@@floridaboyabroadi wasnt alive at the time so i cant be sure lol but im assuming many people outside of the dead fanbase viewed them this way by the time touch of grey came out. either way its bullshit to call them a nostalgia act.
I had this as filler at the end of a cassette tape back in the eighties. I played it for a professed "rapper" and he about lost it. "Could you play that again?"
A copy of this ripped through NYC in '83. We would drive through the village blasting this from my old Dodge (crappy car, great sound system). This was the time of the emergence of Grandmaster Flash and other pioneers of rap, fit in well.
Me too.. Lol my recording was so bad you couldn't tell if it was live.. And it had no date it was filler on my old tape from the 80's.. So I wasted time searching the live archive.. Lol
I blew many minds when I had this on a millionth-generation bootleg in college & played it for friends in a smoky room long ago in Oneonta lol...introduced to me by my cousin as 'the first rap song'...always thought it was better than the version that came out years later, but that's just me ;) Jerry's guitar is so noodly, the drums are funky as shit and the vocals are ahead of their time!
it was an outtake from B.F.A. they had it on the dead hour in the 80s. it got used as a filler all the time. at one point I had it on a mix tape that got played at work a lot. this white dread kid asked me where I got the beastie boys doing fire on the mountain. I had to tell him what was up.
Have had this on cassette for DECADES, & everyone who's ever heard it -- including those of us who'd go see Hunter play live whenever he came around -- would swear by that tenor it was Hunter singing. As great as this track is, I confess I was disappointed to learn it wasn't him. Not that it takes any of the transcendent shine off to know it's Mickey singing.
I heard this for the first time in '78. Give Mickey's "Happiness is Drumming" from his solo album "Diga" a listen for the furthering embryonic journey of FOTM before the "Shakedown Street" release.
There’s also the watkin glen soundcheck jam 7/27/73 and a happiness is drumming jam following a great eyes 6/28/76, for anyone who wants to hear more of pre-Shakedown FOTM
Extra verses: Cut up in sections, squirming alive, Lost to the world in the police[...] jive Fireman, fireman call up your dog This isn't a blaze just a hog on the log Fire on the Mountain it's whirling around What doesn't go up can never come down [Wasn't for a while] Hell I aint sore Only hurts form the left or roll on the floor Only hurts a little, that's what I'm told When you're drowning in hot oil can even feel cold I know I'm in love, I can't tell you why It feels like poison shoots me down when I fly My baby's in scarlet, my shackles in grey [Gloves] to love, she's gotta throw it all away Put it down heavy, pick up leave You've got to lay it down dirty and play it back clean (P.S. Baby's in scarlet, c.f. Scarlet Begonias)
What amazes me, is that Mickey cut this in the studio in 73 San Francisco !!! He’s truly the originator of Rap, which Jerry said in an interview ; “ it may be a form of art. But it’s not music. “ Gotta say, if all Rap performers did the Grateful Dead, I would actually give it a shot Lol 1:01
ua-cam.com/video/w2tmegLVvN8/v-deo.html Jerry was wrong however. Jimi hendrix used to jam with a guy named lightning rod. As far as I can tell this is the earliest rap. 1969
@@DistantWailer , Jerry wrong? Nah it was his own opinion, can’t be wrong about your own opinions. Even when they are wrong technically, they’re still right, because they belong to you, and there is a Bill of Rights, Constitutional Rights of Freedom of Speech & the pursuit of happiness. And , Jerry has always made me happy. He ain’t heavy he’s my Brother. Jerry’s Kids ⚡️🥀⚡️
@@ericmeacham9532 Mickey was not the originator of rap. I mean I can prove it right here and I just did. Listen to this and this was before mickey was doing rap
@@DistantWailer ~ you must’ve missed the part where I agreed with you. Nevertheless, I still agree with Jerry Garcia. Rap is not music, it is an art form though, never been my kinda art style. The Grateful Dead does it for me, even Bobby Womack if ya’ want to explore genres….
thank God this is already on the internet. I have it as filler on a 1963 Jerry bluegrass cassette but no cassette player. I have suitcases of tapes I haven't looked at in over 10 years now. This beauty is nested in there. Thanks for posting!!
