Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band (Studio Version)

[tippimail1]

R.I.P.Jon McInitre,the manager of the Good Old Grateful Dead.The SFGate said this song was written about him.Great song from a great album.Dead Freaks unite!!!!

[svoidkugan]

Steve Jobs Bio.. that is all.

[SuperArcher1968]

OH NO!!! I just got sent back in time!!! Well,since I'M here.I confess that I did drugs & alcohol.I'M now currently wondering how many DEAD HEADS are still doing drugs & alcohol?If anybody would like to make a trade (currently being drafted in a secret congressial chamber.About the free information trade act) just let me know.Oh,by the way.Sorry for labeling you,but this music is worth something.Can anybody guess what that is?If you thought money.You're wrong.Now blink your eyes 3 times.

[renessac]

i'm loving reading everyone's stories on here!

[UngratefulLiving420]

Thanks for putting up these songs, I bought the Workingman's Dead cassette tape in a second hand store a few years back for 10 cents and little did I know how much I'd get out of that 10 cents

[renessac]

@UngratefulLiving420 Wow!

[Kapitainleutnant]

August 1971, Ann Arbor, Michigan. It still tears me up. What I want to know, is are you kind?

[bulletbill18]

I still remember the first time i heard this song. It was a mid august night hot as fuck and i was laying in bed high off my ass and when i heard the first notes it sent chills up my spine and made me grab my blankets and i drifted away to such a beautiful place there is nothing that compares to the first time you hear the Dead but no matter who you are one thing is the same after that first time nothing is the same again. =) thank you for the music it truly will never stop :)

[liimlsan2]

Ever since I was six, when I heard this song, I pictured a happy disney lion dancing around a beach playing a lute.

I cannot make that image go away when I hear this song.

And the evil part? I can't talk about it to anyone.

"A dancing lion? What song?"

"Uncle John's Band."

"Oh, the Grateful Dead. You were probably just high."

(I've heard it for over twenty years, and for the fourteen years before I ever tripped. It's embarrassing.)

[drmattdenver]

Reminds me of when I was living in beautiful Eugene, OR. Drank beer with friends on the sand dunes, shared a fed doobs with others...and listened to this song while tripping. Incredible times.

[jKRAMER001]

Hey check out my cover of this! I have harmonies and everything! :)

[nesciioo123456789]

its such a shame that everybody connects this band instantly with drugs. beautiful music.

[michaelperryswim]

:megusta:

[californiakienitz]

:( my dad used to sing this before he died r.i.p. cosmic chris andrew kienitz xo<3

[thatguru877]

@californiakienitz R.I.P. The heads a rolling if you see what im saying. Wish I was part of your dads generation.

[steelersfan7238]

Great song!!

[TheOldfozz]

dude can ya upload cumberland blues of wmd plz my copy got trashed and aint heard it in yrs.. thks

[buzzkillean]

I have an uncle John, hav'nt seen him in years though, whare does the time go....

[tuneindropout420]

13 people don't have an Uncle John. sorry to hear about that.

[lucasfreefoot]

I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb;

I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune

I love these lyrics. They have a personal meaning to me. I know everyone has their own interpretation.

[dudebot3000]

i luv this song its so gay

[Django5198]

@dudebot3000 in what way is it homosexual?

[Fiercify89]

good song!!!!!! it brings back good memories

[MelsieH67]

Just such a beautiful song.

[abetco]

this song brings back so many beautiful memories of this summer... especially when i had my very first conversation with my very good friend. he recommended me to listen to this song. loved it/him ever since :-)

[Scatherfirst]

I only saw them once, Vancouver May 1973. But it was a great show, they played hits, took a break, then jammed. It was a superb 5 hours.

[whaddabunchashit]

12 people have never come and heard Uncle John's Band... Poor souls.

[celticsfan7577]

anyone need weight!

[momashine1]

@celticsfan7577 yes please



[tuyocuyo]

Was this song performed by The Montanas too?

[BillHylton1]

A big mushroom tattooed on my right forearm, with Summer of '93 on it. I left my first wife and me and 4 friends followed the Dead around this great land with the dead heads. You will not find a truer family out there! it was a friggin' blast!!! Deadheads are the coolest, and they'll feed ya too. lol

[Freshmanboy0221]

A true under rated song, but god i love it.

