Grateful Dead - Fire on the Mountain 5-08-77 part 1

[sivdog69]

don't ask me why but this reminds me of irvine when i was 16.......got kicked out of the parking are I was in so I had to drive(out of my mind) ...seemed ok till I got to the overpass,one look,then decided I shouldn't go anywhere..so pulled over found parking somehow and on the walk back I got to meet this guy who was arguing with his invisible friend,which made me feel a little more sane.....love those days.......

[xhellabentx]

which ones Jerry, lmao

[AliIKarimi]

Sometimes I wonder,"Do the Dead love me as much as I love the Dead ?" then I listen to them play something like this, so beautiful and heartfelt, and the answer seems like a definite "YES".

[xhellabentx]

@AliIKarimi of course



[tobygrey22]

OH did we travel in those days!

[frankc32]

@tobygrey22as always, the journey was more than the sum of its' parts!

Cheers!

FrankC32

[altongrimes]

My favorite song by them.....this so much captures the spirit of that time....I was just out of the Army...selling The Quicksilver Times on the corner of Wisconsin and M in D.C....went to Woodstock with my friends .....The Band at Constitution Hall....Alvin Lee...an explosion of creativity....let's do it again without the drugs.....

[frankc32]

@altongrimes, fully respect that, easily done.

Best,

FrankC32

[sonny7863]

just saw furthur and blew my mind

[joeyblast]

that picture is chronologically incorrect.

just needed to point that one out

:)

[duckedup86]

peace lovin the grateful dead its all the colors in our heads!!

[rawkus1167]

Phil and Bob are so high in this picture

[frankc32]

@rawkus1167, why would you say that?

Clearly you have been high yourself...

Phil & Bob are trying fervently to "be normal", but we all know, they are posing and it's the junk....

Cheers!

FrankC32

[xRemcuTTx]

Do you really know what this song is about? ;)

Fire! fire on the mountain!

Thank you Jerry for this birthday present. even if it were 14 years before the actual day.

[xRemcuTTx]

Thank you jerry for the birthday present, even if it was 14 years before i was born. <3

-Friends and family of the GD

[DictionRedaction]

Awesome, sustained intro!

[frankc32]

@DictionRedaction, experience has taught me that chicks dig the "sustained intro" indeed...

Cheers!

FrankC32

[pipewatcher]

@DictionRedaction it's not so much an intro as a transition- from Scarlet Begonias to Fire on the Mountain. The first song was not included in this vid

[ismokemid]

jerry berry all the way man

[TheOtherOne88]

Gotta listen to this version at least twice a week. Thanks for posting

[conversatyr]

cool.

if you get confused, just listen to the music play...

[frankc32]

@conversatyr, so true, man, so true!

this internet is a tool that can be used for better, not for ill, and I once again submit my humble apology.

I am now officially "listening to the music play", per your advice!

Cheers!

FrankC32

Cheers!

FrankC32

[conversatyr]

yeah, a little like keith moon on xanax

[frankc32]

@conversatyr, yeah, as if KM did not choke on enough of his own vomit, where are you headed with this bad-taste joke?  Derail your stupid-ass, right now, spare us all the ugliness...

Cheers!

FrankC32

[conversatyr]

@frankc32 not at all what i meant. i just meant he plays a similar style with similar types of slightly off-tempo drum rolls. both are indebted to elvin jones style of drumming. by "xanax" i just meant "drug that makes you mellow".

wow. you thought i was being nasty? wow. you're heart is so full of anger that you're always ready to see ugliness in what people say. wow.

this is why i avoid the internet like the plague. so much anger. so much misunderstanding.

[frankc32]

@conversatyr, you are so right, my friend, and I offer my sincere apologies.

Mine was a black-hearted comment if ever there was one, and it was inappropriate for me to project my own unhappiness onto your innocent and honest comment.

Best to you for taking the time to put me in my place!

Cheers!

Frank

[DictionRedaction]

Classic, without question.

[JimmyPage97]

I don't think I have heard a ton of different versions. But this one is boss.

[JimmyPage97]

@JimmyPage97 Garcia's like first 3 minutes are so sick.

