LIKE JEHOVAH'S FAVORITE CHIOR!! tHE mUSIC nEVER sTOPPED is an absolute analogy of the connection between the band and their fans. Blues for Allah is pretty high on my list of their studio albums. Many great live recordings to choose from of songs from that album.
@@Scottracine68 Yeah, I agree. And besides being "Jehovah's favorite choir" (BTW, we both tripped up; it should have been "Jehovah's favorite choir"), who will dare say they aren't "the Heart of Gold Band," too? I dare anyone to say they aren't!
@@Scottracine68 Oh, thanks, but I can't blame spell check. I've listened to "The Music Never Stopped" enough times recently that I can only blame momentarily incorrect memory. Oh, well. For what it's worth, November is rapidly approaching, and you do look forward to the yearly 30 Days of Dead, don't you? What can be wrong with thirty free, live Dead tracks, right?
It is disco dead. So was stuff from Go To Heaven. The only way that would be a problem is if someone is one of those homophobic and racist "disco sucks" people.
Jerry heard a Bee Gees record being played at the record store, bought the record and rushed back to the commune to play it for the rest of the band. Resulted in this record.
Help on The Way/Slipnot/Franklin's Tower is the next one by The Grateful Dead you guys should hit. Psychedelic jazz fusion blended with elements of rock and blues.... They're an impossible band to pigeonhole into one style, their catalog is extremely diverse.
Perfect song to pop your Grateful Dead cherry! Got to do a live Shakedown. It’s maybe the deepest “classic rock”rabbit hole you can fall into. Hold the Deadhead’s hand and let them guide you. It’s the deepest trippy maze you will ever walk through.
40 years of touring for me, 150 shows with Jerry Garcia and many others since he passed in 1995. I just saw the current iteration and their final tour of Dead and Company at Fenway Park in Boston the other day, what an amazing show!!! 👍👍👌👌✌✌😃😃
Loved Dead and Company, this was the only tour I missed. Thought the 3 new players meshed well with the old hands and Bob Weir is such a delight at this or any age.
Oh shit fellas..... Had to pause it right there. As a dead head myself, I'm so excited to see if y'all dig this. Shake my bones many a live show to this tune. Enjoy!
The Dead are a pure American band mix rock,jazz,bluegrass,folk,soul. This was there attempt at disco. They had multiple singers and song writers in the band. Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh did the heavy lifting.
The Dead blended so many musical styles: folk, country, psychedelia, rock, bluegrass and a whole lot of jazz. Their live shows were long and amazing, with so many people up and dancing to their chill groove singing along. It was a immersive experience!
You guys have to respond to China Cat Sunflower/ I Know You Rider live from the album Europe 72. That will give you an idea what the greatest jam band ever sounds like live. Like you said they never play the song the same way twice, Shakedown Street live is generally a 10 or 15 minute song.
Yes, they have covered psychedelic rock, country, blues, traditional American music, folk, you name it. This song they released during the disco era, as the band had wanted to release something funky.
I saw them in '66 and '67...I love their first album...there was some straight-ahead rock along with blues, psychedelia, folk...they could do it all...
This song is just one of the numerous styles that the Dead played. They have an amazing repertoire of songs both original and covers and I found this this description on the internet which summarizes what you might hear from them; it could be a "fusion of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music" in any one their song. Anyway too many great songs to list but hopefully you'll be listening to many more of their songs, truly American originals.
Springsteen is another great example of "way better live". I think in the Deads case, they didn't ever know how to make an album. American Beauty tho? Hell of an album. Their best by far. Maybe because unlike the rest of their catalog, it sounds like an actual album and not just a collection of songs.
The Dead incorporate many traditional styles into their music. This song is very "contemporary" and funky for them. When you hear the "right" live stuff from them, you'll be amazed at how they can take a funky little diddy like this, and turn it into a thundering arena shaker... 😳🤯😎🤙
The Dead were chill and groovy, a true phenomenon in the days when creativity and innovation drove the music. Their shows/tours were a colorful carnival that were followed by hundreds of devoted Deadheads year after year. Later jam bands tried to duplicate the vibe, but no band was like the Dead. I was fortunate to have seen them a few times, but not before 1980. Jerry Garcia's soul is greatly missed in our chaotic world. My favorite tune is "Scarlet Begonias." Some members of the Grateful Dead still tour and are worth seeing for the music and the musicianship, let alone the vibe.
