Scarlet Begonias

"Scarlet Begonias"
Song by the Grateful Dead
from the album From the Mars Hotel
Released	June 27, 1974
Recorded	1974
Genre	Rock, funk rock, psychedelic rock, reggae fusion
Length	4:20
Label	Grateful Dead Records
Composer(s)	Jerry Garcia
Lyricist(s)	Robert Hunter
Producer(s)	Grateful Dead

"Scarlet Begonias" is a song by the Grateful Dead. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music by Jerry Garcia.^[1]

Background

The song begins in Grosvenor Square in London and also references "Tea for Two" from No, No, Nanette by Irving Caesar and Vincent Youmans.

The third stanza uses gambling/loss imagery that occurs in many Grateful Dead songs.^[2] The line "As I picked up my matches and was closing the door" uses the symbolism of playing poker with matchsticks to indicate a very low stakes gamble that was made for fun.

The line "Everybody's playing in the Heart of Gold Band" was used by Keith and Donna Godchaux to name their new group Heart of Gold Band when they left Grateful Dead in 1979.

The recording first appears on the 1974 release From the Mars Hotel.

The group first performed the song live on March 23, 1974, at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California.^[1] When "Fire on the Mountain" was incorporated into the band's repertoire in 1977, "Scarlet Begonias" would often be paired with it when played live, resulting in what would be nicknamed "Scarlet > Fire" with the first iteration of this iconic pairing on Friday, March 18th, 1977.^[3]

Covers

A version of the song appears on the Sublime album 40oz. to Freedom (1992), which samples James Brown's "Funky Drummer" prominently and features a rapped interlude written by Bradley Nowell which takes the story in a darker direction with the woman being a police informant.^[4]
Jimmy Buffett released a version of the song on his album License to Chill in 2004.^[5]
A bluegrass version of the song appeared on the 2008 album Rex (Live at the Fillmore) by Keller Williams with Keith Moseley and Jeff Austin. Keller performs the song frequently as part of his solo concerts.^[6]
After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, it was performed in concert by Dead spin-off bands Phil Lesh & Friends, Bob Weir & RatDog, Dead & Company, Rhythm Devils, BK3, Mickey Hart Band and Donna Jean Godchaux Band, as well as the Dead, and Furthur.^[7]
Phish played "Scarlet > Fire" at their very first show at Harris-Millis Hall at the University of Vermont on December 2, 1983.
Thievery Corporation played a version in Chicago, IL, on July 2, 2015, as part of 'The Music Never Stopped' series, with Loulou Ghelichkhani on vocals.
Bikini Trill released a version of the song on their debut EP 'Wassup, We Good?' in 2018.
Jazz Is Dead included a jazz interpretation of the song in their 1998 album, Blue Light Rain.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Dodd, David. "The Annotated "Scarlet Begonias"". The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
^ Dodd, David. "Motif and theme index to the Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics". The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.
^ Dodd, David. "The Annotated "Fire on the Mountain"". The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
^ "Sublime – 40oz. to Freedom". Music reviews. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
^ Puterbaugh, Parke (2004). "Jimmy Buffett – License to Chill". Music reviews. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
^ Keller Williams album for REX charity Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, news.jamradio.org, May 7, 2008, Retrieved May 15, 2008.
^ "Scarlet Begonias by Grateful Dead song statistics". setlist.fm. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.

External links

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Retrospective

1990s	One from the Vault Infrared Roses Two from the Vault Grayfolded Hundred Year Hall Dozin' at the Knick Fallout from the Phil Zone Terrapin Station (Limited Edition) Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69 So Many Roads (1965–1995)
2000s	Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead Nightfall of Diamonds Postcards of the Hanging Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 Go to Nassau Birth of the Dead The Closing of Winterland Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 Truckin' Up to Buffalo Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings Fillmore West 1969 Live at the Cow Palace Three from the Vault Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 To Terrapin: Hartford '77 Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings
2010s	Crimson White & Indigo Formerly the Warlocks Europe '72: The Complete Recordings Europe '72 Volume 2 Dark Star Spring 1990 Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It Winterland: May 30th 1971 May 1977 Sunshine Daydream Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70 Live at Hampton Coliseum Spring 1990 (The Other One) Wake Up to Find Out Houston, Texas 11-18-1972 30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995 30 Trips Around the Sun Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA 11/10/1967 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 4/25/77 July 1978: The Complete Recordings Red Rocks: 7/8/78 July 29 1966, P.N.E. Garden Aud., Vancouver Canada May 1977: Get Shown the Light Cornell 5/8/77 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989 Fillmore West 1969: February 27th Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, 5/19/74 Playing in the Band, Seattle, Washington, 5/21/74 The Warfield, San Francisco, California, October 9 & 10, 1980 Fillmore West 1969: February 28th Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 Saint of Circumstance Ready or Not
2020s	June 1976 Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71 Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73 Lyceum '72: The Complete Recordings Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72 In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81 Here Comes Sunshine 1973 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73 Friend of the Devils: April 1978 Duke '78
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Dick's Picks	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
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