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>Promontory Rider
    
On of my faves....besides all the usuals.

bob

    
    Now thats the kinda setlist I've been looking for.  I ser would like to
    see this guy.
    

    
    
               picture of rfb kicking himself in the ass

    Hunter did a full Terrapin last nite in Boulder....see previous
    reply....

    
    Are you ok?  ;-)
    

When Hunter was last in Sommerville, he did a COMPLETE Terrapin.  There is 
something special about Hunter out there playing solo - just him, his guitar 
and the music. 

Jim

>Promontory Rider

  Gotta agree with this -- I went out & bought a Hunter CD (Box of Rain?)
  on the say-so of another noter, and Promontory was outstanding.
  As was another tune he wrote alone...   And "Space".
  
  Wish I could go.   - JayC.

    I'm OK...but  I will limp home this evening..
    
    a COMPLETE terrapin differs from a FULL terrapin, or so I'm lead to
    believe from reading the On The Road part of Hunters Journals...but, and
    don't faint da ve, I could be wrong....%^)
    
    rfb

    
    (insert picture of da ve sniffin' smellin' salts here...  :^)
    
    i guess i'm stuck hoping that someone is taping some of these...
    man, terrapin is my fav dead tune...  bar none...  i can't believe
    i'm not going to get to use my tickets....  :^(  :^(  :^(
    
    					da ve

    re: .9
    
                  How come you can't use 'em Da Ve???
          

    
    	schedule conflict...  my band got booked the same night
    	so instead of spending it with Hunter, i'll be playing
    	at the Firehouse...  
    
    					da ve

	are you gigging BOTH nites?
	
	(probly, since the second nite is a friday, ey)
	
	i'm glad i got a ticket for the second show now.
	

    no, not gigging both nights, but i do have something else 
    on friday...  

    picture of Hoot and rfb kicking themselves repetatively last nite
    whilst talking about these shows and brewing.

    who else is going to the Friday night show, anyone?

    Tom

    
    I may try to swing it.  Leaving on the 15th tho.

	anyone going to the Thursday Somerville show want to meet up
	beforehand for some dinner and drinks?

	Debess

     <<< Note 560.18 by BINKLY::CEPARSKI "May Your Song Always Be Sung" >>>

>    Tuesday March 4, 1997
>    II:New Speedway Boogie,Shelter from the Storm,Marie Helena,Friend of
>    the Devil,Talkin' Money Tree,Pits of Thunder,Sugaree,Yellow Moon,Down
>    the Road,Reuben & Cherise,Promontory Rider

Yellow Moon?  Neville Bro's tune?
    
>    E:Days Between,Ripple,Boys in the Barroom

Allright!  Now I know Robert is back - Boys in the Barroom used to be
a 'usual' acapella ender.

	Hunter wrote 'Yellow Moon' ... don't know if it's the same one
	yer thinkin' of 

gee, lotta Jerry tunes in there, huh?

re:  yellow moon 

no,  different tune then.  

    From Hunter's road journal - 3/6 12:30am
    
    Well, that's more like it! The monitors were sumptuous, therefore the
    house sound was great, Jeff being a maestro - nothing like having a fellow
    singer-songwriter at the board who knows the problems of the form from the
    standpoint of personal experience. I was able to weave brand new threads 
    and textures and have a satisfying musical experience.
    The only fly in the ointment was a dozen or so rowdies who infested the
    quiet spaces with yips, hoots and comments. I didn't let it force me to 
    turn up the volume to drown them out, just decided to live with it. You 
    think they'd give a live performer the same courtesy they
    give a motion picture, but there you go. It is, of course, only an
    excess of enthusiasm. They don't understand the difference in dynamic 
    between a solo performer and a roaring rock band. More of that, it seems, 
    than in the old days. Decided not to unroll the Terrapin Suite in that 
    environment, much as I'd have liked to play it in the House of Blues.
      In the balance, I gained back the energy I lost last night - and
    more. The only way I could have played better would be to practice more, 
    and I practice as much as I can - so that's just a question of keeping at 
    it. I dare to play a number of solos, because onstage soloing is the only 
    way to really learn the form. If I screw up, I screw up - but often I
    surprise myself. Don't go for speed, just feelings - open up and
    provide a clear path for them. Those are the moments that make doing this 
    worthwhile. The direction of growth.
      OK - I better post this and pack. Have to travel at 8:30 tomorrow
    morning. On to D.C

	prolly phish phans    :-q
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	;-)
	

    Now that hurt!

