![]() ![]() And both songs are among the most often played in the history of the band, with each closing in at 550+ versions. 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) ![]() 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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