i have Parkinson's too and cant really walk to good and then one day i was listening to scarlet begonias , my reaction was to start dancing. i cant walk but can dance to the dead, im ok with that- living large and lovin it
Wow, my comments. My husband died one week ago today. He had a stroke and I sat with him while the doctors disconnected his ventilator. It is so fucking sad. But I will always honor this music, even when I am crying my heart onto the floor. He was a good man. Oh, my goodness, I miss him so.
@@bumblebootwiddletoes5185 Thank you. I am currently in Maine for a couple of weeks, scattering his ashes in places we both loved. And listening to the Dead! He was a wonderful man and my life will always be better because we lived so much together.
I have Parkinson’s disease and frequently have some really fucked up episodes where I simply can’t function at all. Listening to this session helps me settle my mind and actually calm down physically and mentally and regain control of my entire being. The Dead literally helps me get straightened out and back to my present state of what I now accept as normal better than any of my PD meds. Thanks for uploading this to TH-cam!
I pray for you! My father in law has Parkinson’s and he gets so depressed. He was a craftsman. He has a shop with tools. He’s not able to work so it is so disappointing to him. He will have my son come over and do things while he tells him what to do. It helps but he would love to do it himself. I have much compassion for him as I do for you. I pray but sometimes I wonder why a loving god would allow people to suffer. The good book does say his ways are beyond ours. I don’t know the answers but I will pray for you.
Only got to see the Dead 1x, but have always loved them. I'm 73 now, sitting on the front porch in a small town in Pa. Is 96 n listening to the Dead. That's exactly where i want to be. Thank you to all in the band💙
This in my opinion only is the best Scarlet/Fire they ever did. Thanks for all the great music and friendships. Nothing will ever come close to the roadway circus skipping along and stopping in a bunch of towns. Concerts were an all day happening, and you were liable to see 3 bands for the booming price of $6.50. I loved going to concerts and there were a half dozen or so out of state, and I hitchhiked there. Younger generations have no idea what they are missing now a days.Concerts were truly a beautiful place for me to hangout,and meet some great lifelong friends. I'd do it all over again.
Phil's bass opening is just so perfect and thoughtful and adds such a different dimension to an already amazing song....those bass bombs are fantastic!!!
The Grateful Dead had a style pretty much unique to the 70's This song is one that I especially recall. Hadn't thought to listen for a while until today, on reading Phil Lesh has passed. Best wishes to band members and families and also in memory of Jerry Garcia.
I'm 63, every high school student should listen to this before class, this is more than music, it is everything and more, THERAPY Great real Music Memories!
The guitar solo is extended and it is a total and complete masterpiece. It weaves itself in and out and Jerry just knew exactly what notes to play at exactly the appointed time. There is truly something magical about it. It seems to flow completely and totally in an effortless way sort of like the wind blowing or are clouds going by or maybe a rushing River over rocks.
I love the feeling when they're jamming at the end of a song then you hear a certain chord and can tell what they're about to play next. Their chemistry and flow is unbelievable
I have used Grateful Dead jams for years to help calm my kids down and put them to sleep. This one just knocked out my 30 day old son in a rocking chair out on the front porch with a storm approaching. Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that bring the most pleasure. “Once in a while you get shown the light...”
I've lost track on how many times I've listened to this jam... I'm only 26... but.. Let me tell you what. Thank the Lord for the DEAD and their KILLER live tracks... Peace, love, and understanding.... All hail the Grateful Dead!!!
This has to be the best Scarlet/Fire I have heard yet and I've been listening for almost 30 years!!! Between Jerry's fluid leads and Phil's bouncing rubber ball over the place bass it is controlled chaos at its best!!! Reminds me why I fell in love with the Dead to begin with-
You are heading in the right direction. My son is 21 and he has really learned about good music from me. I don’t claim to know it all but in my humble opinion most of the mainstream music out there is hogwash. There are good bands out there but they don’t get publicity u tube does help some of the lesser known artists tho
@@WellseeTheend Thank Christ you've graced your son with your heavenly musical preference. If you hadn't he'd probably be straying wayward farther and farther into the clutches of the hogwash you so righteously disdain
That was unnecessary and I apologize. My words were dribbling through the booze. Thank you for the kind sentiments. I don’t take back my support for a less gentle artistic approach in these increasingly worrying times, however.
John Middlesworth blessings thank you for your service!!! my dad RAYMOND EDWARD GARDUÑO 101st airborne ranger combat medic (bacsi) 70-72 served as well!!! R.I.P dad
Ty for serving...wore a Pow bracelet during the War as a fifth grader...later protested like a little hippie with an orange peace sign t-shirt and bell bottoms...now I volunteer with vets with Ptsd...
Never was that jacked up about the dead until my friend Joe had back stage passes he got from Kenny P. Saw them live twice at Oakland back stage and was fired up. Joe is no longer with us, but when I hear the DEAD I always think about my good buddy JOE and all the fun we had around Berkeley and SF in the 80’s.JOE you were by far the funniest, free wheeling cat I have ever come across. Thanks for the friendship, laughter and good times. May your wild spirit Rest In Peace on some warm beach in heaven my friend. ZEKE I need to check in with your folks
I missed it by 8 years...but saw them in the early 90's..discovered them in the late 80's but for me the best shows are the late 70's you're one lucky dude to have seen them live in that time.
Went to this show in a spur of the moment..we drive up from Philly..no tickets..bought some up there.....little diid we know what was to come.....such a great show and a real good time
In “my” opinion, absolutely the most amazing transition between two songs. So subtle that I’m jamming and dancing to Scarlet Begonias and then realizing I’m sing to Fire On The Mountain. Thank you guys.
When my kids were young we'd listen to it in the car and they would try to pick the spot that it changes. They're in their 30s now, and don't really listen to the Dead much. :-(
The Grateful Dead music will take your mood to wherever the band wanted there audiences to be. They were the epitome of music. Jazz..southern rock ..rock n roll....even top 40 once....they were THE CONCERT BAND OF THE AGES. They still get people to love their music to this day. Jerry..I wish you were alive today playing!
Its amazing, I am not a big jam band guy and definitely not a dead head, but these guys have to be some of the most talented musicians in the world. If you can't get down with this jam, then you aren't human.
i AM a big jam band fan, and appreciate when non-jam band fans can appreciate the musicianship of these guys...not bad for a bunch of tripped out hippies, huh?
The lead guitar of scarlet begonias is the best part of the whole thing...I've listened to it many times and marveled at it's rythm and intricacy. There is nothing like it...
So many good Dead songs, this is still my all-time favorite. I can just picture that woman in my mind every time I hear the song. Probably my all-time favorite song by the Grateful Dead
This has become my go-to nearly every night lately to counteract all the insanity. Timeless. Classic. And thanks to the youtube algorithm for putting Franklin's Tower (5/9/77) before it in the mix
Music Will Pull the Good Out of any Bad Situation You May Be Faced With, and my Only Wish in this Life, is Hopefully Everyone will get On the Same Page Someday .. Only You Yourself and a Little Help from Friends like This...The Hate Will Go Away. ❤
The Dead were really firing on all cylinders for this show! Great sound quality for a live show too. Jerry's guitar really speaks to me in this Fire on the Mountain jam!
Named my daughter Scarlet after this song because I get butterflies in the pit of my stomach every time I hear this song. It transports me to a time I only wished I could have experienced. She is free spirit wild child and through her eyes, I can live in love and wonder.
