Home Jambase Playing To The Tide: Watch Grateful Dead Perform ‘Uncle John’s Band’ At...

Playing To The Tide: Watch Grateful Dead Perform ‘Uncle John’s Band’ At Shoreline In 1991

May 5, 2023

grateful dead shakedown street 1991 video 1200x675 1

The Grateful Dead released video of “Uncle John’s Band” as the latest in their All The Years Live series. The footage is from the band’s May 11, 1991 concert at the Bay Area’s Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.

The Grateful Dead unveiled “Uncle John’s Band” live in late 1969. “UJB” remained a steady staple thereafter. 1975 and 1978 were the only years it was not played between 1969 and 1995. The tune also opened up the Grateful Dead’s 1970 album, Workingman’s Dead, as archivist David Lemieux mentioned in his notes accompanying the Shoreline video.

“Opening one of the Grateful Dead’s most beloved albums, Workingman’s Dead, ‘Uncle John’s Band’ was always a thrill to hear live in concert, with its beautiful melody, harmonies, and a closing jam that usually hit some pretty high peaks.”

The Shoreline ‘91 version of the song bridging the band’s equally strong folk and psychedelic tendencies contains shimmering piano from Bruce Hornsby and sees Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Vince Welnick teaming up for the tune’s harmonies. The solid closing jam was led by Garcia but driven by the rhythm section of Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart and Phil Lesh.

Watch the Grateful Dead perform “Uncle John’s Band” at Shoreline in ‘91 below:

!function ($) {

$(function(){ // document ready

$(‘.video-sticky’).stickybits(
{
stickyBitStickyOffset: getNavbarsHeight()
}
);

});

}(window.jQuery);

.video-content .panel-body {
padding-top:40px;
padding-bottom:40px;
}
.video-sticky {
z-index: 999;
background-color: #fcfcfc;
}
.honorable-mentions {
padding-left: 0;
margin-left: 1.375em;
}
.honorable-mentions li {
margin-bottom:5px;
}
.honorable-mentions .fa-li {
margin-top:-2px;
}

.video-summary-wrap table.glance-table.jambase-videos-songs-table{
background-color: #e2e8ef;
}

Uncle John’s Band	00:00:00

#jambase-tv-info-table tr:first-of-type > *{
border-top:none!important;
}
#jambase-tv-info-table tr:last-of-type > *{
padding-bottom:0;
}
#jambase-tv-info-table th{
padding-left:0;
width:65px;
}

Channel	Grateful Dead (See 133 videos)
Band	Grateful Dead (See 1,310 videos)

[Hat Tip – The Setlist Program]

.article-summary-wrap {
margin-top:25px;
}

.panel-article .list-posts > li {
border-style: dotted;
}
.panel-article .list-posts > li:last-of-type {
border-bottom-width:0;
}
.panel-article .list-posts .excerpt {
margin: 3px 0 0;
}
.panel-article .list-posts .btn-sm {
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 3px 10px;
}

More Dead

!function ($) {
$(function(){ // document ready
var ga_event_args = {
hitType: ‘event’,
eventCategory: ‘Article Summary Shortcode’,
eventAction: ‘Show Article Summary’,
eventLabel: ‘https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-meet-up-at-the-movies-2023-chicago-soldier-field-1991’,
nonInteraction : true
};
console.log( ‘JB – Analytics Event’ );
console.log( ga_event_args );
try {
__gaTracker(‘send’, ga_event_args );
} catch(err){}
$(document).on(‘click’, ‘.article-summary-wrap a[data-guid=”1036879788b63e00-51d1-42e2-95f4-fde9a4eb82f7″]’, function(e){
var ga_event_args = {
hitType: ‘event’,
eventCategory: ‘Article Summary Shortcode’,
eventAction: ‘Click Article Summary’,
eventLabel: ‘https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-meet-up-at-the-movies-2023-chicago-soldier-field-1991’
};
console.log( ‘JB – Analytics Event’ );
console.log( ga_event_args );
try {
__gaTracker(‘send’, ga_event_args );
} catch(err){}
});
});
}(window.jQuery);

