Today’s Livestreams, May 8, 2020: Colorado Gives Back, Grateful Dead & More
By Scott Bernstein May 8, 2020 • 10:22 am PDT

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Today’s JamBase Livestream Calendar lineup features the usual mix of livestreams and replays. The Lumineers, The String Cheese Incident’s Bill Nershi & Kyle Hollingsworth, Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd & The Monsters and Jewel are among the artists performing for The Lumineers Present: Colorado Gives Back, a livestream to benefit MusiCares and the Colorado Restaurant Association.
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Friday’s Grateful Dead Shakedown Stream includes a broadcast of the Dead’s July 2, 1989 show. Additional replays to end the week include Nathaniel Rateliff’s 2019 Pickathon set, Melvin Seals & JGB’s 2019 performance at The Ardmore Music Hall, the Disco Biscuits’ February 28, 2008 show at Starland Ballroom, Joe Lovano: Trio Facination’s March 2019 SFJAZZ set, The String Cheese Incident’s April 13, 2001 concert, a re-broadcast of Holly Bowling’s March 21 Live From Out There set and a 2018 Umphrey’s McGee Red Rocks show.
The airing of UM’s July 6, 2018 show comes after a special early edition of guitarist Brendan Bayliss’ Wine Not? weekly livestream. Rock & Roll Playhouse turns over today’s Live From The Playroom livestream to Phish tribute act Runaway Gin, while Dom Plemons performs for the New York Guitar Festival and Tim McGraw plays for RADIO.com.
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Courtney Marie Andrews stops by The Tallest Man On Earth’s livestream, Hayes Carll & Tommy Emmanuel go live for The Paste Happiest Hour and then Carll performs for At Home With ACL. There’s also livestreams today from Todd Park Mohr, Margo Price, Scott Law & Samson Grisman, Diplo and more.
Daily livestreamers Melissa Etheridge and Doobie Decibel System also keep their series going to end the week. Take a look at the full JamBase Livestreams Calendar lineup for today, Friday May 8:
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Check out the JamBase Livestreams Calendar to watch Thursday’s on-demand replays and for a look at what’s in store this weekend and beyond via the upcoming streams page.