Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider (5-3-72)

[TNAisWWEv2]

China Cat Sunflower is one of The Dead's best songs.

[dbmartin01]

The reason why this sounds so clean is Jerry remixed a lot of the guitar work in the studio before the album was released as we know some live music, especially from the Dead, tends to flow in many different directions and not in an orderly pattern. With that said I am glad Jerry re-mixed this as it makes it stand out from the countless other bootleg and non-bootleg versions of this.

[xneapolisx]

I think the China/Riders from '72/'73/'74 are THE best ever, the Golden Age of this duo, IMHO.

some examples: 9/24/72; Dark Star>CCAT>Rider. 2/17/73; HC Sunshine>CCAT>Rider.

6/26/74; CCAT theme>Jam>CCAT>Rider (this is my personal fave), and so on...they will all blow your socks off! Cheers and here's to Jerry G! :o)))

[YoungButDeadicated]

@xneapolisx

Definitely agree! the '72 versions are timeless, but I'm a big fan of '73-'74 because they had the Feeling Groovy Jams between the China and Rider and they really jazzed them up. Although it's not a full China > Rider Don't forget about 1972-01-02 Good Lovin' > China Cat > Good Lovin'!!!

My favorite version is probably 1974-10-17. The second night of the 5 day Winterland run in October. I uploaded so check it in my profile!

Peace

[RyanCBuckley]

I gave everyone a a thumbs up until I had to start singing. Made it to the first line. :)

[mlesnikos]

i wish i was a headlight on a northbound train...

[315highriders]

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[rputalonis81]

thank you so very much. my favorite china cat>rider

for some reason the songs are so much better at night for me ...shrug...

i long for my own live china cat > rider ...sigh...

someday :) thanks again

[Taurusaud]

best song to come up to, i like what you did with the icecream revolution. RIP

[cindy85123]

i know you rider. and you will miss me when i'm gone.

[FRANCECHILD]

MISSissISSippi

[FRANCECHILD]

CUZ

[FRANCECHILD]

YDOESJSONO?

[ScottONanski]

Thanks for the sinning logo. That's *so* fitting... lol

Steal that face right off my head. :)

[partyanimal1080]

thought i was going insane when i saw the picture spinning but then i realized it actually was ha

[laurie4kid]

As Bill Graham said " On any given night the Grateful Dead are the best fucking rockand roll band in the world" They were this night. God how I miss them.

[Livesteam45]

Oh wow, tha little baastard's rotating........

[AlexSwanson23]

Fuck that overated cult leader. LSD is my lord and saviour

[FRANCECHILD]

RIDEON

[FRANCECHILD]

JESUS LOVES US ALL. AMEN

[afullhalfgramofacid]

@FRANCECHILD Hey, are you, too, Christian and a proponent of LSD?

[zulisen]

L S D

[birdsongin]

ICE CREAM CHARLIE

[vanillakush]

giving my mind a blowjob



[garrettchelius]

If 90 feet between home and first is as close as mankind has ever come to perfection, this version of this song(s) is second. Absolutely perfect! Masters of their craft at the height of their game. I heard this version when I was in 7th grade and stopped listening to Hall and Oates and became a Deadhead. I was the first one in my school which was kind of cool. Many followed and thank me to this day. A Band beyond description...

GCTrouble

[Chillz187able]

The keys sounds so amazing at 1:35..the way they drop gives me chills every time

[inibo]

Best version EVER! Blazing in a clear sky.

[smraruoyetanod]

in this version especially, when Jerry sings "comic book colors on a violin river cryin leonardo, words from out a silk trombone" the world becomes a better place.

[jkosmdd]

The tune (and the version) that made me a Dead fan. Thanks for posting.

[cunnidvd]

pretty tight. ;-) maybe my favorite Dead tune. still remember the first time i heard this. blew me away.

[jave387]

This F-N rips!

[TheWheels777]

I love how the artwork rotates ever-so-slowly. Something delightfully weird about it

[LakewooodWestPark]

Oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Leaves Prozac in the dust!!!!!!

Boy is THIS a mood surge!!!! Vibratory magnificence magnified

in multiples of superlative significance!!!!!! The Dead just don't die!!!

[eddievangundy]

One of their greatest performances! Thanks for that!

[terrryc]

I get the same "buzz" off of this that I get off of first-rate be-bop a laSonny Stitt et al...

[TheJorgebigdog]

the transition between CCS and IKYR is so tight and seamless that I had to rewind to see exactly when it took place. awesome

[LakewooodWestPark]

Bet yer ass! Turn on that Love Light and KEEP IT ON!!!!!

YOWLSA!!!! (God bless you Mike Gosnell) BUt this is GOOD.

[VerbositySquared]

Nothing but love for the boys, for ever and ever, but just to clarify: the reason the Europe '72 album has the tightest arrangements ever (especially for the time) is that they did a lot of post-production on this album; it's almost more of a studio album than live. One of the most unintentionally innovative things about the Dead's sound system that became the Wall of Sound the next year is it actually kept the channels separate enough to be able to remix later if you wanted to.

