Is there anything more anxiety-producing than trying to reassure a loved one when you have no idea how? The Grateful Dead’s “Box of Rain” not only records that awkward, touching moment it came into ...

“The Silver Snarling Trumpet” is not your average memoir. But then, Robert Hunter was not your average writer. He’s best known as the poetic lyricist of songs performed for decades by the legendary ...

In May 1965, Robert Hunter popped into a pizza parlor in Menlo Park, California, to see his friend Jerry Garcia play in his new electric band, the Warlocks. “They were good, just dandy,” recalls ...

Robert Hunter was never actually a member of the Grateful Dead. But as the primary writing partner for their singer/guitarist/guru Jerry Garcia (Hunter with the words, Garcia the music), he had a ...