The three parts of the first instrumental break in The Grateful Dead’s performance of “Uncle John’s Band” on 26 December 1979. #111Words #TheGratefulDead #UncleJohnsBand #LiveMusic #Music #Improvisation #SpontaneousComposition #1979 #OaklandColisemArena #DicksPicks5 https://111-words.ghost.io/the-three-parts-of-the-first-instrumental-break-in-the-grateful-deads-performance-of-uncle-johns-band-on-26-december-1979/

@bourgwick @mangrovevalley Ppreparing for a discussion in my Grateful Dead course, I’ve been listening to the first instrumental break in “Uncle John’s Band” in the 30 live versions I have. I noticed something new to me: before the 1979 version on Dick’s Picks 5, the verse preceding the break is the “take his children home” verse, but from then on, it’s the “here beside the rising tide” verse. Do you know of any discussion of this change? #GratefulDead #UncleJohnsBand

Buying three used albums in Spring 1982 at Chimera Books and Records in Palo Alto. #111Words #ChimeraBooksAndRecords #PaloAlto #Spring1982 #Steppenwolf #BlackSabbath #TheGratefulDead #WorkingmansDead #UncleJohnsBand https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/09/buying-three-used-albums-in-spring-1982.html

The Grateful Dead playing “Uncle John’s Band” in May 1991, and a memory of a show the night before. #111Words #TheGratefulDead #UncleJohnsBand #Music #JerryGarcia #BrentMydland #VinceWelnick #BruceHornsby #NewSpeedwayBoogie #ShorelineAmphitheater #LostFriends https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-grateful-dead-playing-uncle-johns.html