Uncle John's Band

A song by the Grateful Dead, from Workingman's Dead.

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Uncle John's Band live

• Played 350 times at 347 shows.
• First played Nov 1, 1969 at Family Dog on the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA.
• Last played Jun 28, 1995 at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI, 6 shows before the band's last show.

Live stats per setlist.fm, as of Oct 27, 2026.

How hard is it to guess from the lyric?

96% of players named Uncle John's Band in the daily Grateful Dead lyric game, and 72% got it from the first lyric. It ranks #8 hardest of 15 Grateful Dead songs played so far.

Dead puzzle #1, Oct 5, 2026. The first lyric was “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” Play it →

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