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    "airdate": "2026-01-22T11:41:53-08:00",
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    "song": "China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider",
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    "artist": "Grateful Dead",
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    "album": "Live at the Olympia Theater in Paris France on May 3, 1972",
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    "release_date": "1972-05-03",
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    "comment": "Longtime lyricist Robert Hunter mailed the lyrics to the band in mid-1967, and by January 1968 the band was performing a medley of songs that included “Dark Star,” “China Cat Sunflower,” and “The Eleven.” \n\nThe first known live version of this song dates from a Carousel Ballroom performance on January 17, 1968. The song evolved over the ensuing months, including changes in key, tempo, and arrangement, until sometime in the summer of 1969, when it was paired, for the first time, with “I Know You Rider.” Once that pairing became the standard, it was locked in, with the single exception noted in DeadBase being a March 9, 1985 version where it went into “Cumberland Blues.” \n\nChina Cat remained steadily the repertoire, with the exception of the years 1975-1978, when it was played just once, in 1977. Overall, it was performed live 552 times that we know of, making it the fifth most-played song by the band, and number one in songs sung by Garcia.\n\nhttps://www.dead.net/features/greatest-stories-ever-told/greatest-stories-ever-told-china-cat-sunflower",
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