Robert Hunter

Robert Hunter (b. 1941) is a singer/songwriter and poet best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. His first and possibly best known song was Dark Star. The vast majority of the Grateful Dead's original songs are Hunter/Garcia collaborations where Garcia specified the music, and Hunter wrote the lyrics. Garcia once described Hunter as "the band member who doesn't come out on stage with us".

Others Robert Hunters include:

Robert E. Hunter served as the United States Ambassador to NATO during the Clinton presidency.
Robert Hunter (1664 or 1666–1734), best known as General Robert Hunter, was Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Colony from 1707–1709, Governor of New York and New Jersey from 1710–1719, and Governor of Jamaica from 1727–1734.
Robert Hunter is a Canadian journalist and broadcaster, and a founding member of the Canadian Greenpeace Foundation.

Robert (Robbie) Hunter (1977) is a South African cyclist who has competed in the Tour de France (2002 and 2003) and men's road race at the 2004 Olympics.

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References

Hunter, Robert. A Box of Rain. Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0140134514. The complete lyrics of Robert Hunter to date.


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