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Found on the live album Go to Nassau , often cited as a definitive live performance.

The name Althea (or Althaea) means "healer" . In myth, Althea was the Queen of Calydon who famously threw a log into a fire to end her son's life, a theme echoed in the line "maybe it's your fire / Baby, don't get burned". Key Facts & Legacy Althea (2013 Remaster)

While Hunter generally avoided confirming specific meanings, many fans and biographers, including Dennis McNally, interpret the lyrics as a direct message from Hunter to Garcia regarding Garcia's deepening heroin addiction in the early 1980s. Literary & Mythological Allusions: Found on the live album Go to Nassau