Grateful Dead’s Chicago Soldier Field Debut Coming To Cinemas Worldwide
!function ($) {
$(function(){ // document ready
var ga_event_args = {
hitType: ‘event’,
eventCategory: ‘Article Summary Shortcode’,
eventAction: ‘Show Article Summary’,
eventLabel: ‘https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-here-comes-sunshine-1973-box-set’,
nonInteraction : true
};
console.log( ‘JB – Analytics Event’ );
console.log( ga_event_args );
try {
__gaTracker(‘send’, ga_event_args );
} catch(err){}
$(document).on(‘click’, ‘.article-summary-wrap a[data-guid=”103510168b90733a-0256-40eb-a335-2b3978a9edf8″]’, function(e){
var ga_event_args = {
hitType: ‘event’,
eventCategory: ‘Article Summary Shortcode’,
eventAction: ‘Click Article Summary’,
eventLabel: ‘https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-here-comes-sunshine-1973-box-set’
};
console.log( ‘JB – Analytics Event’ );
console.log( ga_event_args );
try {
__gaTracker(‘send’, ga_event_args );
} catch(err){}
});
});
}(window.jQuery);

Grateful Dead Preps Massive ‘Here Comes Sunshine 1973’ Box Set Featuring 5 Previously Unreleased Shows
!function ($) {
$(function(){ // document ready
var ga_event_args = {
hitType: ‘event’,
eventCategory: ‘Article Summary Shortcode’,
eventAction: ‘Show Article Summary’,
eventLabel: ‘https://www.jambase.com/article/jambase-podcast-phil-lesh-phriends-phish-trey-anastasio-page-mcconnell’,
nonInteraction : true
};
console.log( ‘JB – Analytics Event’ );
console.log( ga_event_args );
try {
__gaTracker(‘send’, ga_event_args );
} catch(err){}
$(document).on(‘click’, ‘.article-summary-wrap a[data-guid=”1024621124de318b-f139-4e18-bbee-d153206415ff”]’, function(e){
var ga_event_args = {
hitType: ‘event’,
eventCategory: ‘Article Summary Shortcode’,
eventAction: ‘Click Article Summary’,
eventLabel: ‘https://www.jambase.com/article/jambase-podcast-phil-lesh-phriends-phish-trey-anastasio-page-mcconnell’
};
console.log( ‘JB – Analytics Event’ );
console.log( ga_event_args );
try {
__gaTracker(‘send’, ga_event_args );
} catch(err){}
});
});
}(window.jQuery);

‘The JamBase Podcast’ Revisits April 1999 Phil Lesh & Phriends Run With Phish’s Trey Anastasio & Page McConnell
!function ($) {
$(function(){ // document ready
var ga_event_args = {
hitType: ‘event’,
eventCategory: ‘Article Summary Shortcode’,
eventAction: ‘Show Article Summary’,
eventLabel: ‘https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-around-around-louisville-1990-video’,
nonInteraction : true
};
console.log( ‘JB – Analytics Event’ );
console.log( ga_event_args );
try {
__gaTracker(‘send’, ga_event_args );
} catch(err){}
$(document).on(‘click’, ‘.article-summary-wrap a[data-guid=”102126793e132cbe-2184-43c6-8150-5f27a6a4abce”]’, function(e){
var ga_event_args = {
hitType: ‘event’,
eventCategory: ‘Article Summary Shortcode’,
eventAction: ‘Click Article Summary’,
eventLabel: ‘https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-around-around-louisville-1990-video’
};
console.log( ‘JB – Analytics Event’ );
console.log( ga_event_args );
try {
__gaTracker(‘send’, ga_event_args );
} catch(err){}
});
});
}(window.jQuery);

Watch Grateful Dead Go ‘Around & Around’ At Louisville’s Cardinal Stadium In 1990
!function ($) {
$(function(){ // document ready
var ga_event_args = {
hitType: ‘event’,
eventCategory: ‘Article Summary Shortcode’,
eventAction: ‘Show Article Summary’,
eventLabel: ‘https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-branford-marsalis-debut-1990-video-audio’,
nonInteraction : true
};
console.log( ‘JB – Analytics Event’ );
console.log( ga_event_args );
try {
__gaTracker(‘send’, ga_event_args );
} catch(err){}
$(document).on(‘click’, ‘.article-summary-wrap a[data-guid=”2303908ca7fe3ad-7410-4714-8a24-99163739e27c”]’, function(e){
var ga_event_args = {
hitType: ‘event’,
eventCategory: ‘Article Summary Shortcode’,
eventAction: ‘Click Article Summary’,
eventLabel: ‘https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-branford-marsalis-debut-1990-video-audio’
};
console.log( ‘JB – Analytics Event’ );
console.log( ga_event_args );
try {
__gaTracker(‘send’, ga_event_args );
} catch(err){}
});
});
}(window.jQuery);

Watch Branford Marsalis Make Grateful Dead Debut At Nassau Coliseum