Song
Scarlet Begonias
315 plays · 1974 – 1995
Stats
Peak year
1974
28 plays
Peak era
Golden Age
87 plays
Years in rotation
21
avg 15/yr
Usually
Set 2
81% of plays
Set 2 opener
59%
187 of 316
Debuted
1974-03-23Last played
1995-07-02Album
From the Mars Hotel
1974
Written by
Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
By decade
70s
115
80s
141
90s
60
Biggest hiatus1y 7m — 1974-10-19 → 1976-06-03
Often comes in from
- 10%Sugar Magnolia(12×)
- 10%Samson and Delilah(12×)
- 7%Estimated Prophet(8×)
Often leads into
- 77%Fire on the Mountain(239×)
- 3%Touch of Grey(8×)
- 1%Mexicali Blues(4×)
Top-rated versions
By Curator Score across all shows that played Scarlet Begonias.
Every time the Curator wrote about it
2 mentions across the listening journal.
Numbers show each show's Curator Score · how it works
Solid Scarlet Begonias into Fire on the Mountain to start the second set.
Very nice upbeat Scarlet Begonias into a funky Fire on the Mountain to start the second set.
Listen to Scarlet Begonias from 1977-05-08 — official release