Grateful Dead Family Discography: Shakey Ground

Shakey Ground

Composer: Jeffrey Bowen / Al Boyd / Eddie Hazel

Shakey Ground has been performed by Further, Bob Weir solo, Ratdog, Dead & Company and Bob Weir And Wolf Bros. The song often appears on setlists as Standing On Shaky Ground or just Shaky Ground. The Shakey Ground spelling is used here as that is the spelling on the original Temptations single.

The song was first recorded by the Temptations in 1974 and released on the album A Song For You in January 1975 and on a single in February 1975. The single version reached number one in the soul charts in April 1975.

The song has subsequently been recorded by a number of other performers.

Furthur concert recordings

February 23, 2013, Broomfield, CO
April 16, 2013, Port Chester, NY
July 14, 2013, Cooperstown, NY

Ratdog concert recordings

Upper Darby, PA, February 14, 2014
Boston, MA, February 24, 2014
Chicago, IL, March 7, 2014
Kansas City, MO, June 14, 2014

Selected Temptations recordings

no info A Song For You, The Temptations, 1975
no info Single (Shakey Ground / I'm A Bachelor), The Temptations, 1975
Emperors of Soul, The Temptations, 1994
Gold, The Temptations, 2005
Motown: The Complete No. 1's, Various Artists (Temptations), 2008

An expanded list of Temptations releases may be added in the future.

Selected other recordings

no info Shakey Ground / Don't Sleep With Your Eyes Closed, Phoebe Snow, 1976
Jealous Kind, Delbert McClinton, 1980
no info Seven Year Itch, Etta James, 1989
no info Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx, Fishbone, 2000
3/28/13, San Francisco, CA, Steve Kimock, 2013

An expanded list of other releases may be added in the future.