Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Feb. 3, 1979
Market Square Arena
This is very much NOT *the* Scarlet! Haha. Great + interesting + surprising version, but this doesn’t hold a candle to what happened the night of 4/24/78 or the sweet beauty of 1/31/78. Jerr has some really good moments in the last Scarlet run + the transition jam is bubbly + fun, but he’s pulling the band with him all night, it’s not a cohesive + full-force + everyone-involved version/night - it’s a Jerry version. Just like the rest of the night, as he seemed to be dragging the band along at times, especially Phil. (Stagger is a great example, Phil seems uninterested until the crescendo).
Even Fire isn’t the heavy jam, it’s light, which doesn’t usually suit the groove. Interesting stuff!