It's not the Grateful Dead without.....

[mark norwine]

.....Robert Hunter

I was just sittin' here thinking about all the "...without Jerry" talk that's been swirling around, and it suddenly hits me:

These guys would have been nowhere & nothing without Hunter.

And Barlow.

These 2 wordsmiths brought so much to the table, and yet, amidst all of the "50 year hoopla', I haven't heard too much said about either.

So here's a "hat's off" to these two great lyricists, without whom us deadheads would have had an entirely-different soundtrack in our mis-spent youths!

Thank you, Bobby Hunter & thank you, John Perry Barlow. For all of it. Your words painted the landscape on which this long strange trip has trod...

 

[80/20_Bronze]

yup yup

 

[Manny Scott]

.....Robert Hunter

I was just sittin' here thinking about all the "...without Jerry" talk that's been swirling around, and it suddenly hits me:

These guys would have been nowhere & nothing with out Hunter.

And Barlow.

These 2 wordsmiths brought so much to the table, and yet, amidst all of the "50 year hoopla', I haven't heard too much said about either.

So here's a "hat's off" to these two great lyricists, without whom us deadheads would have had an entirely-different soundtrack in our mis-spent youths!

Thank you, Bobby Hunter & thank you, John Perry Barlow. For all of it. Your words painted the landscape on with this long strange trip has trod...

Well said

 

[amstrtatnut]

Yes yes yes. Their imagery is what got to me.

 

[kwaves99]

Mark...well said!

 

[zzzezums]

True dat

 

[Jon Silberman]

They've got quite different styles and approaches but both are world class lyricists.

I'm especially thankful to Hunter for telling Barlow after the Sugar Magnolia episode, "Take him - he's yours." That opened a door for Bob and John.

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• Blown Away
• We Can Run But We Can't HIde
• Picasso Moon
• I Will Take You Home
• Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
• Hell in a Bucket
• Throwing Stones
• My Brother Essau
• Feel Like A Stranger
• Lost Sailor
• Saint of Circumstance
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• I Need a Miracle
• Heaven Help the Fool
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• The Music Never Stopped
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