![]() It’s good that a few things in this world are clear to all of us.” But with lines like Krazy Kat peeking through a lace bandana/ like a one-eyed Cheshire/ like a diamond-eyed jack / A leaf of all colors plays / a golden string fiddle / to a double-e waterfall over my back, it may be wishful thinking to say that that the words were really “clear to all of us.” To this day, numerous faithful still debate the meaning of the lyric, as seen on a number of websites devoted to discussing the song. People seem to know exactly what I’m talking about. Grateful Dead - Help On The Way / Slipknot / Franklins Tower / The Music Never. In his outstanding anthology A Box of Rain, Hunter wrote, “Nobody ever asked me the meaning of. Franklin's Tower/China Cat Sunflower by GROOVE EMPORIUM published on. Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider Recorded Live. On a blistering summer day in 1972, the Grateful Dead t. Set I: Beat it on down the line, Althea, China>Rider, Jack Straw. One of Hunter’s most abstruse pieces, which became a staple of the Grateful Dead’s legendary hours-long concerts, was “China Cat Sunflower.” It was recorded for the band’s 1969 studio album Aoxomoxoa, and later released on the live Europe ’72 triple album set in a mash-up with the old blues number “I Know You Rider.” The two songs segued together perfectly, and the Grateful Dead performed the combination well over 500 times in live performances. You're watching the Grateful Dead perform 'China Cat Sunflower' in Veneta, Oregon on August 27, 1972. Franklins Tower, They Love Each Other, Shakedown Street>Viola Lee Blues. placed Franklins Tower in lieu of the previously teased China Cat Sunflower. A great China/Rider or Help On The Way/Slipknot/ Franklins Tower is filled. ![]() Most of the band’s classics are songs that Hunter wrote the lyrics for, like “Truckin’” and “Friend of the Devil.” Even 1987’s “Touch of Grey” became part of the fabric of life for so many counter-culturalists, some of whom actually were grey by the time “Touch of Grey” was recorded. Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs tagged as China Cat Sunflower with no. China Cat was an iconical and prototypical Dead song - the whimsical spaced.
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