Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 3, 1986
Cal Expo
Very speedy version, Brent is definitely in control flying right along with Jerry, sweet Jams with that little extra, This is a VERY HOT Scarlet at warp speed, this is a good one for Brent era fans loads of Mr. Mydland and Jerry back and forth on the Scarlet jams, nice healy vocal effects (minimal echo added) on the second verse, Brent and Jerry just mastered this Scarlet, wonderful nice interesting transition starting, BRent and Jerry are really playing off each other, ahh hear comes Mr. Lesh with a few things to say, NICE.The transition almost has a China Rider transition feel at one point. Jerry enters fire while the trasition was still really cooking, Hitting lots of the funky notes while fill lays down a nice foundation and Brent is still on top of this just killing the keys. The pre lyrics Fire Jam is nice and funky, Lyrics a little shaky but Bobby is there to help prop him up singing a nice backup, Jerry hits the first solo nicely with brent still right along, Jerry bending and twisting notes in a slightly different than normal way, then verse two well sung and Brent still bubbling over with energy, Jerry nicely hits the dreams come true, Bobby and Jerry hit the chorus nicely, Weir sounds very aggressive. Next Jam jerry and Brent are a little more mellow with it, Jerry hitting those nice high piercing notes but at a little slower pace they definitely slowed it down for fire compared to the break neck pace of Scarlet. The funk tone returns just before the third verse, again Brent running up and down the keys while jerry sings hitting this verse well, again the chorus with an aggressive Bobby, leads into the final jam, The funky note bending tone has returned Jerry is leading the final jam Brent is right there with him Jerry starts vamping little nice Brent twinkles along fantastic stuff. Beautifully brought to an end by Brent, Jerry (funky toned), and the drummers.