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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. People seem to know exactly what I’m talking about. In his outstanding anthology A Box of Rain, Hunter wrote, “Nobody ever asked me the meaning of. 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. Its final performance was on July 8, 1995, at Soldier Field, in Chicago.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. Overall, it was performed live 552 times that we know of, making it the fifth most-played song by the band, and number one in songs sung by Garcia. The first known live version of the song dates from a Carousel Ballroom performance on January 17, 1968.Ĭhina Cat” remained steadily the repertoire, with the exception of the years 1975-1978, when it was played just once, in 1977.

Crazy cat peekin through a lace bandanna, Like a one-eyed cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack. Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono, Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night wind. This cat took me in all these cat places there's some essence of that in the song." Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower - Isolated Bass & Drums Watch this video on YouTube Album Title: Aoxomoxoa Release Date: JAlbum Tracks: Side One St. Grateful Dead China Cat Sunflower Lyrics from album: Aoxomoxoa (1969) Look for a while at the china cat sunflower, Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun. I had a cat sitting on my belly, and was in a rather hypersensitive state, and I followed this cat out to-I believe it was Neptune-and there were rainbows across Neptune, and cats marching across the rainbow. I don't think any of the words came, exactly-the rhythms came. "I think the germ of came in Mexico, on Lake Chapala. China Cat Sunflower performed by Dead & Company Original Artist Grateful Dead From the release Aoxomoxoa (Album) Total Plays 54 times by Dead & Company 2139. I'd have to admit that before you could trace it back that there was some influence."Īnd then there's this in David Gans' Conversations with the Dead, Hunter says:

Wag like a bear, with my top hat and my whiskers, that tra-la-la trapped affair.' I just like the way she put things together. 2 of 39 : David Dodd (ddodd) Tue 12 Oct 04 13:52. It was originally inspired by Dame Edith Sitwell, who had a way with words-I like the idea of quick, clicky assonance and alliteration like 'See me dance the polka, said Mr. I wrote it in different settings and added this and that to it. In an interview in Golden Road (Spring, 1991, p. "To the jade 'Come kiss me harder' He called across the battlements as she Heard our voices thin and shrill As the steely grasses' thrill, Or the sound of the onycha When the phoca has the pica In the palace of the Queen Chinee!" Quote from the Dame Edith Sitwell poem "Trio for Two Cats and a Trombone":

More recently played by The Other Ones, Ratdog and Phil & Friends. Played by the Dead from 1968 to 1995, almost invariably seguing into I Know You Rider.

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 backĬomic book colors on a violin river crying Leonardo words from out a silk trombone I rang a silent bell beneath a shower of pearls in the eagle winged palace of the queen Chinee Look for a while at the China Cat Sunflower proud-walking jingle in the midnight sun Copper-dome bodhi drip a silver kimono like a crazy-quilt star gown through a dream night wind