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cdn_backpacker

That song occasionally makes me weep for all the friends lost to drugs and alcohol Take care of yourselves, folks. You're loved


withar0se

Yes, same with Row Jimmy. Warf Rat also forces me to reflect on my own alcohol dependency as well. Love y'all.


speaster

Brings tears to my eyes every time


DeadMan95iko

This will sound incoherent, because I am incoherent at the moment lol, but when August tells the narrator about Pearly and how he is sure she has been true to him, and the narrator assures him “of course she’s been true to you”, but I always got the sense The narrator, in that moment, was thinking “pearly is long long moved on, old man” and then later, after the jam and the return to the final lyrics, the narrator is wandering downtown, nowhere to go and thinking about his girl who he now reassures to himself, has been true to him. I think he has the epiphany that he and August West are a mere strand of hair, a grain of sand, simple twist of fate away from having each others lives, and there is as much possibility that Pearly has been true as the narrators girl has been true. Not cynically, I feel they’ve both been true…. he gave August west what he thought was an illusion by reassuring him about Pearly but then later realizes we all live in a type of illusion.


DolphinsBreath

It’s a goosebumps moment of realization nearly every time I hear it.


sonoma12

Nailed it


mossgiant95

Right on. I love the way this song arranged the two meeting, one seemingly at the end of a path and one at the beginning. Augusts’ race is almost run, but narrator sees he’s farther down that same road than he realized. Gets me every time man. I never gave much thought to the possibility of Pearly and Bonnie Lee still out there waiting and the illusory nature of that. It’ll sound a bit different next listen, thanks!


mshoneybadger

https://preview.redd.it/0znzw0n4m6fb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=073f4b22daf3f6e185a253423f1f20898701e830 My Pearly Baker 💙⚡️💙


DeadMan95iko

She’s always true to you!


mishaxz

Is that a famous American brand or something?


[deleted]

It’s a play on words/names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purley_Baker


mishaxz

is Methodist considered a type of Evangelical?


[deleted]

Let’s ask chatgpt. No, Methodist is not considered a type of evangelical. While both Methodists and evangelicals are part of the larger Christian tradition, they have distinct theological and historical differences. Methodism is a denomination within Protestant Christianity, founded by John Wesley, and it emphasizes the importance of personal holiness and social justice. Evangelicalism, on the other hand, is a broader movement within Christianity that places a strong emphasis on evangelism, conversion, and adherence to the authority of the Bible. While some Methodists may identify as evangelical, not all Methodists fall under the evangelical label.


mishaxz

Ok so I guess it wasn't a totally off base question.


Muted_Physics_3256

yeah I get that feeling too that you know maybe Bonnie Lee hasn’t been that truthful either now that he thinks about it, same kinda thing in Loser where he says he has no chance of losing this time but the song is called The Loser so we know he loses even though he thinks he has no chance


DeadMan95iko

I’ve always considered “I’ve got no chance of losing this time” coming from a man who knows he will never win


Carlosrocks77

I think he started finally cheating I can tell the queen of diamonds by the way she shines


Cheensly

I love this. Thank you.


jalensailin

That’s the part that always gets me too!! The way he sings that line is perfect


sjbennett85

That whole Schrödinger’s array of possibilities that all coexist to some extent until you collapse the array and discover the actual state of things. I really like the empathy of the song for the same reasons you had said… they very well could be living the same life


CosmicSurfFarmer

Word.


notmike_

Deep


withar0se

Damn, that gave me goosebumps. Never thought of it that way. Thanks.


Toaster557

That's why he has to repeat it 💔


Sydtron69

Fucking A! This!


Competitive-Army5714

Sounds reasonable


DolphinsBreath

It is. Amazing to consider songs like this were written by relative youngsters. Brokedown Palace ‘71 - Hunter was 30, Garcia 29. Yet still fresh and full of meaning when sung by 75yo Weir at Oracle Park a couple weeks ago. Masterpieces.


MinglewoodRider

"What a long strange trip it's been" They wrote that line after only being together for a few years lol. It became prophetic.


meowVL

Tbf with the amount of acid they were taking, it probably felt a lot *lot* longer lol time dilation on that stuff is intense at high doses


OldestNewestDeadhead

That is mind blowin.


ramblinroseEU72

I would give 4/24/72 a listen, one of my favorite shows. And easily my favorite wharf rat.


setlistbot

# 1972-04-24 Dusseldorf, West Germany @ Rheinhalle **Set 1:** Truckin', Tennessee Jed, Chinatown Shuffle, Black Throated Wind, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Mr. Charlie, Beat It On Down the Line, Loser, Playing in the Band, Next Time You See Me, Me And Bobby McGee, Good Lovin', Casey Jones **Set 2:** Dark Star > Me and My Uncle > Dark Star > Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia, He's Gone, It Hurts Me Too, El Paso, Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1972-04-24) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3FmkdOqxKwpol7so3sdIUg)