[firstsgtquincannon]

As of 11-17-11, 12 wankers didn't like this.

[666Necrofrost]

Are you kind?

[celticsfan7577]

@666Necrofrost i got the kind(s)



[nelson4568]

Bose O__o

[Buutleggar]

Sometimes it's nice to have politics and intellectualism thrown to the wind and hear music made simply for the sheer joy of it... my all-time favourite song!

[voivodvlad1]

One of their best!

[neil0952]

There wall's were truly made of cannon balls, or was it just the wall of sound.

[BigRockMusicFan]

Despite all the weed references to the Dead, they still kickass!!

[lukejeter7]

@BigRockMusicFan despite?

[BigRockMusicFan]

@lukejeter7 Despite?

[direktorjutjuba]

So Sweet

[lxw0052]

Of all the Dead songs I like or love, for whatever reason, I love this one best. Party on, Jerry.

[Synnytystuska77]

That's my favorite song of Grateful Dead. Love it and love the band too. Peace!

[rainbowcolorsblend]

Im timeless and I love this song.

[JailBirdy8]

lovely!

[graveling1968]

most fav')

[DFaimali]

My memory must be failing; I thought this was from Workingman's Dead. Sorry, didn't click show more before posting.

[DFaimali]

My memory must be failing; I thought this was from Workingman's Dead.

[Django5198]

@DFaimali it is from WD

[TheWeedEnthusiast]

you seeee... they were made for ME! i AM the weed ENTHUSIAST!

[colu1492]

who did the album cover photo?

[alphaprojectt]

This song has gotten me through so many hard times...deaths of friends...girlfriends...thank god for this song to help me thru it all

[mrwahl22]

11 people don't smoke pot

[eazyduzitjacob]

this song made me cry on mushrooms.

in a good way, of course.

[wolfgirl140]

My dad used to sing me Dead songs as lullabies,accompanied by his trusty accoustic guitar(which he still has to this day btw!) Ah,sweet memories!

[MrAyan69]

Do we really know that how does the song of life goes in this incredible fast life style?

We all are running like Dupree & find that diamond which doesn't actually exist in this tangible world.

[MrChinaCatSunflower]

Please put up New Speedway Boogie Studio. Thanks.

[LongStrangeTrip710]

@MrChinaCatSunflower Sure thing!

[skelly790]

1200 to 12

Heh...

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[jackslove01]

why can't we all live like there is no time to hate????

[loveablefilms]

I love this song. It makes me feel so pshychadelic! Aint no time to hate.......

[zorozwhip]

Aint no time to hate...barely time to wait. Applies to the times, no?

[banchie28]

it's fun to think about all the other people listening to the Dead around the world at the same time :)

dance, twirl, dance, twirl...

[blinginlike3p0]

hate to bring up politics, but I think the second top comment says a lot.

not all hippies are pinkos.

[Pbirv]

I have always loved the Dead's philosophy. So sad the rest of the world doesn't follow it.

[HYLIANLINK456]

ah yes the music never stopped was very sensational and sensable to me i love this type of oldies rock music

[chumshot1]

my dad's name is Jon, he's in three bands !!!! LOL

[angebean1971]

Brings me back to good times with my bro and long nites

[YouWantMeYouCantPay]

first song I tried to learn on guitar when I was 14, WAY back in 1995 haha.

[halfaday1]

Deborah Koons, love black cock !!!

[head5338]

@halfaday1 look man listen to the words "ain't no time to hate", not a fan of Deborah at all !!. UJB is not the venue to spew hate. Celebrate the song ! Celebrate the band, they are the greatest in the world.

[astrologyfox]

I hate you all.

[worldunited1234]

@astrologyfox I love you.

[Django5198]

@astrologyfox I love you too

[mrguitarmanguy12]

@astrologyfox i love u ima cure ur hate with love

[ScallopHolden]

What I want to know is How does the song go?

[JEBJABJOB]

Ain't no time to hate.

[Django5198]

I just wanna tell everyone that I love them very much.

[ScumFXck]

The Music Never Stopped brought me here.

[cesarmarx]

@ScumFXck Me Too Dude.

[grimaper]

@ScumFXck me too dude that movie was amazing.