I haven’t finished listening to this, but the correct lyric in the second verse is “wound in barbed wire, hell I ain’t sore, only hurts when I laugh or roll on the floor” that’s what it sounds like to me and it kind of makes sense if you think about it
i used to have this on a tape taped from a grateful dead hour and listened to it driving home from a friend's house after a dead show. it kept me going. also on that tape was a to lay me down played at some nu nukes rally, without phil.
I love this version! I first heard this in the early 70's on what was at the time a very progressive FM station in New York, WNEW-FM. Somehow they got a copy of this and would play it occasionally; it was supposedly from an as yet uncompleted Mickey Hart album. I also clearly remember that sometimes they would, late at night, play the entire Dark Star from Live/Dead. What a time!
This was actually released on an unofficial and, most likely, unauthorized out take cd. I don't remember what is was called but I did buy it in 1999 at rare earth in ashland. This was on there but Garcia's channel was removed
Dan, good ears! That riff is so damn sweet! I've always been impressed with this cut and Garcia's tasefulness and restraint in his attack on this. As a guitar player that riff just grabs me.
Mickey is singing this some of it sounded jazzy jeff and fresh princey, lol, think I heard fire jam on 73 recording mickey and heartbeats with Jer, Miss you Jer
I always tell people that the Grateful Dead invented rap. Then I play this. I have this in my phone and had a cassette tape of this in the mid 80s. I think this is an awesome version. Excellent guitar playing.
Fucken aye. Requested this be filler on a show a friend was taping for me. Hadn't heard it since the early 90s until recently. It's still so goddamned good. In fact.. when I'm stuck in a supermarket where they're playing some modern pop tripe, I close my eyes for a sec, pick up this groove and run it through my head. I'm smiling, whistling the riffs and it takes me away from the Babylonian Hell we live in, if only for a few minutes.
wrong way Billy, whatcha standin there for get up, get off, get outa the door playin cold music on the barroom floor drown in your laughter, but dead to your core dragon with matches is loose on the town takes a whole pail a water just to cool him down cut up in sections, squirmin alive lost to the world, and the thety seid jive fire man, fire man, call up your dog this isn't a blaze, just a hog in a log fire on the mountain, it’s whirling around what dosen’t come up, can never come down fire fire on the mountain, right up on the mountain there's a fire fire on the mountain, a fire growin higher, right up on the mountain there's a fire fire on the mountain wound in barbwire, hell I ain’t sore only hurts from the left, or roll on the floor only hurts a little, ha, that’s what I’m told when your drowning in hot oil, can’t even feel cold I know I’m in love, but can’t tell you why it feels like poison shoots me down when I fly there’s a fire, a fire on the mountain fire, a can you see the fire, fire on the mountain, fires getting higher fire, her she come, here she come fire on the mountain, she comin throughout the city fire fire on the mountain she runnin around, she comin down up, up, up, up up right up on the mountains there’s a fire here she come, here she come, hoif she’s runnin down, she’s comin around, there’s a fire let me telya, here she come guna drink a hot water, before I die to cool me down, tellin no lie I’m on the fryin pan, and into the fire over the rat trap, and under the wire my baby’s in scarlet, her shackles in grey she loves to love, she gotta saul it away put it down heavy, pick it up lean you gotta lay it down dirty and play it back clean fire, right up on the mountain there’s a fire fire on the mountain, you know it’s getting closer fire, here she comes, here she comes fire on the mountain, runnin round, comin down fire fire on the mountain, right up on the mountain there’s a fire, a fire on the mountain getting higher fire on the mountain, a har she come, a har she come fire fire on the mountain fire, she runnin away, she comin down fire on the mountain, here she comes up, up, up , up on the mountain fire, right up on the mountain there's a fire fire on the mountain, a can’t ya see the fire growin higher fire fire on the mountain fire, here she come fire on the mountain, runnin round, runnin round, comin round fire fire on the mountain
No, Mickey didn’t invent it. It was around, but still underground. Like punk, grunge were b4 record companies heard about them and cashed in on “The Next Big Thing” All the boys were all listening to other stuff going on in music. So it’s not surprising that Mickey came across this type of spoken word with cadence.
