Robert Hunter 11/14/1980
WHFS-FM Studios, Bethesda, MD
Source Summary
FM > ? > cassette > Harman Kardon DC5300 > Sound Devices 788T (24/96) > Izotope RX Advanced > Xact > FLAC24/96 Transfer and mastering by Brian Miksis September 2025
FM > ? > cassette > Harman Kardon DC5300 > Sound Devices 788T (24/96) > Izotope RX Advanced > Xact > FLAC24/96 Transfer and mastering by Brian Miksis September 2025
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Robert Hunter
WHFS-FM Studio
Bethesda, MD
November 14, 1980
Recording Info:
FM > ? > cassette > Harman Kardon DC5300 > Sound Devices 788T (24/96) > Izotope RX Advanced > Xact > FLAC24/96
Transfer and mastering by Brian Miksis September 2025
Notes:
-Thanks Doug Aldridge for the cassette
-Thanks to Dave Lennox for coordinating the For Robert Hunter Fans project
//Friend Of The Devil (from Jack O' Roses LP - removed)
1. Interview Segment #1
• “Jack O’ Roses” LP – U.K. Pressing
• New album / living in England / performing new material vs. Grateful Dead songs
• Anonymity behind the Grateful Dead
• Meeting Jerry Garcia and evolution of friendship
• Jerry Garcia as editor of Robert Hunter material
• Writing For Jerry Garcia vs. writing for himself
• “One Thing To Try” – metaphysical lyrics
• Evolution of live performance repertoire
One Thing To Try (from Tiger Rose LP - removed)
Box Of Rain (from Jack O' Roses LP - removed)
2. Interview Segment #2
• How Hunter’s previous albums have aged
• Living in England
• Grateful Dead seeing Hunter perform at Cellar Door
• Folk and acoustic music revival
• Touring / Inflation – 20 year cycles
• Metaphysics of Hunter lyrics
• Writing Terrapin Station
Boys In The Barroom (from Tales Of The Great Rum Runners LP - removed)
Lady With A Fan (from Jack O'Roses LP - removed)
3. Interview Segment #3
• Show tonight at Gaston Hall
• History of Rum Runners
• Before The Dead early days
Rum Runners (from Tales Of The Great Rum Runners LP - removed)
Steppin' (from Lee Oskar’s “Before the Rain” LP - removed)
4. Interview Segment #4
• Playing Bagpipes with Lee Oskar
• Lee Oskar and Norton Buffalo – harmonica expertise
• Playing Bagpipes / Breaking in a new reed
• Writing the music for lyrics - Lesh, Nelson, Freiberg
//full segment presumed to include more interview
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;flac fingerprints generated by xACT 2.58 on 2026-04-03 13:13:34 +0000
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Interview Segment 2.flac:56d549b1382a01440b9547d467798b63
Interview Segment 3.flac:7e17ad7f9d71c2b4a6430007b03ca585
Interview Segment 4.flac:34736ec7dd76a8205a98ec7d2372fbb2
Verify MD5: rh1980-11-14.interview.fm.aldridge.miksis.flac16.md5
Interview Segment 1.flac : OK
Interview Segment 2.flac : OK
Interview Segment 3.flac : OK
Interview Segment 4.flac : OK
WHFS-FM Studio
Bethesda, MD
November 14, 1980
Recording Info:
FM > ? > cassette > Harman Kardon DC5300 > Sound Devices 788T (24/96) > Izotope RX Advanced > Xact > FLAC24/96
Transfer and mastering by Brian Miksis September 2025
Notes:
-Thanks Doug Aldridge for the cassette
-Thanks to Dave Lennox for coordinating the For Robert Hunter Fans project
//Friend Of The Devil (from Jack O' Roses LP - removed)
1. Interview Segment #1
• “Jack O’ Roses” LP – U.K. Pressing
• New album / living in England / performing new material vs. Grateful Dead songs
• Anonymity behind the Grateful Dead
• Meeting Jerry Garcia and evolution of friendship
• Jerry Garcia as editor of Robert Hunter material
• Writing For Jerry Garcia vs. writing for himself
• “One Thing To Try” – metaphysical lyrics
• Evolution of live performance repertoire
One Thing To Try (from Tiger Rose LP - removed)
Box Of Rain (from Jack O' Roses LP - removed)
2. Interview Segment #2
• How Hunter’s previous albums have aged
• Living in England
• Grateful Dead seeing Hunter perform at Cellar Door
• Folk and acoustic music revival
• Touring / Inflation – 20 year cycles
• Metaphysics of Hunter lyrics
• Writing Terrapin Station
Boys In The Barroom (from Tales Of The Great Rum Runners LP - removed)
Lady With A Fan (from Jack O'Roses LP - removed)
3. Interview Segment #3
• Show tonight at Gaston Hall
• History of Rum Runners
• Before The Dead early days
Rum Runners (from Tales Of The Great Rum Runners LP - removed)
Steppin' (from Lee Oskar’s “Before the Rain” LP - removed)
4. Interview Segment #4
• Playing Bagpipes with Lee Oskar
• Lee Oskar and Norton Buffalo – harmonica expertise
• Playing Bagpipes / Breaking in a new reed
• Writing the music for lyrics - Lesh, Nelson, Freiberg
//full segment presumed to include more interview
-----------------------------------------
;flac fingerprints generated by xACT 2.58 on 2026-04-03 13:13:34 +0000
Interview Segment 1.flac:426af7d7346c580a8c913bd6d7916163
Interview Segment 2.flac:56d549b1382a01440b9547d467798b63
Interview Segment 3.flac:7e17ad7f9d71c2b4a6430007b03ca585
Interview Segment 4.flac:34736ec7dd76a8205a98ec7d2372fbb2
Verify MD5: rh1980-11-14.interview.fm.aldridge.miksis.flac16.md5
Interview Segment 1.flac : OK
Interview Segment 2.flac : OK
Interview Segment 3.flac : OK
Interview Segment 4.flac : OK
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