Bonnie Dobson & Robert Plant - Morning Dew
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Dec. 8, 2013, Royal Festival Hall, London - Bert Jansch Tribute Concert clip.
Bonnie Dobson (vocals, acoustic guitar); Robert Plant (vocals, percussion); Danny Thompson (double bass); Bernard Butler (lead guitar).
Also see: www.bonniedobs... for full background to the song.
Covers of Bonnie's song over the years include versions, performed by Fred Neil, Tim Rose, Grateful Dead, Jeff Beck Group (ft. Rod Stewart), Nazareth, Allman Brothers, Lulu, Blackfoot, Clannad, Episode Six (Ian Gillan & Roger Glover), Einstürzende Neubauten, Long John Baldry, The Orange Wedge, The Goldebriars, Devo, Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane), Sugar Shack, Dave Edmunds & Human Beans, Procol Harum, Wendy Peters, The National... and many, many more!
Notice how Robert Plant lets Bonnie Dobson take center stage and he sits quietly in the background until it's his turn to come in on vocals.
Thank you Robert Plant for giving credit in which credit was due.
Thats rare, Grateful Dead for sure
Despite Roberts massive fame, talent & everything else that he portrays I absolutely love how he sits & pays 200% gracious attention to other artists performing their part on stage - undivided appreciation for what they contribute - the mark of a very, very great person & artist indeed.
First time I heard this was by Nazareth, Dan McCafferty did it justice!
DAN was incredibly creative in THE NAZ version 💔
I first heard this song on Jeff Becks Truth album. I fell in love with it. Bonnie Dobson just blew me away here. Thank you Robert ...
Same here.
That was Rod Stewart singing on “Truth” for those who might not know🤓
It was the first song on side two of the Grateful Dead's debut album one year before in1967. It has the mark of great song writing that so many versions are so powerful. Props to Mr. Plant for having Bonnie Dobson finally getting the recognition she deserves.
This song was inducted into the Canadian song writers hall of fame this weekend july 7th 2018 with Gordon Lightfoot presenting the award to her in person as she sang this song. Her voice is exactly the same, incredible. In person she is very kind and humble. She stopped to talk to my 6 year old daughter and let her know how beautiful she was. Thats an honour indeed.
Bonnie's voice remains breathtakingly beautiful. I once asked how she's kept it so clear and she quipped that she'd never got into the drugs scene like many others back in 60s NYC!
Thank you! I so didn't know!
Double Bass - Danny Thompson. :)
Gordon presenting a songwriting hall of fame award pretty much says it all
This is a very very special song
Absolutely LOVE Bonnie Dobson! Percy is pretty good too!
Robert Plant continues to be an icon of humility, respect and grace... after all these years... cudos
This is practically the only comment on here that isn't by someone posting about their unique ability to use Google or Wikipedia causing grief with others. Kudos to you 👍
Yes, all of those accolades after so many years as the "self satisfying carnal gourmet" he was while fronting Led Zeppelin.
Damn her voice is still sounds just like her original on album!
Was. Also cool of Robert to chill back on bongo session !
@@robmckrobmck5567 And all of we girls were in love with.him and his head full of curls in the late sixties. Jelly?
Yes
What a beautiful version by the creator !
Kudos Robert for being kind and generous enough to take a back seat in that rendition - you're a good egg brother 👍
Happy Birthday, Bonnie Dobson who wrote this song in the 60's. Born in Toronto, Canada. This song is about the world's annihilation after nuclear war. Few know what it's really about.
influenced from the movie On The Beach
I know of no evidence that the song is about anything nuclear. The genius of the song is that we are free to interpret it as we will.
@@beldengi Where do you think the "morning dew" came from?
Had you been around in the 60's, you'd know EXACTLY what this chilling song is about.
@@beldengi Well, you're wrong. Morning dew is nuclear fallout.
@@gino11ish No, there is no Morning Dew BECAUSE of Nuclear fallout
Good on Mr. Plant for sharing the stage with an audience who probably had never heard of Bonnie Dobson and were thus treated to this tremendous song for the first time.