Shrooms grow from cow 🐄 shit..dat where term.dis ya good Shiite. India cow 🐄.sacred. holy.shiite!!! Yes I Jah Herb Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari praises blessings respectfully Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜️
Such a great version of this. Love it..... Thank you for posting! My husband played this for me when we first met. We drove by the shore and it was a gorgeous June day and the seagulls were dancing on the wind. One of my most wonderful memories.
Jerry’s solos on both tunes represent his most sophisticated melodic playing That I have ever heard him play. He does simply stay in B Mixolydian but pulls off some serious modal interchange depending on the chords mixing major, Mixolydian, Major and minor pentatonic. Arpeggios. Triads, chord tones for each chord truly playing through the changes in a way that he never hits a bad note. The solo of scarlet sounds like it was composed and yet he never played it even close to that well again. That was the night where his band was the best band I. The world. I don’t think people appreciate how perfect his playing was on that evening. I have memorized the solos and he never again would play with that combination of note choice, flow, playing what he heard in his head with no regard to guitar fall back licks based on thf geometry of the fret board. Talk about a real example of the stars being aligned on this evening. Phil was reshot, Keith, Mickey, Bill snd Bob were all giving each other space with no busyness. That is an untouchable jam which is why the tape is undoubtedly one of the best if not the best performances. they have plenty of great shows but very few shows you can go back to over and over again and figure out new examples of genius. If you can’t enough they will be those nights when even though you’re probably experimenting it seems like every single attempt it’s something new works out. Find any example of scarlet begonias fire in the mountain compared to this and tell me this doesn’t absolutely destroy it there’s literally no contest. Every now and again I talk to some deadhead he’s not a musician who wants to show me something that nobody else is heard and insist it’s the best and it never measures up ever. Whenever somebody says they don’t care for the dead, I have to explain to them that it’s not about liking every single tape. The beauty of your dad is about finding the gems. When you play as frequently as they do You’re going to become awesome, but if you were always trying something new, you were also going to take a lots of risks and some work and many don’t. It doesn’t matter so because it makes the ones that work absolute classics untouchable jam music. One could argue that fish and the Allman Brothers are more consistently good than the Dead. But neither Bend has evenings where they are on question please the greatest band in the world and the dead has dozens of those evenings. Dozens out of thousands of attempts but dozens none the less. Their approach to music reminds me of this song in Wiser Time by The Black Crowes. If you listen to the lyrics to that song you understand the Grateful Dead and why they have so many fans. Those fans are loyal because they are always treated to a pretty good show every now and again they are treated to a miracle shell and that’s just a fact. I understand why a lot of people who are not exposed to the Dead at their best don’t care for them. That’s when you have to do some educating and that’s fun because watching the look on their face when they hear the brilliant evenings makes me know that I just made a new fan and they will be a fan for life
i find it funny when people say jerry just played mixo..shows they dont play guitar haha...mixo is the tonic of course but he played through the changes heavily influenced by jazz.. jerry is who got me into guitar 4 years ago and i practice a lot, but this scarlet solo and deal from this show literally haunt me in his ability to outline chords so melodically with such creative phrasing. its truly wild
The perfect sound mix, the perfect tempo, and the bands on fire. This is probably the apex of GD. I was a child in Ithaca at the time of this concert. My father told me the town was a buzz when they came into the town. You can hear the energy in the concert.
@@sunshinenbluesallday1920 I kinda envy you! Keep on trucking, and all the best to you! EDIT: scratch that "kind of", I REALLY envy you (in a positive way)!
This is absolutely one of the most stellar recordings and grateful Dead I used to have a tape collection of them in excess of 500 those were the days my friends! Thank God people post these on TH-cam so we can enjoy them wish I was at this show, my first show was October 15th 1983 Hartford Civic center to St Stephen show! Got on the bus there never got off further my friends peace
IF you only get to hear just 2 songs, back to back, by the Grateful Dead that might be able to give you just a little taste of just how dang good they were, and how much fun.. forget the stories about all the drugs and stuff that hey let's face it, is everywhere anyway.. but to be able to feel the pure joy, pure love, and have a gosh darn ball doing it, it's this.
Reminiscing about my, friend, my brother, gone to young, whose late in life enthusiasm for The Grateful Dead finally converted me as well... I’m Grateful, for all the good times and especially all the sharing of music...and for this nudge. I’ll see you when I see you... thank you for the teachings...
Brett Brown They weren't ready mentally for the hugeness of the concept. maybe they'll evolve a bit and come back for a little more of this crazy thing called music.
My high school history teacher was a big Dead Head and he always talked about the time space continuum. That's why I still refer to it today even though I have no idea what it means. Rock on ya'll.
This song has transcended time. Someday they will discover our lost civilization. And they will discover this song and jerry and the boys will blow there minds too.
Spoke to Carl Sagan shortly after this ," best concert I have ever seen in billions and billions of light years" put a smile on my face. Sadly he passed a short couple of years after that conversation .rip Carl Jerry and Brent
One of the Grateful Deads greatest moments, the transition into Fire is sublime. And Jerry is on fire through out and closes it in True Rock Guitar God fashion.
Whoa!Astonishing Scarlet/Fire. One of the best. Thanks so much The incredible improvisatory genius of the live grateful dead is just really starting to be appreciated. What an extraordinary body of work it is!
They not only allowed but encouraged bootlegs. As a result, their archived work is an ocean of such brilliance. They were unafraid to dance the high wire every time they went on stage, indeed, that was their whole raison d'etre.
Only made it to 3 concerts, one in '74 and two in '78 -- but now I get to attend all of them, any time I want, for free. What a gift to the world, bless them all!
improvisational genius... or explorational balls to be willing to trust their ability and instincts in front of all those people for good or ill, every show, and all the while pushing their limits way beyond the safe zone of reproduction. But some could argue that the fact that they never played the same tune the same way twice shows their limits as well.
"Shes got rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes....I knew without asking she was into the blues" ahhhhhhh....Dead Tour, some of the happiest days of my life.
Siddartha Gautama Herman Hesse stepponwolfe I Jah Herb Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari praises blessings respectfully Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜️ Jah sisters Jah Trey Jah Duane Africa Ethiopia Addis Ababa Selassie I Jah
I'm pretty sure Mom thinks I'm doing drugs because I listen to this really, really loud in the middle of the night. I don't need weed to get this. Sweet, sweet jam! So relaxing and peaceful and plain old good. I wish I could have seen them in their day but my parents weren't even born yet. That just shows how music knows no age or place or era. The world if full of some much hate and sadness and despair but when I listen to this, I can pretend everybody is listening along, just as intrigued and content as I am. Peace and love and thanks for the music!
