![]() ![]() There are rarely hard and fast rules that apply to the Dead, so a few notable variations exist. ![]() So successful was the combo that neither would be played very often in any other configurations. ![]() From the very first performance, it remained the latter half of a medley, linking it to “Scarlet Begonias” - a cut that had been in the band’s repertoire for over three years. After the Dead introduced the tune into their live sets in March of 1977, it became a permanent concert fixture for nearly two decades. According to Robert Hunter’s (lyricist) compendium Box Of Rain: Lyrics 1965 - 1993 his words were directly influenced by the encroaching of an actual blaze that was destroying properties nearby Hart’s ranch in Northern California - where both co-authors were concurrently holed up. Hart even penned some cursory rhyming lyrics which can be heard on a widely circulated, yet unreleased demo at some point circa the mid ‘70s. Although first issued on Shakedown Street (1978), the melody and perpetually churning rhythms of “Fire On The Mountain” had been given the title of “Happiness Is Drumming” by Mickey Hart (percussion) a few years earlier when issued on Diga (1976) from the Hart-led Diga Rhythm Band. ![]()
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