What a voice after all these years....
Brilliant song and thank you Robert Plant for giving credit to Bonnie !
Yes, top man Robert Plant. Well done sir for getting Bonnie the credit she deserves for writing this amazing, unsettling, deeply-affecting son. God bless you Bonnie Dobson
Yep. It’s Bonnie’s song after all
Giving credit to the author of a song he covered, well that's a good one
@Coogan No, he stole it.
A huge well done and thanks to the wonderfully decent generous, classy man that Robert Plant is. Classy man, classy performer, classy musician. Well done sir.
She truly owns it. I love the Grateful Dead, but it's Bonnie Dobson's song. Wonderful performance here.
Goodness, 50 years after she wrote it and I think her voice was sounding even better.
This was the first song Bonnie wrote this after seeing On The Beach. Spectacular performance.
So haunting, so beautiful ❤
OMG! There is no end to the great music that we miss in our lifetimes! I'm just lucky I didn't miss this.......
Two awesome voices.
I had only ever heard the Clannad version of this song and always assumed it was a traditional Irish air. Happy to acknowledge the original artist now.
What a voice....
One of the greatest voice of the last century and a young girls that alone inspired Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Jeff Beck, Tim Rose, Gregg Altman and others..
I had a radio show on cassette tape (I think it was "the grateful dead hour") with the "morning Dew Story." Basically, she wrote the song, and then Tim Rose got partial credit after having slightly charged the lyrics.
Wow, I never knew who wrote this classic. Amazing.
Sensational!!!!!
A most beautiful Songstress, Bonnie Dobson thank you!!!!
Wow! Nothing tops the soulful original by the original writer. This is incredibly powerful. Brings me to tears.
Also this song is perfect as a man\woman duet.
Here here brother!
oh, maybe any version by Long John Baldry tops this by far, OR the Jeff Beck Group and of course Duane & Greg's version. All much better than the original or this version. Tho thanks Bonnie for writing it.
@@robertcondit1536 There's many great covers of this song by many great artists. The original by the songwriter is always special. A great example is Allen Toussaint singing his songs was always a treat.
@@1blastman I would agree in MOST cases - but not this one. Actually, not fond of her or R.P. singing on this one. However I do like the band arrangement.
it was 1st released in 1962 by Bonnie in a live recording "At Folk City".
It was covered in 1964 on 1st LP of Fred Neil's (with Vince Martin). They somewhat changed the lyrics.
It was covered in 1967 on 1st LP of Tim Rose. Lyrics are close Neil & Martin. He used a loophole in the rights management laws to gain 50% of writing credits. Bonnie received thereafter only 75% of her credits (100% music, 50% lyrics).
It was covered in 1967 on 1st LP of Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia, lead vocals).
It was covered in 1968 on 1st LP of Jeff Beck (Rod Stewart, vocals).
It was covered in 1971 on 1st LP of Nazareth.
There is is really something mystical about this song to get all these artists to cover it on their first LP!
What do you think of this one? ruclips.net/video/aZc7b_tT_BY/видео.html
@@paulschirf9259 This is the first version of the song I ever heard and I think it's the best. Still have the album that I bought in a head shop when it first came out.
Never forget Long John Baldery!!!
I love every single version of this song from Jorma's version to the Dead, and Jeff Beck's and ...especially this one. It brought a tear to my eyes. Angelic voice!
And Nazareth version!
and Long John Baldry
Human Beans and Clannad
And our boy john in dead and company did a good job too.
Also einstürzende neubauten :-)
Absolutely Wonderful
At 2:50 "you'll never hear your baby cry again mama" - heart-wrenching!
Beautiful voice and version. Check out Long John Baldry's version. Different, but really a good one!
Beautiful voice and song. kinda brings a tear to my eyes
Respect!
She is amazing. Beautiful voice. Back in the 60s my high school boyfriends band played Morning Dew. I always tbought it was just a Grateful Dead song. Thank you for posting this!
