Wharf Rat, 5/7/77 ☮ Grateful Dead

Beautiful "Wharf Rat" performed at Boston Garden, on May 7, 1977...

[@Karmakatt6]

God Bless the Wharf Rats and anyone struggling.. we're not alone. No matter how much we push our friends away, we always have the Grateful Dead.

[@jackstrawFW]

Thank you for this comment 🌹💚😢

[@HeyZeusBelden]

Thank you!

[@HeatherTeffenhart-sf5mk]

Yes I Love this comment 🙏🙏❤️

[@timothyshields4421]

Damn straight. I listened to the GD since 1974. It's the only music that keeps my heart& soul intact. I'm a amputee and I'm battling 4 different types of cancer on top of diabetes. Gerry & company is only music that keeps me on that path of rightousness

[@jhobopopo2yo209]

Cannot escape alcohol. It is part of my life.

[@BeyondDescription5]

In my opinion, this is THE pinnacle version of the song. If you close your eyes, you can visualize the fog lifting from a metropolitan area's docks, on a gloomy fall morning, and August West sitting there on the ground next to a building.

[@jeffmargulies3833]

I see it Sean - I feel it too

[@genesmith8627]

NICE😎

[@barryforman2949]

How perfect to be in existence with the Grateful Dead....

[@huckreason8455]

I love you

[@Karmakatt6]

@@huckreason8455 we still love you Huck, 1 year on and counting:-)

[@martinpickr9582]

Out of INFINITY. AHHH❤️

[@passtheplot]

Usually I prefer hip hop & r&b but back in high school I was introduced to the grateful dead. This version of this song has since been in my top 5 favorite songs. Always will be.

[@Shepherds100]

Who 'prefers' hip hop and that other crap you said

[@straightdaddy123]

Exactly me, except I don’t like R&B. surprisingly this was the song that turned me on to the Dead. Edit: this version of the song.

[@chad3073]

Hate to see Jerry sing this he never lived by words of song

[@Throwawayjim119]

@@Shepherds100 no music is “better” than the other and talking down on someone for the music they listen to is trashy. Jerry got hip hop wrong when he was alive but it has developed into a stunning art form. The development of hip hop and rnb is an evolution of the same Black music that gave us the Dead, so calling hip hop “crap” is ignorant and shitty tbh

[@theDiReW0lf]

This song depresses me in the best way possible.

[@JeffreySykes]

Keith's subtle piano work in the musical interludes is something special.

[@MrCSRocker]

This is day before the Cornell Mother's day show. Man, the band was in fine, fine form during that run.

[@jeffreypopple6884]

In my opinion without a doubt the best wharf rat version. There are some others that I like but this one by itself seems to be the best. It is focused but yet very sad and disturbing.....but also passionate. A work of art.

[@BDB78]

What are some other you like if you don’t mind? Preferably the years 88-91? I’m a Wharf Rat collector.

[@moontimes7647]

One of the best dead songs during one of their highest points. IMO

[@_nx..kromer.6085]

I dig an aufull lot about thumb. A grateful skoop phul. ✌

[@martinbetz9052]

100% agree

[@justjerry9078]

Agreed !!

[@sugarhollowdaddy1]

Zappa was too smart (Yalie) for his own good. He spent most of his time entertaining himself in front of the rest of us. Anastasio is the same way. Garcia/Hunter weren't fascinated by themselves like Frank/Trey, they were fascinated by the world--the world we see and the world of possibility. And they shared that vision lovingly and brilliantly with us. These tunes will live forever.

[@dandelion8522]

sugarhollowdaddy1 'Agree. Nice Thought.

[@420--flow6]

Beautifully worded

[@chuckhowe123]

sugarhollowdaddy1 How do you feel now, after the fare thee well shows? I am asking honestly. I think Trey opened a lot of eyes. He was never a "look at me player." He's always been a group effort guy. I think thar came through. I agree, no one can replace Jerry (Especially these vocals here) but I thought Trey did an admirable job.

