![]() “He knew I was there, because when he intro’d the song he called out: ‘Hey Bonnie. When he announced the song, I shouted: ‘How about giving the writer some credit?’ He was conciliatory, then he turned testy and said: ‘Why the… should you complain? You get your 75 per cent!’”ĭobson came across Rose again at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. “I never met Tim Rose, but I went to see him at the Half Moon, Putney. She became an academic administrator at Birkbeck College. ![]() (She has also re-recorded it on her new album Take Me For A Walk In The Morning Dew.) Thereafter she left Canada and moved to London, but didn’t chime with the English folk scene. They did, and homed in on the magnificent melody and chord changes, which cried out for dramatic guitar solos and masculine angst.ĭobson recorded the song twice in the 60s: first on her third album, At Folk City, then on her self-titled 1969 RCA LP. “The song is a conversation between a man and a woman, so the groups thought it was like a courtly love song.” “In my mind it will always be post-apocalyptic, but it’s open to interpretation,” says Dobson. The early Allman Brothers cut it, as did Lulu, Lee Hazlewood and Nazareth. It was interpreted by various rock groups, including Ian Gillan’s pre-Purple Episode Six, then the Jeff Beck Group on Truth. Rose’s cover was released as a single, and the Grateful Dead heard him sing it on the road in late ’66. And while Elektra’s Jac Holzman signed her to his offshoot Nina Music, nothing prevented Rose from sticking his moniker in brackets. Dylan had publishing with Columbia (he called himself Blind Boy Grunt), but Dobson’s song became Public Domain. All three had that day’s songs (lyrics and chords) published in the mimeographed tip sheet Broadside. “I first recorded the song after playing it live at the Mariposa Folk Festival in Orillia, Ontario, at Folkways Studio, downtown Manhattan.”ĭobson is too modest to mention that she went to Folkways after rehearsals at Gerdes Folk City with Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs – the three of them having an acoustic face-off in the tiny basement. “In some ways it was my fault – I was so naïve,” says Dobson. (Rose also claimed to have written Hey Joe, to which Billy Roberts is generally given entitlement.) Her signature song was first covered by the Briarwood Singers, then by Fred Neil & Vince Martin for their album Tear Down The Walls, Fred changing the opening line from ‘ Take me for a walk in the morning dew’ to ‘ Walk me out in the morning dew.’ That was the version Rose copied for his debut album. In the midst of the folk-rock boom, she toured the States alongside Judy Collins, Richie Havens and Mississippi John Hurt. She earned a living touring with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee in 1960. Dobson told Uncut that she is "very partial" to his version.Dobson’s folk-singer career took off. Robert Plant: Recorded for his 2002 solo album, Dreamland. Lulu: The Scottish singer had a #52 hit in the US in the summer of 1968 with her version, taken from her album Lulu Sings To Sir With Love. Their lineup at the time included Ron Wood on bass and Rod Stewart on vocals. The Jeff Beck Group: Released on their 1968 debut album, Truth. A UK release of the single was planned but canceled. Sugar Shack: The Irish Rock band had a Top 20 single in their native country in 1968. They recorded it for their self-titled debut album. Grateful Dead: This became a signature song of the Grateful Dead after frontman Jerry Garcia was alerted to the Fred Neil recording by roadie Laird Grant in 1966. I never met him, I only once heckled him at the Half Moon many years ago. She told Uncut: "That was annoying because he never acknowledged I was the writer. Dobson was subsequently upset to learn that the sole lyrical revision in Rose's version was the same one that Fred Neil made in his recording of the song. After soliciting permission to revise the song with a resultant co-writing credit. Tim Rose: He recorded the song for his 1966 self-titled debut album giving it a harder rock feel. I always sang 'Take me for a walk.' and he changed it to 'walk me out.'- the Grateful Dead and everyone else seem to have taken that version." ![]() Dobson recalled to Uncut: "Fred Neil covered it, and I have a lot to thank Fred for. They include:įred Neil and Vince Martin: This was the first studio recording of the track and appeared on their 1964 album Tear Down The Walls.
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