Only 8 shows are known to have opened with the pair (but my twitter predicted it at Fare Thee Well, haha)Įvery Deadhead I know loves China>Rider.
Now here's some interest information of the placement of China>Rider within the Dead's shows:įrom 1971 to 1983, China>Rider was played 178 times in the first set and 103 times in set twoįrom 1984 through 1995, it was played only 6 times in the first set and 163 times in set two.įrom 1987 to 1995, 109 of the 126 versions opened the second set.Ĭhina>Rider was only played once as an encore, in 1988 at Frost on April 30, when they finished with China>Rider>Saturday Night You have to go 12 more years until the experiment song selection in 1985:ģ-9-85 Berkeley China Cat>Cumberland Blues>Miracle>Eyes to open set two Listen hereġ1-10-85 Meadowlands Half Step>I Know You Rider>Playin>UJB>Supplication to open set twoħ-29-88 Monterey, only split version, China Cat>Crazy Fingers>I Know You Rider (which you hear now, along with the only complete stand-alone Playing in the Band with Brent and after 1976)Ĩ-5-89 Cal Expo Hey Pocky>Playin>I Know You Rider>Terrapin to open set two here There are those summer 1974 boss versions with the Mind Left Body Jams and cool intros (see Dick's Picks 12)
Grateful dead china cat sunflower live archive#
Archive hereįrom 1973 to 1995, there are only these other exceptions. There is the St Paul Februlate second set pairing of Here Comes Sunshine>China>Rider (I wish this one would have been done more often) and the very cool Other One>Spanish Jam>I Know You Rider from Buffalo on Ma(which Sirius has been playing this week). Then, in that rare early year Winterland gig on January 2, 1972, there is a marvelous version of Good Lovin that some how weaves in and out of China Cat Sunflower. Oh there were about 8 acoustic versions of I Know You Rider in 1970 but China Cat always flowed into Rider. But readers of this blog know I like the unusual and the rarities so let's have a look at theseįor 112 versions from 1969 through 1971, China Cat>I Know You Rider was inseparable. The next 500+ times the Dead played China Cat Sunflower, except for the few times noted here, I Know You Rider followed. Then came the eureka moment, probably at or around the Cafe A Go Go on Septemand the most often played medley in Grateful Dead was born. Next, in 1968, came China Cat Sunflower, played 9 times in 1968 and 12 times in early 1969, it was usually paired with The Eleven, also usually following a Dark Side. Played seven times in 1966, it then took a short several-year nap. In the beginning, before Jerry, Bob Hunter and God created C>R, there was only I Know You Rider.
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