Songhunter: The songs of Robert Hunter and the Grateful Dead

1. Ship of Fools 4:19 – Robert Hunter, Jerry
Garcia / Ukulele
2. He’s Gone 6:59 – Robert Hunter, Jerry
Garcia / Cigar Box Guitar
3. Black Muddy River 4:47 – Robert
Hunter, Jerry Garcia / Guitar
4. Fire on the Mountain 4:33 – Robert
Hunter, Mickey Hart / Mountain Dulcimer
5. Friend of the Devil 4:32 – Robert
Hunter, Jerry Garcia / Mandolin
6. Stella Blue 6:30 – Robert Hunter, Jerry
Garcia / Guitar
7. Brokedown Palace 4:26- Robert Hunter,
Jerry Garcia / Ukulele
8. To Lay Me Down 5:19 – Robert Hunter,
Jerry Garcia / Guitar
9. Standing on the Moon 4:54 – Robert
Hunter, Jerry Garcia / Guitar
All songs arranged and performed by Charlie
Mosbrook
Copyright OMR 2023
In September of 2019, Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter died. His work had always served as a major
influence on my own music. I wanted to try to pay tribute to his work with my songwriting. I wanted to
wander into an imaginary yet very literal world captured in Hunter’s lyrics. My first composition “Silhouette
in Blue” from my CD Together Alone followed this direction including direct references to Hunter’s “Stella
Blue”. Within a few weeks of penning that song, pandemic took hold of the world and my songwriting
pivoted towards the topical arena, reflecting on the volatile world we live in and my experience during our
time of universal isolation. My goals of a personal tribute to Robert Hunter remained though temporarily
sidelined.