Shakedown Shuffle Newsletter https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/ Jerry Garcia newsletter essays from Shakedown Shuffle, with listening paths into the archive. en-us Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Issue 19 - The Coma (Or: What Relearning Guitar Revealed About Jerry Garcia's Musicianship) https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-19-the-coma/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-19-the-coma/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Jerry Garcia collapsed at his San Rafael home on July 10, 1986. Issue 18 - The Vonnegut Screenplay (Or: Garcia, Bill Murray, and the Grateful Dead Movie That Never Happened) https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-18-the-vonnegut-screenplay/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-18-the-vonnegut-screenplay/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT In the early 1980s, Jerry Garcia did something no one expected. Issue 17 - Garcia's Military Record (Or: Eight AWOLs, Two Court-Martials, and a Missile Qualification—In Six Months) https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-17-garcias-military-record/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-17-garcias-military-record/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Jerry Garcia joined the United States Army in 1960. Issue 16 - Tiger Guitar Auction (Or: Garcia's Iconic Axe Hits the Block—And What It Reveals About the Music Memorabilia Market) https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-16-tiger-guitar-auction/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-16-tiger-guitar-auction/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Doug Irwin spent years building it. Jerry Garcia played it for a decade. Issue 15 - The CSNY Pedal Steel Trade https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-15-the-csny-pedal-steel-trade/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-15-the-csny-pedal-steel-trade/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Garcia's secret harmony lesson — and how a Stratocaster changed the Grateful Dead forever. Issue 14 - Garcia Saved the Reef https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-14-garcia-saved-the-reef/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-14-garcia-saved-the-reef/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT 300+ dives, Hawaii state testimony, and a 34-year mooring program still protecting Kona's coral. Issue 13 - The Kahn Partnership (Or: 25 Years. The Longest Non-Dead Collaboration. The Man Who Shaped JGB's Entire Identity—And Nobody Knows His Name) https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-13-the-kahn-partnership/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-13-the-kahn-partnership/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Jerry Garcia's non-Dead musical chronology spans at least 15 distinct projects across five genres. Folk. Bluegrass. Country-rock. Jazz-rock. Acoustic old-time. Issue 12 - The IP Machine https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-12-the-ip-machine/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-12-the-ip-machine/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT How Jerry Garcia's estate turned $15M into $50M+ — and what it means for your favorite dead artist. Issue 11 - Dan Healy's 1,800 Shows (Or: The Man Who Operationalized Owsley's Philosophy at Scale) https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-11-dan-healy/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-11-dan-healy/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT When Owsley Stanley went to prison in 1970, the Grateful Dead lost their sound visionary. When the Wall of Sound collapsed under its own weight in 1974, they lost their sonic monument. But from 1976 through... Issue 10 - Plangent https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-10-plangent/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-10-plangent/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT How a forgotten ultrasonic signal is bringing the 1960s back from the dead. Issue 09 - The Betty Boards https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-09-the-betty-boards/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-09-the-betty-boards/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT The woman who saved the Grateful Dead's sound — then lost it in a storage auction. Issue 08 - Garcia's Other Bands (The R&D Labs That Built the Grateful Dead) https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-08-garcias-other-bands/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-08-garcias-other-bands/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Deadheads have been asking the wrong question for fifty years. Issue 07 - 245 Hyde Street (The Building That Made Jerry Garcia Impossible to Document) https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-07-245-hyde-street/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-07-245-hyde-street/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT There's a building in San Francisco's Tenderloin district that quietly produced more cross-pollinated rock music than any other structure in American history. Issue 06 - The Freemium (How a Chemist's Gift Economy Became a $53 Million Business Model) https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-06-the-freemium/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-06-the-freemium/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Here's the business plan: Issue 05 - How They Banned the Bear (The Three-Year War on LSD) https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-05-owsley-criminalization/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-05-owsley-criminalization/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT The most striking feature of the 1966 Senate hearings on LSD is that the government's own expert witnesses argued against the policy outcome that resulted. Issue 04 - Dark Star: The Empty Node https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-04-dark-star-the-empty-node/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-04-dark-star-the-empty-node/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:00:00 GMT Dark Star: The Empty Node Issue 03 - How Sweet It Is... https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-03-how-sweet-it-is/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-03-how-sweet-it-is/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:00:00 GMT Published: shakedownshuffle.substack.com/p/how-sweet-it-is Issue 02 - The Garcia Model (Taping -> Creator Economy) https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-02-why-shakedownshuffle-exists/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-02-why-shakedownshuffle-exists/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:00:00 GMT Most bands treat bootlegs like termites. Issue 01 - Inside Jerry's Mac (Not Jerry's Strat) https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-01-inside-jerrys-mac/ https://www.shakedownshuffle.com/newsletter/issue-01-inside-jerrys-mac/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:00:00 GMT Everybody knows the mythology: Jerry with a guitar, Jerry with a cigarette, Jerry with a grin that says I'm not driving this bus, I'm just steering it away from the cliff.