Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
March 22, 1990
Copps Coliseum
There might be better scarlets, and there might be better fires, but there is no better transition. Most S>F versions have a slow, methodical transition as the band gets closer and closer to Fire, and it's not quite clear when they stopped jamming and started Fire until Jerry's mutron intro starts. This version has an unbelievable, turn-on-a-dime drop into Fire out of basically nowhere; it's good enough that I still jump out of my chair and get chills every time I hear it.
