First time hearing Grateful Dead “Shakedown Street” Reaction| Asia and BJ

[@wiliamwidlacki7459]

The Grateful Dead music is a rabbit hole that is deeper than all others, I strongly encourage you to explore it!!!! Greatest band and greatest music to ever exist, so deep, so soulful, so much energy, there is no end to the rabbit hole!!!! It's not too late to get on the bus, go for it!

[@chinacatsunflower8054]

"Now, you're either on the bus or off the bus." (Ken Kesey). It's a bus that goes directly to Terrapin :) 😉

[@JaggedRecordsVa]

@@chinacatsunflower8054 One way ticket to Terrapin Station please!

[@BronxGummer]

TO GET IN THE RABBIT HOLE, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GET OFF THE BUS.

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

This is what Deadheads call Disco Dead. There were some years during the Arista Records label in the height of the disco era where the Dead expanded their discography to include that hip sound of the time. But shakedown street is the crowd that camps out at all the shows they performed. Much more to the story...

[@centuryrox]

Produced by Lowell George, singer for the group Little Feat (react to them sometime, Asia and BJ!). This was the Dead's foray into the thriving disco era of the time.

[@janetcallanan7020]

Yeah honestly wish for them to react to Little Feat.... ANY Little Feat especially anything from their live album Waiting for Columbus

[@giuliogrifi7739]

Yeah...I add my signature among the Little Feat fans !!!.....that band deserves to be known by the youngsters !!!

[@tommathews3964]

Everybody needs some Feat in their lives! Especially that Waiting for Columbus album!

[@JerryCarcia]

❤little feat is a great band, but let's focus on the project at hand. If we started naming every great band we would run out of time to listen to anything ❤

[@deadreckoning6288]

My 2 fav bands of all time. The Dead & the Feat!

[@bobschenkel7921]

i would like to recommend a live version of the song "Shakedown Street", 9/6/80 Lewiston, Maine. It was my first, but certainly not my last, Grateful Dead concert. Usually, this song is played in big cities like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, etc., but the boys opened the second set at Lewiston with a massive 14 minute jamout version that is so fun to listen to. You would really enjoy the stretched out guitar work Jerry Garcia laid out, and Phil Lesh's Bass line boomed over the Maine countryside. The concert took place at the State Fairgrounds with the band up against the Grandstand and facing the crowd of about 30,000 or so, spread out on the "grassy" infield of the horse racing track, on a beautiful September afternoon, glorious.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

I was there, man..Levon Helm and Roy Buchanan, too..the Dead played the best Chinacat Sunflower ever and the sunset was unfuckingbelievable...

[@bobschenkel7921]

@@t.j.payeur5331 Glad to meet ya T.J.. Yeah I didn't want to go even deeper into the whole experience, but Roy Buchanan and The Cate Brothers with Levon Helm were just crazy. I had seen Roy a year or two before, so I was ready for his set for sure. And The Cate Bros. had "Union Man" out a couple of years prior so I had heard them, and of them. But having Mr. Levon Helm, RIP, with them was a treat. BTW, The Cate Brothers and Levon are all from Arkansas, hence the connection, he sort of "discovered" them.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

@@bobschenkel7921 Hail, fellow, and well met! "In the Land of the Dark The Ship of the Sun Is driven by The Grateful Dead" Egyptian Book of the Dead

[@jeannem.6534]

About 32 years ago my fiance and I visited San francisco. He had lived there so he was showing me around. I believe it was Golden Gate Park. Walking around tons of people we weren't sure why bikers on Harleys. We kept walking and came on and outdoor free concert of the Grateful Dead was ending and got to hear Joan Baez closing it out singing Amazing Grace acapella. Awesome day.

[@timhaines2894]

“Every city has one”. Actually every city (parking lot) that the Dead played at had a Shakedown Street. ☺️☺️🤩🤩

[@viciann]

And you definitely poked around Shakedown Street. You could find anything!

[@harlanginsberg7269]

Jerry Garcia one of the great rock guitarists. You need to hear these guys live.