Shakedown album was released in 1978. .Much different vibe than most of their songs and they pulled it off for it to be a disco based sound ,it is great.
This is GD stab at radio but still staying true. Seeing them live once gave this metalhead a whole different appreciation of their work. Jerry was still kicking ass & the double drummer setup quenched my rhythmic thirst. Truly an experience I treasured thanks my bass player Joe who loved the band.
As others have said, the meat of the Dead is in their live performances. To that end I'd personally recommend the "Help on the Way/Slipknot/Franklin's Tower" tryptic. A very good version is from their 6/16/1976 show at the Capitol Theater which was simulcast on live radio (th-cam.com/video/eEA5zgNk0ec/w-d-xo.html). As for studio fare, I'd recommend both "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty". These are two classic records of Americana at its best, and the band was very careful and meticulous in the music, recording, and production. These albums include some of the most intricate and cohesive vocal harmonies on any rock record ever.
Working Man's Dead is an excellent album to begin your journey with this iconic band. They could absolutely rock out, but it was more of a funky, bluesy vibe than hard rock.
I went on a tour for a while and travelled with the Dead in the early 90's. After you see a dozen shows you realize just how deep these guys catalog gets, sometimes you never hear them play the same song twice the rest of the year, sometimes you do. If you guys are gonna do more Dead and need a couple suggestions, ANYTHING off Workingman's Dead from 1970 is a banger in my opinion. Especially "Dire Wolf". Thanks for the review guys!
It's high time you guys get involved in the Grateful Dead. Put all else away and enjoy the ride these guys will take you on. Put on Scarlet/Fire Cornell '77 and you'll never look back. Enjoy the subscriber boost as an ancillary benefit too.
I saw about 35 close to 40 shows, you are in for one hell of a ride. The Dead are in a class of their own!!! Going to a Dead show was like Christmas for me 😎🎉.
Jerry is by far the best guitarist ever,....with 9 fingers. Insane groovy style thats genuinely the Greatful Dead. Never been hard rock. Thanks a bunch
They started in "64, I saw them in "94 in Eugene Oregon. Longest concert I've seen. Almost everyone had tents set up to stay the night and see them the next day. Other great ones not on radio to me are, "Cheshire Cat" and "Morning Dew". It was an all day carnival with food, clothes to buy, jewelry, just amazing really...
I got let in a backdoor for this concert on tbis tour. For days people were streaming into town. They played for almost 4 hours. It was wild in the sense I was a sophomore in HS and never been to anything like it.
This was the first track from them that taught me not to pre-judge music. i had always heard their classic tracks on classic-rock radio and sort of knew of the Deadheads and what they were about, but I never actively sought them out. I then came across this track during a late-night Limewire download binge and was kind of blown away. It's completely different than their longer, psychedelic jam tracks that you hear on their live shows. It's more of a conventional pop-song structure with a nice disco beat but it bounces from Phil Lesh's bouncy funk bass and those bright and punchy guitar licks but it flows and transitions so smoothly. Thanks again for a fun reveiw.
Great song to start your journey, gentlemen. This is definitely nodding to Disco and Funk. One of my favorite songs. I love to share music, and see people listen to new things.
In the late 70s&80s There Was 2 Bands You Had to Experience!!!Dead for thier groove&Psychedelic Deal&Dey Had it From Conception to da Day Jerry left us.The Other was Jimmy Buffett Caribbean Soul&Bars@every Entrance,The Reggea&Margarita LET'S HAVE FUN VIBE!SAW BOTH!Met Dead(just Jerry,Brent&Phil)I Saw JB last 8/2&Got my 4th Dance w/Lady Lightning an HR Before Show!!Asked EMT'S to Check BP.Asked if I would sit in Meatwagon.Whats BP?178/97.Laughed&told em it didn't even top My 20!!!&Got a Beer& Loved The Show!!
