“Hunter tapped into his generation the same way Dylan did,” says Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers, a longtime Dead fan. The songs Hunter wrote with Garcia (and, occasionally, Lesh and Weir) have lived on, covered by Willie Nelson, Patti Smith, Tom Petty, Los Lobos, Elvis Costello, even Sublime. He had one foot off the ground and he’d be writing in his notebooks. “You’d see Hunter standing over in the corner,” recalls Hart of the time Hunter joined up with them. But Hunter’s words - heard in “Uncle John’s Band,” “Ripple,” “Eyes of the World,” “Dire Wolf,” “Standing on the Moon,” “Touch of Grey,” “Dark Star,” “Box of Rain,” and so many other milestones in the Dead’s catalog - were the band’s poetic, story-telling soul, often matching the untamed, exploratory nature of the Dead themselves. Garcia’s guitar, Lesh’s massive bass, and the dual Kreutzmann-Hart drums defined the sound of the Dead. But if there were a core fifth surviving member, it would be Hunter, the Dead’s longtime primary lyricist. This July, the “core four” of the band that the Warlocks became, the Grateful Dead - Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart - will reunite for shows in Chicago to commemorate the Dead’s 50th anniversary, joined by Phish singer-guitarist Trey Anastasio. It just seemed unlikely, and it was also a time of odd band names.” But then to become a rock & roll band, him and Bill and Weir and Pigpen-it was amusing. “It was hard to believe Jerry in a rock & roll band, I’ve got to say. “They were good, just dandy,” recalls Hunter, sitting in the living room of his San Rafael, California, home. ** Single print order can either print or save as PDF.Fifty years ago this May, 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. If "play" button icon is greye unfortunately this score does not contain playback functionality. Simply click the icon and if further key options appear then apperantly this sheet music is transposable.Īlso, sadly not all music notes are playable. In order to check if 'China Cat Sunflower' can be transposed to various keys, check "notes" icon at the bottom of viewer as shown in the picture below. * Not all our sheet music are transposable. When this song was released on it was originally published in the key of Emi. Be careful to transpose first then print (or save as PDF). If your desired notes are transposable, you will be able to transpose them after purchase. If you selected -1 Semitone for score originally in C, transposition into B would be made. This means if the composers Words by ROBERT HUNTER Music by JERRY GARCIA started the song in original key of the score is C, 1 Semitone means transposition into C#.
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