[@sonnyhannebohn17]

Good luck with that

[@chefdsal1]

@@sonnyhannebohn17 You misunderstand. The song they reacted to was a studio recording. They allowed/encouraged recordings at their concerts decades before it was ever OK. He said “they need to hear them live” as in one of their MANY versions of this song recorded live in their 40 year career. No luck needed. They will live LIVE Forever

[@Meaghan470]

wouldn't that being fucking nice

[@rhlang11]

one of?

[@robertbunting3117]

their albums although awesome never quite give you what the Dead were all about, it was the community at the shows before, during and after, just people being people and talking to everyone and interacting with everyone didn't matter who you were. and the shows were full of long flowing, funky(sometimes) music that people just danced to. some of their songs they would play for 15-20 minutes, some longer with other songs intermixed in the middle. the whole atmosphere was the experience🪴🪴💃🕺

[@aileenburke4667]

Miss those days. Sigh.

[@TheRasiani]

20,000 Deadheads doing the "whoo!!"

[@deadreckoning6288]

Well said. In other words Magic 💀

[@johnathanstruble1064]

WEST LA FADE AWAY.. a great Dead Song.. Written in memory of John Belushi.

[@markb1114]

This is a great song and definitely a vibe.

[@bradmarx8891]

Love you folks! Remember...the Dead made albums for their label obligations, the live shows are where all the magic is made. Always Live, Always Dead!!!! Any concert from 1977 will do.

[@barbarascotto3873]

TRUTH

[@madmax408SJ]

77 was amazing but specifically the Spring Tour of '77. Those shows are practically all legendary now.

[@nordogvids]

16 yrs old, hitchiked 100 miles or so to my first concert, Grateful Dead outdoors in Des Moines, Iowa, 1973. Was a an awesome, life-changing experience!

[@kevinullsperger1940]

Great tune!!! I'm 64 and saw my 1st Dead show in 1974😯 56 shows later when I listen to them so do my neighbors🤣 I think after funky Dead if you want to hear a more rockin' song try DEAL off of their DEAD SET album!! I bet you love it

[@Tijuanabill]

Jerry doing Jerry things, not even knowing he wasn't supposed to mix rock, jazz, and disco, with a couple drummers.

[@johnr8820]

My moms favorite Dead tune...beautiful song that a lot of places in America can relate to “don’t tell me this town ain’t got no heart..just gotta poke around!”

[@stephaniemccarthy1676]

The Grateful Dead 's sweet sound keeps the dead grateful for all who love them in life on earth and continue to be grateful. We will all be grateful dead if we live are life right on our earth. God sent.

[@melvinroebuck1160]

They do make people smile and move! Where it fades out at the end on this album version, when they played it live, that would open up into a long improvisational jam with great grooves and guitars, and the audience dancing. Various versions you can watch here on KZbin.

[@melvinroebuck1160]

Here’s a good one. First song of this show. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJSTiatvi8alsJI

[@ericsmith6615]

Wife here..Was out of internet for almost a week trying to "catch up" with my FAVORITE You Tubers...My Husband loves The Greatful Dead and has seen them many times..They do have a "Cool Funky Vibe"..!!!

[@johngriswold2213]

Shakedown street is a seedy side of town that square people dump on, but as Jerry says, "don't tell me this town aint got no heart, when I hear it beat out loud..."

[@patricknorris6814]

You need to listen to "Throwing Stones" next. Grateful Dead is my favorite!

[@simchabaruch7023]

Shakedown street USED TO BE the heart of town. In the 1940's when the freeways came through the heart of thousands of towns the heart would get moved, leaving the old neighborhood to become towtruck yards, metel shops, a dive bar, and who knows what, but if you look close like an archeologist you might see an old hotel with a big dance hall (that is now being used as a warehouse) that used to be the heart of town.

[@raymondmorelli8290]

this was 1978, a very funky grateful dead tune !! #memories

[@paulprendergast3184]

Hey you two, just a suggestion.....whenever you listen to the Grateful Dead, try to choose a live version of the requested song. The Dead was all about their live shows......and no issues because they let their fans, the Deadheads, tape their shows for free. I saw them live several times fortunately.

[@scapito]

I requested this in one of their live streams. The problem with asking for a live performance for them to react to is length... most of the live performances are too long for a live stream reaction.