It started as Mother McCree's Jugtown Champios....becames the Warlocks but there was another band by that name and took the name the Grateful Dead from an Egyption prayer passage. This album was produced by Lowell George a former Mother of Invention and founder of Little Feat
The Dead's live version of songs were often much longer than the studio cuts. At their best they will take you on a journey as they improvise. Some of their stuff is straight American cowboy songs, some free form improvisation, some tender ballads, some blues, some ripping rock, etc
Since you like this, you're gonna love The Jerry Garcia Band!!! They still tour as Melvin Seals and JGB. Melvin is the keyboard player from Jerry's band. Jerry left him the acronym JGB in his will!!! Melvin is awesome and if you have a chance to see them don't miss it!!!👍👍👌👌✌✌😃😃
Americana, LEGENDS. 6/28/92 I got on the bus. They took me so many places, cities, "fuck it, let's go". I was so alive, electric, mrt people from around the world, put of festivals after Jerry passed. React to Dead & Company
For further Grateful Dead songs to check I think you'd really like: Unbroken Chain Terrapin Street (it's a whole album side long) Feel Lke a Stranger Throwing Stones ...and here I'm recommending the studio versions although the live version of Feel Like a Stranger from the album Without a Net is stupendous..
Gents: I would like to suggest a live concert. The Dead is known for their live performances. Cornell University 5/8/77 is renowned for one of their best shows. However one performance I attended 8/8/1982 Apline Valley WISC. with John Cipollina (3rd Guitarist) and Zakir Hussien (3rd Drummer) was a moment I will never forget. The song Not fade away late in the show was crazy. Love your channel.
The bass and the autowah caught my 12yo ear when this came out. I took my hay baling money to the record store to buy it, but the used copy of "Workingman's Dead" for $4 caught my eye, and the rest is history.
This marked a huge change in production. Steve plays all the trackson this groundbreaking release. The textures and way the mixdow.n and mastering was the pivotal point and precursor to what produced Daniel Lanoise. Steve Winwood has been a monster since his work with Spencer Davis. HIS Organ on Hemdrix''s Voodoo Child... Traffic, Blind Faith...he oped for the Grateful first tour after Garcia's death. His Loose Lucy was a the killer😅
Album cover by Gilbert Shelton, creator of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Wonder Warthog, an iconic underground comics artist rivaled only by R. Crumb...
I love R. Crumb's artwork!! Especially the Furry Freak Bros in the "keep on truckin" pose. I have a license plate of that. Back in the day when album art was PART OF the record!! Far out, man✌🏼 Such a GROOVY sound 🎶🎵🎶 Mellow trippin' music.. Loved the comic books!
I love it when a new generation finds my shit. Groove is the key. My old lady used to make fun of me for dancing to the rhythm of music...almost thirty years later, she groove with me, now!
I would still recommend doing the studio versions and every song that you like, then do the live version and you get to see how they play with it. Casey Jones would be a good follow-up to Shakedown, but there are so many great ones to choose from.
1978 was a VERY good guess. When "Shakedown Street" was first released most old school Dead Heads called it "Disco Dead", but after a couple of years it became a crowd favorite. In fact, at my first show, 9/6/80 in Lewiston, Maine, the Dead opened the second set with "Shakedown", and jammed it out for about 14 minutes. Usually it was played in big cities, New York, Philly, Chicago, etc, but the crowd in Maine was loving it. The Dead were never really a "Hard Rock" band more of a Jam band overall, but they played everything from Jazz to Bluegrass to Country to Improv to Straight ahead Rock and Roll, and most things in between. Except Opera. Eventually, the vending area at Dead shows became known as Shakedown Street, just another part of the show.
“The Grateful Dead” are souls or ghosts who are grateful to the living person who finally let them rest (avenged them, or gave them a proper burial etc..anything that let the soul or ghost stop haunting)
I grew up listening to the normal stuff. Mostly rap, and old soul, reggae. I had friend when I was a teenager expose me to The Grateful Dead, and subsequently a few other jam band. That was and still is the only “rock music” I like. The jam bands are cool. The concerts are lit parties
Not bad, and a throwback to one of their very first songs on record: a cover of Dancing in The Streets! The earlier music is more psychedelic drawn out improvisation and bluesy Americana. They were big fans of Coltrane so got into wild improvisations live.