    Tom

    yer right, that hurt..i laughed so hard i spilled HOT coffee all over
    me!
    
    rfb

[Boston Globe][Living/Arts]

Related      [Image] A man of his words: Hunter finds life
info:                beyond the Dead

Globe                By Steve Morse, Globe Staff, 03/07/97
Living/Arts
section              When Jerry Garcia died, the world collapsed
                     for many of his colleagues. Hit hard was
Today's              Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, who
movie times          wrote so many great lyrics for Garcia, from
                     "Truckin"' to "Uncle John's Band,"
TV times             "Ripple," "Dark Star," "Stella Blue," and
                     the Dead's only hit single, "A Touch of
Music online         Grey."

Boston.com           ``After Jerry died, I said, `That's it.
Arts/Diversions      I'll never write another song,''' recalls
page                 Hunter. ``I felt a whole section of my life
                     had just closed.''
Interactive
features:            Hunter retreated to his Marin County home
                     outside of San Francisco, but eventually
Pass It On:          pulled out of his funk. ``The fact of the
Send this            matter is, I'm a songwriter. I'm going to
story to a           write songs, so I got back to it. The songs
friend               won't be as good, mind you, but they will
                     be there.''
Is this
story                To the shock of many observers, the
important?           reclusive Hunter has also begun his first
Add it to            tour in seven years. It comes to the
The Daily            Somerville Theatre Thursday (sold out) and
User                 Friday (almost sold out).

Related              ``I'll give the kids what they came for.
Stories:             They'll get plenty of Grateful Dead
Find other           material,'' says Hunter, who will perform
news on this         solo. ``There will be some new stuff, but I
topic                don't want to tax the audience too heavily
                     by leaning on new material. I want to
Join our             entertain them.''
ongoing
discussion           So why tour now?
on arts &
entertainment        ``It's one of those times when you start
                     thinking - man, I've got to get out of
                     here,'' Hunter, 55, says from his home. ``I
                     think it's critical for me to get in gear,
                     get on the road and lead some kind of a
                     dynamic existence before I just start
                     moving on to old age and can't recoup.''

                     Hunter is loath to discuss his new songs
                     until people hear them (he has no new album
                     yet), but he's asked if they're heavy in
                     the way that some of his Dead tunes were.

                     ``Oh God, yes,'' he says. ``It's the only
                     way I know, man. Heavy is my middle name.''

                     And look for the 1997 Hunter to have more
                     confidence on stage, he says. ``The main
                     difference is that my voice is obeying me
                     in a way it never did before. And I think
                     my guitar playing is a whole lot better
                     than it used to be. I've really honed in on
                     that. And I have a new sound system.
                     Musically, I expect this tour to be miles
                     beyond what I did last time.''

                     Hunter jokes that touring is ``doing that
                     kid's stuff again,'' but to make matters
                     seem more adult, he's bringing his wife and
                     8-year-old daughter, Kate, out with him.

                     ``When I first talked to my wife about a
                     tour, she said, `Oh, you don't want to do
                     that.' You know, I had programmed her well
                     over the years with all the wonderful
                     reasons not to do it - like family
                     solidity, raising my daughter, and being an
                     at-home father rather than an on-the-road
                     father. But I started rapidly sketching the
                     other possibilities. Since we're
                     home-schooling Kate, we don't need to be
                     tied down. I said that part of her
                     education could be traveling. ... And [my
                     wife] is from England and likes to get back
                     there once in a while, so I also got a tour
                     of Europe ahead for May and June.''

                     Hunter was asked to join this summer's
                     Furthur Festival - the post-Dead event
                     organized by surviving Dead singer Bob Weir
                     - but, after much thought, he declined. ``I
                     know that I would be valued on that tour
                     and could fill a certain place in it, but I
                     truly want to put a year into development
                     entirely on my own terms, and see just how
                     much of this I want to do. I want to
                     develop my own thread rather than joining
                     someone else's thread at this time.''

