A Box of Rain

A Box of Rain Artist: Robert Hunter
Label: Rykodisc
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 014431021428
EAN: 0014431021428
ASIN: B0000009O8


Release Date: 1991-08-19

A Box of Rain


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Tracks:

  1. Box Of Rain
  2. Scarlet Begonias
  3. Franklin's Tower
  4. Jack Straw
  5. Brown-Eyed Women
  6. Reuben & Cerise
  7. Space
  8. Deal
  9. Promontory Rider
  10. Ripple
  11. Boys In The Bathroom
  12. Stella Blue

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Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars For the Charitable Deadhead.......2007-03-28

My guess is that if you are even bothering to check this recording out, you are probably a die-hard Deadhead who has marvelled at the lyrical artistry of Robert Hunter and are curious about how he sounds on his own. Let's put it this way - there is a reason the man is known as a lyricist and not a singer/songwriter. Granted, Hunter is probably no worse than someone you might hear in a college town open mike on an off night, and as a member of the Dead family I am willing to embrace his work as a brother. But musically let's face it - he needed the Dead (and Garcia in particular) to make these songs work. I give it two stars because the quality of the material is outstanding, but to enjoy the performance requires a lot of charity.

3 out of 5 stars Straining for Simplicity.......2004-09-17

I'd like to like Rob Hunter's effort here a lot more than I do, but it does seem he'll be better remembered as the Dead's lyricist. A friend accompanied me to a concert in Cincinnati way back in 1979, and the stark 'revisiting' of that evening is pretty much conjured by this CD. By that read limited musicianship and vocals, and not a great deal of charisma that might hold a crowd. The songwriting skills are not half what Deadheads might claim for them. The best stuff on the individual solo work represented here comes from,'Rumrunners', but I don't think that adds up to a little more than half an album's worth of pleasant acoustic folk.

4 out of 5 stars The Songs...and not the Music..........2003-03-23

When this album is good, it is really good, and when it is ok, it is OK. Hunter's version of Box of Rain and Scarlet Begonias are not as musically complex as those of the Grateful Dead, but when Hunter sings, you know that he is singing his songs, and that only he knows exactly what these songs are about.... This is folk music in an older sense, and it is good. When the Grateful Dead recorded and performed Hunter's lyrics, it was more as a conduit to their musical vision. When Hunter performs these songs, howver, he is recreating the song as he initially imagined them. He is singing about what he knows and has experienced.

2 out of 5 stars Still don't like it.......2002-08-30

I pull this CD out every once in awhile to listen to it, but I still don't really like it. I respect Hunter as a writer, but no matter how much I listen to the CD, I still find it hard to listen to. Not being a great singer never bothered me, I've always been a fan of Dylan and Neil Young (not great singing voices never got in their way), but Hunter's voice has always grated on me.
Oh well, some people get certain things, while others don't. I'm sure there are a lot of music I listen to that other people don't enjoy, either.

5 out of 5 stars

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