Uncle John's Band
May 11, 1977
St. Paul Civic Center Arena
One of my favorite periods for this great song. A hard song to pull off with smooth joie de vivre live, but May 1977? No problem. It's largely in Garcia's majestic narrative voice. And I love a good Garcia soliloquy - again, especially Spring of 77. The lonesome sound of the Travis Bean in a big ol' hall. Nominally called Space, it floats through the murky Civic Center atmosphere. Just something else unique the GD bring to the city tourism returns.