This song is where Queen got the distinctive riff for "Another One Bites the Dust" which was released in 1980 whereas "Shakedown Street" was released in 1978...
Keith last album, and the first not produced by Garcia. They got Lowell George from Little Feat to produce. This was the 1st release on Arista after the failure of the label Grateful Dead Records. Bothe were subsidiaries of Warner Brothers created with help from Clive Davis as vehicles for the Dead.
A short while back the door flung wide We all saw good luck on the other side The door blew shut but here's the deal Dreams are lies, it's the dreaming that's real
I truly believe this is their best album if you like. That sort of thing, the best song on the album. Fire on the mountain also shakedown street. Is pretty funky love that one, too.
Jazz, blues, rock, bluegrass, folk, .... THEY'RE A BAND BEYOND DESCRIPTION.
Indeed, they may have been Jehovah's favorite band (at least by some definition of what's the highest force of the universe).
LIKE JEHOVAH'S FAVORITE CHIOR!! tHE mUSIC nEVER sTOPPED is an absolute analogy of the connection between the band and their fans. Blues for Allah is pretty high on my list of their studio albums. Many great live recordings to choose from of songs from that album.
@@Scottracine68 Yeah, I agree. And besides being "Jehovah's favorite choir" (BTW, we both tripped up; it should have been "Jehovah's favorite choir"), who will dare say they aren't "the Heart of Gold Band," too? I dare anyone to say they aren't!
@@davidjordan2011 I blame spell check, Yup I play in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band...
@@Scottracine68 Oh, thanks, but I can't blame spell check. I've listened to "The Music Never Stopped" enough times recently that I can only blame momentarily incorrect memory. Oh, well.
For what it's worth, November is rapidly approaching, and you do look forward to the yearly 30 Days of Dead, don't you? What can be wrong with thirty free, live Dead tracks, right?
You can’t stay in a bad mood when you’re listening to the Dead. ❤
Only if you’re going down the road feelin’ bad!!! 🎉
mixolydian scale... major and melancholy without being bright.
Oh man, this band has a catalog you are gonna fall into HARD.
100% agree !
In '78, some cynical types referred to this as "Disco Dead".... over time, though, it became a loved part of their catalog.
Yeah that was me but I have to admit I always liked this song
Or Frisco Disco.
It is disco dead. So was stuff from Go To Heaven.
The only way that would be a problem is if someone is one of those homophobic and racist "disco sucks" people.
Yep, hearing this song, when it came out, got me into the Dead, even though I was in the Disco Sucks, frame of mind.
Jerry heard a Bee Gees record being played at the record store, bought the record and rushed back to the commune to play it for the rest of the band. Resulted in this record.
Hitchiked at the age of 16 (1973) to my first rock concert, Grateful Dead in Des Moines, Iowa. Life-changing.
Help on The Way/Slipnot/Franklin's Tower is the next one by The Grateful Dead you guys should hit.
Psychedelic jazz fusion blended with elements of rock and blues....
They're an impossible band to pigeonhole into one style, their catalog is extremely diverse.
^^
+1 don't split the tracks if you do this, they fade intoeach other
@@Magumba_State what Mag said.......... must be heard live search for help/slip Franklin's much love from savystreams :)
Perfect song to pop your Grateful Dead cherry! Got to do a live Shakedown. It’s maybe the deepest “classic rock”rabbit hole you can fall into. Hold the Deadhead’s hand and let them guide you. It’s the deepest trippy maze you will ever walk through.
40 years of touring for me, 150 shows with Jerry Garcia and many others since he passed in 1995. I just saw the current iteration and their final tour of Dead and Company at Fenway Park in Boston the other day, what an amazing show!!! 👍👍👌👌✌✌😃😃
I will be seeing Bob Weir with Wolf Bros. on the Outlaws Tour with Wille Nelson in September and cannot wait.
