Music World Publishing was formed in Albany, New York and one of its companies was

Special Permission formed to copyright all Uncle John´s lyrics and poems.

We moved to California & SpecialPermission.com website was formed in 2002.

Special Permission is incorporated in California

& owns all of the auxillary domains and websites.

MIKAELA DAVIS @ Cafe Du Nord,

San Francisco July 8, 2025

Review by Uncle John

WEBSTARS.BEST

WEBSTARS.BEST

DEAD & COMPANY

www.WEB.ORB

HALLELUJAH

Leonard Cohen Live in London

MusicWorld.Studio

Taylor Swift, Bob Weir, Natascha Weir @ 2025 Grammy Awards PHOTO: KEVIN MAZUR/GETTY

Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, on Taylor Swift:

"I´m not as enormous a fan as my wife and kids are,

but sometimes in the morning

I put on her records to warm up my hands

playing along with her

because she writes everything in guitar keys."

He has helped us get through the dark

knowing darkness will always yield to the

Daybreak!

The Clubhouse Sessions

Darkstarathon Episode 9

BOX OF RAIN

"It´s just a box of rain

I don´t know who put it there

Believe it if you need it

or leave it if you dare

But it´s just a box of rain

or a ribbon for your hair

Such a long, long time to be gone

and a short time to be there"

FRANKLIN’S TOWER

FRANKLIN´S TOWER

Uncle John, Vocals,

Music by Terrapin Family Band

with Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)

Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael, CA

THE HIGHWAYMEN

Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings & Johnny Cash

Highwayman (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990)

bobdylan.com

2025

LASTFLASH .com

An Intimate Connection with

THE GRATEFUL DEAD

by Uncle John

JAZZZZ.com

DEADLIVE.com

WEB.Irish

Irish Tree by Jerry Garcia

INTO THE MYSTIC

Performed by Bob Dylan 6-15-23

Alicante, SpaIN

LYRICS

Van Morrison

Bob Dylan performs “Truckin´” first time live

@ Tokyo Garden Theater

April 12, 2023

Review by D. and Mademoiselle Lili

“And then it happened... Something didn't seem right. At first

we thought it was a new version of "Jimmy Reed" but then we heard the word

"truckin'"... Sporadic roars from around the audience (jumping from Dead

heads), we wanted to rush the stage- the reaction would have been bigger

but it is so difficult to express oneself in this venue.

But this was special, so special, Really special. Bob was loving

it, the band were loving it. He sang like a 20 year old do dah man, giving

it everything, every word was clear, next level stuff. As the song

finished Tony punched the air in delight - smiles all round.

And then it was over - from Truckin' to Mother of Muses - like nothing had

happened. This is the rough and rowdy tour and don't forget it - a great show.

What a long strange happy night it's been!”

Nagoya, Japan
Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater
April 20, 2023

1.

Watching The River Flow (Bob on baby grand piano)

2.

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine)
(Bob on baby grand piano)

3.

I Contain Multitudes (Bob on baby grand piano)

4.

False Prophet (Bob on baby grand piano)

5.

When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on baby grand piano and harp)

6.

Black Rider (Bob on baby grand piano)

7.

My Own Version of You (Bob on baby grand piano)

8.

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on baby grand piano)

--

Band introductions

9.

Crossing The Rubicon (Bob on baby grand piano)

10.

To Be Alone With You (Bob on baby grand piano)

11.

Key West (Philosopher Pirate) (Bob on baby grand piano)

12.

Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob on baby grand piano)

13.

I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You
(Bob on baby grand piano)

14.

Truckin' (Bob on baby grand piano)

15.

Mother of Muses (Bob on baby grand piano)

16.

Only A River (Bob on baby grand piano)

17.

Goodbye Jimmy Reed (Bob on baby grand piano)

18.

Every Grain of Sand (Bob on baby grand piano and harp)

Thanks to Bill Pagel @ boblinks.com

Band Members:
Bob Dylan - piano, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
Jerry Pentecost - drums
Bob Britt - guitar
Doug Lancio - guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

"ONLY A RIVER"

Bob Dylan, Nagoya, Japan 4/20

"Only A River" "When I Paint My Masterpiece" "Bird Song" "Ripple"

Bob Weir & Wolf Bros. with Mikaela Davis @

NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert LISTEN HERE

BOOKS.PICTURES

Our PHOTO Gallery with Picture Books

featuring Baron Wolman, Jay Blakesberg, Stanley Mouse, Susana Millman, Bob Minkin & Rosie McGee.

