Robert Hunter joined the Grateful Dead in the fall of
1967, when he arrived at a rehearsal just in time to write the first verse of
the band's classic "Dark Star." Though he'd never play onstage, he
became not only a genuine band member but its secret Ace in the hole. Though
Bob Weir's words for "The Other One" would endure, most of the band's
early verbal efforts would not; it was Hunter's work that would elevate their
songs from ditties to rich, complete stories set to song. Hunter had fallen into
the Dead's general scene in 1961 when he'd met Garcia in Palo Alto, and he'd
played in several of Garcia's early bluegrass bands. But he'd always thought of
himself as a writer -- probably a novelist -- and it was only in 1967 that he
fulfilled his personal destiny, and enriched the Dead's. He's gone on to write
several books of poetry, and is currently at work on a novel.
This show is ages 18+
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