                     All of which leads to talk about Garcia,
                     his departed comrade. ``Put it this way,
                     he's not coming back and life goes on,''
                     says Hunter. ``A lot of people are not
                     going to be satisfied until he comes back.
                     And I expect that some are going to remain
                     dissatisfied with whatever else is offered
                     them.''

                     So what was his opinion of the Dead's
                     disbanding after Garcia's death? ``It was
                     absolutely the right decision,'' he says.
                     ``Just think of the Grateful Dead going out
                     without Jerry Garcia. What are people going
                     to say? They're going to say, `Well, that's
                     pretty good music, but it ain't the same.'
                     It would always have a negative comparison
                     - and these guys don't need that.

                     ``There's no Grateful Dead without Jerry
                     Garcia and that's that,'' he adds.

                     When asked to name some of his favorite
                     songs written with Garcia, he says, ``I
                     hate to even get started, because it's like
                     saying which of your kids do you like best,
                     you know? In different contexts I like all
                     of them. I'm particularly pleased with the
                     last one we did, `The Days Between.' I felt
                     that was the beginning of a whole new tack
                     on composition. It's a very sophisticated
                     piece of music, and I felt that Jerry had
                     moved the next step up in the mastery of
                     this whole forum. I miss the chance to work
                     with him on that higher musical
                     development.''

                     The Dead are no more, but will live on,
                     Hunter says, in a series of
                     restaurant/nightclub/theat er/audio-visual
                     rooms called Terrapin Station. The first is
                     planned for San Francisco in 1999. A
                     replica of the Dead's ``Wall of Sound''
                     speaker system will adorn the front
                     entrance. Inside will be rooms with Dead
                     music playing, along with light shows, a
                     tape room, performance theat er, and a
                     ``rhythm devil'' room for visitors to
                     ``just go and lie around and beat on
                     drums.'' (Dead bassist Phil Lesh has been a
                     creative consultant, but just how much
                     involvement the remaining band members will
                     have is still being determined.)

                     As for some of the young acts in line to
                     replace the Dead, Hunter admits he likes
                     the Vermont band Phish, widely considered
                     to be the heir apparent. ``They seem to
                     have their heads screwed on straight and
                     their music is very enjoyable,'' he says.
                     ``I admit to only having listened to the
                     one double live tape they put out, but I
                     enjoyed it very much.''

                     When told that some people think Phish
                     could use a good lyricist because some of
                     their songs are too lightweight, Hunter
                     quickly comes to their defense.

                     ``Oh, now, come on. They're doing fine. Not
                     everything has to be heavy and loaded with
                     significance the way the Grateful Dead
                     stuff is,'' Hunter says. ``There's a place
                     for a much lighter approach, too.''

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>                     ``Oh God, yes,'' he says. ``It's the only
>                     way I know, man. Heavy is my middle name.''

  :-)))))

>                     planned for San Francisco in 1999. A
>                     replica of the Dead's ``Wall of Sound''
.                     speaker system will adorn the front

gahhhhh!!  Izzat gonna be a WORKING replica, or just a buncha photos of the
speaker stacks?  Either way... I'd love to check it out!  :-)

  - Josh

    
          >>               of them. I'm particularly pleased with the
          >>               last one we did, `The Days Between.' I felt
    
    
    I sent Hunter a note a year ago complimenting him on The Days Between
    and also asking if he was considering touring.   It's cool he got out
    and ripped it up.
    
    >Deane,
    >
    >Not anticipating an performances in the near future.
    >
    >Nothing leads me to put together songs. They come or they don't.  "Days
    >Between" is about a thousand things. The days between our beginnings
    >and our
    >ends.
    >
    >rh
    

	so, anyone got plans for tomorrow nite?
	
	me, penny and jentri are meeting reilly in groton at 4:00 or so.
	we'll be heading into slumerville in search of before show eats.
	
	
	who's meeting where and when?
	