@@Oldcrow77, guess I’ll have to take your word for this. I’m not up on punk , grungy , and certainly not rap. When I was in facility 27 months in 80’s , rap was not even close to this level of quality, and I was a DeadHead who hated rap. 3:30
@@ericmeacham9532 The first popular character commercial rap was probably this But certainly not the first rap. Just the first to get a record deal probably that called it rap. You will see in the comments that lots of folks have their own ideas about it.
@@ericmeacham9532 this is probably the first commercialized rap. It came out in 79 I remember living in SoCal in mid 80’s when rap really came on the scene/ radio And thinking what is this shit?!💩 ua-cam.com/video/mcCK99wHrk0/v-deo.html
Does Yeat finally have competition⁉️⁉️⁉️ Nah but seriously, he spitting bars. Heck this is probably the first white rapper track. So ahead of its time is genuinely insane.
Ah, M Dung (Mike Slavko). KFOG. 'Dung Boy' and Dave Morey were two of the best DJs in SF history. Dung left us far too soon. Soooo many good times. I have this on tape. Somewhere. Good times. RIP, Dung.
He's not ruining a great song--this version precedes the one you know by a couple of years. So, you might say that the Grateful Dead improved a not-as-great song...
I don’t know if I’d call this rap, it’s more similar to the spoken vocals Charlie Daniels, Arlo Guthrie, Laurie Anderson and others sometimes used. Either way, pretty damned creative take on this song for it’s time, without question.
Amazing!! Mickey rapped a verse at tonights (july 2,2023) Boulder show.
I'm here for it. That shit fired me up so much!
Exactly why I looked this up!
it was iconic
Blew my mind! What a great 3 nights… and the drone swarm!
That was epic. I still can't believe that happened.
This is 5 years before rappers delight.
As a life long dead head, this feels like I've just unlocked a hidden level in life
Dead and co did it live the other night🤣.
Yeah man
This a DEEP cut ✌️💀🌹
@@lve6211 thats how i discovered this shit and im loving it
The title of “ fire on the mountain” is in reference to the book “ I Ching” BTW.
Please tell me you know about the Talking Fox and the water of life.
I saw Mickey rapping on Friday at the Sphere in Vegas and wanted to see some footage. Had no idea it went this far back!
I was there too and had been waiting in anticipation to catch this version of Fire after hearing this last summer. Mickey didn’t disappoint!! 🔥
This really dispels the notion that the Grateful Dead was a 60s nostalgia act. These guys were cutting edge.
Yes they were
I don't know anyone who would consider the dead to be a nostalgia act at all
@@floridaboyabroadi wasnt alive at the time so i cant be sure lol but im assuming many people outside of the dead fanbase viewed them this way by the time touch of grey came out. either way its bullshit to call them a nostalgia act.
hahahahaha!
Please never let this post be taken down. Fantastic! Thanks for uploading.
I had this as filler at the end of a cassette tape back in the eighties. I played it for a professed "rapper" and he about lost it. "Could you play that again?"
Same here - at the end of a Charlotte show
LOL Me too! I requested it as a filler from a friend who was putting a '73 show on Maxell XLII90s for me. Oh, back in the day.
Same here! It was on side 2 of a bootleg tape I had. Not sure which one it was though.
This is Mickey's most sublime moment with the Grateful Dead.
@@floepiejane Drummer's choice, drummer's voice.
5 years before rappers delight
A copy of this ripped through NYC in '83. We would drive through the village blasting this from my old Dodge (crappy car, great sound system). This was the time of the emergence of Grandmaster Flash and other pioneers of rap, fit in well.
I was hitch hiking through the Bay Area on my way to Oregon and a guy played this for me during the ride.
1997.
Oh yeah! This tape was given to me by a beloved friend back in the day! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
This is nuts…and I love it!!!
