Robert Hunter
Musician · 1941–2019 · Arroyo Grande, California
Robert Hunter was the principal lyricist of the Grateful Dead, supplying words to many of the band's best-known songs across three decades of collaboration, chiefly with Jerry Garcia. He also recorded a series of solo albums and was, at his 1994 induction, the only non-performer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a full band member.
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- Born Robert Burns on June 23, 1941, in Arroyo Grande, California; died September 23, 2019, in San Rafael.
- Wrote the words to “Ripple,” “Truckin',” “Friend of the Devil,” “Box of Rain,” and “Uncle John's Band,” among many others.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Grateful Dead in 1994.
- Released solo albums beginning with Tales of the Great Rum Runners (1974, Round Records).
- Co-wrote much of Bob Dylan's album Together Through Life (2009).
- A published poet who also translated the verse of Rainer Maria Rilke.
