Part of Robert Hunter's solo repertoire, but also performed by him with the Jerry Garcia Band on a few occasions in 1980
Promontory Rider
What makes you ride so high?
To put a loving star
Back in an empty sky
Once the wind was warm and sweet
The ladies in lace
But up there on the prominence
The tears just freeze your face
Promontory Rider - Territory Ranger ... step up
Found a stack of blank pictures
A passport out of Hell
Left here by a stranger
Seemed to wish me well
Signed, Promontory Rider
Territory Ranger
Asking: Can you thread a needle?
Can you shoot the moon?
Walk the silver screen
To your judgement at High Noon
Like any Promontory Rider?
Territory Ranger ... step up
Ride on, ride on, ride
Ride upon the high ground
Ride upon the low
Promontory Rider
What makes you ride so slow?
Fit me out with heart and wings
And fill my head with crowns
I been crawlin' in this hill
But now I'm rolling down
Promontory Rider - Territory Ranger ... step up
Promontory Rider
You used to ride so high
I don't know these days
Just seem to ride on by
Once the wind was warm and sweet
But this must be your taste
You don't change this chilly range
For any other place
Promontory Rider - Territory Ranger
Ride on, ride on ... step up
Moving on the high ground
Moving on the low ground
Promontory Rider
Stepping up so high now ... step up
Promontory Rider
What makes you ride so high?
To pluck a loving star
From out an empty sky
But Promontory Rider
That was many years ago
Moving on the high ground
Moving on the low
Promontory Rider, ride on, ride on
Territory Ranger, ride on, ride
Step right up and put that loving star
Right back inside that empty sky
Promontory Rider, ride on, ride on
Territory Ranger ... step up
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Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday
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Keep on writing oh great one.
Keep on writing oh great one.
Happy BDay.
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Have a hippie BD, Robert, and
Have a hippie BD, Robert, and thanks for alla them words.
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Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
My Anna turns 6 today. And fitting, her favorite song is Little Red Roses. Or as we know it, It Must Have Been The Roses..
Thank you Robert for the best song a dad could ever pluck a few chords to and sing his precious little ones to sleep.
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Happy Birthday, Robert Hunter
Happy Birthday, Robert Hunter!
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happy birthday to the best!
happy birthday to the best!
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HBD....
HBD....
Talk about your plenty, talk about your ills.
One man gathers what another man spills.....
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Bluelight - I was also at
Bluelight - I was also at that Show at the Other End!
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I had a great time that night
I had a great time that night, Treblemaker!
Here's an autographed poem from Robert Hunter my sister gave, I'm thinking of framing.
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Happy Birthday, Bob!
Happy Birthday, Bob!
Inspiration, move me brightly
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Nice get there Bluelight,
Nice get there Bluelight, I love the closing lines of that poem. Those limited broadsides are going for $75.
Don't sell it.
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Thanks, Thom.
Thanks, Thom.
"There's an odor under the floorboards, ripe as old suspicion."
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{ { { { HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBERT
{ { { { HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBERT HUNTER & MANY MORE! } } } }
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https://www.youtube.com/watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnTbGLLZLt0
1978 Passiac, NJ
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Happy 76th, Robert! May you
Happy 76th, Robert! May you have as many great "Dreams we dreamed long ago" as you have provided to us all...
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happy birthday RH!!
happy birthday, RH!!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnfLQ-S0GbY&index=2&list=RDMDeeWExBrVM
Promontory Rider
Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Robert Hunter
Part of Robert Hunter's solo repertoire, but also performed by him with the Jerry Garcia Band on a few occasions in 1980
Promontory Rider
What makes you ride so high?
To put a loving star
Back in an empty sky
Once the wind was warm and sweet
The ladies in lace
But up there on the prominence
The tears just freeze your face
Promontory Rider - Territory Ranger ... step up
Found a stack of blank pictures
A passport out of Hell
Left here by a stranger
Seemed to wish me well
Signed, Promontory Rider
Territory Ranger
Asking: Can you thread a needle?
Can you shoot the moon?
Walk the silver screen
To your judgement at High Noon
Like any Promontory Rider?
Territory Ranger ... step up
Ride on, ride on, ride
Ride upon the high ground
Ride upon the low
Promontory Rider
What makes you ride so slow?
Fit me out with heart and wings
And fill my head with crowns
I been crawlin' in this hill
But now I'm rolling down
Promontory Rider - Territory Ranger ... step up
Promontory Rider
You used to ride so high
I don't know these days
Just seem to ride on by
Once the wind was warm and sweet
But this must be your taste
You don't change this chilly range
For any other place
Promontory Rider - Territory Ranger
Ride on, ride on ... step up
Moving on the high ground
Moving on the low ground
Promontory Rider
Stepping up so high now ... step up
Promontory Rider
What makes you ride so high?
To pluck a loving star
From out an empty sky
But Promontory Rider
That was many years ago
Moving on the high ground
Moving on the low
Promontory Rider, ride on, ride on
Territory Ranger, ride on, ride
Step right up and put that loving star
Right back inside that empty sky
Promontory Rider, ride on, ride on
Territory Ranger ... step up
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^ always loved that song
^ always loved that song
still do :)
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Happy B-Day to the best
Happy B-Day to the best lyricist EVER
innumerable lives have been, and continue to be, changed positively due to your creative wordsmithing
here's hoping you remain active as a lyricist and songwriter for years to come
Garcia & Hunter 1961
Hunter & Barlow 1979
Dinosaurs 1984, backstage
early 2000's ?
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The boys in the bar room
The boys in the bar room
https://youtu.be/rW8KOSfkIkI
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Happy Birthday to our
Happy Birthday to our psychedelic Shakespeare!