When Jerry said "Rap isn't music," this is what he was thinking of. 😂
Raps not music!
Makes a rap song 😂
THIS isn't what Jerry was talking about! he meant all the later cop killing, gun stuff type rap
@@Tamerellathere’s plenty of cop-killing, gun stuff Grateful Dead songs
@@TamerellaI don’t think anyone but Jerry knew what he meant but I think he was referring to the production of rap music versus anything he does.
@@anthonyroussis you’re right, only Jerry knew
Have this on cassette. wore it out! finding this made my decade! ;) Thanks for posting
That's it, wanting to hear it again, there it is...
Me too.. Lol my recording was so bad you couldn't tell if it was live.. And it had no date it was filler on my old tape from the 80's.. So I wasted time searching the live archive.. Lol
I heard this in 92 on GD Hour when in Chicago, it has stuck with me strong since.
I thought there was fire on the mountain before but this is actually fire.
I blew many minds when I had this on a millionth-generation bootleg in college & played it for friends in a smoky room long ago in Oneonta lol...introduced to me by my cousin as 'the first rap song'...always thought it was better than the version that came out years later, but that's just me ;) Jerry's guitar is so noodly, the drums are funky as shit and the vocals are ahead of their time!
Kid Charlemagne STONEONTA
@@andrewstevens2719 I don’t understand your comment, but I want to
@@andrewstevens2719 Potsdam good checking in.
Rochester,✌️those were good daze😎
This is the first rap song I could ever find. Jimi hendrix and a guy named lightning rod in 1969.
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it was an outtake from B.F.A. they had it on the dead hour in the 80s. it got used as a filler all the time. at one point I had it on a mix tape that got played at work a lot. this white dread kid asked me where I got the beastie boys doing fire on the mountain. I had to tell him what was up.
I love the guitar sound in this
Man, I'd love an official release of one of Mickey's rap versions. I'd listen to it all the time!
thank u... a lot.. it goes full circle to everything
Thank you so much . It took me 40 years to hear this again. Just so perfect........good love fam
Love this! Got it on an old cassette boot, vocal wrongly attributed to "Rappin Robert Hunter." Love Jerry's sharp guitar work!
Have had this on cassette for DECADES, & everyone who's ever heard it -- including those of us who'd go see Hunter play live whenever he came around -- would swear by that tenor it was Hunter singing. As great as this track is, I confess I was disappointed to learn it wasn't him. Not that it takes any of the transcendent shine off to know it's Mickey singing.
I thought it was Hunter, too--for 40 years, LOL.
Just saw Mickey singing it on his Planet Drum tour and sure enough, he *can* sing. At least a little!
his solo is better than the source album Shakedown
First heard this back in the mid-'80s. Always enjoyed it. :)
this version has heart and genius
I always loved this version!
I heard this for the first time in '78. Give Mickey's "Happiness is Drumming" from his solo album "Diga" a listen for the furthering embryonic journey of FOTM before the "Shakedown Street" release.
There’s also the watkin glen soundcheck jam 7/27/73 and a happiness is drumming jam following a great eyes 6/28/76, for anyone who wants to hear more of pre-Shakedown FOTM
One of the first tapes I got way back when,@@lorcanmorrissey4581
Still say this is SOOOOOO UNDERRATED!
Extra verses:
Cut up in sections, squirming alive,
Lost to the world in the police[...] jive
Fireman, fireman call up your dog
This isn't a blaze just a hog on the log
Fire on the Mountain it's whirling around
What doesn't go up can never come down
[Wasn't for a while] Hell I aint sore
Only hurts form the left or roll on the floor
Only hurts a little, that's what I'm told
When you're drowning in hot oil can even feel cold
I know I'm in love, I can't tell you why
It feels like poison shoots me down when I fly
My baby's in scarlet, my shackles in grey
[Gloves] to love, she's gotta throw it all away
Put it down heavy, pick up leave
You've got to lay it down dirty and play it back clean
(P.S. Baby's in scarlet, c.f. Scarlet Begonias)
I think he says 50 cent jive. Ya know like something for nothing. 🎶
Loves to love, - pick it up clean, play it down dirty, play it back mean*
Gonna drink a hot water before I die, cool me down tell no lie
. ....
