![]() ![]() And if it doesn't, well, I feel a little sad for you, cuz wow.Īnyway, here's a great (audio) performance from 1973 (I'm particularly partial to the 1973-1974 shows), as found on the official Dave's Picks Volume 5. (It's been described as the "Feeling Groovy" jam, given the chord progression's similarity to the Simon & Garfunkel song it had originally shown up on some live " Dark Star" performances before finding a permanent home in the "China > Rider" bridge.) It's a moment of musical epiphany, the trippy psychedelic pop of "China Cat" and follow-on jam segueing into a few moments of pure bliss as the glorious din subsides and they lock into the harmonies of "Rider." Chemically abetted or not, it's one of those musical passages that either triggers an a-ha moment that brings you onto the bus for life, or. It first showed up on record on the live Europe '72, and that version is perfectly fine.įor me, though, it became truly great-one of the band's definitive numbers-when, in 1973, they inserted a sweet little guitar and piano motif during the jam. By 1969, the Dead had begun pairing it with the traditional blues/folk tune "I Know You Rider," something that had been on their playlist since their early days, with some energetic jamming between the two that medley remained a live staple until the very end, long after much of Aoxomoxoa had dropped by the wayside. The guitar interplay is always fascinating, a showcase for both guitarists. The cheesy keyboards and "na-na-nas" (dropped from live performances after the earliest days) are a little more iffy, but give it a distinctive late 60s vibe.īut as with much of the band's repertoire, the song really flourishes live. The original version on 1969's Aoxomoxoa was an infectious little trifle, highlighted by a twisty guitar duel between Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir and Garcia's loving treatment of a colorful Robert Hunter lyric. "China Cat" itself started as one of the band's more blatantly psychedelic studio tracks. Gonna wrap up the Top 200 with some live Dead, maybe a weird way to do it, but the long-running "China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider" medley has provided me so much joy over the years that it's clawed its way much higher than anticipated. Will we endure until the bitter end? With post-Musk Twitter's algorithms sending far less traffic this way, visits are way down and I increasingly feel like I'm doing this for myself and maybe a couple of stragglers, but, on the plus side, it keeps me out of trouble. ![]() VIDEO: George Porter Jr.Well, after some 200 days of this mishegoss, we're 20% of the way through the Top 1000. ![]() VIDEO: Billy Strings – “Whiskey River” “Stay A Little Longer” | Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday | Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood California | Saturday April 29, 2023.VIDEO: Bob Weir, Billy Strings, Margo Price – Stay All Night | Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday | Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood California, Sunday April 30, 2023.VIDEO: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | “The Battle of Evermore” | New Orleans Jazz Festival, April 28, 2023.VIDEO: Willie Nelson & Billy Strings | California Sober (Live) | Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday | Hollywood Bowl, Sunday April 30, 2023.VIDEO: Willie Nelson and Keith Richards | “We Had It All” & “Live Forever” | Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday | Hollywood Bowl | Sunday April 30, 2023.LIVE VIDEO: Scott Law & Mookie Siegel Cinco dead Mayo DHLTV LIVE.
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