Song Lyric Sunday: Inferno – ‘Fire On The Mountain’

This week’s theme is fire or something involving heat. ‘Fire On The Mountain’ is the product of a rare collaboration between drummer Micky Hart and lyricist Robert Hunter (who more usually wrote with Jerry Garcia). In concert, it was almost always paired with ‘Scarlet Begonias’ in the ‘Scarlet-Fire’ diptych, but this is an outstanding standalone…

Song Lyric Sunday: Fire – ‘Fire On The Mountain’

There’s almost an embarrassment of riches when it comes to songs about ‘Fire’, the theme set this week for Helen’s ‘Song Lyric Sunday. And not just any old songs about fire – really good ones. I thought about James Taylor’s ‘Fire and Rain’, but after last week’s rather gloomy offering, I finally decided on something…