Fire on the Mountain

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"Fire on the Mountain" is a popular Grateful Dead song known for its extended live improvisations and distinctive, hypnotic groove.

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Fire on the Mountain canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
song
artist Grateful Dead
associatedAct Bill Kreutzmann
Bob Weir
Brent Mydland
Donna Jean Godchaux
Jerry Garcia
Keith Godchaux
Mickey Hart
Phil Lesh
Robert Hunter
associatedBand Dead & Company
Grateful Dead
The Dead
The Other Ones
composer Mickey Hart
firstLivePerformanceYear 1977
genre jam band
psychedelic rock
rock
hasCharacteristic call-and-response guitar and percussion
extended live improvisations
hypnotic groove
two-chord structure
hasCulturalAssociation Grateful Dead live concert culture
jam band improvisational tradition
hasFanAbbreviation FOTM
hasInstrumentation bass guitar
drum kit
electric guitar
keyboards
percussion
hasLiveReputation fan-favorite jam vehicle
often extended beyond studio length
hasRhythmicFeature steady mid-tempo groove
syncopated drum pattern
isFrequentlyBootlegged true
isFrequentlyRecordedLive true
isSignatureSongOf Grateful Dead
language English
lyricist Robert Hunter
notableFor being paired live with the song "Scarlet Begonias"
performer Grateful Dead
theme change and instability
imagery of fire and transformation
urgency and warning
typicalLivePlacement second song in the "Scarlet Begonias" → "Fire on the Mountain" sequence

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Grateful Dead notableSong Fire on the Mountain
Shakedown Street hasPart Fire on the Mountain
The Dead performedWork Fire on the Mountain