Loved Dead and Company, this was the only tour I missed. Thought the 3 new players meshed well with the old hands and Bob Weir is such a delight at this or any age.
Great shows at Fenway!
Oh shit fellas..... Had to pause it right there. As a dead head myself, I'm so excited to see if y'all dig this. Shake my bones many a live show to this tune. Enjoy!
Yes! A Dead show is 3+ hours of shaking those bones and weaving to Jerry’s guitar!
Long time deadhead. Watching reaction videos of people hearing them for the first time is so fun. So much unexpected joy.
everybody digs shakedown street
Dudes were bopping from the first note!
The Dead are a pure American band mix rock,jazz,bluegrass,folk,soul. This was there attempt at disco. They had multiple singers and song writers in the band. Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh did the heavy lifting.
The Dead blended so many musical styles: folk, country, psychedelia, rock, bluegrass and a whole lot of jazz. Their live shows were long and amazing, with so many people up and dancing to their chill groove singing along. It was a immersive experience!
You guys have to respond to China Cat Sunflower/ I Know You Rider live from the album Europe 72. That will give you an idea what the greatest jam band ever sounds like live. Like you said they never play the song the same way twice, Shakedown Street live is generally a 10 or 15 minute song.
Yay! Yes! I concur whole-heartedly..let's split a tab of Owsley and smoke some Michoacan...
@@t.j.payeur5331 I'm in.
The Dead were a Blues/Bluegrass band that ran smack dab into psychedelia. Their style is multi-faceted, but I would not say they are "hard rock".
Yes, they have covered psychedelic rock, country, blues, traditional American music, folk, you name it. This song they released during the disco era, as the band had wanted to release something funky.
I saw them in '66 and '67...I love their first album...there was some straight-ahead rock along with blues, psychedelia, folk...they could do it all...
GD is it’s own genre
Play I Can't Come Down from 1965, Warlocks or Grateful Dead, it's a Jerry song!
Cool song. Just heard it for the first time. @@buzzwerd8093
This song is just one of the numerous styles that the Dead played. They have an amazing repertoire of songs both original and covers and I found this this description on the internet which summarizes what you might hear from them; it could be a "fusion of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music" in any one their song. Anyway too many great songs to list but hopefully you'll be listening to many more of their songs, truly American originals.
The Dead are known for their r&b covers as well as country/folk/blues. They were multifaceted.
The Dead are one of those rare bands that sound waaay better live than in studio.
You didn't put enough a's in that waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better live.
Springsteen is another great example of "way better live". I think in the Deads case, they didn't ever know how to make an album. American Beauty tho? Hell of an album. Their best by far. Maybe because unlike the rest of their catalog, it sounds like an actual album and not just a collection of songs.
hahaha! i could tell by the smiles we were watching the birth of two new dead heads. now if we could get on with some more ZAPPA, that'd be great.
The Dead incorporate many traditional styles into their music.
This song is very "contemporary" and funky for them.
When you hear the "right" live stuff from them, you'll be amazed at how they can take a funky little diddy like this, and turn it into a thundering arena shaker... 😳🤯😎🤙
One of those deadhead still am and saw them every time I had chance i am 70 yrs old and they areon my play list ❤
The Dead were chill and groovy, a true phenomenon in the days when creativity and innovation drove the music. Their shows/tours were a colorful carnival that were followed by hundreds of devoted Deadheads year after year. Later jam bands tried to duplicate the vibe, but no band was like the Dead. I was fortunate to have seen them a few times, but not before 1980. Jerry Garcia's soul is greatly missed in our chaotic world. My favorite tune is "Scarlet Begonias." Some members of the Grateful Dead still tour and are worth seeing for the music and the musicianship, let alone the vibe.
This is the perfect Grateful Dead studio track for you guys.
I thought the same thing, man🤣
Shakedown album was released in 1978. .Much different vibe than most of their songs and they pulled it off for it to be a disco based sound ,it is great.
This is GD stab at radio but still staying true. Seeing them live once gave this metalhead a whole different appreciation of their work. Jerry was still kicking ass & the double drummer setup quenched my rhythmic thirst. Truly an experience I treasured thanks my bass player Joe who loved the band.