[LakewooodWestPark]

Oh yes!!!!! There's a synergy here that transcends the music but is nonetheless embedded in it.

[terrryc]

Is it rock? Is it Jazz? Who cares...it's the Dead at their best....

[jimmorrisonmylove]

I love all versions of china cat ugh they're all soooo great I LOVE THEM SO FREAKIN MUCH

[noodles41]

thank you for this

[MrGd63]

To much of a Good thing is never enough.. The Grateful Dead.

[heavymetalmek]

miss you jerry so love from marin county and the fun bus on tour ill never forget.

[LakewooodWestPark]

The Dead will never die. Searingly good stuff here.

I've been listening to this for 30 plus years (though not continuously)

and it's fresh and poignant every time I let it surge though my synapses.

The bridge between the two songs on Europe '72 is stellar.

[511marko]

The dead at their absolute best !!

[coyote3558]

This song still gives me goose bumps after all these years.

[mountainhigh88]

Farkle Family Favorite

[Walkingshadow1]

I've heard 10 or 20 versions of "I Know You Rider." A lot of variability in how they performed this song, but this one is without doubt the best. Just superb transitions and phrasing. The piano contribution from Godcheaux is just outstanding, and is one of the main things that makes this version so good. He doesn't try to hog the show, he understands his role perfectly, and just contributes very thoughtfully to the overall effort. Also the harmony and Garcia's guitar work make this a classic.

[grasshopperjunction]

@Walkingshadow1 i kinda think so too

[tattoofthesun]

@Walkingshadow1 so well said with the piano in this particular version of the tune, I thought it was just me upon first hearing it! But no... that's how music is, that's how you tell a good tune, by its good fans' agreement with what makes them feel good. Subjectivity is all good and dandy but we all have ears and we know a real jam when we hear one eh?

[rectalbomb]

@Walkingshadow1 thats coming from a different musical point of view i beleive this is almost too tight. i like it when they get much weirder and structured different

[emptypages1970]

@WalkingshI love the rough and raw more uptempo version from the night at the family dog dvd,but your right this version is better.I love the dead!

regards

A britsh dead head.

[sunshinenblues]

@Walkingshadow1 i've listened to alot of songs that wowed me every time. but, my overall favorite China/Rider Gonna Miss Me is here on '72 Europe Album. i go into a sort of rapture each time i hear it

[wtmuller1]

Of everything in my collection, I still think this is my favorite. Hard to believe it's been 15 years, I still miss Jerry, there's been some imitators that are good, but none like the Master himself.

[deliman]

my favorite track from europe 72

[claireandmatt1]

How did you upload this without getting it blocked 'for using content from WMG?'

[LongStrangeTrip710]

@claireandmatt1 I'll send you a message :)

[Fysiofly]

@LongStrangeTrip710

Would you also let me know?

This is an excellent song ! Thanks for the best quality upload =)

[LongStrangeTrip710]

@Fysiofly Sure thing :)

[Jakedadopemane]

@LongStrangeTrip710 Cam You Also Send Me A Message About That (~);}

[LongStrangeTrip710]

@Jakedadopemane Of course!

[BLUR600]

in my opinion the very best version of china cat sunflower... i have yet to hear another that comes even close

[SuperAmin1950]

@BLUR600

...true that!

I'm gonna' go out on a limb and say this is also the best version of 'Rider I've ever heard as well.

It's so seamless, and smokin' hot!

[lwsskater]

@BLUR600 might not be your taste but the china/rider from without a net is soooooo catchy. love it!

[schwartzf1]

@BLUR600 this whole album is incredible. i feel like every song on here is the best version haha

[jmahon17]

@BLUR600 Got a couple 'Cats" from late 60s for you that will blow you mind, and this one away. This is a clean,honed,'well spoken' version, (too short,) though I agree. One of favorites.

[Hashjihadful]

@BLUR600 Well the only problem with this one is the lack of extended Feeling Groovy jam in between China and I Know You Rider. An excellent theme they mimicked in many dark stars and just isn't China/Rider without it.

[PhukIT1865]

@BLUR600 I like the March 9 1981 Madison Square Garden one the best

[REDWHITEANDBLUEism]

@BLUR600 Strand Lycem, may 23rd 72 (I think that's the date. The Mr charlie on eurpoe 72 is from this show as well) Is the only thing that comes close) its not as long, I think its just a little tighter in someways, but both ones are magic

[sunshinenblues]

@BLUR600 i've pretty much heard as many as you have and my favorite China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider is this one. they were just really "On" so just love it because you can! the segue between the songs is fascinatingly mesmerizing too

[extremeeXrement1]

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[BelaFleckPhan]

Thanks mate!

[CRAXYFINGERS76]

Thank you, Sara. Very cool Ice Cream Kid vid:)

[CRAXYFINGERS76]

Now that's what I'm talkin bout!!

[metaltyler1]

the greatful dead is amazing