I think I should tell you something- I spend a lot Of time around really very old Tibetan yogis. Buddhists of profound peace and love. And when they take empowerment- very secret, very sacred events where they are kinda turned up a notch in their understanding -or given new authority to practice a certain practice or text-- they don’t just take an empowerment in ordinary form. They take it in true form. Which is absolute, transcendent, and realizes that at the root- all Beings are identical. And so they take empowerment in the form of visualizing themselves as containing all beings energies... the good they accelerate and multiply, the afflictive they process out right there. They take that empowerment with and for all beings. And the result of taking an empowerment like that cannot be described really but the signs are amazing. I’ve seen 5 rainbows shooting yo filling the sky from their heads, Ive seen parts of their bodies start to vibrate so fast they vanish, Ive seen them multiply their bodies into many bodies all in the same room and then come back to one body. I’ve then seen them Go out into the world and perform Miracle healings and things that is beyond comprehension. What you are describing about that joy you feel and how you bring all beings with you to that joy is EXACTLY the same as they do. Exactly You are probably an unreal healer and just don’t even realize it. Just bless your body speech and mind so any who sees you or hears you or touches you or thinks of you is healed and liberated into happiness. The Grateful Dead naturally draws great bodhisattvas from this and other times to it. It is an assembly of very high lightworkers and very kind people like you. You don’t need to look into the mystical parts or even pay any attention to my comment. I wanted to tell you though that is a very special very high level practice you are doing. You never stopped to think to keep it for yourself. You are a mahasattva. And please, at least, make sure that others around you are kind to you in your life. Don’t forget you are a really good hearted person. Sorry long and weird. Bye bye. Hey you would like 5-22-77 after this
I know what you mean, man. Something about live performances makes music so much better for me. Mountain Jam, for instance, often gives me that existential lift.
nobody now or in future can play like this band. these are the most important parts of a true rock and roll Band!!!!! to be heard and not offensive to people just to jam and have a good tome
I just have expand on my feelings about this recording further. I'm obsessed with it today, lol...when Jerry plays from approx 15:00 all the way until the end, is such an exquisite example of what it means to "speak music through your instrument". he is telling such a specific story, in which is interpreted uniquely be each of us individually.. it has the ability to speak to all us individually, & collectively at the same time.. this being one of main reasons why JG was & is so utterly beloved. Thank you Jerry for speaking such truth!
+popsemeraldcity Why are you even asking him? I would think a fan of a band would WANT new people to listen. What an odd and rude thing to ask someone.
I’ve been listening to the dead for almost a year. My introduction to the dead was Wake of the Flood and The Grateful Dead Movie. It is because of those 2, that I’m very fond of the 1970’s dead. In 2020, I spent 122 hours listening to a lot of Grateful Dead. The dead changed the way I see music nowadays. The dead taught me that playing music should be about improvising, creating something new every time when preforming live and going off on crazy jams. It is because of this that I don’t really listen to bands I like that much anymore (Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Steely Dan, Scorpions, Pink Floyd). When I listen to those bands every time, it’s the same thing over and over, but with the Grateful Dead, I could listen to 5 Dark Star’s from 1972, and they will all be played different. I could listen to Playing in the Band that were preformed in November 1972, particularly 11/15 and 11/18 and both of those playing in the band don’t sound alike at all. The Grateful Dead made me appreciate live music. Long live Jerry and The Grateful Dead. 1970’s dead rules.
I'm in 122 show plus club. I think I hear what you are saying about improv. Don't forget format. Practice your scales. Learn music theory. Play the same thing over and over again. Then improvise.
@@NicholasOsella I once had a dream that I was at 1/8/1979 dead show at Madison Square Garden. It was cool because 1/8/1979 happens to be one of my favorite dead shows from ‘79.
@@qinghai1 its not abuse first of all, secondly even if it was abuse its not really any of your concern what i consume or in which manner i consume it.
Through the 70's & 80's I of course heard of the awesome Grateful Dead, but just never had the opportunity to see them live. The radio play was obviously the best stuff or versions. I REALLY missed out so much! I really thank TH-cam for allowing me to connect with this incredible stuff that I just somehow missed.
Amazing jam, i was born 22 years after this show. My dad is taking me to the Fare Thee Well concert this summer, I'm so glad i can catch at least a glimpse of an era of music i missed.
BAult96 No need to rain on anyone's parade. We all know that it's not the Dead without Jerry. Just let Owen enjoy the closest thing they'll ever see to The Dead.
Yeah, that's why i said a glimpse. I know without Jerry it wont be anything like the Dead im used to hearing. There are quite a few people filling in for Jerry that im excited to hear though, Trey being the biggest one. (My dad took me to my first Phish concert this past summer)
Owen Fell Hey Owen, big fan of the Dead (was born 2 years after you in 2001), also fan of Phish, I live in Oregon. Lucky you being able to see the Dead and Trey team up for a couple nights. Nice to hear there are others like me who appreciate good music! Stay grateful bro!
Jerry, (tears), cast his magic across generations. I came in late, I was 16. Alpine Valley 86. A winter ski resort, summmertime rolls. I decided to go to college in Cali to see more shows. By a simple twist of fate I met him backstage at Dominguez Hillls '90. I sat on a tattered sofa. His room so unassuming. He smiled at me through his beard and passed me a joint. FUCK! I don't smoke pot! It makes me soooo paranoid. I hit it twice, oh shit! He could see that it was on top of me. Now im with my hero and im thinking about the labrynth of corridors to get me back to my seat. He looked at me, turned aroud and rummaged through a trunk. He turned back and handed me two passes to watch the show backstage. I dont know how he knew, but that was Jerry. I never really knew him but i never loved a stranger as i did Jerry.
So glad to hear that even today there are new dead heads coming onto the scene. ... It's great to see the band live on like this... As far as live disks go... Without A Net....without a doubt is one of the best taken from shows in 90 and 91 I think ... I just picked up another copy at my local disc store and was told it is now out of print but I'm sure you can still get it....
for sure man, it's been 3 years for me. born in 91. it's all I can listen to, saw them in Santa Clara this summer. I love going through the TH-cam comments and reading all the stories from the aged heads, from a time I missed out on, sadly. long live the dead
Sounds silly but i can't think of going back to a life where i did not knew about the Dead. Usually listen via Spotify or other streaming devices, but it's a treat to go to TH-cam and listen whilst reading all the positive comments.. just makes you real happy! Have a nice day anyone who's reading this, and thanks for making me feel welcome into the Grateful Dead community. Autumn/winter is on the way here in Sweden which means total dark pretty much all day around for a couple of months. Not a problem anymore, ever since i found out about this band :) Cheers!!
Cool. Swedish Deadheads. '...once in awhile you can sure see the light, in the strangest of places, if you look at it right '. That's my philosophy for the winter months. Rock on!
I've heard a lot of great Scarlet/Fire performances, but this is my favourite by far. I love every moment of it, but the transition from Scarlet to Fire is just incredible. It's so tight, the first few times you listen you can't even tell when one song melds into the other one. That might be because of the three-minute jam between about 9:00 and 12:00 where they could be playing either song. At 12:58 when Jerry hits the wah-wah pedal, it is pure magic and at 13:03 where he breaks into that incredible six-note trot down the scale that tells you Fire has begun, I get goosebumps. But really, this performance is incredible on every level. Every instrument shines, from Keith's brilliant work on the keyboard to Phil's lively bass, Bob's steady groove, Tom and Mickey's flawless work on the drums (I don't know of any rock bands that effectively employed two drummers working simultaneously, allowing for time keeping and incredible bursts of inspired drumming to co-exist), and Jerry's beautiful solo jams. Jerry's voice is great in this recording and him and Donna are really on-point for these tunes (and for the whole show). I find that when Donna and Jerry are off, they are really off. But when they are on, like this show, one can understand why the band loved Donna so much. The best Dead performances are great because you can listen to them for years, decades, and they never get old. In fact, after years of listening to great performances like this one at Barton Hall, one continues to be surprised by things they hadn't noticed before, and their love of the performance only deepens. I've been listening to this show since I first got the tape in '95 and I know every bit by heart but have never for a moment felt tired of it or that I had played it out. I still rock it at full volume when I'm in a good mood and cruising around town. It never fails to put a smile on my face. This performance (and the whole show) is really a showcase of the Dead at their best during the late-70's. For many people, 77 is the best year for the Dead. After taking some time off, they came back and recorded some of their best performances since 1970 (my personal favourite year for the Dead). Their sound was no longer the psychedelic freight train it had been in the 60's and early 70's; its had evolved into a tighter, funkier, gentler groove and many people love that. I still prefer the raw energy of '69 and 70 (perhaps best exemplified by the May 5th show at Harpur College and the Valentine's Day show at the Fillmore) but performances like this have only deepened my appreciation of the Dead and the evolution of their sound over the years. In my opinion, the Dead are the greatest Rock and Roll band to come out of 1960's America, and the fact that they played together for so long gives fans a rare opportunity to see how their sound evolved over twenty years of playing together. This Scarlet/Fire the best example for me of their sound in the late-70's. The Dead came into my life on my first acid trip and have been with me ever since. When they finally stop touring, the dwindling magic of the 1960's San Francisco scene will finally be extinguished and we will all be poorer for it.
