Artist:  Grateful Dead

Title:  Shakedown Street

Date:  1978

Label:  Arista Records   AB 4198

Artwork By:  Gilbert Shelton 

Produced by:  Lowell George

Notes:  A solid album from the "Keith & Donna" line-up of the Dead, a few of the tunes went on to become perennial concert staples. A little funky in places, it seemed that the Dead were absorbing sounds from the street and mixing them into the broth they stewed in the musical hills of their minds. The perfect music for a bop on down the block to the local tavern for a nice chilly beverage and then a trip through the park to dig nature for a while. The splendid cover art comes to us by way of the creator of such titles as "Wonder Warthog" and the "Fabulous, Furry Freak Brothers". College wouldn't have been the same without those guys. And who could forget "Fat Freddy's Cat"? Click here to read an interview with Gilbert from the Comics Journal.

Line Up:

Jerry Garcia
Donna Godchaux
Keith Godchaux
Mickey Hart
Robert Hunter
Billy Kreutzmann
Phil Lesh
Bob Weir

Track Listing

Side 1

Good Lovin
France
Shakedown Street
Serengetti
Fire on the Mountain

Side 2

I Need a Miracle
From the Heart of Me
Stagger Lee
All New Minglewood Blues
If I Had the World to Give