The energy builds to the start of 'Rider' and the band kicks into higher gears as the verses progress. 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. One of my favorite transitional moments of a Dead concert is between these two songs. Crazy cat peekin through a lace bandanna, Like a one-eyed. Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono, Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night wind. People seem to know exactly what I’m talking about. Look for a while at the china cat sunflower, Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.
Pulling Up The Stakes 05 A Little Bit Of Rum 06 Heroin 07 Entertain Me 08 Money & Pride 09 Right To Breathe.
In his outstanding anthology A Box of Rain, Hunter wrote, “Nobody ever asked me the meaning of. China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider 5. 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. China Cat Sunflower is a song performed by the Grateful Dead which was first recorded for their third studio album Aoxomoxoa. It was recorded for the band’s 1969 studio. Sites like that are notoriously unreliable because theyre generally run by. One of Hunter’s most abstruse pieces, which became a staple of the Grateful Dead’s legendary hours-long concerts, was China Cat Sunflower. 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. General CommentIm not so sure that china cat is actually a slang term for heroin.
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