[@joedalessandro1206]

+Chuck Howe Trey was humble enough not to try and pretend he could do what Jerry did. he left a lot of holes in those solos. Those were Jerry's songs and Trey honored them. If anything, I think Phil was being a bit of dick on fare the well, he does have an ego. That being said, Frank thought we were ALL idiots and he was probably right.

[@richardleach4118]

+sugarhollowdaddy1 well done sir.and I do love frank

[@DrJerome42]

Love this Wharf Rat. Stands out as one of the best in my opinion. Another great, yet very different one was played on NYE '87.

[@ireneruthfox]

I was lucky enough to attend this show....This was the first time I ever smoked Hash. Oh the good old days.

[@amybrown1197]

Grew up in Marin ...started going to Dead shows in GGP when I was 12. 64 now. Devastated the day Jerry died. Having to call my brother at his law office in SF to tell him. He couldn't speak. The music transports and the sounds Jerry pulls from his instruments are sublime and incomparable.

[@phillipreading9973]

The Deads music can transport to the days of gun slingers and gamblers or deep into your mind on a inter cosmic journey. Always leaving the listener to come to his or her own understanding. Thats why the dead never have and never will sound dated. And what Dead & Co is doing prove still creating beutiful music....Jerry eould be proud.

[@drewcamero1489]

Phillip Reading i am a dead nubbie. But catching up. Truth be told, i am circling back, having not listened well in years past. Ripple is my current favorite. A song that makes me cry knowing where we could be as a people yet seeing how far we have fallen. I am sure to the GD connoisseur Ripple seems old and worn out. But thats only because we are old and warn out.

[@mobiditch6848]

I agree. It’s Americana no matter what the delusional hippies have to say...most of these early tunes are in the center of american violence...I don’t get the love peace jive unless it’s unconsciously hooking on to its opposite ...which is in a way fascinating or revealing beyond any hippie claims.

[@mobiditch6848]

...and if you dig that try NRPS where jerry played their first record.

[@zzzzzach]

@@drewcamero1489 The songs are authentic, artistic, and significant and frivolous at the same time, speaking to things not often spoken of in daily life. All that to say there is nothing old and worn out about Ripple. Enjoy what speaks to you, however it touches you.

[@tomwilll]

how can anyone not like this.

[@coreyjsilva3534]

Probably a communist who thinks that the solos should have been violently and with tons of.bloodshed been evenly distributed between all members

[@DottieandTom]

no one better than Jerry...ever

[@philipmorgan4317]

"Cept' Jesus"

[@lolaflores5388]

I got no dime but I got some time to hear your story....

[@jonathansocha8223]

Best week in Grateful Dead history it was a perfect mix of drugs toys experience and talent nothing was better before or after even though I love it all

[@charlesryan427]

The April 71 run that coincided with the closing of the Fillmore East was pretty special as well. :)

[@brinkybrinkz]

Love this song. If you have a rocking system this sounds incredible! ❤

[@teddyedwards9705]

God bless the Grateful Dead

[@claytonconn6859]

down down by docks an old man died, but he had a story that's still here today, what more can jerry say about the way life takes us down, down some day we'll fly away

[@coreyjsilva3534]

Jerry didn't write the wordss though man...

[@chrishorton615]

I'll get up and fly away...

[@dandelion8522]

Grateful Dead: artististi affascinati dal mondo, il mondo di possibilità-curiosità-bellezza. Hanno condiviso questa visione amorevolmente e brillantemente con noi. Grazie.

[@photoslum]

the noodling alone gives me goosebumps and then...well, you all know what happens next

[@carlrobinson6559]

Bloody hell! How good is this? Great version of a Dead classic, the intro alone sounds like mist rolling in off the docks, sublime

[@michaelmaira1515]

love this version of one of my favorite dead songs

[@wandadejesus5601]

I just adord this tune

[@wosslert]

I do to.

[@jamesroof6150]

18 year old me was at this show. My senior year of High School. Great times❤😁

[@ChrisDutch]

Best version of this I've heard.

[@skinnyblisks127]

ChrisDutch I prefer Red Rock '78. Or the one from skull and roses has the best ending jam EVER

[@BeyondDescription5]

Agreed.

