"In a move the Sweetwater Music Hall's manager called "heartbreaking," Grateful Dead legend and Mill Valley resident Bob Weir walked off the stage at the venue Monday night in the face of unrelenting crowd chatter.

Weir, who was playing a solo acoustic set prior to a performance by his new Ratdog Quartet, walked off angrily in the middle of a rendition of Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall.” The walk-off was preceded by a number of indications that Weir was growing irritated with the chatter, and he asked those engaged in extended conversation if he was interrupting them (5:20 in the video above)."  Read More and See Video

To Lay Me Down

"You are bringing a lot of joy to the ears of my family and me. I'm a longtime fan of the Dead and appreciate Shakedown Stream. My wife and kids love it too. Started going to shows a year after you. I'm emailing because I had never heard the great to lay me down from the New Haven show you recently streamed. I've searched for good versions of that song and they are hard to come by. I'm listening to it now as I work through the late night. I had thought Lake Placid 1983 was the best post-Jai-alai (and post Reckoning) TLMD, but New Haven rivals it. Thank you! "    John and family