bonnie dobson - morning dew

[soyounoat]

Fantastic voice! Great song! A++++

[electricragtime]

I'm really pleased to find this....I was always taken in by Trad arr Rose on the UK version.....and it was Rose's version that I first heard....I have to say that I still like tim's work immensely but its really great to hear the original (and a superb original at that) ....I have heard hundreds of renditions over the years and I like quiet a lot of them (I even uploaded a half-cocked version myself) so many many thanks for uploading this....all the best...Kev

[peterkj2606]

thank god there's still some crirtical comment on here - original is ALWAYS best - period - even though Tim Rose version still swirls around my mind

[mickigoe]

@peterkj2606 Well said Peter - I just made a similar comment elsewhere about Bonnie - it's her song so her's is the definitive version - this applies to songs ALWAYS : )

[pembytel]

heard the DEAD perform this before finding its WRITER who should be recognized first even though jerrys work is unforgetable dont know other guitar player who was onstage with the dead

[mfkepler]

This is beautiful! I also love a rockin' version by the Screeming Trees.

[YankeeRhoad]

NIIIIICE !!!!

[CattailsandRoses]

doesn't she look like janis joplin's sister????

[Jakeman3]

@CattailsandRoses much better looking then Janis.

[wingman572]

wow! now i see what garcia seen

[TheCabCheese]

There is't enough pitch correction in this.. Oh yeah, this was before manufactured talent and people were on the radio for a reason.

[johnwilkesdoe]

@TheCabCheese yeah really, back then people were on the radio 'cuz of money........

[zappasaurus]

Grateful Dead ... nothing more needs be said.

[mdsanker]

Nazareth did a great cover of the song. Robert Plant did a nice version of it as well.

[freefred77]

Beautiful voice and haunting song. Her voice is right up there with Lorraina Mckennitt, Sarah Brightman and Nana Maskouri. I also like Lulu's version which is sung with frightening emotion. Thanks so much for the post!!!

[TheBadmeister]

I've just discovered her. I can't believe I never heard her before. She does have a pretty voice. Have you ever listened to Bonnie Koloc?

[lordbarkis]

this is brillaint never heard the original before

marc almonds version live is awesome

[MrGuitarman187]

wow she is so pretty its that 60's hotness

[maisqpoesia9999lcg]

"Walk me out in the morning dew, walke me out in the morning today, I can't walk you out in no morning dew, I can't walk you out in no morning dew at all" Amazing!!!!!I love this song!! Very, very beautifu!!!!!!!

[mjrstrummer]

05/08/77

[pmfnr]

God bless public libraries with dusty LP collections for introducing me to this amazing song (and so many more).

[whyohwhyohspellsyoyo]

Any one got the Salena Jones version, it's needs putting up, it's the best version?

[stashyjon]

I like Blackfoots version best... but its all just personal taste, the fact remains is that Bonnie Dobson has left as her legacy an iconic tune that still rings true today as it did back in the 1960's.

[NOSFERATUalu]

this aint dragonball z budokai tenkaichi 2... lol!

[shadycharacter220]

beautiful song, clannads my fave tho

[albertinkstain]

nazerath version is the best !

[suze2012]

Haunting and beautiful - good to finally know the real writer

[fallbread]

beautiful song welldone vid thank you its my first time hearing her song ever

[darkoducko]

Great song. Lots of great covers of this tune, Devo's is surprisingly awesome.

[heyjunky]

thumbs up if the Grateful Dead brought you here.

[sparklechopz]

@heyjunky Please don't children!

[TrappedIn1968]

I have heard many versions of this song, and used to think Grateful Dead's was the best, until I heard this. Dobson has a beautiful voice and sings with such emotion that she eclipses all other cover versions. When I hear this, I imagine myself sitting in a Folk club in 1962 ... the year of the Cuban missile crisis ... hanging on these lyrics, thinking WOW. All these years later, this song is still relevant. Bonnie Dobson should be better know than she is.

[problem49]

What a lovely, poignant voice. This version definitely suffers from too much studio "sweetening". Why can't the hacks ever leave great music to stand or fall on its' own merits? Why do they always insist on "improving" songs that were just fine to begin with?

[janaealyn]

In light of the events in Japan, all the more poignant and timeless...

[sigmundvignus]

A true masterpiece. Amazing that it was her first song ever written, and to this day her best. Also so many others have covered it, and there are relatively few of them that disappoint.

[Themin1]

thanks for this....................

[baragentledragon]

i dont like voices like that very common,not my style,very 60s,though i loved jim morrison!

[psmooth777]

I'm surprised, it seems every other version besides Dobson's removes the most emotional line from the song, the line about never hearing your baby cry again. I've loved the Grateful Dead's various versions of this, but wow, I really love the original.

