After tours of the California Central Valley and then the east coast, the band begins work on a new album, Shakedown Street, with a new producer, Little Feat?s Lowell George. Their summer tour includes a number of huge stadiums, such as New Jersey?s Giants Stadium, which is where they announce on September 3rd the grandest Dead caper of them all - they?re about to play three nights (September 14-16) at the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Gizeh, Egypt. It?s truly a grand adventure, but it comes with a catch. Because they don?t play well, Garcia refuses to allow management to put out an album to pay for it, and so they?re soon back working hard. Shakedown?s released on November 11th and the band celebrates it with a visit to the hit show, ?Saturday Night Live.? They end the year brilliantly, closing their long-time but dilapidated home, Winterland, on New Year?s Eve.
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