As others have said, the meat of the Dead is in their live performances. To that end I'd personally recommend the "Help on the Way/Slipknot/Franklin's Tower" tryptic. A very good version is from their 6/16/1976 show at the Capitol Theater which was simulcast on live radio (th-cam.com/video/eEA5zgNk0ec/w-d-xo.html).
As for studio fare, I'd recommend both "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty". These are two classic records of Americana at its best, and the band was very careful and meticulous in the music, recording, and production. These albums include some of the most intricate and cohesive vocal harmonies on any rock record ever.
Their song "West LA Fadeaway" is one of my favorites, especially live. It also has some funk, but more of a New Orleans blues funk feel.
Don't expect another like this from the Dead! Love it, and their usual sound is even better.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Finally!!! But you MUST do the Dead live!!!
There are millions of us Deadheads!!!
yes there are! still millions of us...
Working Man's Dead is an excellent album to begin your journey with this iconic band. They could absolutely rock out, but it was more of a funky, bluesy vibe than hard rock.
So stoked you guys have found the Dead!!! Keep exploring this amazing band.
The Dead light up the disco ball. Saw this tour in Buffalo, they jammed for 4 1/2 hours. 🙏🎶🍁
I went on a tour for a while and travelled with the Dead in the early 90's. After you see a dozen shows you realize just how deep these guys catalog gets, sometimes you never hear them play the same song twice the rest of the year, sometimes you do. If you guys are gonna do more Dead and need a couple suggestions, ANYTHING off Workingman's Dead from 1970 is a banger in my opinion. Especially "Dire Wolf". Thanks for the review guys!
It's high time you guys get involved in the Grateful Dead. Put all else away and enjoy the ride these guys will take you on. Put on Scarlet/Fire Cornell '77 and you'll never look back. Enjoy the subscriber boost as an ancillary benefit too.
You would love Sugaree. Please play it soon!
My favorite song
You can't go wrong with the Dead. Lots of great songs. And a huge following. As always fellas great reaction. Much appreciated 🙏 ❤
Thanks my friend!!! Always great hearing from you!!
Their take on disco, when it was popular
I saw about 35 close to 40 shows, you are in for one hell of a ride.
The Dead are in a class of their own!!!
Going to a Dead show was like Christmas for me 😎🎉.
My absolute favorite Grateful Dead song love you guys
Country, Bluegrass, R&B, Rock n Roll, Jazz, Psychedelic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😎😎😎💯👍🏻💓
Jerry is by far the best guitarist ever,....with 9 fingers. Insane groovy style thats genuinely the Greatful Dead. Never been hard rock. Thanks a bunch
This is the dead doing disco!
Love this song love your dudes reaction, hope you bring attention to the dead, way to go men!
The finest in acoustic, electric, folk, country, acid bluegrass, psychedelic, jazz, rock blues
I absolutely love seeing Dead Heads being born! Welcome to the long strange trip fellas!
Welcome to a magnificent rabbit hole! Saw my first show in 1976, 152 shows later and still can't get enough 💓
I figured you get to the Dead eventually. Enjoy the ride!
Shakedown street was the parking lot. So much magic and funky filth❤
They started in "64, I saw them in "94 in Eugene Oregon. Longest concert I've seen. Almost everyone had tents set up to stay the night and see them the next day. Other great ones not on radio to me are, "Cheshire Cat" and "Morning Dew". It was an all day carnival with food, clothes to buy, jewelry, just amazing really...
Awesome! Thanks for the review guys. Judging from the wall, you both have great taste. Keep the Dead reactions coming!!
I got let in a backdoor for this concert on tbis tour. For days people were streaming into town. They played for almost 4 hours. It was wild in the sense I was a sophomore in HS and never been to anything like it.
Oh, y’all are sooo fun! And you’re having fun! Love it❤
China Cat Sunflower is another great song to introduce yourself to The Dead.
