Uncle John's Band
May 19, 1977
Fox Theatre
Opens in reverse, yep, with the rocking sense of urgency we usually find in the coda, one of the best pieces of music ever, and it's just a fulcrum for one of the all-time-grate jams (Estimated-Terrapin-Playin-UJB-Drmz-Wheel-China Doll-Playin), a sequence most Prog Rock bands wish they could come close to after years in a studio, and the Dead just did it night after night on stage with little-to-no preparation, creating masterful works of art like it really was no big deal, improvisational masterpieces..... And the Wheel-China Doll is exquisite!!