The WELL: deadsongs.vue.141: Morning Dew

#14: David Gans (tnf) Tue 2 Sep 08 17:46

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:46:00 PDT

From Henry Kaiser, a link to several versions of "Morning Dew" (not by the Dead):

http://bedazzled.blogs.com/bedazzled/2008/09/mp3s-morning-de.html [Read entire topic]

#13: beneath the blue suburban skies (aud) Mon 28 Jul 08 07:34

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:34:00 PDT

Ratdog does it too. [Read entire topic]

#12: Tim Lynch (masonskids) Mon 28 Jul 08 02:36

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:36:00 PDT

Phil still plays it, but unfortunately he sings it! [Read entire topic]

#11: Robert Loomis (miltloomis) Sun 27 Jul 08 08:42

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:42:00 PDT

Whew! Finally revisiting this topic after a long absence ... Guess it was I, and not the song, that dropped out of the GD sets after about 1988 ... I didn't see them after that, to the best of my recollection ... I stand corrected and am glad to now they still played it. Anyone know if the current band, The Dead, or Phil Lesh & Friends or other offshoots play it now? Thanks. [Read entire topic]

#10: Tim Lynch (masonskids) Tue 15 Jan 08 06:56

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:56:00 PST

Bonnie Dobson got her inspiration from this song after seeing the movie On The Beach.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_%281959_film%29 [Read entire topic]

#9: streaming irreverent commentary (pauli) Mon 26 Nov 07 12:51

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:51:00 PST

They may have plaed it less frequently in the last few years but it was still part of the rotation. A quick seach on deadlists show that they played it an average of 8 times a year in the 90s. [Read entire topic]

#8: beneath the blue suburban skies (aud) Mon 26 Nov 07 07:42

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:42:00 PST

it dropped out of their sets? [Read entire topic]

#7: David Gans (tnf) Sun 25 Nov 07 22:52

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:52:00 PST

You can hear Bonnie Dobson's version on "The Music Never Stopped" Roots of the Grateful Dead," on Shanachie Records. [Read entire topic]

#6: Robert Loomis (miltloomis) Sun 25 Nov 07 22:45

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:45:00 PST

P.S. Our band Old Dog does it occasionally and I sing the plea and questions and our diva sings the response lines ... pretty effective, IMHO. [Read entire topic]

#5: Bob Loomis (miltloomis) Sun 25 Nov 07 22:44

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:44:00 PST

Morning Dew always has been one of my favorite GD songs, though of course it is really a Bonnie Dobson song. I have never heard her sing it either live or recorded. Probably should do a YouTube search. I was informed it was her reaction to the nuclear attack on Hiroshima. This was after some years of pondering the lyrics without any real anchor or idea of what they might actually have been intended to convey. But the post-nuclear attack angle certainly fits. JG used to play some of his most soulful and moving riffs on this one and then suddenly it just dropped out of their sets. Always wondered why. Did they just get sick of it? Or what? Well, I won't lose any sleep over it, I suppose, but I dearly loved the GD versions. [Read entire topic]