	I'm quite sure I won't be leaving Nashua until after 5, maybe
	5:30 - Guntis has kids' schedules to revolve around before he
	comes pick me up here.

	I've been asking around for a good place to eat - I've gotten
	a recommendation for Mike's on the east side of Davis Square -
	heard there's a pretty good menu and a good selection of beers.

	Netheads have been talking up Redbone's - but /bruce (or was it
	Tim) told me yesterday that the reason it's called Redbone's is
	because they serve ribs - so that's not my thing - but it's an
	option...

	Cath is coming in on the T, so she'll want to know what we decide
	so we can all meet up.

	who else from here's going on Thursday?!

	Debess

I'm not going but here's my 2 cents on Redbones...

>	because they serve ribs - so that's not my thing - but it's an

they also serve excellent BBQ chicken and brisket of beef.  If you don't
do meat, then yeah, RB isn't your kinda place, but if its just pork ribs you
don't do, think again :-)
RB does have a very very good beer selection.  It will be pretty crowded before
the show, thats for sure.

 - Josh

    
    I believe that I'll be headin' in.  I don't have a ticket yet.  I am
    waiting on a few leads.
    
    	Mark

    Gee...  I forgot:
    
    Johnny D's, in addition to having fine music, also has some good
    food...  they are not vegetarian, but they do have some non-meat
    dishes, including veggie burgers...
    
    check out http://www.johnnyds.com/menu.html
    
    /b

		Mmmmm........bur-gers!








	sorry!...........................................davet.

Well I'm heading down to the show tomorrow.  Probably leave around 
5ish or so.  Gonna meet up with tms, Mark, Mike, Scott Abbott and Meri
at the Alewife Bertuchhi's.  

Hopefully it won't be too crowded.

I/we thought about Redbones and even though I'd love to eat there, I've
had problems getting in before a show (last time I tried was before
Hunter's last show there) and also, we are with some Veggie types.
So we'll kill a couple of pizzas and brews instead :)

maybe see you at the show...outside the show...during the show...
dancing at the show (although I don't think I could dance to Hunter
solo).

:)
bob

red-bones is cool - had many fun times there, plenty of fine ale
on tap, plenty of cool vibes for veggies and non-veggies ...

johhny d's is closer, i think, right next door ... haven't been
there in moons, but it looked cool ... we went to mike's last
time we saw moe. at somerville theatre, we weren't really impressed
basic pizza joint, crappy beer selection, go somewhere else !

have a grate time at the shows !

 

Mike's does not have a crappy beer selection!  You must've overlooked the
refrigerator with about 50 bottled beers, and the taps with about 10 beers! 
If you can't find one there, then you're an elitist beer drinker :-)

Anyway, Mike's is probably where I will end up, unless Jim and I decide to
go to a more "classy" place.  We'll probably be arriving in Davis Square
around 6:30-6:45.

There are a few other places to eat besides the 3 mentioned here.  If you
walk around the neighborhood, it's obvious that there are quite a few
places to go.  But I don't know any of them other than Johnny D's and
Mike's!

See ya!

adam_2nd_row_balcony_dead_center!

    I'm feeling left out! ;-(  
    Anyway, if anyone is there tomorrow night.. look for me 

	adam, nice taping spot :-)
	
	tom, how come you're feeling left out? no phish places to eat?
	;-)  ;-) you know i'm kidding.
	some of my best friends are phish phans.  ;-)
	take leblank (please, take leblank ;-)
	
	anyway, looks like Mike's ?
	or, i like bertuchi's at alewife. but, most places will be
	crowded.
	
	

    I'm going to hoot 'n holler and be obnoxious so everyone knows
    who I like ;-)  oops, must also remember not to bathe!  

    Tom

	and i was gonna say that if you behave, you can come with us  ;-)
	

>	anyway, looks like Mike's ?
>	or, i like bertuchi's at alewife. but, most places will be
>	crowded.

	either one is fine with me - though I'm leaning towards Mike's
	myself cause waiting around there for others to show up, at least
	we'd be a quick walk away from the theater...

