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The Morning Dew were formed from the remains of a collapsed folk-rock band called The Toads. Two early single releases, "No More" and "Be a Friend," were local successes in 1967, and the group was signed to Morris Levy's Roulette label in early 1969, for which they cut an entire album of material before disbanding later that year. Collectables has reissued a CD collection, and Gear Fab has released the folk-like "Sing Out" from their unissued late 1968 sessions.
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"Morning Dew", also known as "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew", is a post-apocalyptic folk-rock song written by Canadian singer Bonnie Dobson in 1962.
According to Dobson in a 1993 interview, "Morning Dew" was inspired by the film On the Beach.
Fred Neil heard Dobson's song and re-arranged it to suit his own style. Tim Rose heard Neil's version and then recorded his own in 1966, adding himself as co-writer. Through a loophole in US copyright law, Rose was able to claim royalties. Dobson has consistently questioned Rose's right to a co-writing credit.
Selected list of recordings
1962 Bonnie Dobson, At Folk City1964 Vince Martin & Fred Neil, Tear Down the Walls1966 Tim Rose, Tim Rose (original album by this name, of two), "Morning Dew" (single), plus later re-recordings1967 Episode Six, "Morning Dew" single1967 Grateful Dead, The Grateful Dead, plus Europe '72 and various retrospective live albums, often played live1967 Pozo-Seco Singers (single)1968 Lulu (single)1968 The 31st of February, Dreams (Allman Brothers anthology)1968 Jeff Beck, Truth1968 Ralph McTell, Eight Frames a Second1968 Lee Hazlewood, Love and Other Crimes1968 The Nova Local, Nova 11968 Séverine as "Mama Dis-moi Pourquoi"1969 The Damnation of Adam Blessing, The Damnation of Adam Blessing1969 circa Hourglass Duane and Greg Allman1970 Salena Jones, Everybody's Talkin' About1971 Nazareth, Nazareth1973 Clannad, Clannad1980 Long John Baldry, Long John Baldry1984 Blackfoot, Vertical Smiles1985 Einstürzende Neubauten, Fünf Auf der Nach Oben Offenen Richterskala1990 Devo, Smooth Noodle Maps1992 Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes, The Lure of the Tropics1993 Screaming Trees, "Butterfly" (single)1995 Skullflower, Transformer1997 The Fatal Shore, "Fatal Shore"2002 Robert Plant, Dreamland2003 Mungo Jerry, Adults Only2004 Audience, alive&kickin'&screamin'&shoutin'2006 Serena Ryder, If Your Memory Serves You Well2010 Gregorian, Dark Side of the Chant2010 Pokémon, Smooth Noodle Thunder2011 Chris Norman, "Time Traveller"external links
The Story of Bonnie Dobson's Morning Dew (CBC hour long radio documentary Inside the Music)