[@franzbroderick6800]

Sitting at work, taking a break just in case the Big Boss Man figures out how to find this comment, I was struck by how little "life" is in this recording. It reminds me of the soundboards that have little audience interaction. The version of this show I obtained from archive.org several years ago has much more Keith, Phil and crowd. Give that a try, I think you'll agree

[@christianraimondi98]

May 1977. What a period for the dead

[@Croutonza]

Masterful.

[@treyfisse3230]

Best version I've heard. This tune is a blast to play on the acoustic. Its very easy and sounds great

[@thomasjones1282]

The best recording of this tune in my opinion. They were on in may 77.

[@charlesryan427]

This is certainly one of the best. 7/8 & 12/31/78 are a couple of other ones that come to mind. Like so many of their tunes, there are many great versions to enjoy. :)

[@jrc7660]

Wasn't they tho, dang I say! Outta this planet Jams, all of the fellas firing on every cylinders they got the whole month that year. Not many days will go by before I'm listening to something from May 77. Have had 30 seconds of drippy 🎶🎵 Jam from the Barton Hall M Dew when they're really flyin around 12~13 minute mark as my ringtone. The band being so cool about the tapin just gave us so much. Dude I could sit here and swing from Garcia all day but I gotta get some stuff did. Safe travels friend and may you be blessed with Light and Love with Peace surrounding ya⚡🎸✌👊

[@charlesryan427]

(~):]

[@mobiditch6848]

Watkins Glen. Friday sound check.

[@jellelamont]

One of my most very fav Jerry tunes

[@dudeitsbryce]

Really great. Had a special listen to this last night. Had to re-listen just now. Sounds so good. Really beautiful and imaginative.

[@MichaelTrigoboff]

Not the best at what they do, the only ones that do what they do... -- Bill Graham sure was right about that.

[@jellelamont]

They are the best at what they do....

[@coreyjsilva3534]

Well that is a great statement that Graham made very poetic but....if your the only one who does something than you ipso facto are the best and worst simultaneously. But truly the quasi jazz improv approach to such a variety of styles was not only unique to them but ot still is to this day. PHISH and modern jam bands all lack the songs the soul and the multi instrumental simultaneously interweaving into each other improv style. This is because they based their efforts on listening to and feeding off each other in real time. "There is nothing like a grateful dead show".... another famous quote which stands out for it's sccuracy

[@curtisryan8703]

Michael Trigoboff no one will ever be like them perfection can’t beat that!

[@sunshinenbluesallday1920]

@@coreyjsilva3534 PHILOSOPHICALLY THAT IS??

[@kennewicksheri]

"I'm sure she's been true to you."

[@larrymiller4]

May of '77 was their high-water mark.

[@nickwaterman]

77 in general was premo

[@jeffreypopple6884]

I think in many ways that may be true but when you listen to how they progressed as musicians as time went on some of their better work is a decade later

[@brucebrynes9776]

Wow! After all these years I figured out that I was at this show. I was part of a group of people from Vermont who protested the building of the Seabrook Nuclear Plant back in 1977. 1400+ of us were arrested and we were put in National Guard Amories. I still have the Time Magazine article on us, and I personally am in the picture that they used in the article. I just found it and noticed that it was in May of '77. I didn't have a ticket to the show, but the guy on the cot next to me told me that he did and that his girlfriend was supposed to go but things weren't working out for them, so he asked me if I wanted to go. SURE ! Miracle ! ... we got there and found that we had seats that were way in the back. I said, "follow me" and we made our way up front and got everyone up dancing and we danced the night away. I always remembered it to be a very special show.

[@AriDillProductions]

THE best Wharf Rat (IMO) Phil!! Base! 77! So many things about this version that contribute to this being one of my favorite versions of Wharf Rat..Thank you Chase, you have great uploads here on youtube. good tase (~);) Cheers-Peace

[@jellelamont]

They are the best at what they do....

