From the Grateful Dead's debut album, when they were still learning how to work in the studio. Had the good fortune to see the Grateful Dead about 50 times between 1980 and 1995, with a few "Morning Dew's" in there. The studio version is good, but the live stuff is just amazing. As a few have said below, the show at Cornell University on 5/8/77 is one of their peak performances, any song from that show is GREAT. I would suggest "Scarlet Begonias>Fire On The Mountain" or, another cover song, "Dancing In The Streets". Enjoy, and welcome aboard the bus.
That was Jerry singing and Barton Hall 77 is worthy of a reaction Sue. The outro is longer with more guitar work i thinlk you will enjoy! great reaction! The Europe 72 version brought Jerry to tears while playing on stage.
The song was written by Bonnie Dobson after seeing the film On the Beach, which is about the last few human survivors of a nuclear war as they die. Morning dew is presumably a reference to fallout, and of course no babies are being born. The book is great - by Neville Shute. The best version of this song, or the one that most captures it's emotion is the live version from their Europe 72 album.
I know very little of this band's music, but have heard a sprinkling of their songs from different periods, and so far I like this type of stuff the best .. That folky, psychedelic sound was pretty cool, and with its feeling of sadness, loss, and desolation, it reminded me a bit of some of the songs from The Velvet Underground and The Doors .. Good one, Sue 👍
@wayne_twentyfive Oooh great band comparisons there for this song, Wayne. I really like both of those other groups. This was cool. I would like to hear more like this 😊💜
wow - the original morning dew from the dead's first album. i was 14 in '67 when this came out and was perusing through new albums at our local record shop and saw this. had never heard of the dead before but the cover art was so cool i had to buy it. first time through i was sold. morning dew , cold rain and snow and new new minglewood blues are still in my dead top 5 - 57 years later !
@thedocofrock1890 Hey Doc, always a pleasure to chat with you. This was really good. I clearly have a large catalogue of material to explore from them and I look forward to hearing more 🥰
@@playitagainsue jerry garcia and keyboard player pigpen - ron mckernan - have been gone a long time but bassist phil lesh - one of my favorite bassists ever - just passed last month. guitarist bob weir and drummer bill kreutzmann are th only 2 original members left as far as i know. here's a link to cold rain and snow from that first album if you want to hear more ; th-cam.com/video/4yHWr0hmIWg/w-d-xo.html
Think of the lyrics as a conversation between two survivors, one who is trying to find hope in the aftermath of catastrophe, the other realistically but fatalistically setting down the ugly truth to expect going forward.
@@playitagainsue It has to be one of world's heaviest songs. when you get right down to it. Many artists have covered it, but there are some Grateful Dead live versions that will literally bring a tear to your eye. There is a wonderful anecdote about it in the Dead documentary "Long Strange Trip" (which I can't recommend highly enough for even non-dead fans).
Love it! Luckily, they played a roughly 13 minute version of this the late in the second set the one time I ever saw them live (6/24/1991). It has always been one of my favorite songs that they did (this version is closer to Bonnie Dobson's original, but by the end of the 60s they'd made it their own).
@@playitagainsue this was at the beginning of their 30 year career as the grateful dead 4 members are sill playing to this day....60 yrs later Dead&Company featuring surviving members & john mayer just grossed $140,000,000.00 playing the Sphere in Vegas this year.....YES THATS RIGHT!! ONE HUNDERED & FORTY MILLION DOLLARS
Do check out other versions. The Dead are well known for playing the same songs differently every time. Their pool of songs is deep and wide. So many choices. My vote for next song would be Eyes of the World with Branford Marsalis sitting in..
I know The Dead have a big following and I've listened to some of their live stuff but never really got into them. This might be the first recording I've heard of the band and enjoyed the song instrumentally. Agree, the guitar does stand out.
The Grateful Dead and certainly one of Americas greatest bands I love this debut album and Workingmans Dead but after that I think Dead were to be experienced live which unfortunately I never got to do. A few years back in NYC there was an exhibit of Musical Instruments at the Met Museum Most iconic rock instruments 2 of the high lights it had Jerry’s 2 guitars , Wolf and Tiger I got great photos Dark Star too long a track to have on channel So i would recommend Sugar Magnolia St Stephen China Cat Sunflower Uncle John’s Band
The live version of Morning Dew is much longer and drawn out. And most of them are amazing. The one from Europe '72, as someone already mentioned is great. The best one to me is the version from their 5/8/77 concert at Barton Hall, Cornell University. I'm sure it's available online. Do yourself a favor.