[tjhillgardner]

My first show was 5-5-77 at New Haven which was awesome, I should have went to this show but didn't, but the best show I ever saw was a Red Rocks rainout at McNichols Arena on 8-13-1979, Song list was nothing special, but the band was something special. Best Truckin' I ever saw.

1: Shakedown, Me & My Uncle> Big River, Candyman, El Paso, FOTD, Minglewood, Althea, Sailor> Deal

2: Miracle> Bertha> Good Lovin, He's Gone> Other One> Drumz> Wharf Rat> Truckin> Nobody's Jam> Truckin E: Sugar Mag

[JimmyPage97]

@tjhillgardner too sweet.

[frankc32]

@tjhillgardner, dude, "Althea" is one of my definitive songs, closing out a first set with "Sailor Of Circumstance" and "Deal", well that is as sweet as it gets...

I will not even touch Set II...

Cheers!

FrankC32

[frankc32]

@tjhillgardner, "Althea told me, upon scrutiny, that my back might need protection"...

Cheers!

FrankC32

[TonyGeremia]

Dec 22,1970 Memorial Aud., Sacramento w/ New Riders, a five hour incredible show for 3 bucks! Doesn't get much better...

[frankc32]

@TonyGeremia, it's all about the value of your dollar! (welcome to the 21st century)

Cheers

FrankC32

[fuckutubelogmein]

i think i might love you for posting this?!??!

[TheChinaRider]

p e r f e c t

[Deadfreeeak]

I will never ever get over how great the Dead was and is......never.

[Laddyboy1]

Oh my goodness! I'm sportin goose bumps up and down my arms listening to this smokin Jam!

[DevoDevoT]

I went to Cornell, class of '78. We went to this show like we went to all the concerts at Barton Hall. We weren't big dead heads, we liked the music a lot, though. But there was something about that show that was magical, really, really special. The place was packed, cause DH's following the band had filled the place up. Listening to these tracks 32 years later is really cool.

[frankc32]

@DevoDevoT, that is a cool, honest story, and one that rings true.

Most "true" Dead Heads will rank 5/8/77 right at the top of the class, cannot say I would disagree.

Personally, I prefer the 6/14/15/16/1985 Greek Theater shows...

The unsolicited approval of someone who admittedly wasn't a "big dead head" is perhaps the best endorsement of all!

Cheers!

FrankC32

[Mu51ch3r3]

@frankc32 Most "true" deadheads will say 5/8/77 is a great show but how could there be a "greatest grateful dead show"?

Some 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's shows have just as much punch as this one, check out the early 80's (1980-1983) for some smokin shows. Check out 10/10/82.

[frankc32]

@Mu51ch3r3, roger that, I agree 100%, picking a favorite Dead show is like picking your favorite chocolate chip out of the entire cookie!

10-10-82, Frost Amphitheatre in Palo Alto, no?

Excellent indeed.

Cheers!

FrankC32 

[fuckutubelogmein]

@frankc32 lucky. i missed out by skipping out of (boarding) school for spr 85. i felt kinda lucky.

[fuckutubelogmein]

@frankc32 i'm almost kinda with you- you can't hate on cornell 77 cus we weren't there. ( i kinda might) but greeks? 85? are you shiiting me? AWESOME!!!!! tee hee.

[frankc32]

@fuckutubelogmein, dude, #1, dig the username, #2, the 6/14/85 Dew to open Set 2 blows my mind to this day. The 6/16 Scarlet/Fire does the same thing. I get chills every time!

There is nothing like a Grateful Dead show, especially a tight one.

Cheers!

FrankC32

[PumpingSmashkins]

run, run for your lives, the mountain is on fucking fire!

[pbl1]

@PumpingSmashkins - too bad your sense of humor isn't

[MaximusRelaximus]

@pbl1 oh woe is me, the wittwe wetawd thinks my sense of humor isn't flammable. brilliant comment, Poindexter. You're an embarrassment to grateful dead fans. We would be grateful if you were dead, that's certain.

[sharegrace]

Tough to find great shows after 84ish. Check Augusta Maine 2nd show, 2nd set.

May Jesus Christ bless and heal all dead heads and all the people of the world.