Hi Justin,in the segue to Fire Jer begins using a Mutron III,the wah sound,it's an envelope filter.I've played for yrs. now,but way back I made the same assumption not knowing there were such pedals and played it using a wah.
Justin, just wanted to say thanks for this comment. I'm new to the Dead and I appreciated the description of the transition into Fire. That is indeed such a brilliant moment. I can't stop listening to this song. The last 10 minutes, the way it builds to that climax. Just perfection.
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i have Parkinson's too and cant really walk to good and then one day i was listening to scarlet begonias , my reaction was to start dancing. i cant walk but can dance to the dead, im ok with that- living large and lovin it
Omg, that's so moving, there's magic in this music! Thank you for sharing that miracle. May the four winds blow you home again.
Too, just sayin
Wave those arms like wave that flag ! ❤
Same here bedridden and wheelchair 😂😂❤❤❤im55
Love you, take care and many blessings and happiness.
Wow, my comments. My husband died one week ago today. He had a stroke and I sat with him while the doctors disconnected his ventilator. It is so fucking sad. But I will always honor this music, even when I am crying my heart onto the floor. He was a good man. Oh, my goodness, I miss him so.
I hope you continue healing! 💙
@@bumblebootwiddletoes5185 Thank you. I am currently in Maine for a couple of weeks, scattering his ashes in places we both loved. And listening to the Dead! He was a wonderful man and my life will always be better because we lived so much together.
Jean, I hope this jam reminds you of all the positive moments you and your husband had. Hope you are doing better and remember you will get by
Listen to the music is the best . medicine 💯🤩🎸🎺🎷
God bless 🙏
In all that’s going on in the world,a Dead comment section is still a safe haven and peaceful place to go✌️✌️
I have Parkinson’s disease and frequently have some really fucked up episodes where I simply can’t function at all. Listening to this session helps me settle my mind and actually calm down physically and mentally and regain control of my entire being. The Dead literally helps me get straightened out and back to my present state of what I now accept as normal better than any of my PD meds. Thanks for uploading this to TH-cam!
I pray for you! My father in law has Parkinson’s and he gets so depressed. He was a craftsman. He has a shop with tools. He’s not able to work so it is so disappointing to him. He will have my son come over and do things while he tells him what to do. It helps but he would love to do it himself. I have much compassion for him as I do for you. I pray but sometimes I wonder why a loving god would allow people to suffer. The good book does say his ways are beyond ours. I don’t know the answers but I will pray for you.
Much love brother! I hope everything is well with you!
My father had PD. Sending my love and prayers to you.
MEMORY* MIND* MUSIC* NO DIAGNOSIS IN ME*
I've got MS brother and I can also testify that The Dead is healing. ✌️
I’ve listened to this show probably close to 1000 times. Anyone else?
My first time hearing this one. Awesome!
wow a newbie fyi one of top 10 shows@@MarianneHayes-g1d
hundreds of times - it never gets old @@MarianneHayes-g1d
It’s very relaxing, especially in the summertime
I think this is one of their better concerts
This is quintessential Phil! Rest in peace to the legend.
Only got to see the Dead 1x, but have always loved them. I'm 73 now, sitting on the front porch in a small town in Pa. Is 96 n listening to the Dead. That's exactly where i want to be. Thank you to all in the band💙
I missed my one and only chance to see them live. What a fool I was!😢😢
I'm jealous. This is my happy music. I listen to it whenever I'm mad or sad and it always puts me in a good mood.
I bet a new generation discovers what brilliant musicians the Grateful Dead were.
20 years old currently, spend my nights listening to these tunes with my grandpa (72 years young)
If they know MUSIC
I`m 16 and I`m a huge Dead fan!
We can only hope they find this treasure.
and i will bring real music back to the consciousness of our time
If you’re reading this right now, I would stop you just to shake your hand.
And a how do you do to you!
The sky was yellow and the sun was blue
Timeless.
✌️🐢💀🌟😺
Nice to meet you man 🤝
fare thee well, Phil... one of your finest performances.
I love listening to this version when I’m sober or fucked up
I love all sorts of things like that too!
fober and sucked up too
I like the way you think.
@@stefanschleps8758 I think the way you like
Ha ha ha ha....!!
Shoutout to my 5th grade English teacher for showing me this group, I was really young at that time but I loved the band! Thank you Mr Robert!
One of the greatest segues in the history of music!! Absolutely flawless.
This in my opinion only is the best Scarlet/Fire they ever did. Thanks for all the great music and friendships. Nothing will ever come close to the roadway circus skipping along and stopping in a bunch of towns. Concerts were an all day happening, and you were liable to see 3 bands for the booming price of $6.50. I loved going to concerts and there were a half dozen or so out of state, and I hitchhiked there. Younger generations have no idea what they are missing now a days.Concerts were truly a beautiful place for me to hangout,and meet some great lifelong friends. I'd do it all over again.
ham boynton that's right...
Phil's bass opening is just so perfect and thoughtful and adds such a different dimension to an already amazing song....those bass bombs are fantastic!!!
Every one is the best I’ve ever heard! 😂
"What a long, long time to gone.... and a short time to be there..."
Concerts were a community. So much has changed 😢
The Grateful Dead had a style pretty much unique to the 70's This song is one that I especially recall. Hadn't thought to listen for a while until today, on reading Phil Lesh has passed. Best wishes to band members and families and also in memory of Jerry Garcia.
Jerry is helping us get through 2020 what a year my fellow humans.
Almost glad he's not here to see it IDK☮
Boycott "Made In China"
you'are totally right my friend, what a year, but these are times of learning as well, definitely grateful dead is a power source
2020: year of the apes
@@jeremyhampton8232 It's sad thought and I feel the same way
I'm 63, every high school student should listen to this before class, this is more than music, it is everything and more, THERAPY Great real Music Memories!
especially the "Cheerleaders" ...
The guitar solo is extended and it is a total and complete masterpiece. It weaves itself in and out and Jerry just knew exactly what notes to play at exactly the appointed time. There is truly something magical about it. It seems to flow completely and totally in an effortless way sort of like the wind blowing or are clouds going by or maybe a rushing River over rocks.
Jerry doesn't hit one clam note the entire night. It's perfection
I love the feeling when they're jamming at the end of a song then you hear a certain chord and can tell what they're about to play next. Their chemistry and flow is unbelievable
A true blessing for humanity this tune is-!
The original name that tune. 😊
They listen harder than they play!!!
Yes they segway from song to some its great
Thank God this was recorded. Best jam ever!
I played this bootleg so many times I wore out the tape... thank you for posting advert free - legend... glad I found you!
