Widespread Panic Fire On The Mountain

[@vegasblofeld]

It's real simple. I've seen thousands of concerts by hundreds of bands and the one thing I can consistently say about these guys that I cant say about anyone else is that EVERYONE there ALWAYS has a smile on their face. It's a powerful feeling that has never let anyone down that I've introduced them to. If you haven't seen them, GO. DO NOT HESITATE!

[@kungfujones1]

Agreed. I had the pleasure of seeing them for the first time last Friday in Boston. They were amazing. My only complaint is that that they didn't cover this song :) I totally get what you mean though... I spent half the time dancing, having a good time and the other half walking around observing people dancing their asses off, having the time of their lives. Great experience.

[@calebsackmann2563]

I can say the same. Saw them my first time at Phases of the Moon a couple weeks back and I've never seen a crowd party that hard and goes as apeshit as they did.

[@KyleKendall71]

The only band in my 50+ years I saw back to back nights! They are not a band they are an experience.

[@pdl46lundy55]

Couldn't agree more. Watch any WSP concert footage, and you'll see the ENTIRE crowd having the time of there life🤘🤘 I listen to them on KZbin at home and the truck and have the time of my life in my living room watching concert footage!

[@bradleywillis1654]

jimmy is smooth like an electron wave, and his fingers roll around with the grace of a feather

[@jwrz217]

Could not of said it better myself

[@skipdude37]

Widespread isnt a band, they are a movement. One concert and your hooked. You cant help but feel good all the way down to your soul. Its that good.

[@julieleatherbarrow1628]

Widespread is the only band other than The Grateful Dead who could transition between notes in the way that they do. They guide you through the song.... I love them!

[@Matttrem288]

Easily my favorite Dead song, and even more amazing by my favorite band of all time!! WSMFP

[@edshendell9792]

Best guitar player to play Dead music since Jerry

[@ccolbert19]

This is one of the best covers ever!!

[@ReedRosson1987]

Best Fire cover I've ever heard

[@brainlafotest]

Dude i totally agree

[@azg314]

0:58.....HOLY SH!T absolutely beautiful....

[@ThePilpez]

I came here for the great Jimmy Herring!

[@matthewdewein3292]

me too!

[@skipdude37]

John Bell, Jimmy Herring and Warren Haynes. How much more could someone want. WSP is simply awesome. Seen them 3x and that is just not enough.

[@MsStormykins]

Seen Widespread in San Diego the 3x they were here in 2000-3. Great sound, great band, way underrated in my book. Like the Dead, they play for the music, not the money. Sure wish they still toured. I miss their sound.

[@lukefish7562]

Panic playing the GD and this song specifically just makes me all kinds of happy! A real treat I’ll listen to and cherish until my last day.

[@StanleyGemmell]

J.B. NAILS THESE VOCALS OMG

[@rusianikchyd]

he sings it beautifully, and it's awesome hearing the cheers from the crowd before the band really starts playing the song, people just start to recognize the familiar beat plus wah wah guitar... wooo!

[@PaulDrkStar]

So cool on 12-5-12 I watch this on youtube and it is GRATE !! almost just as good as the DVD (master) and there are 12,424 views let's see how many in a month or 2 with people posting this on Facebook.....Peace and Grease...

[@doubledoseful]

any deadhead who hates on this tribute,version, may be brain dead! herring's soloing is flawless here! beautiful intro(real listeners could here it coming even before jojo's timely piano) bell's vocals only make it better. Jerry would be dancin, smilin, proud! herring is a master of dynamics,like anastasio and other jam greats, of knowing when to avoid ego driven fusion excursions, and when to cram a zillion notes into a couple bars! thank u wsp and thank u dead!

[@d3m0nspwn]

didn't Jimmy play for the Dead after Jerry died ? i personally think this is better than any recording I've heard of the dead playing this song. hell this actually helped me learn a bit of respect for the dead ... now there's like 5 Dead tunes i can listen to without wanting to shoot myself in the face

[@ReedRosson1987]

Jesse James Sounds almost like you hate the dead and not love them. Sad.

[@d3m0nspwn]

Garcia Band > theDead

[@staggerlee41]

Being a Head from back in the day, this jam is unbelievably ridiculously f'ing amazingly good! One of the best renditions I have ever heard.

[@911fever]

HQ sound... HD video.... Killer cover. A+ost.. .. .. Thanks for the upload!

[@mtnholv]

love JoJo's duck-taped on KOTO sticker.... his shout out to Telluride. Thanx JoJo!

[@NCWSMFP]

Nobody could possibly say it better than Bradley Willis.

[@halduntargan4516]

Guitarist &bassist awesome...

