Since Keith Godchaux would die in an unfortunate auto accident a few months later, it is easy to confirm that the tape is what it says it is-Robert Hunter making a live appearance, backed by two former members of the Grateful Dead and some other musicians. While I have no other evidence save this, nevertheless the date is pretty plausible. Thus it was quite surprising to find a tape on the internet of Robert Hunter performing with Keith and Donna Godchaux and their band The Ghosts, apparently (per the tape), on Maat the Masonic Temple in Seattle, Washington. I am one of the few people who has attempted to document Robert Hunter's live performing history, particularly in the 1970s, in general, Hunter spent the mid-70s mostly working in somewhat conventional rock band settings, before finally narrowing his sights in mid-1978 to a mostly solo approach. However, when a tape is the only evidence that we have of a lost concert, and in particular one that may be very telling about the state of the Grateful Dead at a point in time, the blog is not going to ignore that information. In general, the archaeology of Hooterollin Around is focused on different sorts of evidence. This blog does not typically assess live concert tapes, whether well known or not, since so many other blogs and sites do a better job of that. The Ghosts, featuring Keith and Donna Godchaux, recorded in 1979-80, released an album on Whirled Records in 1984
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