I have used Grateful Dead jams for years to help calm my kids down and put them to sleep. This one just knocked out my 30 day old son in a rocking chair out on the front porch with a storm approaching. Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that bring the most pleasure. “Once in a while you get shown the light...”
Jeff Koenig
Hey Jeff!!!!
That’s awesome take!!!!!!
Music is awesome🙂
That is awesome. Best comment on here ❤
The best half hour of music ever
I've lost track on how many times I've listened to this jam... I'm only 26... but.. Let me tell you what. Thank the Lord for the DEAD and their KILLER live tracks... Peace, love, and understanding.... All hail the Grateful Dead!!!
All My Love Dear Tristan!
I'm 57 and been a "Deadhead" for 44 years. Love you view on the Dead. Peace and love Tristan!!
Welcome to the club brother
Ditto
lol oney fan too that’s dope
This has to be the best Scarlet/Fire I have heard yet and I've been listening for almost 30 years!!! Between Jerry's fluid leads and Phil's bouncing rubber ball over the place bass it is controlled chaos at its best!!! Reminds me why I fell in love with the Dead to begin with-
I’m 16 and this is one of the best tunes I have ever listened to!
You are heading in the right direction. My son is 21 and he has really learned about good music from me. I don’t claim to know it all but in my humble opinion most of the mainstream music out there is hogwash. There are good bands out there but they don’t get publicity u tube does help some of the lesser known artists tho
@@WellseeTheend Thank Christ you've graced your son with your heavenly musical preference. If you hadn't he'd probably be straying wayward farther and farther into the clutches of the hogwash you so righteously disdain
Keep listening brother. There's a lot of gold to be found for those who seek it
KEEP GOING
That was unnecessary and I apologize. My words were dribbling through the booze. Thank you for the kind sentiments. I don’t take back my support for a less gentle artistic approach in these increasingly worrying times, however.
My first Dead show was a few months later-
Saturday Sept 3, 1977
Englishtown, N.J. !!
There really is no need for this to ever end - just keep that Fire jam going thru to the end of time.
Jerry to Beethoven
Dead Forever, brother! Just got back from seeing Dead & Co. in Vegas. Scarlet/Fire was awesome, but the original just hits different!
This whole show was just amazing. Love Phil's bass line in the intro and it just gets better from there.
Listened to this a hundred times in the last two months. My absolute favorite live Dead. God bless 'em!
Me too
Ditto!!
Phil's bass opening is spectacular!
Isn't it?! God he's talented!
Bro have u heard jack straw from this show? Hands down Phil was feeling it
The Dead got me thru Vietnam 1969-1970. Peace and love.
John Middlesworth blessings thank you for your service!!! my dad RAYMOND EDWARD GARDUÑO 101st airborne ranger combat medic (bacsi) 70-72 served as well!!! R.I.P dad
John Middlesworth
I salute you sir for service of this the greatest country the world has ever known.
God bless
Sempre Fi brother
Ty for serving...wore a Pow bracelet during the War as a fifth grader...later protested like a little hippie with an orange peace sign t-shirt and bell bottoms...now I volunteer with vets with Ptsd...
thank you for your service.
Never was that jacked up about the dead until my friend Joe had back stage passes he got from Kenny P. Saw them live twice at Oakland back stage and was fired up. Joe is no longer with us, but when I hear the DEAD I always think about my good buddy JOE and all the fun we had around Berkeley and SF in the 80’s.JOE you were by far the funniest, free wheeling cat I have ever come across. Thanks for the friendship, laughter and good times. May your wild spirit Rest In Peace on some warm beach in heaven my friend. ZEKE I need to check in with your folks
the dead were the best part of my teen yrs 76-81 great memories in upstate n,y..✌
I missed it by 8 years...but saw them in the early 90's..discovered them in the late 80's but for me the best shows are the late 70's you're one lucky dude to have seen them live in that time.
I'm With Ya All the Way on That Note..❤
This show and a few others keep my faith in humanity from sinking to below zero....
Went to this show in a spur of the moment..we drive up from Philly..no tickets..bought some up there.....little diid we know what was to come.....such a great show and a real good time
In “my” opinion, absolutely the most amazing transition between two songs. So subtle that I’m jamming and dancing to Scarlet Begonias and then realizing I’m sing to Fire On The Mountain. Thank you guys.
When my kids were young we'd listen to it in the car and they would try to pick the spot that it changes. They're in their 30s now, and don't really listen to the Dead much. :-(
i love it, same thing with not fade away into going down the road feeling bad in the skulls and roses album
@@tommonsey5532 How about Dicks Picks 2 - at least equal
In the car? We sang John Jangle Jingle Heimer Schmidt.
u could never rehearse nor duplicate that shit
Just think...... The Earth is 4.543 billion years old and you and I somehow managed to live during Jerry Garcia's lifetime.
🌹⚡💀⚡🌹
Earth is older than want u have read 👍
Jah Jerry Jah Herb Jah love from Tucson Arizona Sonoran 🏜️ desert 🍄🌵🇯🇲🇺🇸🌍
And my mom was friends with him in high school which was pretty neat
My wife and I jamming this from Cali to FL and all up into blue ridge mountains…very special to me.
The Grateful Dead music will take your mood to wherever the band wanted there audiences to be. They were the epitome of music. Jazz..southern rock ..rock n roll....even top 40 once....they were THE CONCERT BAND OF THE AGES. They still get people to love their music to this day.
Jerry..I wish you were alive today playing!
Its amazing, I am not a big jam band guy and definitely not a dead head, but these guys have to be some of the most talented musicians in the world. If you can't get down with this jam, then you aren't human.
Very well said...
And very true.. .!
i AM a big jam band fan, and appreciate when non-jam band fans can appreciate the musicianship of these guys...not bad for a bunch of tripped out hippies, huh?
"I hate jam bands and the dead but I love this because I am clueless."
Great that you recognize that!!! You are truly a music lover Rodger!!! Cheers to that!!
You ARE a jamband fan, you’re just not man enough to admit it.
Wow. What Corona virus? Listen to this and forget about the world. Be one with the music! Jerry lives!!!
Good message. ..
that's exactly what I'm doing my friend! let's be one with everything
2 months later... here I am to forget about my problems for a bit
Don't forget to bash a democrats head in, give em the brick, Fvcking Satan worshipping baby killers
headphones?, horizontal?, hearing?......... heaven
The lead guitar of scarlet begonias is the best part of the whole thing...I've listened to it many times and marveled at it's rythm and intricacy. There is nothing like it...
….except the solo on “brown eyed women” the same night!
So many good Dead songs, this is still my all-time favorite. I can just picture that woman in my mind every time I hear the song. Probably my all-time favorite song by the Grateful Dead
Yep.
Rest in peace, Phil. Such a unique bass player and this recording is exemplary of that.
This has become my go-to nearly every night lately to counteract all the insanity. Timeless. Classic. And thanks to the youtube algorithm for putting Franklin's Tower (5/9/77) before it in the mix
Music Will Pull the Good Out of any Bad Situation You May Be Faced With, and my Only Wish in this Life, is Hopefully Everyone will get On the Same Page Someday .. Only You Yourself and a Little Help from Friends like This...The Hate Will Go Away. ❤
The Dead were really firing on all cylinders for this show! Great sound quality for a live show too. Jerry's guitar really speaks to me in this Fire on the Mountain jam!
Named my daughter Scarlet after this song because I get butterflies in the pit of my stomach every time I hear this song. It transports me to a time I only wished I could have experienced. She is free spirit wild child and through her eyes, I can live in love and wonder.
