![]() No wonder nothing else quite like it is out there. This song sounds like the result of talented musicians taking the world's best acid and having the perfect trip. ![]() The rest of the lyrics are pure fantasy much like the opening stanza. That isn't to write off the Aoxomoxoa studio version which is phenomenal too (and perhaps a little more psychedelic as a result of heavy studio effects). The two versions that are really the most familiar to me are the Europe '72 and the Without a Net versions - both live. I mean, really, this song is a psychedelic gem that is so creative in melody and lyric that it is a total masterpiece. This happy melody should've inspired an entire genre of music to develop but never have I heard anything else remotely like China Cat Sunflower. The opening "fat" rhythm guitar figure and the beautiful lead contrapuntal melody (played by Bobby!) set the tone for the song as a combination of rock and "mystical" eastern themes. ![]() Chinal Cat Sunflower originally released on the Dead's third studio album Aoxomoxoa is a real "one of a kind" rock song. I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds Didn't get to sleep last night 'til the morning came. Grateful Dead - I Know You Rider | Lyrics The collections are are now housed at UC Santa Cruz. In 2008, The Grateful Dead named the University of Southern California McHenry Library as the home of their complete archival history, including their recorded music, live bootlegs, and artworks. ![]() In 2015 Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann started a new group called Dead and Company with John Mayer, Allman Brothers bassist Oteil Burbridge, and former Dead keyboardist Jeff Chimenti which Weir has said may have a future in the studio and will continue to tour in coming years. Since then, various incarnations of the Dead have continued to tour, although a 2015 farewell tour was said to be the band’s last. Grateful Dead was also ranked 57th in Rolling Stone’s “The Greatest Artists of All Time” issue in 20. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and they’ve sold more than 40 million albums in total all that with only one top 40 hit (“Truckin”), and one Top 10 hit (“Touch of Grey”) that came near the end of the band’s run, shortly before Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995. Over the years the Dead released 22 recorded albums, although they were most famous for their improvisational jams at concerts, earning them a cult-like following of self-proclaimed “Dead Heads” who would follow the band from concert-to-concert throughout the band’s career. Their eclectic music formed the archetype for the “Jam Band” genre, combining elements from rock, blues, folk, country, bluegrass, and psychedelic music into improvisational performances. Percussionist Mickey Hart later joined the group in 1967 and other members cycled through the group in following years as the core remained intact. Grateful Dead - Biography:Amidst the growing counter-culture scene in the San Francisco Bay Area, The Grateful Dead were founded by lead guitarist/vocalist Jerry Garcia, bass player Phil Lesh, rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, keyboardist Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, and drummer Bill Kreutzmann in Palo Alto in 1965, originally as The Warlocks.
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