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GTR is the only album from the short-lived supergroup GTR, released in April 1986. The album peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 chart, and the single "When the Heart Rules the Mind" reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Another single, "The Hunter", peaked at No. 85.
GTR's self-titled debut album was released by Arista Records on 24 April 1986. In the U.S., the album went gold, hit No. 11 on the album charts, and spawned a hit single, "When the Heart Rules the Mind" (No. 14), which stayed in the charts for 16 weeks. [3]
Hunter was born Robert Burns on June 23, 1941, in Arroyo Grande, California, near San Luis Obispo. [1] [4] [5] He was a great-great-grandson of the Romantic poet Robert Burns, according to Charles Perry. [6] Hunter's father was an alcoholic, who deserted the family when Hunter was seven, according to Grateful Dead chronicler Dennis McNally.
Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics in 1970 in London on the same afternoon he wrote those to "Brokedown Palace" and "To Lay Me Down" (reputedly drinking half a bottle of retsina in the process). [3] Jerry Garcia wrote the music to accompany Hunter's lyrics, [ 3 ] and the song debuted August 18, 1970 at Fillmore West in San Francisco.
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"Truckin '" is associated with the blues and other early 20th-century forms of folk music. [6]"Truckin '" was considered a "catchy shuffle" by the band members. [7] Garcia commented that "the early stuff we wrote that we tried to set to music was stiff because it wasn't really meant to be sung... the result of [lyricist Robert Hunter getting into our touring world], the better he could write ...
"The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" is a 1966 song written by Smokey Robinson. It was a hit single in 1967 for the American girl group The Marvelettes for the Motown label, from their self-titled album released that same year.
The "Part 1" in the title refers to the fact that only a portion of Hunter's lyrics intended for the piece were used. [3] Hunter's 1980 album Jack O' Roses contains a version of the suite with portions cut from the Grateful Dead version, including sections entitled "Ivory Wheels/Rosewood Track" and "Jack O' Roses". [4]