Listen here: Carry Me Home

MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY

WHITE RABBIT LIVE

CLARE MALONEY

Dream Within A Dream

by Uncle John

Sunday, March 19 is the 100^th show Phil Lesh has played at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York.

Clare Maloney & The Great Adventure is playing a Phil Lesh & Friends pre-show next door at Garcia´s, and all concert ticket holders get free admission to this show.

I spoke with Clare after a show with The Airplane Family at The Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, California . Her talent is astounding as a musician playing guitar in a band, and a premier vocalist with deep operatic training, and her golden voice is present through songs that move the spirit.

A touch of Hot Tuna, “Hesitation Blues” helps me understand what is going on. Her vocals on “Blows Against The Empire” are deep and mesmerizing. “Paul Kantner and David Crosby are here tonight very strong in the spirit.” I tell her, and she agrees with me, smiling. I share that I met Paul Kantner at an acupuncture clinic with Dr. Ron in San Francisco.

Her rendition of “Sunrise” is pitch perfect.

Clare Maloney was an international opera star before she became a rocker.

During the pandemic, Clare wrote over a hundred songs and it reminds me of the time Robert Hunter went on the road with The Grateful Dead and wrote a song with a hundred verses, “Truckin´”. The Grateful Dead recorded the first five verses.

I tell Clare that Jerry Garcia is here tonight. “Yes, he is!” she says.

Clare Maloney & The Great Adventure have a new album out called “DAYBREAKER”. Check out the songs, especially “Legend Lives On” and “Dream Within A Dream” and “Song To The Moon”.

I tell her that she sounds just like Grace Slick. She personifies, amplifies and emanates her vocally. “White Rabbit” is maravilloso.

"Inspector Rabbit" by artist Grace Slick

Clare reminds me of Grace the musician, yet she has her own style. This girl knows how to rock on!

Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley California

January 28 & 29, 2023

Have You Seen The Stars Tonight?

GREEN COMET 1/24/2023

Jupiter & The Moon 1/25/2023

I'm sitting at a table directly across from Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Starship & Jefferson Airplane. He's reading the Chronicle and I'm playing one of the puzzle mazes. Paul's profile is facing me and he looks just like I do with pins sticking out of our ears. We are at Dr. Ron´s acupuncture clinic and I engage Paul´s attention and bring up my musical science fiction play, "RAINDANCE". In the play, extraterrestrial time travelers, seven sirens, intercept the Voyager 1 and capture the Golden Record and listen to it, including Chuck Berry's song Johnny B. Goode, and when they arrive on Earth they become seven gypsy dancing women who sing to Bobby "Sugarfree" Sugaree, and in one voice tell him "Take us to your leader Johnny B. Goode". Paul Kantner and I talk about Jerry Garcia's love for science fiction, Blows Against The Empire, and Sirens Of Titan.

Golden Record Manual for Visitors from Interstellar Space

Thanks to NASA

RAINDANCE

THE PLAY

BOX OF RAIN

Clare Maloney & The Great Adventure

12/9/22 NYC Album Release Party (Full Show)

Listen HERE

MUSIC HEALS

Concert to Benefit the Rob Wasserman Memorial Fund

Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley, California

November 23, 2021

Review by Uncle John

Tonight we are treated to a fusion of sounds: jazz, reggae, Roots&Blues, funk, soul, pure country, rock, and folk, creating a healing spirit of music with a special band of musicians, Lebo, Mookie Siegel, Elliot Peck, Steve Adams, and Ezra Lipp, Dave Ellis, DJ Logic, Jamie Clark, Grant Harrington and Paul Beaubrun, who unite us with a stirring "No Woman, No Cry". The Haitian singer reminds us of the of the distress and desolation in his homeland this past year and we hold hands in unity of the spirit of hope and healing. Tonight´s show is attended by an audience who pass the strongest Covid requirements to enter this performance. Everyone is vaccinated and had to produce a negative Covid test within 24 hours of the show´s start.

