At a Bob Weir Campfire Tour show on April 21, 2017 Bob Weir introduced a solo version of Blue Mountain as follows:

Fifty-some years ago a fifteen year old kid ran away from home to be a cowboy. Found himself living in a bunkhouse with a bunch of old boys who'd grown up in an era before radio had got as far as west central Wyoming. There I [ ? ], sing songs, tell stories and this is one of the the tunes I learned back then.