[@keef7224]

Except for What’s Become Of The Baby? The studio version is the definitive one. 🎸🔥🤣

[@grahamokeefe9406]

I actually think the studio version of this is great (one of the Dead's few). I saw them do it live a couple of times, and it was great, but not necessarily super tight.

[@grahamokeefe9406]

Phil (bass) totally kills on this. This song is a testament to the way the Dead could take any style (in this case disco/funk) and make it their own.

[@stephaniemccarthy1676]

Very happy you are listening to the icons of The Grateful Dead. Check out their biographies.

[@happymethehappyone8300]

Incredible Vocals Like You Have NEVER Heard Before & A MUST HEAR Classic,, Minnie Riperton "Lovin' You"...R.I.P. Minnie🙏❤

[@alpetrocelli4465]

I saw her perform with the Rotary Connection at a high school dance in Chicago way back when. She was awesome!✌️❤️🎶

[@bellodrade]

This has to be their biggest commercial hit. It got a ton of airplay when it came out. This is one of those songs that just takes you back to a certain place. With me it's the summer of '79 when I was sixteen.

[@scapito]

Touch of Gray may be their biggest, but agree this is probably right up there with it.

[@brodie6222]

WOOO HOOO!!! Thak you, Thank you, thank you soo much.. Much love to y'all

[@AsiaandBJ]

Our pleasure!

[@Grateful_Dad_54]

The one and only Mr. Phil Lesh on bass guitar!

[@brianlevine5213]

I've been listening to the Grateful Dead since 1977. Glad you got on the bus.

[@Dr3amtime]

This is a favorite among the band's follower's. During their shows, there would usually be a section of the parking lot where Deadheads would sell art, t-shirts, grilled cheese sandwiches, etc., and these sections eventually came to be referred to as Shakedown Street.

[@Rayray-kj9cc]

Rip Jerry!! Peace out!🤘🤘✌✌

[@5joncat]

Not really a comeback song in it's true meaning, but you should check out "Touch of Grey"...little more commercialized, but still that Grateful Dead sound...

[@laurakali6522]

Box of Rain is a great one too.

[@robertevans2450]

Caution with this rabbit hole, it could easily take a lifetime to crawl through. They have nearly as many albums as Zappa, and should you get through all those albums, you get to the live bootlegs versions as Song A on Date H at City Y is way different than Song A on Date K at City Z, and the collections of all the places over all the times playing all the gigs get very vast indeed. Having said that, no understanding of the 70s & 80s rock can be complete without some exposure to the wonderous that is The Grateful Dead and all the Dead Heads.

[@donaldblack5892]

Franklin's Tower, Bertha, Throwing Stones, US Blues, Good Love ( Cover), Sugar Magnolia, Hell in a Bucket, Box of Rain, Truckin', Scarlet Begonias,......etc

[@healthhealingandhappinessw6060]

A favorite!! Great vibe deep in the funk

[@richardbernier6761]

For me Shakedown Street will always make me think of South Street in Philadelphia in the 60s,70s and 80,s, the Ripley Music Center, The Theater of the Living Arts, all the hippies hanging out down on South Street.

[@fredsanford5954]

@4:37 BJ got on the Jerry bus.

[@MFOutdoors]

Your smiles pretty much sums up The Grateful Dead...........Its a vibe!!!!!✌❤

[@gr8fulted49]

First saw the Grateful Dead on Jan. 16, 1971. Then another 69 times. Another, although slower, "funky" sound from them is Althea. They have a multitude of musical genres that they do and are the ULTIMATE jamband.

[@HXERkYJclMcKLAWwQW]

That guitar player was Jerry Garcia - and most of his best music was recorded live in the late 70’s & early 80’s . Listen to the guitar , bass , drummer( s ) and rhythm guitar player . Every recording was different from the last , even though the songs were the same - the Dead an enigma .

[@wreckingKREW1]

June 30th,1985...Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia,MD. The next day Ecstasy would become a Schedule 1 Narcotic,so between the E being everywhere and the groovy Goony Bird acid that was rampant that summer,the crowd was blissed AF. And the boys opened up the second set with what's widely regarded as the most smoking version of Shakedown ever. Plenty of good audio versions of it here on YT,if you want to get a feel for what a live Dead show was like,warts and all,I highly recommend. The entire second set that night was stellar.

