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"River going to take me, sing sweet and sleepy/Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home...."

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That's my favorite Grateful Dead song — "Brokedown Palace." Goodbye to Robert Hunter. Robert Hunter... died Monday night. He was 78. No cause of death was provided.... “He died peacefully at home in his bed, surrounded by love. His wife Maureen was by his side holding his hand. For his fans that have loved and supported him all these years, take comfort in knowing that his words are all around us, and in that way his is never truly gone. In this time of grief please celebrate him the way you all know how, by being together and listening to the music. Let there be songs to fill the air.”... Born Robert Burns in California in 1941, Hunter met Garcia in 1961 at a local production of the musical Damn Yankees , where they were introduced by Hunter’s ex-girlfriend, and Garcia’s then-girlfriend, Diane Huntsburger. The two didn’t immediately hit it off, their friendship took root a couple nights later when they saw each other at a local coffeehouse. Just one year apart in age (...

"There is a road, no simple highway..."

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