In the midst of the show´s first set, the power goes out and battery-powered lights come on in the audience. Though the stage is dark, the musicians decide to carry on acoustically and beg the audience for quiet so they can be heard. We are reminded of Haiti, and our hope in the spirit presses for the show to go on. We are informed the power outage is city-wide and the show would continue as long as the battery lights lasted. Jamie Clark did a good job here to hold the audience attentive and respectfully quiet. There is a short auction in the dark. Then, a solo performance by Lukas Nelson and his bandmate Tato Melgar, sharing some of their Promise Of The Real songs. Lukas is amazing! His confidence and ability to play an acoustic instrument and carry a song unplugged in a dark auditorium with an audience focused on their songs is a difficult task to carry out, but his performance is appreciated by all. They did about four songs and suddenly, the darkness gives way and power returns to the stage. Lukas finds the electric guitar and breaks into a spontaneous "I Saw The Light" a Hank Williams gem, "Christmas song" Lukas, a Christmas child, shares.

Bob Weir joins Lukas Nelson and Tato Melgar onstage and they play Willie Nelson´s "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain". They cover Bo Diddley, and the Grateful Dead, with Bob Weir singing "Loose Lucy" (From The Mars Hotel). The musicians all return to the stage. Our hands clap, voices hum and sing, the sweet sound of music heals our minds, hearts, and spirit. They cover The Temptations "Shakey Ground", the Band´s song, "The Weight" and close the show with Bob Dylan´s "I Shall Be Released".

Bob Weir, Tato Melgar & Lukas Nelson

Emma Swift says, “Like many of the great Bob Dylan songs,

‘I Contain Multitudes’ is a magnet, a fly’s eye view of the cultural wilderness in which we wander. It’s magnificent and heartbreaking, a love letter to words & art & music, to all that has been lost and all that might be redeemed. To me this song has become an obsession, a mantra, a prayer. I can’t hope to eclipse it, all I hope to do is allow more people to hear it, to feel comforted by it, to love it the way I do.”

BOB DYLAN´S NEVER ENDING TOUR returns
March 25, 2025

Bob Dylan´s World Wide Tour 2021-2024

Tour continues in EUROPE

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France,

Belgium, Netherlands, England, UK & Scotland, IRELAND

25 Sep 2022 - 7 NOV 2022

The London Palladium 19 - 20 - 23 - 24 Oct 2022

Dylan’s return to the road, which began with a stretch through parts of the United States last fall,

follows 2020’s Rough and Rowdy Ways release.

Bob Dylan Spring Part 2 Summer Part 1- 2022 Tour

THE SONGWRITER MUSICIAN and ARTIST

BOB DYLAN

July 6, 2022

Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre – Denver, Colorado, USA

Setlist

1. Watching the River Flow

2. Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine

3. I Contain Multitudes*

4. False Prophet*

5. When I Paint My Masterpiece

6. Black Rider*

7. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

8. My Own Version of You*

9.   Crossing The Rubicon*

10. To Be Alone With You

11.   Key West (Philosopher Pirate)*

12.   Gotta Serve Somebody

13.   I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You*

14.    That Old Black Magic   (Frank Sinatra cover)

15.    Mother of Muses*

16.   Goodbye Jimmy Reed*

Band Introductions

17.   Every Grain Of Sand
Bob Dylan – Piano, Guitar, Harp, Vocals
Tony Garnier - Bass
Donnie Herron – Pedal Steel, Violin, Electric Mandolin, Lap Steel
Charley Drayton - Drums
Bob Britt - Guitar
Doug Lancio- Guitar

SONGS by BOB DYLAN

*Song from Rough & Rowdy Ways album

Jambase.com

Bob Dylan´s album released 6/ 19/ 2020

Tour begins November 2, 2021

November 20, 2021

Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, USA

GratefulDead.xyz

Uncle John Reviews

Bob Dylan´s Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour

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MARIA MULDAUR´s 80th Birthday Celebration September 2022

Billy Strings & Peter Rowan

MIDNIGHT MOONLIGHT

Danny Clinch

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Contact the OwsleyStanleyFoundation.org

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Donna Jean

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BORN TO RISE

Uncle John meets Singer Songwriter LANA DEL REY

Ain´t no time to hate

Barely time to wait

THE TREE OF LIFE

Playin' In The Band continues

Vision of the dance to make it rain - Part 1

"SUNDANCE"

Letras y Música por Uncle John
Traducción de Tania Carrasco

desde la obra de teatro "RAINDANCE"

escrito en Mexico

SUNDANCE

Lyrics by Uncle John & Music by Uncle John & Gary Sangervasi

www.Raindance.family

Performed at The Sweetwater Music Saloon in Mill Valley, California with Gary Sangervasi

