Many versions of "Morning Dew"
Bedazzled has links to several versions of Lee Hazelwood's Bonnie Dobson's post-apocalyptic folk-rock ditty, "Morning Dew." They're all terrific. (No link to the Grateful Dead version, which appeared on their first album in 1967.)
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Don't forget the magnificent Devo version. I can't access Youtube at work, but rest assured, there's a video fo it pu there.
Was there anything Lee Hazlewood couldn't do?
Nancy?
And who could forget Einsturzende Neubaten's 1986 version? Not that it compared to Lee's original, but still a fine rendition.
You do know that Bonnie Dobson wrote the song, eh?
And Tim Rose got a writing credit for adding a repetition of the last couple of lines, eh?
Should be Dobson, not Dobson-Rose on the songwriter's line.
Thanks for showing the fine album cover!
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I'm not sure why you call it "Lee Hazelwood's post-apocalyptic folk-rock ditty", especially when you have a picture of Bonnie Dobson, the song's author, right there. She recorded it four years before Lee did. Hell, the Dead recorded it before Lee did. I love Lee's songwriting, but this ain't it.
Two of my favorite big rock versions are the recording by Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, and Ron Wood on Jeff Beck's Truth (1968) and another excellent, more recent version by Robert Plant on Dreamland (2002).
For over 100 versions by the Grateful Dead, check out archive.org:
http://www.archive.org/details/audio
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#8 CB, Thanks for the archive.org link!
I just read the lyrics. What exactly makes it post-apocalyptic?
If you hadn't told me that I wouldn't have thought it up on my own based on the words. Is there more of a story here?
Ditto for the Jeff Beck version! For years I barely knew anyone else did it. Truth is Jeff Beck's high point.
Robert Plant likes this song as well--no surprise there. Some of the bootlegs of the 2005 Strange Sensation tour feature renditions of it.
Damn. Now I have some version of Morning Dew stuck in my head and I can't find it anywhere. Gaaa, my day is ruined.
Clearly there are too many versions of this song. Come now, who can tell me the version that stuck in my head?
John @#14: Morning Dew is on Plant's 2002 album "Dreamland", which is all covers of bluesy tunes. It's recorded with the Strange Sensation, the album cover just doesn't say so.
Heh, thanks Andrew, I was just thinking "I bet he's recorded a version of it too."
Don't forget the Allman Brothers version. It's great.
The Dead's version was the first one I knew about and it still give chills. The Beck version is nothing less than awesome and Rod Stewart sang the hell out of that song. Here's Beck with Beth Hart doing a more recent rendition:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oW-BXvzjt3Y
Bonnie Dobson is a pretty obvious pseudonym for Connie Dobbs.
By the way, an interesting point of comparison for different versions of Morning Dew. What they've been saying all these years -- was it true, or untrue? Were "they" the ones foretelling doom, or the ones telling you it couldn't happen? Rose and Hazlewood say it was true, Beck and Plant say it was untrue, and the Dead think "it really doesn't matter anyway".
Screaming Trees did it too.
I count 22 cover versions at http://www.covertrek.com/findTrack.html?track=Morning%20Dew
How can I have never heard of it though, when it's been covered by Einsturzende Neubaten *and* Lee Hazelwood. I've gotta pay more attention...
The Wikipedia article lists 29 versions.