	(the address of Mike's is 9 Davis Square)

	Debess
	
	

	grate show!! grate place.  more later.

    So how was the show, and how long did it last?  

    Tom

	short show. 1st set was 1/2 hour. 20 min break.
	second set about 50 mins, encore about 10 mins.
	
	hunter wasn't kidding when he said he likes to keep the venue
	cool. they had the air conditioning on last nite!!
	
	somerville theatre is sooooo cool. (in more ways than one ;-)
	the show was grate. like watching jerry's brother. the one with
	all the literary talent and little musical talent  ;-)  ;-)
	
	actually, he did a grate job. guitar playing was pretty good. he
	talked to the crowd a couple of times. the crowd shouted out
	requests and one-liners between songs. a couple of good laughs.
	most were respectful during the songs. the most annoying were the
	shushers between songs. when someone would shout something,
	they'd get shushed. i would've shushed the shushers, but i saw
	and endless spiral there ;-)
	
	mike's is an ok place, for a pizza joint. lotsa bottled beers.
	service was so-so. food was so-so. but, it was in out of the
	cold. met cath sloan there with her friend. had beers and a bite
	waiting for debess and guntis. mnelson was in and out trying to
	get himself a ticket. and, indeed as always he was successful.
	saw tons of familiar faces inside. saw the da ve wanna-be in that
	8th row seat with brother tim. saw bruce mandaro and some friends
	grom groton. met bobo outside. finally got to meet tms!
	
	the toilets in the theater are archaic. worst than that. the no
	smoking law inside is strictly enforced. you gotta go outside
	between set. they give you a wrist band to get back in (in
	addition to your stub).
	
	forgot most of the setlist %-} box of rain -> bunch of songs ->
	ripple. am i close????  ;-) no terrapin. tonite, i bet. hunter
	seems to like the venue. last there 7 years ago, he said.
	a cupla-two-or-tree tapers der me. also, looked like a pro video
	crew. seeral cameras and monitors.
	
	i liked his new guitar. the set was cool. a window-like thing in
	the back, with white drapes that they changed colors using the
	lights. a bar stool, next to a table with a lamp on it on the
	right side of the stage. and another table with some equipmnet on
	it on the other side. to large monitors and some electronic toy
	peddles. him and a  mike. scary way to perform, imo. i kept
	squinting my eyes, hoping to catch a glimpse of jerry. i think i
	saw him once ;-) but the guitar playing brough me back  ;-)  ;-)
	
	kinda wish i didn't let reilly talk me into going both nites. not
	a fun nite to be travelling.     oy.  almost as bad as the march
	johnny cash show last rite, ey bobo  ;-) 'cept,  that nite i made
	leblanc drive!! ;-)
	

from Hunter's Road Journal..
	
3/13 BOSTON
  Just back from Somerville Theater after a very good feeling show.
Realized after the 3rd song that this house won't rock, but it rolls
nice, so I readjusted my set list and played for the energy the house
provided. Pulled a few tunes out of the hat I didn't expect to play,
though I'd done them in sound check just to avoid doing items in the
current repertoire. Don't like to play tunes I intend to perform just to
get sound balances - they want my whole involvement. 

Easy Wind sounded like a tray of dropped dishes on the first attempt I
made to rock out.  That's all the notice I needed. Cut tempos back on
most everything after that and found the sweet spot of the house. Took me
years to learn: always play the stage you're on, not the stage you might
wish it to be. Things will work out.  Kate saw me perform for the first
time tonight. She's just so proud to see her dad up there she almost
popped. Shek ept worrying someone might steal my guitar. No one would, I
assured her. "How about your brief case?" "No. No one would." "How about
your head?" "Well, yes," I had to admit - "they might steal that. Looking
forward to tomorrow night.

a bunch of disconnected thoughts...

Yea,  not so bad driving as the night Johnny Cash played Avalon (of course
I'm saying that and it's 1:30). 

But it's 
only bad on the way in ... the way out - you got all night to get home safe :)
I remember Johnny and June were *amazed* they had a full house when the 
weather was sooo sh*tty.