[@sonowyno]

finding this gem made my day

[@justinwooten7693]

They need to bring this back in the mix , 100 %

[@The93ssfd]

there is no one smoother than mr. herring.

[@TheBigjohn527]

I'm officially a "Spreadhead" when I hear this. Spreadheads of The World unite !!! F 'n A !!! ......

[@martystrickland8513]

The difference between the dead and panic is that panic has, gratuitously, taken the road map that the dead created and refined, contorted and put their touch on a genre that can't be judged by anything except fiercely loyal fans coming back year after year. If you think you can judge the difference between the dead and panic that shows that you just don't get it. Cheers.

[@shrams23]

The difference between the Grateful Dead and Panic is that the Grateful Dead were much better musicians. There is virtually no communication between these guys in this tune, no ebb or flow, no tension, no release, they didn't even have the respect to bother to learn the ending. Thank god for Phish. WSP just seems like a scam.

[@ByDesignPrepper]

shrams23 WSP gets it. If you don't like it then fine. But they get it. I'm a 250+ GD fan and I've seen Panic light it up and I've seen them jack it up. Just like the Dead. Panic playing Fire is just Cool! Even if they don't get it right.

[@StarPowerCali]

shrams23 I don't think so...they sign more of the lyrirs then GD did at the end...what you play?

[@shrams23]

Star Power Weird I saw this so soon after you posted. Guitar, Banjo and bass. Been messing around with Mandolin. Please don't try to pull me into a discussion about Widespread Panic being better than the Grateful Dead. It's just an idiotic premise. The extra lyrics are a rap the Micky Hart wrote that appear on an album he released in the 70'S WSP doesn't even play the end of the song here.

[@StarPowerCali]

shrams23 WSP is like a cover band but I enjoyed hearing their version and like hearing lyrics I never knew about. I try to get that sound out of my guitar and I'm getting close. I remember when I was younger I thought that was organ! Show's what I know. I never even seen the Dead. I play and love Metal

[@matthewdewein3292]

Jimmy is and always will be my hero!

[@nevereversick]

chills and no more volume left

[@elocrian]

Jimmy is pretty much tops in my list of fav guitarists along with Garcia and John McLaughlin - but watching him with Panic is often like watching a watching a thorough-bred greyhound chained-up and muzzled - A.R.U. is the shit! - Panic fan since 1988 (miss you Mikey!); Jimmy Herring Fanatic since 1989!

[@Scott420DL]

Two things I love all rolled into one! FOTM and WSP! Ty for posting.

[@righteous.4641]

JB's raps are ones very few singers can pull off

[@brandonchristianson1384]

I listen to this goin into the Rockies every time

[@chrissims518]

people who disliked this couldn't have listened for more than 5 seconds

[@bwilburful]

I'd like to see Jerry dancing somewhere

[@miskol35]

Love watching the crowd's face melt

[@xylotone0110]

Pretty sincere version . Nicely introed , generously jammed . Herman showing he's one of the top keyboard players worldwide . And the rest of the band 5 stars out of 5 ...

[@Charlestonbeachlife]

i don't listen to widespread a whole lot but hearing this awesome version of FOTM makes me want to hit up some of their shows. saw them in wanee 2010 but ate 4 too many doses and was too faded at the time.

[@mariapasqua9486]

WSP did an excellent job....... Started my Friday night just right....

[@volcomsnow25]

my god this is amazing

[@Mslin1961]

I agree...:)

[@1schlumpy]

LIVING!! I fucking cried! Hands down the best cover of this song that will EVER be done!

[@joec3276]

You scared me dude. He's still with us.

[@StarPowerCali]

And Panic does most of they verses when the Dead skip them...when he goes "Fireman, fireman call off your dogs" etc. there is another verse called the JB Raap that I never heard.. Written at Mickey Hart's ranch in heated inspiration as the surrounding hills blazed and the fire approached the recording studio where we were working; verses three and four don't appear on the Grateful Dead recording of this song, but lines five and six of verse three became one of our mottoes, along with "Record More than You Erase.") I had to include the note from Hunter due to its extreme coolness. Widespread performs the Grateful Dead version of the song, but parts of verse four show up in JB's "Fire Rap", as Will and Ted call it, which usually appears before verse 3 and is transcribed as follows: JB's Fire On The Mountain Rap: Blind man, blind man call off your dog He lifted his leg on the fire and he's hogging the log Fire on the mountain, her she comes, her comes comes All the way back around Out of the frying pan and into the fire Over the rabbit trap and into the briar Fire on the mountain, it's coming around It never comes up and you never come down

[@massimo80658]

grandi!! non li conoscevo. la versione miglore che io abbia ascoltato :) grazie per il post

[@devalong6917]

Melts me every time!

