Robert Hunter unfortunately has died


My youngest just gave me the news. Bummer, another talent gone
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Take Robert Hunter's lyrics out of the Grateful Dead's success story and it would be very interesting to see how things would have turned out.


If he would have only written "Attics of my Life"....it would have been enough.

"
In the attics of my life
Full of cloudy dreams; unreal
Full of tastes no tongue can know
And lights no eye can see
When there was no ear to hear
You sang to me
I have spent my life
Seeking all that’s still unsung
Bent my ear to hear the tune
And closed my eyes to see
When there were no strings to play
You played to meIn the book of love’s own dreams
Where all the print is blood
Where all the pages are my days
And all my lights grow oldWhen I had no wings to fly
You flew to me
You flew to meIn the secret space of dreams
Where I dreaming lay amazed
When the secrets all are told
And the petals all unfold
When there was no dream of mine
You dreamed of me

"
The Dead without him would make for a wonderful alternate "Its a Wonderful life" story.

I saw him live solo in college a few times. He was the man who helped put the Dead on the map.

"grateful" Dead?

Sorry couldn't resist....