The show:  Was a nice show I really liked it.  I thought the first set was
short and not so hot.  Now, after reading the thing you just posted, I 
figured it out.  He was disgussted with the early portion, figured out
how it should sound, got it down pat, and then took off to recompose and
start afresh for the 2nd set which was (in my opinion of course) a very
good set.  There. 

As far was what was played -   in no order/set:

Keys to the rain (with a bit of La Bamba)
Standing on the Moon (very very very excellent and emotional)
Franklin's Tower (loved it!)
Mr.  Charlie
Box of Rain (opener...tough opener)
Easy Wind
Mason's Children
Brown Eyed Women
Shelter from the Storm
Sugaree
Ripple (right???)
Boys in the Barroom (2nd and last encore and definately where I'd
		     rather hang and see hunter)
Musta Been the Roses
New Speedway
Dire Wolf

I can't remember any more....and all that is totally jumbled and
incomplete.  

A fun time for me...
I got the Boys in the Barroom- ALWAYS love that tune.  No Promontory
Rider though - that's tonight J.  No Terrapin - .....
Saw Hunter's wife and kid there too.

bobo

    
    Seeing Hunter last night was very great! I went because Da ve
    wrote up a bunch of reasons when I asked, 'why would someone go?' 
    ie. to hear the songs, to pay respects.  I didn't expect for it to 
    be such a spiritual thing.. it WAS like seeing Jerry's brother. 
    
    I thought Hunter played pretty well and I like his voice... he does
    a great Dylan too, harmonica and all.
    
    Mostly I loved hearing some favorites in a new way, sort of the raw
    versions of Box of Rain, Ripple, Standing on the Moon.
    
    I'd see him again. I was was embarrassed about some of the yelling
    out from the audience, really foolish stuff coming out of peoples
    mouths.
    
    Fun time. Nice to meet up with Jay & Co., Debess etc.
    
    Cath

    
    I really enjoyed seeing Hunter last night.  Very mellow show for the
    most part.   SOTM was nice, but I sure missed Jerry ;^(.  Loved Ripple!
    I thought the show was too short.  I could've dug a few mo tunes.  The
    hecklers didn't bother me in the least.   As a matter a fact, I thought
    the were fairly funny.  "FREEBIRD!"  "Do something sick!"  "No do
    something well"  Hunter seemed to take it in stride.  The shushers were
    more annoying to me.
    
    	Mark
     

    re Cat in .49
    
    
    Cathy, i am SOOOOOOO GLAD you went and dug it...  kind of ironic
    that after we spoke about all the reasons to go, that you got to
    check it all out and i ended up missing it...  but hey, the wheel
    keeps turning and sometimes that's just what happens...
    
    but i gotta tell you, it made me smile to read your note...  i'm glad
    you went and that my bit of gentle persuasion proved beneficial... :^)
    hugs to you!!
    
    					da ve

    If someone wants a tape of the Friday night Hunter show, the
    guy I gave my front-row-balcony-seats up for swears he'll fill
    a dat or analog tape for me if I send it to him.  I'm not
    really interested, but I'll call the guy if someone wants to
    seed a tree or something.  He should also have a soundboard
    tape, since the soundboard guy came up and promised him one
    if he wouldn't disturb their mike (hanging over the balcony)
    during the show whilst doing their own taping.  

    Great hanging out with Jolls and Reilly before the show.
    
    Tom

>	Thursday March 13, 1997
>	Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
	

>	*>Franklin's Tower

>	E:Ripple,Boys in the Barroom@

>	demand of a loudmouth in the crowd to "play something sick!"
>	  Hunter broke out a strange, muffled intro to Franklin's.
>	@ A capella

2 things - 

the *>  Not sure what this was but not only did it sounds 'sick'
it sounded like 'sh*t' They way the soundman brought up the monitors
so loud on stage it got nothing but a buzz.    You think that was
on purpose?  I'd only hope the rest of us paying customers wouldn't
have to sit thru that just to satisfy heckler.

The "boys is in the Barroom" is always a capella.

seeya!  I had a good time at hunter show... who went friday and
how was it?

