Monday, May 11, 2015

WTSCF Podcast #14-"Morning Dew"




A barely-known Canadian folk singer wrote this cautionary post-apocalyptic song (her first song) in 1962. In 1967 a somewhat obscure folk rocker rearranged it, wrote an additional verse and sneakily claimed co-authorship; an injustice that often goes unnoticed in the history books. Cruelly, most covers are based on this arrangement. The same year, the leader of a not-yet legendary band more radically rearranged it on his band's debut album, and added a key final line, but knew enough to claim no credit. This episode sorts out the song's meaning, its origins, its various paths and twists and turns and the many cover versions that range from folk to disco to industrial/goth. Enjoy. 

Listen on Podomatic.com or iTunes...

http://wheresthatsoundcomingfrom.podomatic.com/entry/2015-05-03T15_25_28-07_00

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-.14-morning-dew/id665759667?i=341332587&mt=2
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 1, 2015 at 10:11 AM

    could you turn off the 'auto start playing' for the podmatic links? it is SO annoying when one visits this page and 3 or 4 of them all start playing at the same time. cacophony at its best.

    I-)

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  2. brianOctober 1, 2015 at 10:44 AM

    I'm so sorry...Podomatic has two ways to publish and one gives the "automatic play" option and one doesn't. Maybe they've fixed it since I've been gone.. I often forget to use the one that does give the option. I'll fix them,...

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    1. AnonymousOctober 2, 2015 at 6:23 AM

      thanks - whatever you did, worked - no auto start playing.

      I-)

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    2. brianOctober 2, 2015 at 7:53 AM

      Well, wonders never cease! I didn't do anything except ask the Podomatic folks how to turn off that option after the show's been published. Maybe they took care of something on their side rather than having to give me step by step details. Or maybe Mercury stopped being retrograde. In any case, look for a new episode in the days ahead and thanks for the nice comments!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 2, 2015 at 6:27 AM

    thanks for this great coverage of the history of 'morning dew'. connecting the jerry garcia soloes on 'today' and their re-use on the GD album version of 'morning dew' - that is a nice piece of detective work!

    I-)

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  4. brianNovember 28, 2015 at 5:38 PM

    I've decided to replace the embedded players with links--I can only seem to stop some of them from playing. I feel bad about the sonic chaos....

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  5. brianNovember 28, 2015 at 5:38 PM

    I've decided to replace the embedded players with links--I can only seem to stop some of them from playing. I feel bad about the sonic chaos....

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