60s bands were the BEST! Period.
Gerry? Izzat you?
This is an exceptional recording, the sound is excellent, and the music as well, of course.
***** sweet! thanks for the tip
Aaron Gardner thanks to Betty too.
Holy Shit!!!! this is absolutely the best DEAD I have ever heard....the whole jam, the energy is insane, just got better and better.....
Hell yeah!! This jam is just pure and simple...makes you just nod your head and take all this in. So good
Cornell '77 is one of their best.
Shrooms grow from cow 🐄 shit..dat where term.dis ya good Shiite. India cow 🐄.sacred. holy.shiite!!! Yes I Jah Herb Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari praises blessings respectfully Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜️
These songs tell a story and are like a fine quilt, each voice and instrument are woven together to create it and Jerry has the golden needle.
Such a great version of this. Love it..... Thank you for posting! My husband played this for me when we first met. We drove by the shore and it was a gorgeous June day and the seagulls were dancing on the wind. One of my most wonderful memories.
your husband knows the way to a girls heart
Dig it.
Don't get much better than this!
Damn I miss Jerry, R.I.P., you are still missed and loved by MILLIONS!!!!
Always will be, too. By those that are even yet to be born.
Dead to the Core!
I cry when I hear Jerry's voice .
Right on!
Jerry’s solos on both tunes represent his most sophisticated melodic playing That I have ever heard him play. He does simply stay in B Mixolydian but pulls off some serious modal interchange depending on the chords mixing major, Mixolydian, Major and minor pentatonic. Arpeggios. Triads, chord tones for each chord truly playing through the changes in a way that he never hits a bad note. The solo of scarlet sounds like it was composed and yet he never played it even close to that well again. That was the night where his band was the best band I. The world. I don’t think people appreciate how perfect his playing was on that evening. I have memorized the solos and he never again would play with that combination of note choice, flow, playing what he heard in his head with no regard to guitar fall back licks based on thf geometry of the fret board. Talk about a real example of the stars being aligned on this evening. Phil was reshot, Keith, Mickey, Bill snd Bob were all giving each other space with no busyness. That is an untouchable jam which is why the tape is undoubtedly one of the best if not the best performances. they have plenty of great shows but very few shows you can go back to over and over again and figure out new examples of genius. If you can’t enough they will be those nights when even though you’re probably experimenting it seems like every single attempt it’s something new works out. Find any example of scarlet begonias fire in the mountain compared to this and tell me this doesn’t absolutely destroy it there’s literally no contest. Every now and again I talk to some deadhead he’s not a musician who wants to show me something that nobody else is heard and insist it’s the best and it never measures up ever. Whenever somebody says they don’t care for the dead, I have to explain to them that it’s not about liking every single tape. The beauty of your dad is about finding the gems. When you play as frequently as they do You’re going to become awesome, but if you were always trying something new, you were also going to take a lots of risks and some work and many don’t. It doesn’t matter so because it makes the ones that work absolute classics untouchable jam music. One could argue that fish and the Allman Brothers are more consistently good than the Dead. But neither Bend has evenings where they are on question please the greatest band in the world and the dead has dozens of those evenings. Dozens out of thousands of attempts but dozens none the less. Their approach to music reminds me of this song in Wiser Time by The Black Crowes. If you listen to the lyrics to that song you understand the Grateful Dead and why they have so many fans. Those fans are loyal because they are always treated to a pretty good show every now and again they are treated to a miracle shell and that’s just a fact. I understand why a lot of people who are not exposed to the Dead at their best don’t care for them. That’s when you have to do some educating and that’s fun because watching the look on their face when they hear the brilliant evenings makes me know that I just made a new fan and they will be a fan for life
i find it funny when people say jerry just played mixo..shows they dont play guitar haha...mixo is the tonic of course but he played through the changes heavily influenced by jazz.. jerry is who got me into guitar 4 years ago and i practice a lot, but this scarlet solo and deal from this show literally haunt me in his ability to outline chords so melodically with such creative phrasing. its truly wild
I surrender. My favorite combo period. You put alot of passion into your post. God loves you.
@@brigs369 the Brown eyed women solo is bonkers from this show. Just some of the best guitar I’ve ever heard.
This was exhausting to read,just like a really good DEAD show!!!!!!!
The perfect sound mix, the perfect tempo, and the bands on fire. This is probably the apex of GD. I was a child in Ithaca at the time of this concert. My father told me the town was a buzz when they came into the town. You can hear the energy in the concert.
Truly one of the greatest live performances ever 🎼🥰🌈☀️🍄🌼🌺🤘just... get lost in this & forget the world for a little while !_!
I've been lost since I met the band in 1969. Listening for over 52 yrs, and still my heart belongs right here with the GD.
@@sunshinenbluesallday1920 I kinda envy you! Keep on trucking, and all the best to you!
EDIT: scratch that "kind of", I REALLY envy you (in a positive way)!
🙌
This is absolutely one of the most stellar recordings and grateful Dead I used to have a tape collection of them in excess of 500 those were the days my friends! Thank God people post these on TH-cam so we can enjoy them wish I was at this show, my first show was October 15th 1983 Hartford Civic center to St Stephen show! Got on the bus there never got off further my friends peace
best 25 minutes of music ever recorded from the best concert of the 20th century
IF you only get to hear just 2 songs, back to back, by the Grateful Dead that might be able to give you just a little taste of just how dang good they were, and how much fun.. forget the stories about all the drugs and stuff that hey let's face it, is everywhere anyway.. but to be able to feel the pure joy, pure love, and have a gosh darn ball doing it, it's this.
I'm sorry to John Mayer, who is an outstanding talent, and seems like a genuinely good dude, I'm always gonna be jonesn' For JERRY.
Reminiscing about my, friend, my brother, gone to young, whose late in life enthusiasm for The Grateful Dead finally converted me as well... I’m Grateful, for all the good times and especially all the sharing of music...and for this nudge. I’ll see you when I see you... thank you for the teachings...
20 days before my oldest son was born, then on his tenth birthday I took him to see his 1st show, been a DeadHead like ole Daddy is
The 95 people that thumbed this down literally suck at life. Jerry is the fucking man!!
Brett Brown They weren't ready mentally for the hugeness of the concept. maybe they'll evolve a bit and come back for a little more of this crazy thing called music.
+Ghost Dog evolve. Perfect. What one does when listening to The Dead over time.
Grateful Dead are good medicine. Will always love the way they make me feel. ❤
This performance rips a hole in the space time continuum... God bless the grateful dead
ALMIGHTY
My high school history teacher was a big Dead Head and he always talked about the time space continuum. That's why I still refer to it today even though I have no idea what it means. Rock on ya'll.
Temporal Anomaly
The Temporal Anomaly, often shortened to the Anomaly, is a mysterious entity and a phenomena on Sanctum that is a portal to other worlds...
This song has transcended time. Someday they will discover our lost civilization. And they will discover this song and jerry and the boys will blow there minds too.
Danced to Scarlet at my wedding. 30 years flashed by and my love died in my arms to Fire RIP FP 3/04/2014
Sitting in garden that made me cry so lovely Lorraine
I'm so so sorry for you lose. But wha a perfect way to get to the other side. With your ears filled with old hippie music.
So sorry for your loss...
RIP😇
Spoke to Carl Sagan shortly after this ," best concert I have ever seen in billions and billions of light years" put a smile on my face. Sadly he passed a short couple of years after that conversation .rip Carl Jerry and Brent
Yeah, 19 years later...
