tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post5824481271598545796..comments2024-03-28T17:56:00.841-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: Cosmic Charlie: A Performance History 1969-1970Light Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-5609680338569935792020-10-02T11:29:38.076-07:002020-10-02T11:29:38.076-07:00I love any version of Cosmic Charlie I hear even i...I love any version of Cosmic Charlie I hear even if it's super sloppy. Just something about that constant cosmic lullaby feel to it.<br /><br />If it got hardly a clap at that one '69 show...it did get a huge screaming ovation in '94 before being abandoned for Wharf Rat.Will Ruddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236741903558836229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-6317670436745360672019-07-18T01:59:47.701-07:002019-07-18T01:59:47.701-07:00I know, I know... Working on it! I know, I know... Working on it! Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-56099994748831371542019-07-17T16:43:19.737-07:002019-07-17T16:43:19.737-07:00Too long LIA.....let’s go!!! 😀Too long LIA.....let’s go!!! 😀Marc Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297029918592940729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-66645192167620426432019-06-13T01:39:34.344-07:002019-06-13T01:39:34.344-07:00Must be a cosmic thing. By 1971 Hunter would be wr...Must be a cosmic thing. By 1971 Hunter would be writing "Mister Charlie"... <br />In an early album tracklist, Garcia titled the song "Dum De Doodly Do." Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-46053082095988758512019-06-11T18:31:35.171-07:002019-06-11T18:31:35.171-07:00Hunter wrote it and titled it "Cosmic Charley...Hunter wrote it and titled it "Cosmic Charley"<br /><br />....but now even the 50th Aoxomoxoa has it as charlie<br /><br />........how comes?<br /> Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-7131265642287091492019-06-09T01:14:36.640-07:002019-06-09T01:14:36.640-07:00"China Cat is already greeted by the crowd wi..."China Cat is already greeted by the crowd with pleasure and cheers, while Cosmic Charlie barely gets a clap." That still just about sums it up for me, I'm afraid ..... never one of my favourite songs from that period. But another stunning piece of analysis and the graphic descriptions will make me go and check out some of those transitions again. Thanks!Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810299638854859995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-26189064230386378592019-06-02T00:18:52.845-07:002019-06-02T00:18:52.845-07:00I wonder whether Weir appears on the album version...I wonder whether Weir appears on the album version of Cosmic Charlie at all? <br />I believe Garcia does all the vocals, and it's possible he plays all the guitars as well. I assume the acoustic guitar is his, but the rhythm guitar part (best heard on the original mix) does not sound much like how Weir played it live, in fact it's extremely simplified. Weir's guitar lines in the live Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com