RIP
I enjoyed his work.
Posted on 09/24/2019 1:14:28 PM PDT by Red Badger
Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter died Monday night, Rolling Stone first reported. He was 78.
The family of Hunter provided a statement to the New York Times, The Wrap and Rolling Stone.
"He died peacefully at home in his bed, surrounded by love," the statement read. "His wife Maureen was by his side holding his hand. For his fans that have loved and supported him all these years, take comfort in knowing that his words are all around us, and in that way he is never truly gone."
"Uncle John's Band," "China Cat Sunflower," "Scarlet Begonias," "Box of Rain" and "Dark Star" are among the songs for which Hunter provided lyrics.
Grateful Dead founder Jerry Garcia invited Hunter to play with his jug band in 1961, but Hunter preferred to write, according to Rolling Stone's tribute bio. He took part in LSD studies at Stanford and sent Garcia lyrics from the Southwest before moving to San Francisco, where Hunter became the official Grateful Dead lyricist.
In an interview published as an Amazon Kindle ebook in 2015, Hunter said he usually wrote the lyrics first. In unusual cases like "Foolish Heart" and "Uncle John's Band," he wrote lyrics after he heard the melody.
Hunter also wrote songs with Bob Dylan from 1980 to 2009. He reunited with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart to write new music and collaborated with Elvis Costello, Bruce Hornsby, and Jim Lauderdale.
He stayed married for 37 years, didn’t get in trouble with the law or do anything stupid, so he must have been a decent sort of fellow.
I loved American Beauty and Workingmans Dead. Rest in peace Robert Hunter.
RIP
I enjoyed his work.
RIP.
Very sorry to hear this, as a lifelong Deadhead and Hunter fan.
ISWYDT :) lol
Probably, it was a long strange trip.
What a genius. Soundtrack of one chapter of my life. R.I.P.
Prolific and excellent writer
Truly epic Redding of Americana
It read like a western and Kerouac combined
Thank you Robert.
Standing On The Moon
Hunter/Garcia
Standing on the moon
I got no cobweb on my shoe
Standing on the moon
I’m feeling so alone and blue
I see the gulf of Mexico
As tiny as a tear
The coast of California
Must be somewhere over here, over here
Standing on the moon
I see the battle rage below
Standing on the moon
I see the soldiers come and go
There’s a metal flag beside me
Someone planted long ago
Old glory standing stiffly
Crimson, white and indigo, indigo
I see all of southeast Asia
I can see El Salvador
I hear the cries of children
And the other songs of war
It’s like a mighty melody
That rings down from the sky
Standing here upon the moon
I watch it all roll by, all roll by
Standing on the moon
With nothing else to do
A lovely view of heaven
But I’d rather be with you
Standing on the moon
I see a shadow on the sun
Standing on the moon
The stars go fading one by one
I hear a cry of victory
And another of defeat
A scrap of age old lullaby
Down some forgotten street
Standing on the moon
Where talk is cheap and vision true
Standing on the moon
But I would rather be with you
Somewhere in San Francisco
On a back porch in July
Just looking up to heaven
At this crescent in the sky
Standing on the moon
With nothing left to do
A lovely view of heaven
But I’d rather be with you, be with you
RIP.....longtime deadhead....
I could listen to Box of Rain all day....
MKULTRA graduate like Kesey
“
I just jumped the watchman
Right outside the fence
Took his ring, four bucks in change
It ain’t that heaven-sent?
Hurts my ears to listen
Burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon
Might as well be me
We used to play for silver
Now we play for life
One’s for sport and one’s for blood
At the point of a knife
Now the die is shaken
Now the die must fall
There ain’t a winner in the game
You don’t go home with all
Not with all
Leaving Texas
Fourth day of July
Sun so hot, clouds so low
The eagles filled the sky
Catch the Detroit Lightning out of Santa Fe
Great Northern out of Cheyenne
From sea to shining sea
Gotta get to Tulsa
First train we can ride
Got to settle one old score
One small point of pride
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The sun will shine in my back door someday
The sun will shine in my back door someday
March winds will blow all my troubles away
I wish I was a headlight, on a north bound train
I wish I was a headlight, on a north bound train
I’d shine my light through cool Colorado rain
I know you, rider, gonna miss me when I’m gone
I know you, rider, gonna miss me when I’m gone
Gonna miss your baby, from rolling in your arms
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Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams
To another land
Maybe you’re tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted
With words half spoken
And thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
To do for you to see you through
A box of rain will ease the pain
And love will see you through
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Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
Those last lyrics pretty much sum it all up....I am very appreciative the impact his lyrical talent has had on the pleasure of my life
GODSPEED MR HUNTER YOU DID DAMN GOOD AND THANK YOU SIR
The jokes write themselves...
Hunter was very much influenced by Steinbeck and Buck....what do y’all think
And Phil Lesh actually singing
‘And it’s just a box of rain’
Phil Lesh’s paean to his dying father...
And Keith Richards reads another obit. Amazing.
5.56mm
Yeah we’re all laughing....you guys are so funny
The forum that never quits being so fckuing funny
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