As Hunter has explained on multiple occasions, he reworded the opening lines of ' The Love Song of J.

While in Rio Nido, a small town on the Russian River just north of San Francisco, he immediately sat down and wrote the opening line, contributing the lyrics and name of the song. A handful of months later, Robert Hunter, who would become a longtime collaborator with the Grateful Dead, arrived back in California and overheard the band playing around with the track. In May 1967, Garcia composed the preliminary chords of the song, but it was at the time without lyrics. The name comes from one of Patrick Volkerding's testing systems, named after the song. 'darkstar' is also the default hostname given to Slackware Linux installations whose hostnames are not specified. 'Dark Star' is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list and was ranked at number 57 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time. One such performance, lasting 23 minutes, was included on the Dead's breakthrough 1969 album Live/Dead and is the best-known version of the song. 'Dark Star' was an early Grateful Dead classic, which the group often used as a vehicle for extended jam sessions during live performances. It was written by lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by lead guitarist Jerry Garcia however, compositional credit is sometimes extended to include Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan, and Bob Weir.

' Dark Star' is a song released as a single by the Grateful Dead on Warner Bros.

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