For this week's iteration the "All The Years Live" video series, Grateful Dead HQ is taking us back to July '87 for a choice, Brent Mydland-era "Uncle John's Band," filmed live at the Oakland Coliseum.
"In its 1970 review of Workingman's Dead, Rolling Stone famously said of 'Uncle John's Band,' 'Near the end of the song there is an a cappella section done by everyone, sounds like about 62 tracks, maybe 63. Just listen to it, and try not to smile..'" recalled GD archivist/legacy manager David Lemieux. "In its live renderings, in a stadium like the Oakland Coliseum, the Dead were able to get 40,000 people to sing along with that section, and it was always a glorious release when they end with 'he's come to take his children home…' Indeed, try not to smile… This is from the penultimate show on the Dylan & The Dead tour."
Previously, GD HQ shared a pro-shot "My Brother Esau" from the same show.
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Watch "Unlce John's Band" below:
