Thinking of Robert Hunter: 2 Years Gone, 9/23/19
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On the band's 1st trip to Europe in 1970, I went up to my room & wrote Brokedown Palace, Ripple & To Lay Me Down in one afternoon.
Quote from an interview in the documentary "Anthem to Beauty".
Soundboard via Charlie Miller from my first time seeing him perform: 7/20/78 w/Larry Klein. Small club held about 100 people with no liquor license.
https://archive.org/details/rh1978-07-22.sbd.ververelli.miller.113045.fl...
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He was simply the Best at
He was simply the Best at writing lyrics.
I heard an interview where he said he was high and the security didn't believe he was with the band so they tossed him out. He said he drank a bottle of wine and wrote those songs (Brokedown/Ripple I don't remember him mentioning To Lay me down but I smoke a lot of the Devils lettuce)
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One of my favorite
One of my favorite songwriters. I'm glad I got to see his short East coast run in 2013 at the tiny Palace Theater in Stafford Springs, CT. Robert's last "comeback" tour. The audience was very enthusiastic and he ended up having a fun time as well. He did a short East coast run in 2014 in New York and Philly. I remember an interview with him in 2016 or 2017 where he said he was considering playing out again but it would take a lot of practice to get his playing up to speed and unfortunately it never happened.
Robert also opened for some Phil and Friends shows in 2004, some The Dead shows in 2003, and playing between sets for the Other Ones in 2002. I was luckily able to catch a few of those shows.
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Live in England 1981
Live in England 1981
https://archive.org/details/rh1981-08-15.aud.83464/rh1981-08-15t01.shn
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The first time I saw Jerry
The first time I saw Jerry was a JGB show in early 1978 and Hunter's band was the opening act.
I had no idea who Hunter was and didn't know much about Garcia or what to expect exactly, but I remember thinking early in Jerry's set that this sounds way better than the opening act did.
The only other times I saw Hunter perform were a few when he did those solo deals at The Other Ones & The Dead shows.
I enjoyed those much better.
He seemed like a really interesting person and was a brilliant wordsmith, and he had such a natural connection and ear for the way Jerry sang and wrote music. They were a perfect team.
And his eulogy to Garcia and the "letter" he wrote to him a year after he passed are amazing as well.
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Grate stuff here
Grate stuff here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJPQLn2XBsk
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I remember that Mainpoint
I remember that Main Point show--I didn't go as it was in Bryn Mawr and I was in Bucks and had some family thing as I recall that night--one of the greatest Philly clubs ever--made many a career. Check out the Warren Zevon 76 FM broadcast that WMMR used to play back in the day. I was into Hunter by then and had Tales and Rum Runners. Larry Klein was fantastic
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^^^The Main Point was a small
^^^The Main Point was a small coffeehouse venue on Lancaster Ave. in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The club was known for its small intimate atmosphere and low ticket prices.
The caliber of the performers, coupled with the intimate venue, resulted in many memorable performances. On February 5, 1975, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band played for 160 minutes, offering epic versions of "New York City Serenade" and "For You". The concert also featured the first live performance of "Thunder Road", under its earlier title, "Wings for Wheels". The concert was given as a benefit, broadcast over WMMR. Later that year, Jackson Browne and David Lindley also performed in a series of benefits for the struggling club.
David Fricke, later a writer for Rolling Stone magazine, was in charge of press and public relations in through the mid-1970s
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Aim At The Heart
Aim At The Heart
Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Robert Hunter
Time doesn't fly
Just hangs over like the sky
It's we who go by
Makes no difference how or why
Everything you cherish
Throws you over in the end
Thorns will grab your ankles
From the gardens that you tend
Damned if you do
Double damned if you don't try
Caught on the fly
Hello fades into goodbye
Chorus
Aim at the heart
Don't ask whose love you're stealing
Aim at the heart
Even when it's too revealing
Aim at the heart
I tell you, aim at the heart
Aim at the heart
Sitting on a back street many years ago
The tears from your eyes did flow
Feeling out of place inside the time when you were born
No place else to go
Suddenly a rainbow rose
And spread across the land
Hung there while the Beatles sang
I want to hold your hand
What can you say?
Here tomorrow, gone today
Faith fades away
For idols with their feet of clay
Keep your head upon your neck
It's not too late for that
Even though the winds of change
Have blown away your hat
Aim at the heart
I tell you, aim at the heart
Aim at the heart
Kiss it and pass
Time become a looking glass
Where love combs her hair
Look again, she isn't there
The echo of her laughter
Fades into the western skies
Where ribbons that you bought her
Are reflected in her eyes
[chorus]
[chorus]
[etc]
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"Shall We Go,
"Shall We Go,
While We Can,
Through The Transitive
Nightfall of Diamonds..."
Robert Hunter took his journey to the Stars two years ago this week. He is sorely missed as one of America's finest lyricists, but his work will endure for generations to come...
Morning Dew Radio Show offers you our 3 hour Radio Tribute to Robert, with rare Interviews and music by The Bard.
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/djeasywind/episodes/2019-10-24T09_53_41-07_00
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(((((RH)))))
(((((RH)))))
he has def greeted my uncle dick. can see them swapping jokes