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A Box of Rain

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Cover of the original edition

A Box of Rain is a 1990 book by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, compiling his complete songbook, in and out of the Dead, from 1965 until 1990. A more-recent paperback edition has also been published, which includes lyrics up until 1993; the original edition was hardbound. The 1993 publication also includes a different introduction by the author.

The book's title comes from "Box of Rain", a song recorded and made famous on the Dead's 1970 studio classic, American Beauty.

Sources

  • Robert Hunter, A Box of Rain, Penguin (Non-Classics); (1993) ISBN 0-14-013451-4