[lukejeter7]

@ScumFXck my ass brought you here

[bruns781]

Same here

[mikeybarksdale]

mount st ellens miss u jerry

if u know he dead u wont write tat way

[mikeybarksdale]

mount st ellens miss u jerry

[originalpauper]

You know, each time you listen to the Dead, it sounds like a new song. This song and Ripple would still be on favorite playlists a century from now. Oh, how I love Jerry!

[MrDosanders]

@younggunsultimatefan I love this song and im only 14

[223johnd]

dude im sitting here wearing realistic nova 10 head phones these things are about 40 years old and they work just like new :D its almost like a time machine :3

[GuitarWarrior96]

Really great song, (No Pun Intended), These guys rule

[guitardanch]

Why is there hate on the comments for such a peaceful song?

[99punkrockgirl]

Rest In peace Jerry. We'll miss you.

[shorthopper88]

@younggunsultimatefan oh wow your only 12 wow good for you bla bla blaa. your a smug 12 year old.

[domoblviion]

i love that at 15 i can just chill and mellow out to this song after a hard day. it truely is one of my favorites... thank you dad for showing me your music throughout my whole childhood! :) <3

[TooMuchPwn]

@domoblviion jesus christ no one cares

[freethetech]

@younggunsultimatefan "Come in here boy, have a cigar. You're gonna go far. You're gonna fly high, you're never gonna die." ~ Pink Floyd. You're one cool kid.

[MrDosanders]

@freethetech you know its not like only one kid listens to good music

[mictoproductions]

this song just touches your soul

[domoblviion]

wow... i found this song in my dad's music sometime last year and i always have the urge to listen to it.... so soothing, and i dont even smoke pot to enjoy it's beauty :)

[drewh666]

Where does the time go?

[AdrenaliinRUSH]

Lets kick back and love cool tunes like this shit dog smoke that joint.

[tyesse1]

i was a kids when i heard this for the first time in the 85's about 12. smoke a joint and sit back in a space out. love the Grateful dead

[writer125]

The Dead rule forever. Longtime Deadhead, 30 years, Deadhead forever. This song is even better live. There is nothing like a Dead concert. Never has been, never will be.

[BeatlesFloydnDeadFan]

how can 9 people dislike this, they're obviously justin bieber fans

[michaelsoftcell]

Time is a Thief ....



[satrapgold]

Gorgeous beyond words...

[vr4runner]

wow this brings back memories.......long live the dead!!!!

[DoGeeseSeeGod24]

I love this band so much

[kylewuzhur]

How could anyone dislike this song?

[1fowlhunter]

My 4yr old daughters favorite song!

[pap3rCranes]

#1 antidepressant.

[mattbmitzel]

The vocals at 4:01 = Heaven.

[chrisgroppe]

Always reminds me of Independence Day

[jemi4675]

A good friend of mine used to sing..."where does the herb grow?"

[jemi4675]

"Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait."

[Yourfrontallobe]

Aurita?

[killfroggy26]

I actually heard jimmy buffet's version first......sorry.

[pillroller88]

8 people can go to hell

[ThePmerc]

@pillroller88 now is that what the GreatDead would say?

[pillroller88]

@ThePmerc Goddamn I declare..you may be right

[Hashjihadful]

11-17-1973 Pauley Pavilion at the University of California, look for it on Archive.org in the Grateful Dead section.

[Hashjihadful]

For any doubters of the Magnificence of Uncle John's Band, check out this recording right here. Listen to the

Playing In The Band ->

Uncle John's Band ->

Morning Dew ->

Uncle John's Band ->

Playing In The Band

This jam between Morning Dew and Uncle John's Band is not for Barney, and they are definitely not eating Morning Dew Sandwhiches on Sesame Street.

[mrguitarmanguy12]

i trip every time i smoke 2 this

[mrguitarmanguy12]

tripped to this 2day <3

[vintage8tracks]

@mrguitarmanguy12 me 2 lol

[dajh1777]

Perfect Love it. Filled with such character and perspective

[damarisrobles0101]

Great tune...even better with Bose headphones on...my hearing was better when this album was new...lol

[butterh4]

@damarisrobles0101 i feel ya

[mjpsails]

@damarisrobles0101 Hah, they said we'd ruin our ears (but why are my eyes messin up?)

