Dead & Company Performs “Shakedown Street” On Fallon’s Tonight Show (Watch)
Update: Making its national TV debut, Dead & Company performed “Shakedown Street” on Thursday’s “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
The band also played “Brown Eyed Women” as a web exclusive.
Videos of the performances and photos from the taping follow:
Dead & Company [Tonight Show]
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0420 -- Pictured: (l-r) Oteil Burbridge, John Mayer, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Jeff Chimenti of musical guest Dead and Company perform on February 18, 2016 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)more
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0420 -- Pictured: Television host Drew Carey during a "Suggestion Box" bit on February 18, 2016 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0420 -- Pictured: Host Jimmy Fallon during the monologue on February 18, 2016 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0420 -- Pictured: (l-r) Host Jimmy Fallon and basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during a "Suggestion Box" bit on February 18, 2016 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)more
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0420 -- Pictured: (l-r) Radio personality Ryan Seacrest during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on February 18, 2016 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)more
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0420 -- Pictured: The USC Trojan Drum Line perform during a "Suggestion Box" bit on February 18, 2016 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0420 -- Pictured: (l-r) Actor Vince Vaughn during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on February 18, 2016 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)
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Thursday’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” features a “Suggestion Box” segment and interviews with Ryan Seacrest and Vince Vaughn.
It closes with a compelling, eagerly anticipated musical performance.
In what marks the band’s national television debut, Dead & Company takes the “Tonight Show” stage.
Consisting of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann and musicians John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti, Dead & Company provides a special attraction for a special “Tonight Show” episode. Thursday’s broadcast is the fourth of the show’s special, five-night stint in Los Angeles.
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