The Grateful Dead Share Stellar “Shakedown Street,” Umphrey’s Cover ZZ Top for Frank Beard
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s Field of Vision II Review
Relix Daily
August 20, 2026
August 20, 2026
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When Deadheads name their favorite versions of “Shakedown Street” the band’s performance from 6/30/85 often comes to mind. Other notable takes on the song include 12/31/84, 7/6/87, 4/6/82 and 12/26/79. The Grateful Dead’s June 30, 1985 show, which took place at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD appears on the forthcoming box set Summer Magic 1985.
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Last night Umphrey’s McGee made their way to Peoria, IL for a sold-out show at the Friendly Valley Tavern. This was the group’s first gig since the passing of ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard. Umphrey’s paid tribute to the late musician by performing two songs by the “Little Ol' Band from Texas.”
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is at the point where fans will follow them anywhere — geographically or musically. For the Aussie genre-benders’ first gigs in eight months, that meant heading to the mountains of Buena Vista, Colo., for the second iteration of Field of Vision, a three-day, Gizz-curated camping festival at Meadow Creek that featured a globe-trotting lineup and nine hours of Gizz split into a trio of three-hour sets from Aug. 14-16.
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A new musical project has just formally announced itself. Over recent months occasional social posts have pointed to a new collaborative endeavor with Dawes’ Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith, Soulive’s Eric Krasno, Goose’s Rick Mitarotonda, Circles Around the Sun keyboardist Adam MacDougall and Terrapin Family Band guitar player Ross James. In July Taylor Goldsmith confirmed the existence of the group.
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Ashley Kahn is a foremost authority on the musical artistry of jazz legends, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. His album liner notes have been nominated five times for a Grammy, with two wins: for the Miles Davis set, Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings, and for Coltrane’s live LP, Offering: Live at Temple University. Kahn’s illuminating insight returns in his essay for Miles ’56: The Prestige Recordings, a newly-released collection from Craft Recordings, that celebrates a series of sessions featuring Miles and Coltrane at an historically pivotal, mid-century moment.
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Last summer, Lukas Nelson received the first-ever Music Heals International Rob Wasserman Memorial Ambassador Award. As MHI Founder and Executive Director Sara Wasserman said at that time, “Music Heals International is proud to honor Lukas for his incredible contributions to our work and mission over the past decade by presenting him with the first-ever Rob Wasserman Memorial Ambassador Award…This award is especially meaningful-not only does it celebrate Lukas as an extraordinary artist and musician whose gifts uplift the world, but it also honors the enduring legacy of my father, which continues to live on through the work of MHI.”
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On July 28, 1973, over 600,000 music fans congregated at the Watkins Glen Racetrack in New York for an event known as a Summer Jam. The Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers Band and The Band shared the bill at an event that for many years held the Guinness Book of World Records title for "largest audience at a pop festival." Over 150,000 tickets were sold to what eventually became a free concert.
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On September 25, Karina Rykman will release her sophomore studio album. Late Checkout was recorded with Gabe Monro at Trey Anastasio’s The Barn and LCD Soundsystem’s DFA Studios. She is joined on the 12 tracks by her longtime bandmates Adam November (guitar, loopers, effects) and Chris Corsico (drums).
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On September 4, Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds will return to the road for 29 dates. This cross continental tour will eventually conclude on October 30 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY. These will be the band’s first shows since two nights at Red Rocks on September 16 and 17, 2025.
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