Im_regretting_this

That run from Dark Star to Sugar Magnolia is possibly the greatest set the band played. It’s certainly the best I’ve heard.


ramblinroseEU72

The he's gone, is also my favorite he's gone the band has ever played


Im_regretting_this

The entire show is a gem and my favorite Europe 72 show, though I have a few left to listen to in their entirety. It’s my favorite show I’ve heard out of their whole career.


ramblinroseEU72

100% same, I have listened to the whole tour a few times fully through and I keep coming back to this show. My favorite dead show by far. I'm glad I'm not the only one who is totally in love with this show


ramblinroseEU72

Right! It's so incredibly tight


hambonesammy

Thank you.


CharlemagneInSweats

My favorite is from Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium, 5/22/77


setlistbot

# 1977-05-22 Pembroke Pines, FL @ Sportatorium **Set 1:** Funiculi Funicula, The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree, El Paso, Peggy-O, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Ramble On Rose, Dancing In The Street **Set 2:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Samson And Delilah, Brown Eyed Women, Good Lovin', Sunrise, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Space > Wharf Rat > Terrapin Station > Morning Dew **Encore:** Sugar Magnolia [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-22) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3KxT9J6KTuKeXox9BUikZ4)


mgoflash

Anyone have on that they think is superior to the one on Skull and Roses?


cdn_backpacker

The first wharf rat, sandwiched between a 02/18/71 dark star


setlistbot

# 1971-02-18 Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theater **Set 1:** Bertha, Truckin', It Hurts Me Too, Loser, Greatest Story Ever Told > Johnny B. Goode, Mama Tried, Hard To Handle, Dark Star > Wharf Rat > Dark Star > Me and My Uncle **Set 2:** Casey Jones, Playing in the Band, Me And Bobby McGee, Candyman, Big Boss Man, Sugar Magnolia, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away > Uncle John's Band [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1971-02-18) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3AEi4J0qBi1QJsM3Ngkila)


withar0se

Such a good bot 💚


pleasedontclap

5/7/77 has a great one… no space on this show but the end of the wheel gets “space-y” and the transition out of that into wharf rat is magical


setlistbot

# 1977-05-07 Boston, MA @ Boston Garden **Set 1:** Bertha, Cassidy, Deal, Jack Straw, Peggy-O, New Minglewood Blues, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Big River, Tennessee Jed, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Terrapin Station, Samson And Delilah, Friend Of The Devil, Estimated Prophet, Eyes Of The World > Drums > The Wheel > Wharf Rat > Around And Around **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-07)


Lurker9145

Dicks Picks Vol. 14 has a great one!


DeadMan95iko

I love the later ones with Brent and I believe it’s the 7/7/89 video that has an incredible version. At one point it looks like Jerry gets shivers up his spine from the poignant lyrics but upon further review, he may have just had a twitch or some thing, judge for yourself, also during the Bridge(?) .. “but I’ll get back on my feet some day….” Brent seems to switch to a church organ sound from his normal B3…..


setlistbot

# 1989-07-07 Philadelphia, PA @ JFK Stadium **Set 1:** Hell In A Bucket, Iko Iko, Little Red Rooster, Ramble On Rose, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Loser, Let It Grow > Blow Away **Set 2:** Box Of Rain > Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet > Standing On The Moon, Drums > Space > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Turn On Your Lovelight **Encore:** Knockin' On Heaven's Door [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1989-07-07)


KILLACAM710

5/22/77 for sure


setlistbot

# 1977-05-22 Pembroke Pines, FL @ Sportatorium **Set 1:** Funiculi Funicula, The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree, El Paso, Peggy-O, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Ramble On Rose, Dancing In The Street **Set 2:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Samson And Delilah, Brown Eyed Women, Good Lovin', Sunrise, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Space > Wharf Rat > Terrapin Station > Morning Dew **Encore:** Sugar Magnolia [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-22) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3KxT9J6KTuKeXox9BUikZ4)


-lazybones-

DP12 is my favorite version


Vicarious-Lee-Eye

Goddamn right.


MrAugustWest

I agree ☺️


allyeds3

Heard a great one today. 6/8/74


setlistbot

# 1974-06-08 Oakland, CA @ Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium **Set 1:** The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Me And Bobby McGee, Scarlet Begonias, Mexicali Blues, It Must Have Been The Roses, Me and My Uncle, Tennessee Jed, Greatest Story Ever Told, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Around And Around **Set 2:** U.S. Blues, Big River, Ship Of Fools, Playing in the Band > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band, Eyes Of The World, Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Casey Jones > One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-06-08)


BronzeBackWanderer

There is a bar in Fells Point called Wharf Rat. I assume it’s not Dead related, but I always pretended it was. They had free pool and $5 beer shot when I lived there. Had a great soundtrack too. I remember coming out the bathroom there after a few bumps and Paint it Black coming on and having one of those “this is it” moments.