>2 things - 

	i got the setlist from rec.music.gdead
	all the notations were the poster's.
	
	well, we made the trip in on friday too.
	i was regretting letting reilly talk me into going both days.
	the weather bit the big one. the ride from mko to groton was
	scary. after snowing all day, it turned to freezing rain just as
	i left merrimack. brutal icy drive with ice building up on the
	windsheild.
	
	but, the ride from groton to slumerville wuzint bad at all. all
	rain. and the temps had risen just enough to keep things wet but
	not icy. uneventful ride in. pahked in the same lot, on day st.
	went over to johnnyD's for brews. nice place, but kinda small.
	must get rilly crowded on a friday nite. met tom w. there. had
	eats and treats and headed into the show.
	
	we had seats upstairs this time. last row of the mezz. we opted
	to use a piece of stairs off to the side for standing and
	dancing. met some tourheads. yup. heads are touring w/hunter. met
	a guy from ohio. went to philly, dc, boston and then to ny. he
	said there were quite a few touring. they all came in a side
	entrance at somerville. wedged the door with a tuna sandwich! he
	said hunter had sent out tickets in philly. it was kinda nice to
	see heads dancing in the corner upstairs, like you find them in
	the corners of the gahdin.
	
	i thought hunter put on a better show friday. he seemed more
	relaxed and comfortable. the crowd shouted out between songs,
	like the nite before. and, again people were shushing them. it
	didn't seem to bother hunter.
	
	the first set lasted about 40 mins. i haven't seen the setlist
	and can't recall the first set. the highlight of the two shows
	(for me) was the end of the second set on friday. in response to
	a shout from the crowd for "SPACE" hunter started drumming on his
	guitar and taped an electronic loop, which he used to jam/space.
	i sounded pretty cool, actually. then slid into wharf rat
	followed by promontory rider (good call bobo ;-) then ended the
	set with a very nice stella blue. choked me up. then came back
	for the encore with an excellent days bewteen, ripple, boys in
	the barroom (A capella, of course  ;-)  pissah show. and, it
	wasn't nearly as cold upstairs as it was thursday nite.
	

    "ripple" & "truckin'" were the highlights for me

    Oh, ran into two phishheads in the restroom, sandwiched between
    them in line, actually, quickly lost the 'who has seen more
    phish' battle to these two ragin' youngsters ;-)

    i give up ;-)

    well, seens as how I already owe you some tapes, (they are settin on my
    end table right next to the ones I owe JC and Arm) 
    
                      I'd LIKE THAT SHOW!!!!!!!!!
    
    so I'll just add another blank to the ones I owe ya...
    
    
    rfb

Hunter in Somerville 3/13

first thing on entering the theatre you are hit visually with the set.
It looks simple enough, elegant with 3 ornate old wood tables, one 
with an old fashioned lamp and one with a vase of longstemmed roses. And 
in back, what looks like draperies hanging in a window to the floor. 
But, it's not that simple...with every song, the lighting changes and the 
screen in the background changes color, and the draping fabric changes 
to a different color. Very elegant effect. 

The Somerville Theater itself is quite elegant. As your eyes gaze 
upward, you are treated to a beautifully painted ceiling, comparable to 
some of those beautifully painted Victorians in San Francisco - 
multicolors and ornate patterns. Carved wood all around. Seated in a 
balcony overlooking the stage, the fair maidens - Hunter's family.

As soon as I got to my seat, I found I was sitting right next to Scott
Abbot and Meri and right in back of tms and Mike Rogers...I love when 
that happens! 

I have never heard Robert Hunter sing before. This was the first time. 
And everything about it was a surprise! His voice was not what I was 
expecting...completely different completely better! I loved his voice! 

I was also completely enthralled with my reaction to him singing his 
songs that I had always associated as Jerry's songs. And there was never 
a point where I didn't feel that, as familiar-sounding as they were, 
that these songs are truly Hunter's songs! (duh) He has a definate style 
that comes through in all of them - and the style is so tied with 
storytelling tradition, that these songs are just naturals for this kind 
of singing and playing. Naturally! It had sort of a Celtic leaning, I 
felt. Just perfect! Actually, there was one point where I had strong 
Jerry association with a song - with Standing on the Moon - it gave me 
some chills. 