[@bradleywillis1654]

i follow the platinum herring

[@musictubehead1]

Saw the Dead do this song several times......Aplus.......Saw the Mickey Hart Band do this song last month.......Bpluse.........I gotta give this version an A. The vocal arrangement is killer.

[@andreajohnson6100]

Its actually Robert Hunter rapping on the Hart version. this is on you tube. check it

[@phunphactor]

Goose Bumps !! Thank You

[@NCSartoris]

As something nearing a WP vet, I don't say this lightly, but this is completely and totally epic.

[@charlespagor5811]

Phunkyphishphan tells it like it is. Amazing cover. Herring kills it

[@stephenwilliams1364]

Makes Jerry smile

[@moobelle3233]

Thank you!

[@richardwsp]

Was at the 2000 show at SDSU, Montezuma Hall, where it was about 800 fucking degrees in there. Great show with a Hatfield opener:)

[@nathanstevens1000]

Wow! Nailed it

[@andreajohnson6100]

That was the Mickey Hart rap from the early 70's. The original Fire was Mickey. Very interesting to listen to listen to the bootlegs. Maybe try You Tube

[@johnzumalt4508]

Its not a rap its the original lyrics by Robert Hunter.

[@vidyadhar66]

I cant wait to hear them up on the mountain this year

[@marineone1]

Panic, ya gotta love um!

[@markrigsby2107]

Good ole Days!

[@xMewWinx96x]

Can you believe I clicked on this thinking that I would see people screaming and running from a flaming mountainside?

[@joec3276]

LOL!

[@unchanged100]

Honestly that makes perfect sense. Theres fire on the mountain causing widespread panic.

[@nealdoesart]

That is a great way to discover some great music.

[@The93ssfd]

looking forward to seeing these guys outdoors on the mountain in early june.

[@lucerogal]

not a big panic fan but this was classic

[@hanswagner4009]

ITS DOPE!

[@tracymroberson8523]

Music for your soul

[@chrispaterniti1930]

Wow!

[@jaberwock888]

Sheer bliss!

[@aaronfelman1000]

the word "joy" only begins to describe what is happening in the crowd here...

[@kappasigma6982]

This makes me happy

[@d.banerjee4777]

This put a hug Cheshire Cat grin on my face!

[@chiefmojorising1]

jimmy herring is amazing with that envelope filter!!

[@aaronfelman1000]

epicness level on high alert...

[@jasondotson]

This is simply smokin'....wow.

[@ComradeLeonTrotsky]

Jimmy and DaSchools. Oooooo Child !

[@michaelceccarelli9067]

wow man wow!

[@mb1065]

PHENOMENAL!!!

[@RickAnaston]

At 2:13 in, is it just me or does Schools have a very Jerry look about him?? DIG IT!

[@DEADHEAD71344]

they do pretty damn on play fire on the mountain

[@deadheadfourever1713]

Can`t wait to see WSMFP :-)

[@gaff5150]

Sick

[@segregatchin]

god damnit thats so sick sounding.

[@rinomomorris5098]

YYYEEEEAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[@andreajohnson6100]

Maybe one of the first rap songs...

[@SidecarB]

Bob Dylan subterranean homesick blues is the first rap song!

[@johnzumalt4508]

Its not a rap its the original lyrics by Robert Hunter.

[@huntlea]

John Zumalt Mickey Hart wrote this song!!!

[@PieterAarsbergen]

Hunter wrote it Mickey composed it. (%):}

[@91thebossman]

yo peeps. not the hugest WP fan in the world, but definitely a big-supporter. Love seeing them when I can. Question, though... does JB play meaningful guitar? First and foremost, I mean zero disrespect. It's just that--honest to god--every time i try to hear him I never can. Only ever hear Jimmy's lead and the keys. Maybe it's bad timing... Thanks! EDIT: Heard his guitar towards the end, but the question still stands. Maybe point me to a song he plays more? thanks, all.

[@martystrickland8513]

+91thebossman you should check out some of JB's solo stuff, or where it's just him and mikey playing. He is a damn fine guitarist.

[@martystrickland8513]

+91thebossman He does need to be turned up, though haha

[@911fever]

JB throws down THE MICKEY RAP ! This is good .. .. ..

[@deidrecoursey1162]

Green eggs and DAMN!!!

[@Blackwaterdogs]

Jerry is looking down at us right now, smiling his ass off....

[@magnusdeus24]

the drummer's face at 1:21 says it all

[@garciaballas1]

superb! Funny and cool, but standing there , being a dead Shmed, I knew a Fire was coming on Jimmy's first "Gwank" the younger Spreads don't start cheering for Fire till full throttle! bahahaha Fun, so much fun!!