Ya those are extra lyrics if you care that much ...
nomen nescio , its "only hurts when i laugh, or when i fall on the floor"
nomen nescio 🍃 💛💛 🍃
What amazes me, is that Mickey cut this in the studio in 73 San Francisco !!! He’s truly the originator of Rap, which Jerry said in an interview ; “ it may be a form of art. But it’s not music. “ Gotta say, if all Rap performers did the Grateful Dead, I would actually give it a shot Lol 1:01
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Jerry was wrong however. Jimi hendrix used to jam with a guy named lightning rod. As far as I can tell this is the earliest rap. 1969
@@DistantWailer , Jerry wrong? Nah it was his own opinion, can’t be wrong about your own opinions. Even when they are wrong technically, they’re still right, because they belong to you, and there is a Bill of Rights, Constitutional Rights of Freedom of Speech & the pursuit of happiness. And , Jerry has always made me happy. He ain’t heavy he’s my Brother. Jerry’s Kids ⚡️🥀⚡️
@@ericmeacham9532 Mickey was not the originator of rap. I mean I can prove it right here and I just did. Listen to this and this was before mickey was doing rap
@@ericmeacham9532 There was a whole rap scene going on as early as the late fifties in france
@@DistantWailer ~ you must’ve missed the part where I agreed with you. Nevertheless, I still agree with Jerry Garcia. Rap is not music, it is an art form though, never been my kinda art style. The Grateful Dead does it for me, even Bobby Womack if ya’ want to explore genres….
Ladies and Gentlemen I give you the invention of rap 1974 who else but The Dead. Say what you will but this is it.
no no no. The Lost Poets. Respect due.
Wrong.
thank God this is already on the internet. I have it as filler on a 1963 Jerry bluegrass cassette but no cassette player. I have suitcases of tapes I haven't looked at in over 10 years now. This beauty is nested in there. Thanks for posting!!
Gotta lay it down dirty and play it back clean. Cause, there's a fire right up on the Mountain!!!
I love this! It used to be a filler on 1st set tapes of different shows we would get in the 80’s, i love Jerry’s laid back guitar!
I haven’t finished listening to this, but the correct lyric in the second verse is “wound in barbed wire, hell I ain’t sore, only hurts when I laugh or roll on the floor” that’s what it sounds like to me and it kind of makes sense if you think about it
I love this version
oh my gosh brother truly kind, thank you for sharing with us :))))
some tight shit, has anyone heard that “Estimated Jam” at a 74’ sound check?
drop a link!
! 💗 the different lyrics, & the triangle a lot. ❄🥀❄
This is great! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!
Never heard this before
It’a nice 😀
My summer anthem #letmickeyrap
Grateful
i used to have this on a tape taped from a grateful dead hour and listened to it driving home from a friend's house after a dead show. it kept me going. also on that tape was a to lay me down played at some nu nukes rally, without phil.
More like straight Fire on the track! I think this is better than the live versions.
I love this version! I first heard this in the early 70's on what was at the time a very progressive FM station in New York, WNEW-FM. Somehow they got a copy of this and would play it occasionally; it was supposedly from an as yet uncompleted Mickey Hart album. I also clearly remember that sometimes they would, late at night, play the entire Dark Star from Live/Dead. What a time!
This was actually released on an unofficial and, most likely, unauthorized out take cd. I don't remember what is was called but I did buy it in 1999 at rare earth in ashland. This was on there but Garcia's channel was removed
Thanks for this video Arturo :)
Happy B-Day Mickey
mind blowing
Fiya.
best demo on the mountain
BADASS. Rap/Reggae from the mid-70s. TOO COOL!
***** truly hey brother you got it nfa
wtf are you doing here reed?!?! haha (~):}
Fun version
Excellente!
that lick at 0:40
Dan, good ears! That riff is so damn sweet! I've always been impressed with this cut and Garcia's tasefulness and restraint in his attack on this. As a guitar player that riff just grabs me.
