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  1. Terrapin Station

    #gratefuldead #terrapinstation #70smusic #alternativerock #americana #folkrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #classicrock #jerrygarcia #bobweir #phillesh #billkreutzmann #mickeyhart #roberthunter #ronmckerrnan My fav Dead album. Released on July 27, 1977. The album features that grand, side-long title suite -- a mythic multi-part opus by Jerry and Robert. It became the cornerstone of their live concert jams that followed. It's produced…

    robinbannks.com/2026/07/27/ter

  2. "Uncle John's Band" is a song by the #GratefulDead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album #WorkingmansDead. Written by guitarist #JerryGarcia and lyricist #RobertHunter, "Uncle John's Band" presents the Dead in an acoustic and musically concise mode, with #closeHarmony singing. The song is one of the band's best known, and is included on the #RockAndRollHallOfFames500SongsThatShapedRockAndRoll.
    youtube.com/watch?v=D2zItg1sBJg

  3. Workingman’s Dead

    #TheGratefulDead #Workingmansdead #70srock #countryrock #folkrock #jerrygarcia #bobweir #roberthunter #rootsrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky Think this through with me ... The Dead release their 4th album on June 14, 1970. It come at a time when some decisions needed to be made -- the band was dealing with some heavy debt and the 70's music landscape was changing by the minute. They traded their trippy, sonic stuff for some…

    robinbannks.com/2026/06/14/wor

  4. "Uncle John's Band" is a song by the #GratefulDead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album #WorkingmansDead. Written by guitarist #JerryGarcia and lyricist #RobertHunter, "Uncle John's Band" presents the Dead in an acoustic and musically concise mode, with #closeHarmony singing. The song is one of the band's best known, and is included on the #RockAndRollHallOfFames500SongsThatShapedRockAndRoll.
    youtube.com/watch?v=PqB-2HcFCvs

  5. "Uncle John's Band" is a song by the #GratefulDead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album #WorkingmansDead. Written by guitarist #JerryGarcia and lyricist #RobertHunter, "Uncle John's Band" presents the Dead in an acoustic and musically concise mode, with #closeHarmony singing. The song is one of the band's best known, and is included on the #RockAndRollHallOfFames500SongsThatShapedRockAndRoll.
    youtube.com/watch?v=D2zItg1sBJg

  6. "Uncle John's Band" is a song by the #GratefulDead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album #WorkingmansDead. Written by guitarist #JerryGarcia and lyricist #RobertHunter, "Uncle John's Band" presents the Dead in an acoustic and musically concise mode, with #closeHarmony singing. The song is one of the band's best known, and is included on the #RockAndRollHallOfFames500SongsThatShapedRockAndRoll.
    youtube.com/watch?v=zx6IlOdae_A

  7. "Touch of Grey" is a 1987 single by the #GratefulDead, and is from the album #InTheDark. The music was composed by #JerryGarcia, and the lyrics were written by #RobertHunter. The song was released as the first single from In the Dark and became the band's only top 10 hit on #Billboard Hot 100. Peaking at No. 9, it also reached No. 1 on the #MainstreamRockTracks chart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=aEKmbDbFMI8

  8. "Uncle John's Band" is a song by the #GratefulDead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album #WorkingmansDead. Written by guitarist #JerryGarcia and lyricist #RobertHunter, "Uncle John's Band" presents the Dead in an acoustic and musically concise mode, with #closeHarmony singing. The song is one of the band's best known, and is included on the #RockAndRollHallOfFames500SongsThatShapedRockAndRoll.
    youtube.com/watch?v=D2zItg1sBJg

  9. the Hunter/Garcia song "Mission in the Rain" is not a particularly difficult tune to play, from a technical standpoint... but neither is it easy, and it _does_ have an interesting form!

    since i've never seen a very detailed 1-page chart for this one, i made my own :)

    #JerryGarcia #RobertHunter #music

  10. Workingman’s Dead

    Think this through with me ... The Dead release their 4th album on June 14, 1970. It's #409 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and is a must (Along with its companion, American Beauty) in any collection. Listen to Workingman's Dead by Grateful Dead on Amazon Music ... #TheGratefulDead #Workingmansdead #70srock #countryrock #folkrock #jerrygarcia #bobweir #roberthunter #rootsrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky

    robinbannks.com/2025/06/14/wor

  11. Join us for #FortnightFridayMusic by @MarkIngs.
    The word for June 13 is "Omen"

    Post and tell us about a #song with a title, lyric, theme or meaning related to the word.

    Gonna go with Jerry Garcia's Reuben and Cherise which seems to fit the bill.

    youtu.be/k66xgMY64Ys

    #JerryGarcia #RobertHunter

  12. soy muy pero muy fan de los #GratefulDead y todo su universo

    hace un tiempo también descubrí a #RobertHunter uno de los colaboradores de los dead, me encanta su estilo

    youtube.com/watch?v=8QPYTvO0so

  13. `"Crazy Fingers" was, in fact, all written beforehand. It was a page or two of haiku I'd been working on in a notebook. Jerry looked at them and said, "Hey, this might fit together as a song."` - Robert Hunter

    archive.org/details/TheComplet

    #GratefulDead #RobertHunter #JerryGarcia #CrazyFingers