I was never a dead fan, but I love this tune. So funky
1978 nov 15th I was 16yo got this album and I was hooked 212 shows later hearing the greatest garage band ever
This was the first track from them that taught me not to pre-judge music. i had always heard their classic tracks on classic-rock radio and sort of knew of the Deadheads and what they were about, but I never actively sought them out. I then came across this track during a late-night Limewire download binge and was kind of blown away. It's completely different than their longer, psychedelic jam tracks that you hear on their live shows. It's more of a conventional pop-song structure with a nice disco beat but it bounces from Phil Lesh's bouncy funk bass and those bright and punchy guitar licks but it flows and transitions so smoothly. Thanks again for a fun reveiw.
You guys really appreciate such great music. I love your channel.
Great song to start your journey, gentlemen. This is definitely nodding to Disco and Funk. One of my favorite songs. I love to share music, and see people listen to new things.
In the late 70s&80s There Was 2 Bands You Had to Experience!!!Dead for thier groove&Psychedelic Deal&Dey Had it From Conception to da Day Jerry left us.The Other was Jimmy Buffett Caribbean Soul&Bars@every Entrance,The Reggea&Margarita LET'S HAVE FUN VIBE!SAW BOTH!Met Dead(just Jerry,Brent&Phil)I Saw JB last 8/2&Got my 4th Dance w/Lady Lightning an HR Before Show!!Asked EMT'S to Check BP.Asked if I would sit in Meatwagon.Whats BP?178/97.Laughed&told em it didn't even top My 20!!!&Got a Beer& Loved The Show!!
A band beyond description ❤
It started as Mother McCree's Jugtown Champios....becames the Warlocks but there was another band by that name and took the name the Grateful Dead from an Egyption prayer passage. This album was produced by Lowell George a former Mother of Invention and founder of Little Feat
Nothin' shaking on shakedown street. Used to be the heart of town. Love it!
The Dead's live version of songs were often much longer than the studio cuts. At their best they will take you on a journey as they improvise. Some of their stuff is straight American cowboy songs, some free form improvisation, some tender ballads, some blues, some ripping rock, etc
Since you like this, you're gonna love The Jerry Garcia Band!!! They still tour as Melvin Seals and JGB. Melvin is the keyboard player from Jerry's band. Jerry left him the acronym JGB in his will!!! Melvin is awesome and if you have a chance to see them don't miss it!!!👍👍👌👌✌✌😃😃
Gentlemen! You bad ass. Thanks much from an ancient ofay who really, really approves!
They are really a mellow sound
This band is so much better live. They just really jam the whole concert.
Americana, LEGENDS.
6/28/92 I got on the bus.
They took me so many places, cities, "fuck it, let's go".
I was so alive, electric, mrt people from around the world, put of festivals after Jerry passed.
React to Dead & Company
For further Grateful Dead songs to check I think you'd really like:
Unbroken Chain
Terrapin Street (it's a whole album side long)
Feel Lke a Stranger
Throwing Stones
...and here I'm recommending the studio versions although the live version of Feel Like a Stranger from the album Without a Net is stupendous..
I'm happy to see someone recommend something with a Phil Lesh vocal. Another great one from Mars Hotel is "Pride of Cucamonga".
2:29 I've always loved this song, but try something like Box of Rain, or Casey Jones, that's a little more representative of their sound.
"They're not the best at what they do, they're the ONLY ONES who do what they do." ~ Bill Graham
"RIPPLE" My favorite Dead song!!!
Totally wrong way to start a Grateful Dead adventure but life goes on. You guys are a trip ✌️❤️
Gents: I would like to suggest a live concert. The Dead is known for their live performances. Cornell University 5/8/77 is renowned for one of their best shows. However one performance I attended 8/8/1982 Apline Valley WISC. with John Cipollina (3rd Guitarist) and Zakir Hussien (3rd Drummer) was a moment I will never forget. The song Not fade away late in the show was crazy. Love your channel.
The bass and the autowah caught my 12yo ear when this came out. I took my hay baling money to the record store to buy it, but the used copy of "Workingman's Dead" for $4 caught my eye, and the rest is history.
I’d love to see reaction videos of the unacquainted actually walking down Shakedown anytime from the late 70s to when Jerry died in 95
Love this song, very groovy and also the very nice Garcia solo...
