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unusual facts about Uncle John's Band


Uncle John's Band

Written by guitarist Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter, "Uncle John's Band" presents the Dead in an acoustic and musically concise mode, with close harmony singing.


Alice Riley

At age 16 she saw her first play, Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser, performed by Gilmore’s Band at the local opera house, which excited her enormously.

Fat Larry's Band

The opening drum break from "Down on the Avenue", from the band's first album, Feel It (WMOT 1976), has been sampled by many hip hop artists, including N.W.A (Straight Outta Compton), Ice-T, Jungle Brothers and Run-D.M.C. The bassline of their 1982 single Act Like You Know was prominently sampled in 1991 in the song Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) by American hip hop band De La Soul.

Hani Al-Dhabit

Although not being successful in scoring any goals in either of the two competitions, Hani Al-Dhabit still made many appearances, and was handed the captain's band once again in the 2003 Gulf Cup of Nations.

JoJo's Band

JoJo's Band is the chart-topping third single by Jeff Christie who had previously been the vocalist of the hit band Christie.

Quacky Duck and His Barnyard Friends

Gordon Javna became a writer and editor and oversees the popular Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series of trivia books.

Tafazzi

It originally appeared in Mai dire Gol, a comic-sports television show by the Gialappa's Band, but later appeared in other works of Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo, including the theatre show I corti.

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader

Volumes dedicated to a single topic have been released, under the title Uncle John Plunges Into..., for example: history, presidents, and the universe.

For example, a woman sues Bill Clinton because aliens have told her that he will enslave all black women.

Walter Hyatt

His band, known as Uncle Walt's Band, was involved in the alternative music scene in Austin, Texas, from its inception and is credited by many with being the Godfather of Americana Music or the Original Americana Artist, never easily pegged into any one musical genre or format of commercial music styles.

A year later, Uncle Walt's Band split up, with Hyatt returning to Nashville and forming a new band, The Contenders, with Champ Hood and Nashville musicians Steve Runkle, Tommy Goldsmith, and drummer Jimbeau Walsh.


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