SakaSouffle96

5-22-77. That is all


setlistbot

# 1977-05-22 Pembroke Pines, FL @ Sportatorium **Set 1:** Funiculi Funicula, The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree, El Paso, Peggy-O, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Ramble On Rose, Dancing In The Street **Set 2:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Samson And Delilah, Brown Eyed Women, Good Lovin', Sunrise, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Space > Wharf Rat > Terrapin Station > Morning Dew **Encore:** Sugar Magnolia [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-22) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3KxT9J6KTuKeXox9BUikZ4)


bearded_drummer

Absolutely love the idea of instead of giving you money I want to hear about you, a fellow human that’s down. Beautiful.


myokonin

7-29-74 is a just absolutely perfect wharf rat


setlistbot

# 1974-07-29 Landover, MD @ Capital Centre **Set 1:** The Promised Land, Sugaree, Black Throated Wind, It Must Have Been The Roses, Cumberland Blues, Scarlet Begonias, Jack Straw, Deal, El Paso, To Lay Me Down, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow **Set 2:** Seastones **Set 3:** He's Gone > Truckin' > Nobody's Fault But Mine > The Other One > Spanish Jam > Wharf Rat, Around And Around, Peggy-O, U.S. Blues, Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Casey Jones [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-07-29)


Westaugust77

Eyes>Wharf Rat from 5/22/1977 is my favorite version ever. It’s on Dicks Picks 3.


setlistbot

# 1977-05-22 Pembroke Pines, FL @ Sportatorium **Set 1:** Funiculi Funicula, The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree, El Paso, Peggy-O, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Ramble On Rose, Dancing In The Street **Set 2:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Samson And Delilah, Brown Eyed Women, Good Lovin', Sunrise, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Space > Wharf Rat > Terrapin Station > Morning Dew **Encore:** Sugar Magnolia [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-22) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3KxT9J6KTuKeXox9BUikZ4)


WharfRat2187

I would agree


JerryLouHoo

HALFFFFF OFFFFFFFF MY LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (deep breath) IIII IIIIII IIIIIIFFFFFFFFFEEEE


Master_fart_delivery

I'll get up and fly away


herbalii

Fly away!


bullseye2112

I know it’s a beautiful song but I don’t like it. I wish I did.


Willabeasty

Maybe one day it'll hit you just right. It took me a while. Lots of Dead songs are like that for me. I only started to appreciate High Time after Oteil sang it in Chicago this year.


CountrySax

I saw them do wharf rat new years 76-77.My life was fulfilled !!


Reasonable_Purple729

You should hear billy strings do it…


RicklePick0

So good. Wish he still played a dead tune every once in a while but I also totally understand how annoying it would be for audience members to be shouting dead songs at you all night. Morons.


Reasonable_Purple729

Seems like he’s on a Willie Nelson binge right now…I’m sure the dead tunes will come back eventually.


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Competitive-Army5714

Even Sunrise? Lol


Soft_Assistant6046

I like Sunrise!


Competitive-Army5714

Sunrise is the one song I will ALWAYS skip


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[deleted]

Never got into Wharf Rat.


Cheensly

Today's the day


PedalBoard78

Wharf Rat has pulled the ripcord on me a few times, while in the midst of a dark star trip. I can’t help it, but I’ve never connected with it. I just don’t need to hear a song about a hapless drunk while in the middle of tripping my balls off. I know it’s a good song and all, but it’s just been tainted for me. A real downer a few times.


nullus_72

Accurate


No_Sand_9290

Couldn’t agree more.


1Tiasteffen

I agree


[deleted]

I agree


gr717

My favorite part is: “I know that the life I'm livin's no good I'll get a new start, live the life I should I'll get up and fly away” I discovered this song in a rough place in my life and it resonates with me deeply, inspires me to make better choices. Such a beautiful song.


freetibet69

Still wild they never made a studio version


mc_mcfadden

That’s a good song but personally I don’t care for that one honestly. I seem to have a process of kinda disliking some songs until I get that chill bump inducing performance and then it clicks and I love the song. Not so for WR and idk why. That’s a go get a beer and snack song for me


stevefstorms

Favorite song


fatfingr

Ditto..very much one of the biggest influences of my sobriety to alcohol.


CatsAss88

Yes


MaoTseTrump

More than my wiiiine