RIP . . . Robert Hunter

[ccklone]

Hey Now,

My favorite lyricist . . . . .

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robert-hunter-grateful-dead-dead-889788/

I will remember his lyrics for the rest of my life.

--
Deeply Saddened,
Chris

 

[hjames]

RIP Robert Hunter!

from the article -
“I’m always glad that people are still out there performing the stuff, and the closer they are to the origination, the better,”
he told RS in 2013. “There will be a time when there aren’t any of the originators left.”

Darned - last year it was John Perry Barlow! (October 3, 1947 – February 7, 2018)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow

Good thing Bob Weir is relatively young!

 

[sfox52]

Sad news for sure. RIP Robert.

 

[the skipper]

Bummer. His songs will ripple in my heart forever.

 

[grillebilly]

RIP

 

[dcmfan]

I guess it had to happen eventually, but damn, I'm sorry to hear this.

See here how everything
Lead up to this day
And it's just like
Any other day
That's ever been
Sun goin up
And then the
Sun it goin down
Shine through my window and
My friends they come around

 

[KeninDC]

Amazingly great writer. I had some drinks at a bar with John Perry Barlow and he praised Robert Hunter by calling himself and Bob Weir the Grateful Dead's writing "B team" as compared to Jerry and Robert.

It's the same story the crow told me
It's the only one he know -
like the morning sun you come
and like the wind you go

 

[ETLS]

Every silver lining has a touch of grey.

Thank you for sharing your talents with the world.

RIP brother.

 

[jcamero]

From now to eternity, Robert will be one of the Grateful Dead.

 

[hjames]

Grateful Dead email just arrived with this picture.

 

[Wes_in_VA]

This hurts just as much as Jerry did for me

 

[dcmfan]

Just saw this. Time to pull out Tales of The Great Rum Runners.Thank you for posting.

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"Does God look down on the boys in the barroom?
Mainly forsaken but surely not judged."

 

[Andover23]

A sad day. One of rock's great lyricists.

Let it be known here is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men

RIP

 

[parman]

RIP Robert

 

[GuyK]

What a fantastic songwriter! A sad day for music fans in general, and Deadheads in particular. R.I.P.

 

[Johnny B]

I never got to hear Garcia play, but I did hear Robert Hunter once. It was... interesting.

His interview is one of the best bits in the Amazon documentary. Just perfect.

RIP

 

[Mystic]

Amazingly great writer. I had some drinks at a bar with John Perry Barlow and he praised Robert Hunter by calling himself and Bob Weir the Grateful Dead's writing "B team" as compared to Jerry and Robert.

It's the same story the crow told me
It's the only one he know -
like the morning sun you come
and like the wind you go

That's exactly the way I always -- literally -- "heard" the works.

 

[Mystic]

Hunter was such a good lyricist... lines that will live forever - or @ least as long as there are DHs around who remember them.

"Steal your face right off your head."
"Sometimes the light is shining on me."
"We can share the women, we can share the wine."
"Some rise, some fall, some climb to get to terrapin."

Note: "Jack Straw" is perhaps the best example of the very few, but nonetheless moving & successful, songcraft collaborations b/w Hunter + Weir.

 

[Mystic]

Hunter, giving "Terrapin Station" the full 15-minutes "suite" treatment on the LP entitled Jack O' Roses (Relix, 1980):

 

[Mystic]

^^^ Jack O' Roses will be a good choice to hear today, in memory of Robert Hunter: b. 23 June 1941, d. 23 September 2019.