[@StarPowerCali]

Fire On The Mountain Lyrics: Robert Hunter Music: Mickey Hart Robert Hunter says this in "Box Of Rain" about writing this song: Written at Mickey Hart's ranch in heated inspiration as the surrounding hills blazed and the fire approached the recording studio where we were working; verses three and four don't appear on the Grateful Dead recording of this song, but lines five and six of verse three became one of our mottoes, along with "Record More than You Erase." This is the full version of the lyrics. Once the song had become established the Grateful Dead performed the first two and the last verse. But in 1977 performances, they just played the first and last verses. And in a studio outtake from 1977, when the song was being developed, they included some lines from the other verses as well as other lyrics. Long distance runner, what you standing there for? (note 1) Get up, get off, get out of the door (note 2) You're playing cold music on the bar room floor Drowned in your laughter and dead to the core There's a dragon with matches that's loose on the town Take a whole pail of water just to cool him down Chorus Fire, fire on the mountain Fire, fire on the mountain Fire, fire on the mountain Fire, fire on the mountain Almost ablaze, still you don't feel the heat (note 3) It takes all you got just to stay on the beat You say it's a living, we all gotta eat But you're here alone, there's no one to compete If mercy's in business, I wish it for you More than just ashes when your dreams come true [chorus] Baby's in scarlet, her shackles in gray If loves to love she's got it salted away Out of the rat trap and under the wire Out of the frying pan and into the fire Put it down heavy, strip it down lean Got to lay it down dirty and play it back clean [chorus] Fireman, fireman, call off your dog This isn't a blaze, it's just a hog in the log Cut up in sections, squirming alive Lost to the world on that fifty-cent jive There's a fire on the mountain, running around What doesn't go up can never come down [chorus] Long distance runner, what you holding out for (note 4) Caught in slow motion in a dash to the door The flame from your stage has now spread to the floor You gave all you had, why you want to give more? (note 5) The more that you give, the more it will take To the thin line beyond which you really can't fake

[@thomasgraham4788]

God damn

[@samh729]

I think they will bust this out this summer. Maybe at RR this weekend. Just like they did little wing recently in Austin. Just like Tom thumbs blues

[@StarPowerCali]

I wish someone cold tell me the correct setting n my guitar to get that sound. Just messing around one day I got it to sound very close and didn't touch the knobs for days but we do more Metal so I had to change it...now I can;t get it back..Any clues players?

[@againstthis]

damn the pit is going nuts!

[@tutonehcc]

Yay, beautiful holidaze surprise!

[@calbeatnik]

Bought tickets for Interlocken last week...

[@doubledoseful]

any deadhead who hates on this tribute, version is probably brain dead! beautiful intro, real deadheads could certainly here it comming, flawless soloing be herring here ehh! bell's vocals only make it better, jerry would be dancin, smilin, proud in his grave.

[@scottdixon469]

Another Sunshine Bluesfest coming up next weekend down here in the Tampa Bay area that I never miss. I am hoping Jimmy Herring shows up again with the Tedeschi Trucks band as he did last year as it was simply music masturbation hearing him play dueling guitars with Derek.

[@chynnakattgurl]

Scott Dixon dont tell me this was in tampa right

[@scottdixon469]

chynnakattgurl No I believe that was out in Colorado. I just used the video as it really shows Jimmy's incredible talent. The Tedeschi Trucks had No special guest this year. It was something special when Jimmy joined them last year on Tampa.

[@NCSartoris]

It's all about the verses starting at 6:14

[@markrigsby3242]

mind-altering

[@ellennoto3476]

Damn good version, I wish ole' four finger was in on it. RIP

[@chinacat9992]

Somehow he was there.... and still is.

[@paulkneissler273]

JERRY ROCKED, The GD will be around till the day i die and when I am 80-90 Years old still be listening to this type of music good old 4 fingers have not heard that before but know who are talking about. I was told to stay Sober DO NOT GO SEE WSP, still want to go

[@420deadshows]

Ellen Noto actually he had 9 1/2 fingers ;)

[@matthewwertman8119]

***** Hey Daniel, I drank from 13-42 and saw a lot of Dead, Phish, Panic under the influence.....all I can say is that since I got sober Ive seen way more shows and have as much of a good time as ever before...AND REMEMBER THE WHOLE SHOW/SETLISTS...I can remember many mornings after a show driving home, HEARTBROKEN, as I , once again, blew the show by getting too fucked up!!!! You may know the feeling....all pumped for the show and about halfway through the first set it gets reallll foggy??? The 'music' still transcends me to a natural high....I couldn't imagine not being able to handle a show just because I'm sober (like a lot of peeps I know have to do)...and for that I'm grateful...Cheers-Matt W.

[@jtbballer3]

Matthew wertman Bringin the truth

[@brianrhg]

Damn I need to hit some shows. It's been too long.