My first time hearing this was blackfoot and blackfoot it'll remain
My god Ricky goes for it.any live version. Digging this thoW
that's really gold ❤
Mega kudos to Robert Plant, many artists have covered this song. One of my faves, I have twelve versions of this song. Percy Plant happily takes the backseatto let Bonnie take centre stage. Hope this song made her rich, well deserved. Beautifully understated lyrically but the message is so powerful.
Bonnie has a beautiful voice. This is a great duet. Thank you ♥
Bernard Butler (lead guitar) crushed it.. they all did but damn..
For many years I listened to and enjoyed the Allman Brothers' lovely rendition of this great song assuming that it was theirs. Today I have been corrected.
I love that register 60s female folk singers sing in. Jesus! thats Bernard Butler on the 345
Beautiful song. The Tim Rose version is my favourite version. Bonnie has beautiful voice
Both their voices have stood up incredibly well and this is done beautifully.
This is one of the great songs of all time, and it's the first song Bonnie ever wrote ! That was back in 1961.
Year of birth for me!
@@gregoryearl2264 I was born November 1954 so I would have been 6 at the time she wrote this.
awesome
A quiet powerful performance that speaks volumes.
Simply beautiful ..
So many have done Morning Dew.Nazareths version is my favorite but this is cool.
Mine too 👌
I love this version. Bonnie Dobson sounds amazing!
awesome -- I was hooked in 68 on Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart version but this is just excellent -- she wrote a great song and her feeling in it shows
Absolutely
Bonnie, more beautiful than ever.
SHE SOUNDS THE SAME
Sad ........ I think they made a movie about this.
Where have all the flowers gone? Another great same theme.
@@derrickmcdaniel4320 According to Wikipedia...
"Dobson stated that the inspiration for "Morning Dew" was the film On the Beach, which is about the survivors of virtual global annihilation by nuclear holocaust."
Released three years earlier (1959), it starred Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner.
(I do not know whether a subsequent film also followed based on the song.)
Great performance, deeply in the heart of the song. Interestingly, I can hear her voice in Garcia's guitar when he performed this.
Always luved this song. Wish more groups would do older dongs
Many have covered this song over the years but this is miles and away the best version I think we'll ever get! Absolutely blown away by it.
Make my soul ache.
Bonnie Dobson...Grateful Dead...Jeff Beck...Nazareth...Lulu...all great and distinctive versions thanks to the original spark of one Canadian folk singer. Brings to mind the song, "Universal Soldier" by Buffy St. Marie, another great Canadian folk singer.
Someone knocked on Robert Plant's door and said, "You're singing my song". Wouldn't be the first time.
Ha
Far Out. 🤗 Seriously still a beautiful tune, thanks Bonnie.
It’s a great song, I personally think Long John Baldry’s cover is the best!
Powerful song. Sadly, it's still as potentially relevant today as it was when it first came out because we're not out of the woods yet on this nuclear thing yet.
Wait, she's smokin hot, AND she wrote one of the best songs the Dead and Jeff Beck have ever done????
Well no, but it's got to be the highest compliment to have pretty much everyone cover that song, while managing not to age between 1962 and... about now
She's just amazing as ever
1969..First time that I ever heard this song it was Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart. Interestingly enough it was also the first time that I ever got stoned.."Truth" is a great album...
I still have Truth that I bought new when it came out. Also, saw Jeff Beck and Rod Steward live at the Shrine Exhibition Hall, Los Angeles around 1969.
Wonderful song and interprétation ! Merci beaucoup ❤
This is so beautiful oh my God. Thank you Jesus
Type in "Morning Dew" 10/1974 in yer youtube search engine here and get blown away.