Mickey is singing this some of it sounded jazzy jeff and fresh princey, lol, think I heard fire jam on 73 recording mickey and heartbeats with Jer, Miss you Jer
supa hot fire
MistuhCoolio aaahh
I always tell people that the Grateful Dead invented rap. Then I play this. I have this in my phone and had a cassette tape of this in the mid 80s. I think this is an awesome version. Excellent guitar playing.
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Nope. Jimi hendrix and lightning rod in
1969
Mickey later brought this arrangement back with Mystery Box and The Other Ones.
Fucken aye. Requested this be filler on a show a friend was taping for me. Hadn't heard it since the early 90s until recently. It's still so goddamned good.
In fact.. when I'm stuck in a supermarket where they're playing some modern pop tripe, I close my eyes for a sec, pick up this groove and run it through my head.
I'm smiling, whistling the riffs and it takes me away from the Babylonian Hell we live in, if only for a few minutes.
...lay it down dirty and play it back clean, California, Washington and Oregon! You will see clear through to another day!
Original Gangstas right up there in the photo
wrong way Billy, whatcha standin there for
get up, get off, get outa the door
playin cold music on the barroom floor
drown in your laughter, but dead to your core
dragon with matches is loose on the town
takes a whole pail a water just to cool him down
cut up in sections, squirmin alive
lost to the world, and the thety seid jive
fire man, fire man, call up your dog
this isn't a blaze, just a hog in a log
fire on the mountain, it’s whirling around
what dosen’t come up, can never come down
fire
fire on the mountain, right up on the mountain there's a
fire
fire on the mountain, a fire growin higher, right up on the mountain there's a
fire
fire on the mountain
wound in barbwire, hell I ain’t sore
only hurts from the left, or roll on the floor
only hurts a little, ha, that’s what I’m told
when your drowning in hot oil, can’t even feel cold
I know I’m in love, but can’t tell you why
it feels like poison shoots me down when I fly there’s a
fire, a
fire on the mountain
fire, a can you see the fire,
fire on the mountain, fires getting higher
fire, her she come, here she come
fire on the mountain, she comin throughout the city
fire
fire on the mountain
she runnin around, she comin down up, up, up, up
up right up on the mountains there’s a fire
here she come, here she come, hoif
she’s runnin down, she’s comin around, there’s a fire
let me telya, here she come
guna drink a hot water, before I die
to cool me down, tellin no lie
I’m on the fryin pan, and into the fire
over the rat trap, and under the wire
my baby’s in scarlet, her shackles in grey
she loves to love, she gotta saul it away
put it down heavy, pick it up lean
you gotta lay it down dirty and play it back clean
fire, right up on the mountain there’s a fire
fire on the mountain, you know it’s getting closer
fire, here she comes, here she comes
fire on the mountain, runnin round, comin down
fire
fire on the mountain, right up on the mountain there’s a
fire, a fire on the mountain getting higher
fire on the mountain, a har she come, a har she come
fire
fire on the mountain
fire, she runnin away, she comin down
fire on the mountain, here she comes up, up, up , up on the mountain
fire, right up on the mountain there's a fire
fire on the mountain, a can’t ya see the fire growin higher
fire
fire on the mountain
fire, here she come
fire on the mountain, runnin round, runnin round, comin round
fire
fire on the mountain
I think i like this better than the released version
Mickey invented rap.
No, Mickey didn’t invent it. It was around, but still underground. Like punk, grunge were b4 record companies heard about them and cashed in on “The Next Big Thing”
All the boys were all listening to other stuff going on in music. So it’s not surprising that Mickey came across this type of spoken word with cadence.
@@Oldcrow77, guess I’ll have to take your word for this. I’m not up on punk , grungy , and certainly not rap. When I was in facility 27 months in 80’s , rap was not even close to this level of quality, and I was a DeadHead who hated rap. 3:30
@@ericmeacham9532
The first popular character commercial rap was probably this
But certainly not the first rap.