[Datty]

@psmooth777 You should hear Clannad's version- keeps that line and is an excellent Celtic take

[Gail940]

hej, ark thanks for mail it's okay that we all have our fav choice Yes, I am how you say, not really into artist, it is the muzic and individual performance yes, but I was so impressed by the feeling that moved acroos the screen yes

[gtz1975]

Grateful Dead's MUCH BETTER!

[fiifiikiitii]

I will take you out for a walk in the morning dew guthywoodry. I have a song for you too

[Gail940]

not wishing in anyway to take away her claim to originality to this record, and it is almost haunting, ive listened to all versions, and by far the best is the LULU version, which for sheer power, emotin and presence, cannot be touched by any version that is on this site, if you disagree take another look at LULU's version and look at the emotion she puts into it both facialy, and voice wise as for the tim rose version as pushed by some, all i can say, is they most be tone deaf,

[ArkRazor1]

@Gail940 Thanks for referring me to Lulu's version. I'd definitely put her in the Top 3. However, I can't put her at #1, which I still give to Blackfoot. Music is still an audial medium, so I listened without looking at the video. Awesome voice and clarity. But Blackfoot gets the nod b/c of the overall arrangement and mood of the piece. I think also we all have style biases. I'm more the metal type, while Lulu's is pop. Her version is worthy of respect by anyone though.

[guthywoodry]

Beautiful, Original song.

Beautiful Bonnie, -Spent most of her time turning down offers of dates from guys like me !

[mrmcmad]

Is there any video of Bonnie singing live this or any other song???

[V301H]

This is not Bonnie's original version of the song. Her 1962 version was just voice and acoustic guitar. This version with orchestral backing was recorded in 1969 with Jack Richardson (The Guess Who) producing.

[1skream]

Woke up to this tune this morning, CBC here in Canada had done a documentary on it last week sometime which was great.

Important tune, covered by hoards of people. Tim Rose, for all his other worth, really had nothing to do with the writing of the tune. Bonnie is recognized as the writer [alone] after a long court battle. Good for her. Powerful song.

[ArkRazor1]

I've heard virtually all of the versions of this song thanks to the U here. Very disappointed with Chieftains and Plant. My favorites #3. Devo #2. Dobson #1. Blackfoot.

[chasefukuoka61]

Thanks for posting this!

[normhX1]

Great version from the composer, although I'm a Long John Baldry man on this one.

[ieatpoopforlunch]

This is awesome,but I like the Devo version better.

[davei36]

Try and listen to the version by Long John Baldry.....classic

[gtz1975]

TAKE instead of WALK ~~~interesting...

[DrSamba1]

I knew that Bonnie Dobson had composed this song, but I had never heard her version until now. I also didn't know about the Tim Rose co-writing flap.

[atomlewis420]

@DrSamba1 actually he didn't co write the song... He came in later and changed the lyrics from take me for a walk to walk me out. 

[DrSamba1]

@atomlewis420 Understood--I was referring to his claim that he had co-written it. I agree it's a pretty flimsy claim.

[triadmale]

Allman Brothers version is good also.

[andymackell]

Great voice. I knew the Tim Rose version in the late sixties but never came across Bonnie Dobson. Thanks for posting this.

[davegiraffe]

Beautiful voice, thanks for posting.

[blizzfool]

still like the grateful deads version the best

[artaylor5615]

@blizzfool yeah me too

[Wamz1978]

@blizzfool agree... the version on Europe '72 is terrific... its somehow better because Jerry was a solid singer but not quite good enough to hit the notes all the way, it lends a weariness to it that is very compelling... he plays a real moving solo on it as well and Weir plays some real nice rhythym parts

[gtz1975]

how true!

[uneedanagent]

caught her first at mariposa

[theodorable1968]

She wrote this song (actually it was the first song she wrote) 1961

[libay8D]

nice song and lyric, my favorite-morning dew by Nazareth

[Shroomeryslearyfan]

Thanks!

[meta2006]

Finally, finally finally, finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank yuou very much :)

[1013JoeVD]

this is a great song she really nails it

[Kerlerot]

J'adore cette voix superbe. Je viens de l'écouter sur un de mes albums "Dejavu Retro Gold Collection" with Judy Collins, Doc Watson, Leo Kottke and Gordon Lightfoot...

It's amazing. Il love american folk may be because I'm breton (french Far-West) with our artists like Alan Stivel or Dan Ar Bras, "Legende des Celtes"

[hardstuff72]

@Kerlerot C'est rare que j'aime du folk comme Bob Dylan et ses débuts, mais la voix de Bonnie est formidable pour ce genre.