My second favourite version was actually filmed. It's here - th-cam.com/video/Kg5OGS-zJ9E/w-d-xo.html That one is an absolute cracker - the last solo is just a blinder.
saw The Grateful Dead & the other off shoots the other ones/the dead/furthur/ratdog/phil&friends/dead&co between 5-800 times....after 4 DECADES you just stop counting....TRUST ME!
the studio recordings are rather bad... try this same song performed in September of 1987 th-cam.com/video/1W5eyek0Z4A/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Cj-l_227wjP2Mj7U&t=6498 - a performance considered one of their best of the tune - enjoy // and for a different vibe, here is the Dead doing their version of Day Tripper by the Beatles th-cam.com/video/BQbbDoeJg3k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=7l6K5VHCfEDG55DP&t=7453 / it was one of "those" moments that made us come back to see them again, again and again
This is not the best version of this song by the Dead. I've seen approx. 150 shows from '68 thru '95. Almost every live version I heard during that time was better than this album version. Try live versions like on Europe '72, Cornell '77, and at Winterland Auditorium in Oct. '74. This song is a folk song written by Bonnie Dobson and it's about the day after a nuclear apocalypse.
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Like others have said, with the Grateful Dead, always go with the live version. Try 5/8/77’s Morning Dew. It'll melt your face.
From the Grateful Dead's debut album, when they were still learning how to work in the studio. Had the good fortune to see the Grateful Dead about 50 times between 1980 and 1995, with a few "Morning Dew's" in there. The studio version is good, but the live stuff is just amazing. As a few have said below, the show at Cornell University on 5/8/77 is one of their peak performances, any song from that show is GREAT. I would suggest "Scarlet Begonias>Fire On The Mountain" or, another cover song, "Dancing In The Streets". Enjoy, and welcome aboard the bus.
@bobschenkel7921 wow! 50 times. You are clearly a big fan, Bob. That must have been some amazing shows. Thanks for the suggestions 🤩
@@playitagainsue I have a bunch of friends who were well into the triple digits of GD shows, but no jealousy. Grrrr. LOL.
That was Jerry singing and Barton Hall 77 is worthy of a reaction Sue. The outro is longer with more guitar work i thinlk you will enjoy! great reaction! The Europe 72 version brought Jerry to tears while playing on stage.
@Soundhypno wow! That sounds amazing. Ok I will check that one out 🤩
Barton Hall Cornell U is the best rendition on this song!!!
@samgreco4067 Awesome thanks Sam 🥰
The song was written by Bonnie Dobson after seeing the film On the Beach, which is about the last few human survivors of a nuclear war as they die. Morning dew is presumably a reference to fallout, and of course no babies are being born. The book is great - by Neville Shute.
The best version of this song, or the one that most captures it's emotion is the live version from their Europe 72 album.
@michaelwebster8389 Hey Michael, Yeah that is a cool concept where they got the idea from. I love to hear where people get their inspiration.
@@playitagainsue LIVE Grateful Dead is much better
@MarkRichter-j2l Good to know 😊
Just to add it was written and sung first by Bonnie Dobson back in 1961. I recall it well.
I know very little of this band's music, but have heard a sprinkling of their songs from different periods, and so far I like this type of stuff the best .. That folky, psychedelic sound was pretty cool, and with its feeling of sadness, loss, and desolation, it reminded me a bit of some of the songs from The Velvet Underground and The Doors .. Good one, Sue 👍
@wayne_twentyfive Oooh great band comparisons there for this song, Wayne. I really like both of those other groups. This was cool. I would like to hear more like this 😊💜
Yes, sadness, loss and desolation. The song was written by Bonnie Dobson and it's about the day after a nuclear apocalypse.
Sue! I see ya, I hear ya! Way to go !
@DAVYMAC Thanks Davy 🤗🩵
wow - the original morning dew from the dead's first album. i was 14 in '67 when this came out and was perusing through new albums at our local record shop and saw this. had never heard of the dead before but the cover art was so cool i had to buy it. first time through i was sold. morning dew , cold rain and snow and new new minglewood blues are still in my dead top 5 - 57 years later !
@thedocofrock1890 Hey Doc, always a pleasure to chat with you. This was really good. I clearly have a large catalogue of material to explore from them and I look forward to hearing more 🥰
@@playitagainsue jerry garcia and keyboard player pigpen - ron mckernan - have been gone a long time but bassist phil lesh - one of my favorite bassists ever - just passed last month. guitarist bob weir and drummer bill kreutzmann are th only 2 original members left as far as i know. here's a link to cold rain and snow from that first album if you want to hear more ; th-cam.com/video/4yHWr0hmIWg/w-d-xo.html
@thedocofrock1890 Oh that is sad there are only 2 left 😢
I will check the link out. Thanks Doc 🥰
🌸 hello, sue!! I'm a deadhead from long long back...
That is awesome, Hope. Have you seen them a bunch of times 🤩
Think of the lyrics as a conversation between two survivors, one who is trying to find hope in the aftermath of catastrophe, the other realistically but fatalistically setting down the ugly truth to expect going forward.