Just the first to get a record deal probably that called it rap. You will see in the comments that lots of folks have their own ideas about it.
@@ericmeacham9532
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@@ericmeacham9532 this is probably the first commercialized rap. It came out in 79
I remember living in SoCal in mid 80’s when rap really came on the scene/ radio
And thinking what is this shit?!💩
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Does Yeat finally have competition⁉️⁉️⁉️
Nah but seriously, he spitting bars. Heck this is probably the first white rapper track. So ahead of its time is genuinely insane.
Wow you guys must have been hammered when you did this?
This is innovation here..get down Saturday night and John Mayer what? I found that to be a little off..here body's a wonder land I guess?
this new ICP goes hard as fuck
Let Mickey sing
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Mickey Hart invented Hippie Hop
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1969 Jimi hendrix and a guy named lightning rod
Ha, I got a chuckle out of this.
Thats some str8 up G gangsta shit.
This may or may not have been the first rap song...
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This is the first i've ever found. Jimi hendrix with a guy named lightning rod 1969
@@DistantWailer NEAT...THANKS!
Mickey Hart got barzz
This is fun. Still say Mickey Hart looks like spok
Sooo much better than all the crap that's popular today, mickey had bars
Where did you find this Arturo? Simply GREAT!!!
I always knew the Grateful Dead invented hip hop 🙌🏼
is this the first rap ever?
PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPER HYPER OR ON SPEED RAP ALL THE TIME ALWAYS HAVE HAHA ADD MANIC IN THERE
the LOST POETS. b4 Dylan.
It predates Grandmaster Flash, Parliament, or any other Black rapper that I remember by years so, yeah.
Cab Calloway is the grandfather of rap, actually, from the 1930s, look it...good stuff!
@@dphilipchalmers And I'm sure there were many an unknown jazz singer who did that before Cab. But Cab Calloway was a monster for any time.
Ah, M Dung (Mike Slavko). KFOG. 'Dung Boy' and Dave Morey were two of the best DJs in SF history. Dung left us far too soon. Soooo many good times. I have this on tape. Somewhere. Good times. RIP, Dung.
.........so it WASN'T "Uncle Sidney" kickin' in when I heard this in the parking way WAY back!! LOL
He's not ruining a great song--this version precedes the one you know by a couple of years. So, you might say that the Grateful Dead improved a not-as-great song...
I don't even think it sounds bad honestly, this version's pretty damn groovy...
This seems like some 5 in the morning shit mickey and jerry came up with after staying up all night doing coke.
Did the dead invent rap? This is before rappers delight. What the ****
John Tinker gil scot heron
F...
But check out Dylan "subterranean homesick blues" from like 1966.
Why does Mickey sound like a member of the beastie boys
This is straight out of early Beastie Boys whiteboy rap lol. But. 10 years earlier... This world is strange!
Rip bill Walton
Has anyone ever seen a vinyl pressing of this?
if Mercy's a business... I wish it for you!
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Wait. I thought Jerry said rap wasn’t music? 🤣
Jerry did say rap isn’t music. He did say, “it’s a type of art form, but it’s definitely not music” , maybe that’s why this was never released…. 1:58
I have never herd mickey sing? Wow rat trap? What the
Pretty sure everything is Mickey besides the obvious Jerry guitar.
strong opinion that this is Mickey on the vocals- hunter does not have as strong a lead vocal as this- or as deep/rich of a voice- listen again???
Todd Corey 74? This means that they did not use it on "Blues for Allah".... weird!
Of course it's Mickey. It's a Mickey song and not Hunter
Grateful Dead Hour 175
Play it back clean 😂
Hidden gem! Easter egg
I don’t know if I’d call this rap, it’s more similar to the spoken vocals Charlie Daniels, Arlo Guthrie, Laurie Anderson and others sometimes used. Either way, pretty damned creative take on this song for it’s time, without question.
It's as much rap as rapper's delight.
This is rap the same way MC5 is punk, like 10 years too early.
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