[Pugh1983]

8 people have uncle's named john ;-)

[Mr419gotAmin]

8 people can fall off the earth

[Epicpofunk]

no more buzzkills, ok people?

Just useful stuff, like batteries and a blinking light that kept changing colours

and it was fu%cking Hilarious l Laft my ars into non-existence, on a cliff above eternity and such. Were you there? Email me.

[Nixo66]

@Epicpofunk what are you talking about dude?



[ds004]

@Nixo66 hahaha

[bags4203]

the eight dislikes came from eight people hitting the wrong button

[ashland1977]

"When Life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door" some truth to that....

[strangesttrip]

Love this song! Glad my parents were Dead Heads. Walked down the aisle to Sugar Magnolia. :)

[muchloot1]

Yeah, I had a hippie GF in college that introduced me to the subtle melodies of the GD. Thanks, Carrie. P.S. Thanks Gary at the M,KS head shop. I will never forget you both.

[sirhonestharry]

8 people aren't grateful

[brianallancobb]

Best Dead recording. Stars were in alignment.  Uncle John's Band, High Time, Casey Jones...

[thefunkof30000years]

I LOVE YOU. YOU LOVE ME WE ARE A HAPPY FAMILY. I DON'T SMOKE POT . I HAVE KIDS . BARNEY'S A GENIUS COMPARED JERRY GARCIA. GET OVE IT HE'S DEAD, BOZOS DEAD, BOZOS A CLOWN FROM THE 60s (FYI). GROW UP >:P

[MONSQUEEKY]

@thefunkof30000years damn. you're kids must have some pretty shitty ass lives. especially if they have a shitty parent like you.

[ambervisions]

@MONSQUEEKY You said it! I feel sorry for his/her kids! Barney rots the brain! lol Jerry lifts the soul!

[ambervisions]

@thefunkof30000years DAmn..........I feel so sorry for your kids! You suck as a parent!

[yourGODLYhero]

@thefunkof30000years buzz kill

[IamMrTempest]

@thefunkof30000years This is a prime example of modern Nazism.

[geehowdy1]

seven people are have their heads up their arse!!

[stratomaster001]

7 people need to get.....truckin' !!!

[mwalker4]

My uncle John died today, this song always reminded me of him.

"Like the wind you go".

[dIIlIIb]

My father's favorite band.

My mother's favorite band: The Beatles

[freethetech]

@dIIlIIb That's pretty much how my parents are, but they've raised me to love both bands equally. :)

[michaelbrigante]

No violence,no regret and no remorse...it's just the "Fox"...god bless Fox,god bless you Jerry!

[EricTansley]

What a fantastic song ! Miss you so much Jerry you were the finest musician of the 20th Century.

[EricTansley]

What a fantastic song ! Miss you so much Jerry you were the finest musician of the 20th Century.

[albatross7677]

7 people need to meet the "dire wolf".

[mrtuckercalhoun]

Dont tread on me

[zeitgeistmonger]

@mrtuckercalhoun Get out of here Teabager.

[mrtuckercalhoun]

@zeitgeistmonger

hey fuck you. how many actual dead shows with jerry you hit. oh sorry you were at home listening to R.E.M. and masturbating to seinfeld. loser.

[morshusbigbomb]

This one's awsome so is jimmy buffet's verson

[vettes87]

my fav dead tune

[IAFKinREACH]

it's a buck dancers choice my friends #truth

[almostfamous145]

my dad was a big dead head and he died recently, this song always reminds me of my daddy. his name was jon.

[DoxxoRoxxo]

@almostfamous145 How coincidental, my deadhead dad just passed as well. His name was Johnny ha

[rocknroll501]

im 13 and kids i know are listening to CRAP. i can be open minded to their music but people becoming millionaires even though theres no talent whatsoever? crosses the line. i love classic vinyl and i need this album haha(;

[TheTater1984]

@rocknroll501 ...keep it up buddy, dont give in to the "IN" crowd...you will be the wiered one in school but you know good music....i know what its like man

[worldunited1234]

Damn i posted that a while ago, I want to see this get to One million views. Come on Deadheads!

[zeroenvy]

I always thought from 3:28 to 3:48 sounds like a section of playing in the band.

[turtlebobcat]

7 people had danger at their door