1/2 Step: solid short solos dreamy feel to the short jam before the "across the rio grand-e-o" nice outro Overall: a sleepy set that works, just about everything is very good with TLEO and China Cat as the highlights, and Sunshine, LL Rain and Playing coming close Playing: Bobby has some problems with the 1st verse jam starts at 3:10, mellow start, little bit of Phil, little bit of Bobby, little bit of Jerry, Keith comes in, spacey and jazzy, not too far out there, stays in the solar system, heady stuff, Jerry keeps teasing the main theme, at 17:35 back to the main theme 20:14 total, very good version Rider: Jerry comes in way late on the "I wish I was a headlight" verse, missing a line or 2, but atones with an excellent run in the jam China Cat: jam gets moving, Feelin' Groovy about the 7 min mark, excellent, arriving at Rider at 8:45 mark (all 1 track) TLEO: kinda funny that the pace picks up with this one (a song that would slow down in later years) not that I am complaining about the show, it is sleepy but in a good way wonderful solo, Jerry really loves playing this song in '73 LL Rain: so mellow, beautiful playing from Jerry and Keith throughout, really nice short solo Ramble: very good short solo Jerry messes up 1st line of next verse The specific epithet can be interpreted as ( sino) China ( feli) cat ( helianthus) sunflower.Set 1-Here Comes Sunshine: 5 1/2 minute jam, pretty relaxed but in a good way, honey-dripping, very good though not a monster version Epler named a new species of diving beetle (family Dytiscidae) for the song it is called Uvarus sinofelihelianthus. ![]() In the 2009 Ang Lee film Taking Woodstock, the version of the song from Europe '72 is used in the part of the film showing everyone arriving at Woodstock in 1969. The song is featured in the Rock Band video game series as downloadable content, along with 17 other Grateful Dead songs. ![]() Anyone out there remember what it was like to be three years old?" In popular culture 'It's about acid' does it less justice than the observation that it's about seeing, sensing, and making connections in a sensuous world. It's one of the very few rock-and-roll lyrics (including Dylan's) that has as much impact on the page as it does sung, if not more. Wybenga described the lyrics as "acid-drenched", and said, further: "China Cat Sunflower's lyric-composed, Robert Hunter has said, in a state where contemplation of a cat served as touchstone for an interplanetary journey-is a real masterwork. Wybenga as "that dodgy little Bobby intro that scratches your brain just behind the ears." This second riff has been described by author Eric F. The first is played by Jerry Garcia and then a second one played by Bob Weir is interwoven on top of it. The song begins with distinct guitar riffs. Only twice during this extended period was "China Cat Sunflower" played without this pairing. Over the next 26 years they would pair these songs together over 500 times, most often as a second set opener. In late 1969 the Grateful Dead began segueing "China Cat Sunflower" into "I Know You Rider" during live performances. Four instances of this arrangement have been released on official recordings, the first on the compilation album So Many Roads (1965–1995), the second on Dick's Picks Volume 22, and the other two on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2. During the first year after its introduction into the band's set list, the song was played by itself or often in the middle of an extended jam between the songs " Dark Star" and "The Eleven"-a position more familiarly (to Deadheads) filled by " St. ![]() The Grateful Dead first performed "China Cat Sunflower" on January 17, 1968, at the Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco, CA, and played the song well over 500 times in concert.
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