Fire on the Mountain (Grateful Dead song)

"Fire on the Mountain" is a song by the Grateful Dead. It was written by lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by drummer Mickey Hart.^[1] It was commercially released on the album Shakedown Street in November of 1978.

Prior to the recording, the song premiered at a concert on March 18, 1977 at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco.^[1] The song would often be paired with "Scarlet Begonias" during live performances, producing lengthy musical excursions. The paired songs were soon nicknamed "Scarlet Fire" ^[1]. One such performance, at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY in 1977, lasted for a total of 26 minutes and 22 seconds.^{[citation needed]}

Always a fan favorite, "Fire on the Mountain" was played by the Grateful Dead 254 times between 1977 and 1995.^{[citation needed]}

An outtake of the song also appeared as a bonus track on the 2004 reissue of Terrapin Station.

1 Cover Versions
2 See also
3 External links
4 References

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In 2008, Keller Williams released a bluegrass version of the song on the album Rex (Live at the Fillmore).^[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Dead.net, the official site of the Grateful Dead

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Dodd, David. The Annotated "Fire on the Mountain" (html). The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
^ Keller Williams album for REX charity, news.jamradio.org, May 7, 2008, Retrieved May 15, 2008.

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