Robert Hunter (b. 1941) is a singer/songwriter and poet best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. His first and possibly best known song was Dark Star. The vast majority of the Grateful Dead's original songs are Hunter/Garcia collaborations where Garcia specified the music, and Hunter wrote the lyrics. Garcia once described Hunter as "the band member who doesn't come out on stage with us".

References

• Hunter, Robert. A Box of Rain. Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0140134514. The complete lyrics of Robert Hunter to date.