13-11-2017, 15:55
Bonnie Dobson was born on this day in 1940, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was a folk singer and guitarist who seems to stopped recording in 1972. I know of her because she wrote “Morning Dew” which later, controversially, had a co-writing credit appended to it by one Tim Rose who had allegedly heard Fred Neil singing a version of it and who then went on to arrange it with a much rockier feel. Personally, I think he was rather opportunistic – so if someone re-arranges your song, suddenly they co-wrote it??! Doesn’t seem right to me - maybe I'm missing something.
This is her original - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgl0YfJiz80
The Grateful Dead made it famous and it’s been covered by a number of artists. This is my favourite rendition, which admittedly is a loooot punchier than Ms Dobson’s, but it’s not a different song – Long John Baldry …
This is her original - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgl0YfJiz80
The Grateful Dead made it famous and it’s been covered by a number of artists. This is my favourite rendition, which admittedly is a loooot punchier than Ms Dobson’s, but it’s not a different song – Long John Baldry …
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