Consequence of Sound — The Grateful Dead offshoot is heading west to wrap up the year. Dead & Company announce West Coast tour dates, New Year’s Eve show Alex Young more info

JamBase — Gov't Mule paid tribute to late Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and teamed with guitarist Larry McCray at The Fillmore Detroit on Tuesday night. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Robert Hunter, who died on Sept. 22 at age 78, matched words to Jerry Garcia's melodies and served as the public conscience for the Grateful Dead, whom he joined as a non-performing member in 1969. more info

USA Today Music — Remembering Robert Hunter, masterful lyricist for the Grateful Dead.             more info

New York Post — The poet behind much of the Grateful Dead’s anthology has passed away: Robert Hunter died Monday at 78. Family members said in a statement Tuesday that the experimental rock legend’s enduring songs will help him live on forever. “It is with gre... more info

JamBase — Jimmy Buffett dusted off his cover of the Grateful Dead's "Scarlet Begonias" for the first time in two years at the London Palladium. more info

Consequence of Sound — Hunter was responsible for many of the Grateful Dead's best-known songs, including "Touch of Grey", "Box of Rain". R.I.P. Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead lyricist and poet, dead at 78 wrengraves more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Hunter co-wrote many of the Dead's most beloved songs, including "Dark Star," "Touch of Grey" and "Uncle John's Band." more info

Stereogum — Robert Hunter, the poet and musician who wrote many of the Grateful Dead's lyrics, died on Monday night, Rolling Stone reports. No cause of death was given. He was 78. more info

JamBase — Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter died at the age of 78. more info