They are getting into The Dead. Love!!
This marked a huge change in production. Steve plays all the trackson this groundbreaking release. The textures and way the mixdow.n and mastering was the pivotal point and precursor to what produced Daniel Lanoise. Steve Winwood has been a monster since his work with Spencer Davis. HIS Organ on Hemdrix''s Voodoo Child... Traffic, Blind Faith...he oped for the Grateful first tour after Garcia's death. His Loose Lucy was a the killer😅
Album cover by Gilbert Shelton, creator of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Wonder Warthog, an iconic underground comics artist rivaled only by R. Crumb...
I love R. Crumb's artwork!! Especially the Furry Freak Bros in the "keep on truckin" pose. I have a license plate of that. Back in the day when album art was PART OF the record!! Far out, man✌🏼 Such a GROOVY sound 🎶🎵🎶 Mellow trippin' music..
Loved the comic books!
Right On - Great Groove !
Named my boat "Shakedown". Doses and Dead. Miss the "good ole days". Rock on.
My Fav Dead Song.... They did take some Static from some of there Fans... To "Discoey"... AKA... FUNKY!!!.... The Dead Didnt Care.... GREAT SONG....
There's a couple 15-20min long LIVE versions of this which are my personal favorites!
I love it when a new generation finds my shit. Groove is the key. My old lady used to make fun of me for dancing to the rhythm of music...almost thirty years later, she groove with me, now!
No labels no boxes...until you have heard every song performed, you have not heard the Grateful Dead....remember this one when you do the next one....
I would still recommend doing the studio versions and every song that you like, then do the live version and you get to see how they play with it. Casey Jones would be a good follow-up to Shakedown, but there are so many great ones to choose from.
best disco song.
You need to check out a live Version of Dancing in the Streets from the late 70's if you guys like this!!!
This song is soooo good live.
1978 was a VERY good guess. When "Shakedown Street" was first released most old school Dead Heads called it "Disco Dead", but after a couple of years it became a crowd favorite. In fact, at my first show, 9/6/80 in Lewiston, Maine, the Dead opened the second set with "Shakedown", and jammed it out for about 14 minutes. Usually it was played in big cities, New York, Philly, Chicago, etc, but the crowd in Maine was loving it. The Dead were never really a "Hard Rock" band more of a Jam band overall, but they played everything from Jazz to Bluegrass to Country to Improv to Straight ahead Rock and Roll, and most things in between. Except Opera. Eventually, the vending area at Dead shows became known as Shakedown Street, just another part of the show.
FYI - another band with double drummers
“The Grateful Dead” are souls or ghosts who are grateful to the living person who finally let them rest (avenged them, or gave them a proper burial etc..anything that let the soul or ghost stop haunting)
I grew up listening to the normal stuff. Mostly rap, and old soul, reggae. I had friend when I was a teenager expose me to The Grateful Dead, and subsequently a few other jam band. That was and still is the only “rock music” I like. The jam bands are cool. The concerts are lit parties
Not bad, and a throwback to one of their very first songs on record: a cover of Dancing in The Streets! The earlier music is more psychedelic drawn out improvisation and bluesy Americana. They were big fans of Coltrane so got into wild improvisations live.
The Dead's disco album. Produced by Lowell George of Little Feat. Needless to say, their disco era didn't last long.
This song is where Queen got the distinctive riff for "Another One Bites the Dust" which was released in 1980 whereas "Shakedown Street" was released in 1978...
Keith last album, and the first not produced by Garcia. They got Lowell George from Little Feat to produce. This was the 1st release on Arista after the failure of the label Grateful Dead Records. Bothe were subsidiaries of Warner Brothers created with help from Clive Davis as vehicles for the Dead.
A short while back the door flung wide
We all saw good luck on the other side
The door blew shut but here's the deal
Dreams are lies, it's the dreaming that's real
I truly believe this is their best album if you like. That sort of thing, the best song on the album. Fire on the mountain also shakedown street. Is pretty funky love that one, too.
Dead doing Disco and nailing it. Technically and on point. Just another day at the office.
This one was their answer to the disco craze.