Thank you Farrell for that insight. I appreciate that 🤩
@@playitagainsue It has to be one of world's heaviest songs. when you get right down to it. Many artists have covered it, but there are some Grateful Dead live versions that will literally bring a tear to your eye. There is a wonderful anecdote about it in the Dead documentary "Long Strange Trip" (which I can't recommend highly enough for even non-dead fans).
@farrelltimlake9732 Excellent, thank you, Farrell 😎🩵
Love it! Luckily, they played a roughly 13 minute version of this the late in the second set the one time I ever saw them live (6/24/1991). It has always been one of my favorite songs that they did (this version is closer to Bonnie Dobson's original, but by the end of the 60s they'd made it their own).
@otherstar1 Hey Jeff thanks for tuning in and commenting. This is a fabulous song. I will do more of their stuff 🥰
Ripple is my favorite studio Dead off their American Beauty album.
I think this was easy to listen to, never heard it before. I liked the singer's voice too.
@kimr3729 Hey Kim, it was nice, wasn't it. It was very easy to listen to and cool music. Yes I liked his voice too...very smooth 🥰💗
@@playitagainsue this was at the beginning of their 30 year career as the grateful dead 4 members are sill playing to this day....60 yrs later Dead&Company featuring surviving members & john mayer just grossed $140,000,000.00 playing the Sphere in Vegas this year.....YES THATS RIGHT!! ONE HUNDERED & FORTY MILLION DOLLARS
@MarkRichter-j2l What! Wow that is crazy! 🫨
Do check out other versions. The Dead are well known for playing the same songs differently every time. Their pool of songs is deep and wide. So many choices. My vote for next song would be Eyes of the World with Branford Marsalis sitting in..
@shortstuff7959 Awesome, thanks Short Stuff 🥰
@@playitagainsue 11, 405 hours of music, 2,316 concerts, 482 different songs played, 30 years, 12 members, 1 Band=The Grateful Dead
@MarkRichter-j2l That is incredible! 🤩
I know The Dead have a big following and I've listened to some of their live stuff but never really got into them. This might be the first recording I've heard of the band and enjoyed the song instrumentally. Agree, the guitar does stand out.
@JeromeDukes Excellent, Jason. I am glad you enjoyed the misic in this one. I thought it was cool 🤗
🌸 just a suggestion-when you do the dead, if you're able to find live versions, those are so much better
Thanks so much 😀
The Grateful Dead and certainly one of Americas greatest bands
I love this debut album and Workingmans Dead but after that I think Dead were to be experienced live which unfortunately I never got to do.
A few years back in NYC there was an exhibit of Musical Instruments at the Met Museum
Most iconic rock instruments
2 of the high lights it had Jerry’s 2 guitars , Wolf and Tiger
I got great photos
Dark Star too long a track to have on channel
So i would recommend
Sugar Magnolia
St Stephen
China Cat Sunflower
Uncle John’s Band
@jessem470 That would have been cool to see, Jesse. I don't know any of those songs so that gives me a bunch more to listen to 🥰
The live version of Morning Dew is much longer and drawn out. And most of them are amazing. The one from Europe '72, as someone already mentioned is great. The best one to me is the version from their 5/8/77 concert at Barton Hall, Cornell University. I'm sure it's available online. Do yourself a favor.
@robertberger5639 Awesome, thanks Robert 🤗🧡
My second favourite version was actually filmed. It's here - th-cam.com/video/Kg5OGS-zJ9E/w-d-xo.html
That one is an absolute cracker - the last solo is just a blinder.
saw The Grateful Dead & the other off shoots the other ones/the dead/furthur/ratdog/phil&friends/dead&co between 5-800 times....after 4 DECADES you just stop counting....TRUST ME!
@@MarkRichter-j2l 🥰💕
@@playitagainsue please consider listening to Grateful Dead "Good Lovin" (studio version) next
@@MarkRichter-j2l Will do, Mark 🥰
the studio recordings are rather bad... try this same song performed in September of 1987 th-cam.com/video/1W5eyek0Z4A/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Cj-l_227wjP2Mj7U&t=6498 - a performance considered one of their best of the tune - enjoy // and for a different vibe, here is the Dead doing their version of Day Tripper by the Beatles th-cam.com/video/BQbbDoeJg3k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=7l6K5VHCfEDG55DP&t=7453 / it was one of "those" moments that made us come back to see them again, again and again
@@krypticalenvelopment Excellent thanks a bunch 🤩
This Morning Dew could have gone on a few more minutes? Well I've got some good news for you....
This is not the best version of this song by the Dead. I've seen approx. 150 shows from '68 thru '95. Almost every live version I heard during that time was better than this album version. Try live versions like on Europe '72, Cornell '77, and at Winterland Auditorium in Oct. '74. This song is a folk song written by Bonnie Dobson and it's about the day after a nuclear apocalypse.