[@Eclipse7Re]

Yes indeed, best Shakedown I ever had the pleasure to interact with live and there were many of them. Was out on the lawn just outside the pavilion by the entrance on the right. Dancing in front of a stack of speakers. The crescendo towards the end reached the highest of heights and to this day gives me butterflies in my stomach every time I hear it. The whole band was on 🔥, Bobby’s rhythm work was masterful on this track.

[@wreckingKREW1]

@@Eclipse7Re Bro,no doubt. My crew and I did our lone Alpine Valley excursion that summer,so hit Wisconsin on 6/21 and 22 and then followed them town to town back to Merriweather,our "home" turf and then up to Pittsburgh on 7/2. 85 summer tour is definitely my favorite Dead tour that I ever got to follow (at least my part of it),so much fun. Phil playing with those new Modulus basses and the massive power amps he had to back them up...Holy Hell some of the bomb notes he was dropping. We were near the mixer board at Hershey,right before the MPP shows,and he dropped a crusher during Morning Dew that knocked people the Hell out of their seats,haha. That crescendo near the end of Dear Mr. Fantasy at this show was a physical force too. Fun times,sadly their like will not be seen again in an age of auto-tune.

[@bobwowk8440]

This is my favorite song by Grateful Dead.

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

Dead getting funky as all hell!🖖🏼

[@williamstlouis3368]

Play that funky music, white boys. So Grateful. Peace out.

[@jonathanmorris6439]

Some of my best forgotten memories are from Shakedown street! Some of the best remembered too.

[@jasonmarquis3027]

Glad to see you doing Grateful Dead, but the song that you need to do is 'China Doll'

[@corvuslight]

Greatest disco song ever. And I don't even like disco... High steppin' perfection.

[@irisheyes1968]

Yes. You have just entered a whole new world. A band, a community, a culture that has spanned ove 50 years. The best band with the best fans....Dead Heads.... a family of a million!

[@terryconnelly484]

Your 1st Grateful dead song ....welcome

[@cascadecommunitywatch5181]

Finest band in the land.

[@SomboonCM]

Lyrically, the song is about how the Energy you put into the world becomes your Reality. Low density, 3D reality is just a mindset. From a higher Consciousness you can see what's really going on.

[@brianherrington7226]

I remember the first time I heard this I thought it was a new George Harrison tune. Vocals are quite close if one is familiar with Harrison’s work in the mid/late 70s and when I heard it was The Dead I thought wow wasn’t expecting them to getting a little funky.

[@TomG626]

That guitar is Jerry throwing down on some noodling. Lol. Check out some of the Jerry Garcia Band stuff. Look for covers like Dear Prudence, and Roadrunner.

[@heals2004]

both have great set of ears. You could see my dudes eyes jump off a few times when heard Jerry's guitar.

[@brianvernon249]

The dude in the middle of the thumbnail photo - that’s Brent Midland. IMO, best vocalist of the band, a victim of heroin and was a member of Silver - the one hit wonder from Guardians of the Galaxy 2: Wham bam shangalang etc

[@aaronl8609]

They had the most fans of any band ever.i graduated in 91 and there was at 50 dead heads drenched in petruele still then

[@NebulizerChi]

Let "Bertha" rock your world...

[@starseeker2088]

Deadhead here 60 years still going to shows they where great Neighbors in the 68-74 so much love even today still in touch with them Who do you know from your / any genres? That still plays in their 70's -80's? To packed shows

[@danielkesselring9172]

Well it’s about time!!..💪🏻😎🌺💀🎸🇺🇸.. beyond funky

[@TheRasiani]

Shakedown Street became the nickname for the Grateful Dead parking lot

[@anthonylogan8475]

“Eyes of the world” has a similar funk about it I think you both would really enjoy. “Touch of grey” doesn’t have the same funk to it but it has a great message and definitely will have you grooving along ✌️

[@pooldude317]

This was their "Disco Dead" era, right around the time of Saturday Night Fever...Live Dead is their best work...

