The Rocklopedia Fakebandica now has a podcast.
Listen now!
Difference between revisions of "Uncle John's Band"
From Rocklopedia Fakebandica
Jump to navigationJump to search (Created page with "From the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_John%27s_Band song of the same name] by the Grateful Dead, and released on their 1970 album ''Workingman's Dead''. Most of the l...") |
|||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
Come hear Uncle John's Band by the riverside, | Come hear Uncle John's Band by the riverside, | ||
| + | |||
Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide. | Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide. | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
| + | |||
| + | It may be a reference to John Cohen of real band The New Lost City Ramblers. A number of mystical-sounding phrases are references to NLCR song titles. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *[http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/uncle.html The Annotated "Uncle John's Band"] | ||
[[Category:1970]] | [[Category:1970]] | ||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:51, 20 June 2018
From the song of the same name by the Grateful Dead, and released on their 1970 album Workingman's Dead.
Most of the lyrics are a bit mystical, and don't concern the titular band. What can be determined is this band has a regular gig playing an estuary, where a river meets the ocean:
Come hear Uncle John's Band by the riverside,
Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide.
It may be a reference to John Cohen of real band The New Lost City Ramblers. A number of mystical-sounding phrases are references to NLCR song titles.