One of the Grateful Deads greatest moments, the transition into Fire is sublime. And Jerry is on fire through out and closes it in True Rock Guitar God fashion.
I Man a like dick's pio volume six 83. Coke. Jah Herb Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari praises blessings respectfully Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜️
I am so grateful that I attended this concert .My favorite Dead concert .It stayed with me throughout my life.
Everybody, take three steps back....
Scarlet solo is of divine inspiration...still soars over Ny today ..Jerry FN G !!!!!
Whoa!Astonishing Scarlet/Fire. One of the best. Thanks so much The incredible improvisatory genius of the live grateful dead is just really starting to be appreciated. What an extraordinary body of work it is!
They not only allowed but encouraged bootlegs. As a result, their archived work is an ocean of such brilliance. They were unafraid to dance the high wire every time they went on stage, indeed, that was their whole raison d'etre.
Only made it to 3 concerts, one in '74 and two in '78 -- but now I get to attend all of them, any time I want, for free. What a gift to the world, bless them all!
Jeffrey Hotchkiss you didn't by chance make it to the '78 show at Duke University, did you? 4/12/78 I think. One of my favorites!
Duke 78 is my all time favorite Bertha > Good Lovin' - its so, so sick
improvisational genius... or explorational balls to be willing to trust their ability and instincts in front of all those people for good or ill, every show, and all the while pushing their limits way beyond the safe zone of reproduction. But some could argue that the fact that they never played the same tune the same way twice shows their limits as well.
I feel like I've never been so happy in my entire life listening to this. Fills me with so much joy, and was feel depressed past few weeks.
"Shes got rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes....I knew without asking she was into the blues" ahhhhhhh....Dead Tour, some of the happiest days of my life.
5 in 7 days Cape Cod to RC Music Hall
1979
This is one of my favorite bootlegs. The Barton hall show is legend!
I could put this on a loop and listen to it all day :)
Buddha Groove Music For sure!!!!
Broke two copies of this tape.
Siddartha Gautama Herman Hesse stepponwolfe I Jah Herb Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari praises blessings respectfully Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜️ Jah sisters Jah Trey Jah Duane Africa Ethiopia Addis Ababa Selassie I Jah
I have cancer. G Dead help me cope with it. Great music!
Music soothes the soul Pulling for you to beat it!
I'm pretty sure Mom thinks I'm doing drugs because I listen to this really, really loud in the middle of the night. I don't need weed to get this. Sweet, sweet jam! So relaxing and peaceful and plain old good. I wish I could have seen them in their day but my parents weren't even born yet. That just shows how music knows no age or place or era. The world if full of some much hate and sadness and despair but when I listen to this, I can pretend everybody is listening along, just as intrigued and content as I am. Peace and love and thanks for the music!
What a special comment. You sound like a most lovely person
I think I should tell you something- I spend a lot
Of time around really very old Tibetan yogis. Buddhists of profound peace and love. And when they take empowerment- very secret, very sacred events where they are kinda turned up a notch in their understanding -or given new authority to practice a certain practice or text-- they don’t just take an empowerment in ordinary form. They take it in true form. Which is absolute, transcendent, and realizes that at the root- all
Beings are identical. And so they take empowerment in the form of visualizing themselves as containing all beings energies... the good they accelerate and multiply, the afflictive they process out right there. They take that empowerment with and for all beings. And the result of taking an empowerment like that cannot be described really but the signs are amazing. I’ve seen 5 rainbows shooting yo filling the sky from their heads, Ive seen parts of their bodies start to vibrate so fast they vanish, Ive seen them multiply their bodies into many bodies all in the same room and then come back to one body. I’ve then seen them
Go out into the world and perform
Miracle healings and things that is beyond comprehension.
What you are describing about that joy you feel and how you bring all beings with you to that joy is EXACTLY the same as they do. Exactly
You are probably an unreal healer and just don’t even realize it. Just bless your body speech and mind so any who sees you or hears you or touches you or thinks of you is healed and liberated into happiness.
The Grateful Dead naturally draws great bodhisattvas from this and other times to it. It is an assembly of very high lightworkers and very kind people like you. You don’t need to look into the mystical parts or even pay any attention to my comment.
I wanted to tell you though that is a very special very high level practice you are doing. You never stopped to think to keep it for yourself. You are a mahasattva. And please, at least, make sure that others around you are kind to you in your life. Don’t forget you are a really good hearted person.
Sorry long and weird. Bye bye. Hey you would like 5-22-77 after this
Great comment.
This performance of these two songs is the reason God created music.
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I know what you mean, man. Something about live performances makes music so much better for me. Mountain Jam, for instance, often gives me that existential lift.
"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: 'The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music.'" - Kurt Vonnegut
Essentials of Biology yessss
Dan Gintis um,er, WHAT.!!!!!! Dan must have not noticed that this is THE GRATEFUL DEAD.......
This is as close to heaven as it gets.
So good, it's like a powerful hit of life. Kids today have to hear this is our responsibility.
nobody now or in future can play like this band. these are the most important parts of a true rock and roll Band!!!!! to be heard and not offensive to people just to jam and have a good tome
dear god it's just so amazing. God help us all to live in the peace and the love forever. RIP jerry garcia
nice
I just have expand on my feelings about this recording further. I'm obsessed with it today, lol...when Jerry plays from approx 15:00 all the way until the end, is such an exquisite example of what it means to "speak music through your instrument". he is telling such a specific story, in which is interpreted uniquely be each of us individually.. it has the ability to speak to all us individually, & collectively at the same time.. this being one of main reasons why JG was & is so utterly beloved. Thank you Jerry for speaking such truth!
Good grief get over yourself moron.
Never listened to a Dead jam before, but this is highly agreeable.
he'll yea man it's the dead
+John Doe-wow.......well then, why are you listening now 40 years later
+popsemeraldcity Why are you even asking him? I would think a fan of a band would WANT new people to listen. What an odd and rude thing to ask someone.
+Joshua Caleb....nothing rude about it, just found it strange that he arrived on earth a short time ago
+popsemeraldcity It's a good thing the Dead is timeless
I’ve been listening to the dead for almost a year. My introduction to the dead was Wake of the Flood and The Grateful Dead Movie. It is because of those 2, that I’m very fond of the 1970’s dead. In 2020, I spent 122 hours listening to a lot of Grateful Dead. The dead changed the way I see music nowadays. The dead taught me that playing music should be about improvising, creating something new every time when preforming live and going off on crazy jams. It is because of this that I don’t really listen to bands I like that much anymore (Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Steely Dan, Scorpions, Pink Floyd). When I listen to those bands every time, it’s the same thing over and over, but with the Grateful Dead, I could listen to 5 Dark Star’s from 1972, and they will all be played different. I could listen to Playing in the Band that were preformed in November 1972, particularly 11/15 and 11/18 and both of those playing in the band don’t sound alike at all. The Grateful Dead made me appreciate live music. Long live Jerry and The Grateful Dead. 1970’s dead rules.
I'm in 122 show plus club. I think I hear what you are saying about improv. Don't forget format. Practice your scales. Learn music theory. Play the same thing over and over again. Then improvise.
Practice, practice, practice.
Lmk when you start to dream about the concerts !
@@NicholasOsella I once had a dream that I was at 1/8/1979 dead show at Madison Square Garden. It was cool because 1/8/1979 happens to be one of my favorite dead shows from ‘79.
Go deeper and enjoy.