[@cathy3613]

To see the Dead in a live concert was the bomb

[@nicolebakernewhouse2950]

They also did bluegrass to

[@donnabruhn6907]

My favorite Dead song has always Been Sugar Magnolia

[@brianfisher6165]

Just gotta poke around👍👍 You guys will make fantastic Dead Heads!!!👌👌✌✌👍👍😁😁🎶🎶

[@richardbernier6761]

Asia is right on,the real heart of the town.

[@christopherbush7412]

More Grateful Dead please

[@ashemsavage6842]

The Guitar is called Garcia

[@TheNorcalmonkey67]

Love the Merriweather Post 85 & Denver 8-13-79 versions....

[@ryankenny5]

I smiled so hard watching y’all listen to this my eyes welled up 🥹 One love ✌️

[@ChicoEscuela]

Fun review I enjoyed listening with you ✌️

[@jhas727]

Shakedown Street is the Dead showing off. In that time for them to throw down with this beat funk and jazz to blow away all others and never die.

[@crazyfingers19]

Liked before it even started. Think you will dig this tune. I somewhat disagree with going to the live shows too soon. Check out some of their studio cuts until you get a feel for what they do the check out Help On The Way/Slipknot/Franklin’s Tower from Cornell ‘77 and Chinacat Sunflower/I Know You Rider from Madison Square Garden 10-11-83. Enjoy the journey. We all did. 😜

[@vespoint]

Yes to both of these suggestions!

[@lisarainbow9703]

Agree wholeheartedly. Studio first, for new folks, consider that there's a lot of recordings with poor sound quality, or the band having a rough night. I believe it's a good idea to put the best foot forward , at least to start out.

[@mikelind8607]

Helpslipfrank from Cornell 77???

[@crazyfingers19]

@@mikelind8607 My bad! Great American Music Hall ‘75. Been a long strange trip, right?

[@mikelind8607]

@@crazyfingers19 lol 🙂

[@usarmyveteran177]

Most people who aren’t into the dead like shakedown street. It’s a crowd pleaser. You can dislike the dead but love shakedown street.

[@katet4554]

I have involuntary dance movements to this song 😅😊

[@rhlang11]

Need to do a Live rendition.

[@redrum482]

Every parking lot at a Dead show has a shakedown street.

[@thomasrohr3130]

More Dead Please, Althea studio or off Without a Net live album next

[@saltypepper6526]

🎧✌️🎶 Legends! Nice Reaction

[@kevinjones9685]

You nailed it man! You got the hustkers, the pimps, the cops and the ladies all on the corner

[@robertkramer41]

Asia got the groove right off

[@EvanWeber1234]

It's a disco song!

[@franknehls5556]

Welcome to the family. Now go poke around

[@matthewatwood8641]

Dead shows always had a huge area full of tents where people sold & did everything. Shakedown Street. Anything could happen.

[@carybass3017]

live only. studio is songs in their infant stage. keep going. thanks for keeping it rolling

[@eye95records]

I wish i could hear grateful dead for the first time again!!!

[@bsananda0]

great reaction, commentary ! you GOT it !

[@jesrush]

This is my group y’all! #imissjerry

[@mikec6733]

Shakedown Street was Canal St in San Rafael, Ca..... Sorta, kinda, not exactly....

[@otispresseau9246]

Everyone on the cover of the album is trippin! 😂

[@mosheshulman8305]

Try Scarlet Begonias. A god intro and then look earlier and later. They played many different styles. Live versions are best and you can find loads of them on KZbin. The guitar was Jerry Garcia. Most underrated guitarist. His jams are not of this world.

[@Savagedbd]

So I dont know if anyone mentioned this already but you guys are on it.. IF you ever go to a dead show you will see people looking for shake down ( which is the HEART of the Lot) where all the venders are and the party is :)

[@jasonmick5264]

Seen them in 90, was an all day adventure! Mushrooms were awesome!

[@danielkesselring9172]

So many shows I can’t even remember..😉🌺💀

[@brad376]

Touch of Grey, China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider, Ripple, Fire on the Mountain….there are too many good ones to list.

[@jimkoblick1776]

Super cool !

[@barryhull7556]

Good tune!!!!!!!!!!!!!