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Robert Hunter Liberty Release Date: 1988 03 01 Running Time: 44:53 Label: Relix Maybe it was the addition of Jerry Garcia as lead guitarist or just Hunter's growing experience as a singer/ songwriter, but Liberty was a quantum leap from his earlier albums. The backup band was lively and tight (special kudos to drummer David Mann), and Hunter had written a set of playful lyrics, carefully never overwriting and often alluding to earlier folk and rock tunes. (Amazingly, the excellent, album-closing "When A Man Loves A Woman" did not refer to the '60s hit--Hunter claimed never to have heard it when he wrote his song.) He sang with a propulsive energy, such that, on a major label with proper promotion, a song like "Do Deny (Lying Man)" might have had a chance on radio. (If the Grateful Dead had cut it, it would have made a great followup to their 1987 Top Ten hit "Touch Of Grey," co-written by Garcia and Hunter.) Unfortunately, Liberty was the last album of new song material Hunter had produced as of 1996. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Liberty Hunter 3:53 2 Cry Down the Years Hunter 6:00 3 Bone Alley Hunter 3:50 4 Black Shamrock Hunter 3:45 5 Song Goes On Hunter 6:04 6 Do Deny (Lying Man) Hunter 5:38 7 Worried Song Hunter 4:02 8 Come and Get It Hebrail, Hunter, Kidjo 5:20 9 When a Man Loves a Woman Hunter 6:21 Releases: Year Type Label 1994 CD Relix

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