RIP Robert Hunter

[HolmeBass]

Very sad day for Deadheads and music lovers.

Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead Collaborator and Lyricist, Dead at 78

"To lay me down, once more
To lay me down with my head in sparklin' clover
To lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
To be with you, once more, to be with you"

 

[mobeme23]

sad day indeed. i can't even put into words how significant Hunter's songwriting has been in my life. Both, as an inspiration for my own songs, and as a way to help bring context, grit and playfulness to everyday life.

Goin home, goin home
by the waterside I will rest my bones
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul

 

[charlie monroe]

Such a long long time to be gone
And a short time to be there

 

[PWRL]

 

[FunkHead]

RIP Robert.

 

[nomaj]

Brokedown Palace came into my head when I heard of Robert Hunter's death. So much respect for him and his ideals - he was brutally honest when he later talked of his disgust at the band's cocaine use and how it drove a wedge between him and his musical partner, Jerry Garcia, in the late '70s.

 

[garp]

May he rest in peace.

Heard on the radio this morning that at one point, he didn't want his lyrics being reproduced in printed form because he felt that it might change their interpretation. Pretty interesting.

 

[wesonbass]

I can't even put into words the joy and heartfelt emotion that Hunters songs has brought to my life.

He once said that his greatest songwriting compliment came from someone who didn't even know who he was asked him, "I wonder if the person who wrote Cumberland Blues ever imagined that someone like the Grateful Dead would be playing it 100 years later?"

Fare Thee Well

 

[McG]

I was fortunate enough to see Robert play solo twice. They were evenings awash with visual images brought on by incredible words accompanied by simple acoustic guitar.

This is one of my favorite songs/albums.

 

[PWRL]

I was fortunate enough to see Robert play solo twice. They were evenings awash with visual images brought on by incredible words accompanied by simple acoustic guitar.

This is one of my favorite songs/albums.

I love that one, as well.

 

[HolmeBass]

It's really a testament to his talent that we have such a diverse group of TB'ers on this thread. A number of you I had not pegged as Dead Heads!