

If you have time, check out my China Cat page, which (of course) featuresa direct link to your China Cat Sunflower page.

By 1979 we hadreleased a single on Atlantis Records of LA and were getting lots of airplay in the SF Bay Area market.the name China Cat was well-exposedduring that period. The Dead were a big influence.īut wait, there's more. Since i was the bass player (and one ofthe creative forces in that band) I worked into our songs a lot ofsyncopation. IN addition, we covered a few Dead arrangements of cover songs(Know You Rider, Not Fade Away). During the period of 1971-72and then again between 19 I was in a Bay Area band calledChina Cat, the name adopted by myself as a direct result of my love thatDead song. This ispurely a piece of trivia-with-a-small-T.

2.Īn enduring song in the band's repertoire, usually paired with "I Know YouRider" in concert, leading to the designation "China/Rider."Ī reader writes: Date: Mon, 13:51:32 -0700Īnyway, this message is in reference to China Cat Sunflower.