This is by far my favorite recording of Scarlet Fire Ive heard! (~);} Phils bass is just so mesmerizing, this is a great one to smoke a bowl to!
i dont even remember making this comment 4 years ago but guess what im doing listening to this? haha
Or take a gummy
If it’s so good why do you need to abuse drugs to enjoy it?
@@qinghai1 its not abuse first of all, secondly even if it was abuse its not really any of your concern what i consume or in which manner i consume it.
@@Acolis whatever druggie.
Featuring some mighty fine bass playing from Mr. Phil Lesh!
Rip Phil, love you, miss you, tell Jerry and everyone else that I said hello
Got a chance to renovate one of the old houses in the Haight / Ashbury in 2007-2008 was the highlight of my construction career
the greatest 25 minutes of music ever recorded...
pretty fucking close
This is why god created a repeat button..
Pretty much 🤷♂️
Through the 70's & 80's I of course heard of the awesome Grateful Dead, but just never had the opportunity to see them live. The radio play was obviously the best stuff or versions.
I REALLY missed out so much! I really thank TH-cam for allowing me to connect with this incredible stuff that I just somehow missed.
Amazing jam, i was born 22 years after this show. My dad is taking me to the Fare Thee Well concert this summer, I'm so glad i can catch at least a glimpse of an era of music i missed.
It's not really the dead without Jerry lol.
BAult96 No need to rain on anyone's parade. We all know that it's not the Dead without Jerry. Just let Owen enjoy the closest thing they'll ever see to The Dead.
danny novet My issue is that I'm jealous! Lol I would love to go see them in Chicago this summer :/
Yeah, that's why i said a glimpse. I know without Jerry it wont be anything like the Dead im used to hearing. There are quite a few people filling in for Jerry that im excited to hear though, Trey being the biggest one. (My dad took me to my first Phish concert this past summer)
Owen Fell Hey Owen, big fan of the Dead (was born 2 years after you in 2001), also fan of Phish, I live in Oregon. Lucky you being able to see the Dead and Trey team up for a couple nights. Nice to hear there are others like me who appreciate good music! Stay grateful bro!
I have listened to almost everything...and this performance is without compare. It makes me tingle and immediately happy!!!!
Jerry, (tears), cast his magic across generations. I came in late, I was 16. Alpine Valley 86. A winter ski resort, summmertime rolls. I decided to go to college in Cali to see more shows. By a simple twist of fate I met him backstage at Dominguez Hillls '90. I sat on a tattered sofa. His room so unassuming. He smiled at me through his beard and passed me a joint. FUCK! I don't smoke pot! It makes me soooo paranoid. I hit it twice, oh shit! He could see that it was on top of me. Now im with my hero and im thinking about the labrynth of corridors to get me back to my seat. He looked at me, turned aroud and rummaged through a trunk. He turned back and handed me two passes to watch the show backstage. I dont know how he knew, but that was Jerry. I never really knew him but i never loved a stranger as i did Jerry.
What a long strange trip it's been 👍😭❤️
So glad to hear that even today there are new dead heads coming onto the scene. ...
It's great to see the band live on like this...
As far as live disks go...
Without A Net....without a doubt is one of the best taken from shows in 90 and 91 I think ...
I just picked up another copy at my local disc store and was told it is now out of print but I'm sure you can still get it....
for sure man, it's been 3 years for me. born in 91. it's all I can listen to, saw them in Santa Clara this summer. I love going through the TH-cam comments and reading all the stories from the aged heads, from a time I missed out on, sadly. long live the dead
One of the finest live performances of anything ever.
Is this the best version of these songs? I love it so much. The solo soars across the sky
Sounds silly but i can't think of going back to a life where i did not knew about the Dead. Usually listen via Spotify or other streaming devices, but it's a treat to go to TH-cam and listen whilst reading all the positive comments.. just makes you real happy!
Have a nice day anyone who's reading this, and thanks for making me feel welcome into the Grateful Dead community. Autumn/winter is on the way here in Sweden which means total dark pretty much all day around for a couple of months. Not a problem anymore, ever since i found out about this band :) Cheers!!
Have a Grateful day, brother!
Weir everywhere! :)
Absolutely! Remembering when I heard this with sun and sweat and people in my way!
Cool. Swedish Deadheads. '...once in awhile you can sure see the light, in the strangest of places, if you look at it right '. That's my philosophy for the winter months. Rock on!
Right!? Keep it loose brother and enjoy yourself
My 16 yr old son’s favorite tune.
IMO the best version but then again most versions are great
I've heard a lot of great Scarlet/Fire performances, but this is my favourite by far. I love every moment of it, but the transition from Scarlet to Fire is just incredible. It's so tight, the first few times you listen you can't even tell when one song melds into the other one. That might be because of the three-minute jam between about 9:00 and 12:00 where they could be playing either song. At 12:58 when Jerry hits the wah-wah pedal, it is pure magic and at 13:03 where he breaks into that incredible six-note trot down the scale that tells you Fire has begun, I get goosebumps.
But really, this performance is incredible on every level. Every instrument shines, from Keith's brilliant work on the keyboard to Phil's lively bass, Bob's steady groove, Tom and Mickey's flawless work on the drums (I don't know of any rock bands that effectively employed two drummers working simultaneously, allowing for time keeping and incredible bursts of inspired drumming to co-exist), and Jerry's beautiful solo jams. Jerry's voice is great in this recording and him and Donna are really on-point for these tunes (and for the whole show). I find that when Donna and Jerry are off, they are really off. But when they are on, like this show, one can understand why the band loved Donna so much.
The best Dead performances are great because you can listen to them for years, decades, and they never get old. In fact, after years of listening to great performances like this one at Barton Hall, one continues to be surprised by things they hadn't noticed before, and their love of the performance only deepens. I've been listening to this show since I first got the tape in '95 and I know every bit by heart but have never for a moment felt tired of it or that I had played it out. I still rock it at full volume when I'm in a good mood and cruising around town. It never fails to put a smile on my face.
This performance (and the whole show) is really a showcase of the Dead at their best during the late-70's. For many people, 77 is the best year for the Dead. After taking some time off, they came back and recorded some of their best performances since 1970 (my personal favourite year for the Dead). Their sound was no longer the psychedelic freight train it had been in the 60's and early 70's; its had evolved into a tighter, funkier, gentler groove and many people love that. I still prefer the raw energy of '69 and 70 (perhaps best exemplified by the May 5th show at Harpur College and the Valentine's Day show at the Fillmore) but performances like this have only deepened my appreciation of the Dead and the evolution of their sound over the years.
In my opinion, the Dead are the greatest Rock and Roll band to come out of 1960's America, and the fact that they played together for so long gives fans a rare opportunity to see how their sound evolved over twenty years of playing together. This Scarlet/Fire the best example for me of their sound in the late-70's. The Dead came into my life on my first acid trip and have been with me ever since. When they finally stop touring, the dwindling magic of the 1960's San Francisco scene will finally be extinguished and we will all be poorer for it.
Hi Justin,in the segue to Fire Jer begins using a Mutron III,the wah sound,it's an envelope filter.I've played for yrs. now,but way back I made the same assumption not knowing there were such pedals and played it using a wah.
Mick
Justin, just wanted to say thanks for this comment. I'm new to the Dead and I appreciated the description of the transition into Fire. That is indeed such a brilliant moment. I can't stop listening to this song. The last 10 minutes, the way it builds to that climax. Just perfection.
Timeless!
Thanks for that story. Reading that comment while jamming to this tune, well, that made my night better.
The best music of our time. How lucky are we?