Nice interview with Robert Hunter from 1981

Thanks for posting this Buck.

Too fucking good.

((((((((((Hunter))))))))))

I hadn't seen that, it was interesting & cool, thanks for putting it up.

As I watched it I was thinking, damn it, why couldn't they ask more interesting questions???

But he still gives some interesting answers.

I thought it was notable when he's said that at times while watching the band he thinks it will go on forever, and then he thinks no, some of us will drop off and it won't go on.

I'm not so sure you were give it & yourself enough credit there Robert.

I think based on what we've seen & continue to see all these years later, it's not a stretch to think "it" will continue on for a long time to come.

I caught this on Reddit yesterday and really enjoyed it. I saw Hunter perform at Ripley's in the very early 80s and wonder if this interview might have been from when I saw him.

Good interview

Robert has a little bit of the sniffles

I'l have to watch later.

ps. somebody really needs to interview david nelson more.

Nice post, Jo Buck.  Miss him so much.  That interview takes place at a long gone great Philly venue called Ripley's Music Hall at 608 South Street.  Saw countless shows there.  One of note was Jorma on 9/1/82 and me and the buds hung out afterwards--I think Denny DeGragorio or Steve Austin was on bass that night but post show, Jorma came out and hung with us for 45 minutes on the stairs by the side of the stage, just shooting the shit. During the show, he was knocking back tequila shots and smashing the shot glass against the back wall.  Those were the days!  I asked him what was up with the "Typewriter Tapes" with him and Joplin while his then wife Margareta was using her typewriter- it was a rare bootleg back then. He told us he would be releasing it soon--and it only took like another 15 year to come out :) 

Saw both Rob & Jorma there, probably the 9/1 show.  Also caught Hunter a couple years earlier at Stars, a tiny club a few blocks away.

I used to go to Stars as well, great ole spot--so was Khyber Pass and Grendel's Lair.  My favorite was the Bijou Cafe on Lombard-many a late night/early mornings there-Chestnut Cabaret, too.  Before I moved they opened Tracadero around 86 and saw Jorma there too.  One I never made it to was the Main Point and 2nd Fret. Philly was truly a great place for music in the 70s and early 80s

If I may add, this is my RadioTribute to Robert Hunter from shortly after his passing in 2019. There's a lot to chew on in this 3 hour segment, so if you want to just hear my brief interview with him circa 1980, just scroll up to the 49 minute mark. Just remember, it was a noisy rock club so the sonic quality is a bit rough. You also have to put up with a nervous, nerdy me at age 20....Enjoy!

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/djeasywind/episodes/2019-10-24T09_53_41-07_00