The Grateful Dead have announced their Shakedown Stream archive concert webcast series will return later this month on Friday, October 30th. The series which revisited a mix of the Dead’s archive performances every Friday throughout the spring and early summer months took a hiatus in August but will continue to air on an occasional basis.
This month’s webcast will revisit the band’s Dead Ahead acoustic/electric performances at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on October 30th & October 31st, 1980. The Halloween night performance was hosted by comedians and then-Saturday Night Live writers Al Franken and the late Tom Davis, and was even simulcasted in movie theaters across the country. The collection of recordings from the Radio City and Warfield Theater (San Francisco) shows throughout October 1980 as part of the band’s 15th anniversary were later released as two separate 1981 live albums, Reckoning and Dead Set.
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The October 30th Shakedown Stream webcast will open with its usual pre-show hosts David Lemieux and Gary Lambert, who will be joined by the producers/hosts of the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast podcast series, Rich Mahan and Jesse Jarnow.
Turn on and tune in to the next Shakedown Stream on October 30th beginning at 8 p.m. ET. Watch the entire webcast event via the video players below.
Shakedown Stream Pre-Show With Dave Lemieux & Gary Lambert Feat. Jesse Jarnow & Rich Mahan
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Grateful Dead – Dead Ahead (New York City October 1980)
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