Tonight, one long thread through the whole story of the Grateful Dead: the soul music. The Detroit records, the rhythm and blues and the Motown hits that Jerry Garcia loved, carried with him, and kept playing, one way or another, for thirty years. It came in through a record player in a borrowed room, through a disc jockey's son with a harmonica, and through bar sets in a lounge with no windows. Long after the hippie years, Garcia was still on the road with a Hammond organ and a pair of gospel singers. A long, calm story for a long night.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Settle in
1:41 Junior Walker and Cleo's Back
6:43 Pigpen's father, the disc jockey
11:38 Blues bars in East Palo Alto
16:25 The Warlocks and In the Midnight Hour
21:08 Lovelight and Bobby Bland
26:12 Dancing in the Street
31:08 Good Lovin'
35:44 Hard to Handle
40:47 Otis Redding at Monterey
45:41 Merl Saunders and soul jazz
50:44 Live at Keystone
55:29 Dancing in the Street, 1976
1:00:32 Donna Jean at Muscle Shoals
1:05:49 Keith and Donna in the Garcia Band
1:10:55 Cornell, 1977
1:15:56 Terrapin Station and Clive Davis
1:20:54 Melvin Seals on the Hammond
1:26:05 How Sweet It Is
1:31:02 Jacklyn LaBranch and Gloria Jones
1:36:13 I Second That Emotion
1:41:36 Little Milton's soul
1:46:53 Don't Let Go
1:51:59 Iko Iko and New Orleans
1:57:08 The last shows at the Warfield
2:02:03 Drifting off
The Shakedown Archives Sleep Stories are long, calm, spoken-word journeys through the real history of the Grateful Dead, made to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. No jarring music, no ads breaking the spell, no bright screen. Just a quiet voice and two hours of true stories from the band, the scene, and the people who lived it. Perfect for insomnia, winding down, long nights, travel, or anyone who loves the Dead and wants to drift off inside the history. Dim the lights, get comfortable, and let it carry you off.
If this helped you sleep, following the show is the one thing that keeps them coming. Sweet dreams.
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