Agreed! Excellent also is, "Bonnie Dobson-Morning Dew-Live at Folk City 1962". Playing solo, her (already) accomplished finger-picking style stands out strong next to her voice. It's a little longer and brings her song a little more full circle (I'm sure you'll get what I mean- if you don't already know it) ,not that her '74' is in want of anything, of course. Whoew!
ruclips.net/video/oK2klqks5GQ/видео.html
my all time absolute favorite morning dew by the dead 10-18-74
Oh yeah 10/18/74 winterland is an iconic performance that I always go back to! 👌
John Mayer also be melting faces on the dews with d&c, especially that 6/22/23 Citi field last tour. And for some reason that MD>NFA>BP 10/31/21 Hollywood Bowl felt pretty special to my ears 🙌
There should be a whole YT channel dedicated to all morning dews performances hey, that'd be a treat haha
Wow! I'm big time Nazareth fan and great to see this girl that wrote it..
Cherry red Gibson sounding good....
I have been a fan of Bonnie Dobson for many, many years. What a beautiful voice she has and an incredible song writer! Immense talent beyond words....I only wish she would tour in California.
+folkmusicgirl If you mean Garcia's rendition, he can't sing. The author & Plant are great singers.
+flyingfishsurf No, not Garcia's at all! Bonnie singing it - that is why I said, "What a beautiful voice she has" etc. My entire comment was only about Bonnie Dobson. :-)) Did not mention Garcia at all in my comments so didn't understand why you thought I might be talking about Garcia's rendition..
@@folkmusicgirl Some people are just obsessed with hating on Jerry Garcia. Says more about them then it says about Jerry.
Agree that Bonnie's singing voice is sublime.
Just boppin' thru RUclips and stumble on this gem of a performance. WoW! I knew Bonnie wrote the song but this time I could understand her lyrics. Yes, I've heard covers of this many times. My favorite cover is by Blackfoot, believe it or not. But, the original is the best. It's a haunting song of finality.
Love this. Nazareth did my favorite version of this song tho.
Love NAZ doing this version too 💔
BD has a terrific voice!
missed a golden opportunity to have Robert sing the guy part
This song is so tragic. It always brings a tear to my eye. It's about a couple stuck in a survival shelter after an apocalypse. And slowly the wife goes mad and the husband struggles to try keeping her sane. Would make a good movie.
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It's a song apparently inspired by a really dark movie from a really dark book. Apparently she went see the movie "On The Beach" based on the book by the same name written by Neville Shute. The book is better than the movie but check either or both out if you have a chance. That's what apparently inspired this song and while the technology in these may seem a bit dated the theme isn't. In fact, events going on in the world right now actually make this song and the movie and book it was supposedly based upon exceedingly relevant on February 28, 2022. Who in heaven's name ever thought we'd be here today but here we are and a sixty year old song is more relevant than ever. There are dozens if not hundreds of antiwar protest songs which bear relevance to sometimes specific battles or wars while others relate to war in general but this is perhaps the most powerful anti-nuclear- war song ever written, evidenced by the numerous times it's been covered by many very famous performers in several different music genres.
So play this song, whichever version you choose, and listen to it closely. Also if you can, read Neville Shute's "On The Beach" and/or check out the movie. And reflect on all this as we take in the daily hash of news from media and online from the events in Europe right now and hope and pray for sane heads to prevail; the finger is closer to the button than it's been in a very long time.
Almost sounds like "When the Wind Blows."
Thank you Bonnie for writing it. Nothing comes close to the power of the Allman Bros version. EDAE AGDE
I always loved this by Tim Rose in the 60's had his LP until some French student stole it along with other LP's we were sharing our home with in the UK ,thanks buddy , hope you enjoyed it as much as i did.
I tried to sing Morning Dew in a band but couldn't match Tim Roses guttural voice,but did my best.
Bonnie Dobson sounds amazing ,just like her original recording. now I realise it needn't sound like Tim Rose to sound just as fantastic ,its the message that counts.
I was drawn not only to the melody but mostly to the words ,in the 60's everyone was very conscious of the threat of nuclear war and it nearly happened over the Cuban missile crises.
Now with Putin in Ukraine in 2022 ,threatening the Nato countries with nuclear weapons if they interfere with his murderous war , a nuclear war once again is raising its ugly head to the world.