Jerry was no fool. When he passed on, I am confident that when he saw the Divine Mercy, Jesus Christ, Jerry went right to him. Mercy is available to us all. Best to tap into it early on.

[aoxomoxoa88]

Now my hairs are up on my neck! This is true Grateful Dead at their best. What a band!

[frazier618]

Lovely intro, as most the time!

[MrArtimus69]

The Best Live Fire on the mountain ever!!!

[planetglitched]

happy b day

[aseuling]

This show was my first Dead bootleg ever! I can't believe this is on YouTube! Still my fav Scarlet/Fire ever, and I have well over 100 shows!

[cooper57m]

This was my first Dead concert. How lucky was I? Barton Hall at Cornell Univ. What a show!!

[4u4ia]

@cooper57m

Please tell me you took something that nite.

[cooper57m]

@4u4ia Who can remember!! Probably means I did. ;-)

[chouans35]

le dead putain de musicos rien n'est comme la music du dead,mon groupe préféré,c'est tout ce que j'attends de la music,du groove,du feeling,de l'ingéniosité,de la versatilité,du son

merci le dead

[gratefuljeff1]

The just exactly perfect version from the just exactly perfect show that was Ithaca 5/8/77.

[pcburgh01]

Jerry is perfect on this fire

One of my fav's - the Row Jimmy is my favorite of all time

[1andoneis3]

GREAT version - MEAN cut

[grube28]

Sorry folks, but thats just inrcedible! I'm 32 now, discovered the dead with 18 and still listening to them every day. Best band in history! Comin' from switzerland with enough mountains to set on fire...

[mwells219]

you get good bud in switzerland?

[grube28]

Sure! We like it..

[CARLEEN944]

Grate =o)

[Iamthewalrus423]

I love it! I dont care what any one says! ~ Jim.

[dfowler1976]

fuck anyone, and I'm a tough guy, ;) anyone, who does not agree, that this songs guitar is amazing. and I mean fuck you

[darcsaster]

great pic of the band...

[QuikVik88]

look at pigpen he's like"what do you want from me?"

[frankc32]

@QuikVik88, from "Goodfellas", you got one looking East, one looking West, the other one saying 'whaddaya' want from me'?"

Classic!

Cheers!

FrankC32

[leadfinger101]

pig was dead, but chill picture

[psychonautpsychosis]

Mm, a beautiful day after school, relaxing, great tunes.

Ahh.

[Jesjampat]

exactly my idea

[BADequalsGOOD]

My name is also Steven I'm 14 and feel the same exact way!!

[leadfinger101]

wait, didn't pig die in 72? well good pic anyway

[leadfinger101]

thank you sir, so he was dead haha

[grube28]

Sounds like Cornell..

[Joseph364015]

never uncool hope i can someday. well never at least and more.

[SwallowPoison]

My fav dead song

[Gamagachee]

I'm 14, and I listen to Grateful Dead.

[ups470]

sweet new music sucks dnt you think

[Gamagachee]

Yeah ma I agree unless it's bands from back then stilll making music today

[moshwangles]

if you like blues there's a lot of good roots blues guys out there. look up alvin young blood hart or corey harris, very talented people.

[Gamagachee]

Thanks man I'll give em a go they're on my list now

[moshwangles]

cool man hope you like them.

[cndewitt]

one word: dubstep.

[Danman429]

thats what people r gonna be saying bout our music now in 30 years

[frankc32]

@Gamagachee, those are encouraging words, my young friend!

Please stand strong, and do not allow an entire generation be lost to no-talent tools like Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Bros.

Please replenish my spirit and tell me that there are plentiful youthful folks such as yourself, those who see through the marketing/advertising nonsense and gravitate towards to the good stuff!

Please?!?!

I KNOW it is true!

Cheers!

-FrankC32-

[Gamagachee]

Alright, cheers :)

[frankc32]

@Gamagachee, I cannot hear enough of this song!

Cheers! on an NFL Sunday!

FrankC32

[steven1good23532]

i do :) im 14 and im probably the biggest appreciater of music that isnt, "catchy" or has a pounding rythm, but music that is executed well and music that has emotion as well as talent. i hate that anyone can go take lessons and have their voice retouched and become just another clone teen artist

[sharegrace]

@Gamagachee

Check out Bob Dylan's Slow Train Coming album. Garcia played some the tunes from that album with Dylan in 1987

[hippybeatlesrule]

@Gamagachee i'm 13 been listenin to em since i was probely 5 same time as i started listenin the beatles.