The best part of the first set for me was the last 3 songs. Things 
finally seemed to settle down nicely. _It Must Have Been the Roses_ I 
think was started out with a long intro, Robert seated on a stool. 
_Mason's Children_ felt whimsical and had me smiling and dancing in my 
seat. _Brown Eyed Women_ was accompanied by guitar and harmonica! 
Another surprise! Nice. 

A 20 minute break outside, no smoking inside the old wooden theater. The 
theater empties out into the street, where there is no police presense 
that I noticed.  Ran into Cath.  Nice break! 

The highlights of the 2nd set for me were Dylan's _Shelter from the 
Storm_ and beautiful beautiful _Mountains of the Moon_. But the song I 
liked the most was _Keys to the Rain_. I realize I've heard that song 
before, but never knew who it was singing it. I loved zipping in and out 
of the different moods in that song, the quick tempo changes back and 
forth. 

I can't remember what song it was, but there was one that is played 
against some rhythm that I'm not sure how he did it, but he played it,
sampled it?, then played it back and then played -with- it, and then
slid back into it real time - that part was fun to listen and to dance to. 

There were lots of rowdy requests, between songs at least!, but that was 
the mood of the night. I felt all giggly too! 

I really enjoyed the show - glad to have finally heard the man who wrote 
the words singing them with heart. 

Debess 

    cool rfb, well I'm going to contact the guy, so stay tuned
    for further details. Hope he comes through!

    Tom

	read in Hunter's Road Journal, when he sang _Stella Blue_
	(was it in Somerville/NY) - he forgot the bridge, so he
	made up another verse on the spot - and then sang the
	bridge...

	I don't know if I would have been able to stand hearing
	him sing that song, without falling to pieces...that song
	still (always will?) hits pretty close to the bone.

	Debess

>	(was it in Somerville/NY) -
	
	ny, 3/16
	i read that, too.
	i said to someone, friday nite, "at least he remembers all the
	words" and then added "but, then again, how would i know?"
	

    I'd love to hear one of his China Cat->dark star->china cat->dark
    star's....

    Hunter has some stuff to say about Furthur and deadheads in general in
    his last entry in his Road Journal...
    
    " I think it would be a shame to see an idea predicted on providing a
    major gathering place for the GD clan to turn into something else by
    default. My advice is: show up for each other, even if the musical
    recipe is not entirely what you'd have it be. "

    i thought the whole idea was the music?

    "...not ENTIRELY what you'd want it to be..."
    
    We all went/go for a combination of several things.
    I never bought the idea that there wasn't a party involved, and I don't
    think the boyz did either. That was just some necessary PR that had to
    be done to remind everyone that *THE* most important thing was/is the
    music...not the only thing, just the most important. Personally, I
    *NEED* that interaction between heads and myself and the music. )That's
    why I thank Hale-Bop that we out here have Shakedown Street and this
    file!!!.) ANd I think Hunter realizes this need with some of us 
    
    rfb_jonesin for a dead-related show

    >>i thought the whole idea was the music?
    
    I think the whole idea WAS the music - unfortunately THE music is no
    more.

	The *whole* idea was not 'just' the music, imo.  It was when
	you'd see friends from all over again, a time of gatherings,
	parties, and overall a real good time.
	
	The music was the cake.	The social aspect was the icing.   

	/Ken

    pass me a piece!

    
    Something bigger than a sliver?
    
    I'll take one too!
    
    	Mark

	RHunter will be playing at the Memorial Auditorium in Burlington VT
	on May 10...tix on sale now

	802-863-flynn

	Debess

    Hunter Dates so far for May:
    
    May 1 Seattle WA - Moore Theater
    May 10 Burlington VT - Memorial Auditorium -Tickets onsale now at
                           802-863-5966
    May 13 Morristown NJ - Community Theatre -Tickets tentatively on sale:
                           4/5 10:AM at 201-539-8008
    

    Morristown NJ
    
    
    (shiver)

    Come on LeBlanc! I say let's hit the highway! NJ is waiting for you
    with open arms ;^)

    No.