Born in the American hills
Raised in a desert cave
It wasn't until he was twenty-one
He met Jesus and was saved
He can move like a mountain lion
Smell like a bear for snakes
Sundance is so bold and strange
As he is strong and brave

He has half a diamond for an eye
And an eagle to guide his way
And he lived ten years inside the city
And he learned the city´s ways
He had a love for the game
A taste for whiskey
A weakness for pretty women
But he couldn't understand the cruelty
To lock up so many people inside prisons
He is a man who loves his freedom

He picked up a simple stone
And at night his would shine
Reflected on the city
Illuminated the road in the sky
They say he has ten thousand brothers
And all of them believing men
And ten thousand sisters
And many children

He has vision for a river of time
Who can stop the rain at will
When you find him he can make it rhyme
And get even better still
He walks inside the cities teaching ecology
He painted a rose for a masterpiece
And helps the blind to see

He had a love for the game
A taste for whiskey
A weakness for pretty women
But he couldn't understand the cruelty
To lock up so many people inside prisons
He is a man who loves his freedom

Sundance is clever
And a man with many faces
But he´s the only one I know
Holding all four aces
Now some say he is a prophet
And some just one man
But I know him as a friend of Jesus
And a child of the desert sand
Asking
How can the most advanced
Civilization of all time
be so far behind
be so far behind?

Now Sundance is among you
Who helps the four-winged beast to fly
Those who live to see
Half diamond for an eye
Shall see

Golden Rain fall from the sky
Sky roses
Raining from the sky
Roses from the sky!

Jim Lauderdale

https://www.jimlauderdalemusic.com/

Watching The River Flow

MusicRiver.stream

Watchin' the river flow

lookin' to see

painting a picture

still as can be

JORDAN

Traditional

Acoustic Arrangement by the Grateful Dead & The New Riders of the Purple Sage

DEADGOLD.com

COLD JORDAN - English & Spanish

JORDÁN
Tradicional
Arreglo acústico de Grateful Dead y The New Riders of the Purple Sage

STREET PERFORMER

Bob Weir in front of the Bananas music store in San Rafael, California June 27, 2018

singing "Only A River"

Rosanne Cash

MusicNotes

KEVIN MORGENSTERN WROTE SONGS AND PLAYED GUITAR WITH ROBERT HUNTER & COMFORT

He is the co-author of "BIG WIND"

NEW RIVER run

All Along The Watchtower

Uncle John with the Terrapin Family Band

Phil Lesh, Grahame Lesh, Ross James and Alex Koford

@ Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael, California

Song by Bob Dylan

MUSIC.aero

HOUSE OF A THOUSAND EYES

Lyrics by Uncle John

Music by Scott Motyka

Recorded by TYKA

featuring

Scott Motyka

Mike Tellier

Dave Jayde

Mike Dupras

I live on top of the world

We condemn intimidation but there´s no fight

For the kind and gentle children of the light

Wake up sleeper arise from the dead

Take a journey to a home breaking bread

I live on top of the world

I´m on the opposite side of attraction

I believe in truth and the ultimate satisfaction

There´s a visible light in you

A lookout for the new

I live on top of the world

In a house of a thousand eyes

-Bridge-

You were once children of darkness

But now you are light

Wake up sleeper arise from the dead

Take a journey to a home breaking bread

© 1993 Music World Company

1.	Watching The River Flow (Bob on baby grand piano)
2.	Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine) (Bob on baby grand piano)
3.	I Contain Multitudes (Bob on baby grand piano)
4.	False Prophet (Bob on baby grand piano)
5.	When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on baby grand piano and harp)
6.	Black Rider (Bob on baby grand piano)
7.	My Own Version of You (Bob on baby grand piano)
8.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on baby grand piano)
--	Band introductions
9.	Crossing The Rubicon (Bob on baby grand piano)
10.	To Be Alone With You (Bob on baby grand piano)
11.	Key West (Philosopher Pirate) (Bob on baby grand piano)
12.	Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob on baby grand piano)
13.	I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (Bob on baby grand piano)
14.	Truckin' (Bob on baby grand piano)
15.	Mother of Muses (Bob on baby grand piano)
16.	Only A River (Bob on baby grand piano)
17.	Goodbye Jimmy Reed (Bob on baby grand piano)
18.	Every Grain of Sand (Bob on baby grand piano and harp)