I only hope and pray something happens to change Putin's deranged mind to prevent this catastrophe that will end life as we know it on Earth.
A performance that is incredibly brilliant and touching. Wow.
I've loved this song forever, have even covered it myself with a couple of bands I've performed with … it's a song that has come through every change of genre whilst retraining its basic purity. Nazareth's version with that incredible bass line - Tim Rose's version with all the gutty grit - Long John Baldry … so many … an incredible song!! Thank you, Bonnie Dobson for giving us a wonderful gift!
I saw the song titel, and i thought Long John Baldry.
@@Claasvox53 Title.👍
Lovely to hear this. First heard Tim Rose's version in 67/68. Then The Dead of course. In one of the Dead books read of how hard they tried to find her to pay her and found her singing in a chorus line in some London musical. When was that? The 90's maybe?
What a strong voice!!
another good version is nazareth, but all sound great!!
What a lovely song with lovely vocals. Great stuff from the band also.
I enjoyd listning to this duet and Bonnie dobson has a beautiful voice. but my favorite is by the Dead Europe 72 where I first heard it. miss you Jerry...
I concur...jerrys voice is sincere and soulful on this one...very powerful!
Yup. Other than Bonnie's own, the Dead's version is the only one I can listen to. Their interpretation is appropriately melancholic and unrushed -- and the version that finishes the classic Europe '72 album is perfection. Much as I like *other* music by Jeff Beck with BB&A, Nazareth, etc., their interpretations of Morning Dew were a huge swing and a miss. They totally missed the point of the song and turned it into just another generic rocked up ballad and platform for instrumental flourishes. I just finished listening to the Dead's '72 Europe album again (probably for the thousandth time since I saw them live in '73 at RFK stadium), then tried to re-listen to the versions by Nazareth, Beck Bogert & Appice -- couldn't finish listening to their versions. But I'll keep trying other versions. There must be one out there that does justice to the song.
it's a very iconic song. Dead europe 72 is by far the best version ever recorded some songs are meant for certain people I guess the wailing of Garcia and the solo was just so sad. It's about the aftermath of nuclear war isn't it? Like someone walking through the rubble and imagining hearing people but there aren't any people. Well one thing for sure it will end war for a while.
I recall her talking about it. Hearing a baby? After the nuclear war there won't be any more babies.
Hauntingly beautiful
some music can lift you above the earth ....... this does
WOW!!!!
SO Robert To Give Credit TO WHO Credit Is Soo Due!!!
Your an Amazing Man !!!
Well, he hasn’t always had a perfect record on that one.
All sleep...Nazareth Forever !!!!
IT seems to me that Robert Plant kept the essence of his best along with his pains, in his music, on himself, in his life, and all that became this wonderful music. Always a pleasure.
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A great song and Danny Thompson playing bass!
How about that. Folk Music still stirs your soul, don't it. Good to recognize Bonnie for this she penned this as a vary young woman... everybody was all "ban the bomb" and here she is today. Who remembers ban the bomb. ;-)
I do, and there's going to be a whole new generation of great grand kids chanting this by what's going on in the world on February 28, 2022.
When l was a kid, l listened the version of NAZARETH ... My head between my 2 speakers to appreciate the bass😊
1969 heralded the end of hippy and many of the song lyrics turned dark and sinister. Bonnie wrote and recorded "Winter's Going" in that year. It is one of the most beautiful and terrifying songs I've ever heard. It screams to be heard.
The saddest song ever written!let us hope it never comes true!
Bonnie never got the proper recognition for being the originator (writer/performer) of this song until later in her life, that's a shame because it's a classic albeit sorrowful folk song sung and recorded by many after her initial release One of my favorite versions is by Gregorian.
So great that one of the generation that enjoyed the Tim Rose adaptation could acknowledge its origins so brilliantly by inviting Bonnie to join him onstage.
7.4.89 - My favorite
4-28-71 definitely my go to
My god, what an angel. Such a beautifully pure yet aching voice. On don't forget Robert Plant on bongos, ladies and gentleman, give it up!