[frankc32]

@Gamagachee, continue to out-pace your peers.

There is no f%#$ing substitute in the world for discipline, attention to detail, and the hard work that goes along with it!

The sound is literally its' own reward!!!

Cheers!

FrankC32

[xylotone0110]

This is the finest Fire on the mtn the Dead played . Many other great ones came later ( Cal expo 1993 ] , among others . But this one since i first heard it in mid 1993 has been for me one of the finest pieces of music done . Oh , Cedar Falls , Iowa Feb 5 , 1978 Thats probably a version that is as high as this one

[pcburgh01]

Barton Hall? I am pretty sure that was the date. I will know in a few minutes. This was the highlight for me; maybe runner up to the Dancin to close the first set......tough call.

[dgoff98]

Is this from MIT?

[tucolex]

Barton Hall, Cornell University, 5-8-77. The most downloaded and traded Dead bootleg of all time. Some would say their best Scarlet>Fire of all time too, but that's a matter of personal opinion.

[worldennds2012]

Bill Kreutzmann doesn't get enough credit. He's one of rock's best drummers!

[grube28]

True!

[brett1234]

@worldennds2012

isnt mickey in this too?

[FaberSSboss]

great post, great song, excellent version from best band ever!

[stashJ8]

Oh My God! Yes Someone has finally posted this classic show; in the top 3 fire of the mountains of all time

[moshwangles]

thanks for watching and commenting man, have a nice day

[BrettASimon]

@stashJ8 - What are your other top 2? I was listening to an old tape of my uncle's and I learned some of the guitar solo note for note. I lost the tape and have been searching for that version since 1997. Help!

[uofalbany]

@stashJ8 - And the other 2 shows in the running are?

[LegPains]

@stashJ8

that guitar tone is incredible, and i agree the emotion in the guitar playing is  ALOT stronger here than in other concerts, its very heavy and intense

[jerrysboys]

@LegPains I honestly think you huff down hard on surfer wee wee, fuckin` homo

[reallygonecat]

@jerrysboys not that there's anything WRONG with that!

[fool0nthehill]

hands down the best dead show ever!!!

[moshwangles]

agree man whole new level of energy and creativity

[timwel12]

this just made my day

[RikFilms]

Pigpen shouldn't be in the pic since he isn't performing lol.

but thanks for the upload, this is an awesome performance of fotm.

[crowldawg]

"Pigpen was and is now forever one of the Grateful Dead"

[1019drummer]

this just barks so loud thanks for sharing..........my fav. version of this song.

[moshwangles]

no problem man, great version indeed.

[tdnd81]

I would love to hear the studio version where it doesn't take 5+ mins for the lyrics!! Beautiful song live though

[WHSisPHRESH]

if you dont like the jam and only like the sing dont listen to grateful dead, or any other jam bands

[xpansion2012]

It's on the album "Shakedown Street", but really, I think you've missed the point ;-)

[cottagecheese4ever]

maybe you'll "get it" someday.

[ericmeagher21]

by far the best scarlet fire of 77 if not of all time

thanks for the upload

[moshwangles]

thats what I think too.

thanks for commenting, have a nice day.

[AvrahamAvigail]

G-d's Grace ;)

so ... Beautiful

[pjl1055]

Always good to see PigPen!!!!!!!

[matt09832]

fuck yeah cornell, scarlet fire was amazing

[moshwangles]

yeah it was, its great that there was so much energy in it, they played fire so much around this time, their creativity is what gave them so much drive.

[DEIDRE1979]

Heard this over the on sirrus radio, grateful dead channel is on there. what a song very beautiful!

[amerdan]

hands down my favorite single dead show and song (Scarlet-Fire) IMHO

[moshwangles]

it is a great show, jerrys solo at the end is amazing.

gotta say my favorite show is 3/30/68, ive also put up some stuff from that show.

[narablog]

CORNELL! Yeah!!!

[22clodius]

relax,like a wave on the beach