[@richellesignore7216]

It's all of them together no band was cable of doing what did.tight yet free flowing individual excellence

[@wharfdaddy]

Got high for the last time as this song was being played.5.7.77...just smoked one of those joints that kept going back and forth..back and forth.. Actually I got nicely blasted because I had spent most of the previous 12 months stationed in Korea..so I had developed a head as I had only got smoked out 3 times in 12 months.... At any rate and here is the cool part ... 10 years later ended up forming and naming The Wharf Rat Group with a couple of other kids. Now you know the rest of the story....

[@Jonesy1978]

Just finished listening to the song and THAT WAS AWESOME 👍👍

[@brandonmoore796]

thanks for sharing brother it sounded Great !

[@grube28]

Just Beautiful! Thanks man..

[@melissawysocki2385]

Thank you ⚡🌹⚡🐾

[@JoyMinistryy]

Genius to make it slow and mellow, cuz that’s what we all want

[@rosebud1958]

TRUTH

[@jeffmargulies3833]

right on Andy - every single note, every single moment in time, is cherished

[@bri-fihacksaw7215]

Who gave this a thumb down? Greatest Dead song. Love every version, this is one of my favorites. The other two are from 6/26/74 Providence show and other from the Winterland closing show 12/31/78. Many others but those are two Dicks Picks that seem to be in constant rotation. Be kind :)

[@tomcaragliano7489]

forget about dick . more thawn 3/4 of his selections are for more $ in his ass pocket

[@GSDjrbites]

I concur...I do appreciate the Steppin out in 72 version too. I know I got about 20 different versions of this and they are all good some great :) Transport me to my happy place

[@drewcamero1489]

i am a dead nubbie. But catching up. Truth be told, i am circling back, having not listened well in years past. Ripple is my current favorite. A song that makes me cry knowing where we could be as a people yet seeing how far we have fallen. I am sure to the GD connoisseur Ripple seems old and worn out. But thats only because we are old and worn out.

[@Anndee4Palestine]

Ripple. is never "old and worn out" it's one of the. greatest songs ever written!

[@masonmuffoletto]

Awesome song I sill can't believe how amazing the grateful dead is.

[@messiahmoose]

Wharf Rat is my favorite. This is the Wharf Rat I think of when I think of Wharf Rat.

[@trip3119u]

recorded one day before the greatest show ever

[@whomroy]

1st show, this night was magic, go get the rest, wheel ,eyes, peggy-o, friend , around,TMNS,...........................remember like it was yesterday,beautiful

[@Rave0851]

Remember it like it was last week....can't believe it was 37 years ago. Magical show!!

[@coreyjsilva3534]

@@Rave0851 that show at The Garden (the day before Cornell) and the show at Buffalo the day after Cornell are in my opinion coincidentally two of the greatest shows ever, while Cornell was merely EXCELLENT; but no more excellent than the whole.tour was

[@MrKyleroo]

This was my first show with my brother and best friend who are no longer with us.

[@wigginoutman]

Your Aud recordings are my faves. Thanks for sharing.

[@scottparadise8886]

We all go on, its easy to take for granted what we love. Cherish and live in the good things, it's ok.

[@Johnholienrecovery]

Thank you!

[@quartzimaging]

Once I had two pet rats named August West and Pearlie Baker. They lived happily in the same cage together until August died and Pearlie ate his corpse. Left nothing behind except his tail.

[@paulcanis6297]

After which she said to him I'm sure she's been chewin' you

[@ulysees1117]

quartzimaging lolololol omg

[@brinkybrinkz]

First time. ❤❤❤

[@kjbaran]

Greatness only comes around every century or so.

[@kleilalmyamixedname4382]

Beautiful 💛✨

[@jimsheppard7654]

Pure brilliance

[@chrisbolay7875]

got to ride the rail on these shows

[@grittykeys]

Boston your my home.

[@aaronpetersen8280]

Miss this band dearly. Like them or not, they captured the essence of art. The years when they were their best, mid 60's through the late 70's, I would have loved to seen a show. I caught the tail end of their work in the early to mid 90's and in fact the 2nd to last show in Chicago(with Jerry). Wow, seems like yesterday but I guess 25 years ago. WTF! Any rec. for shows to listen to with guests such as Branford M. type?

[@kaidengathings3096]

Aaron Petersen i was born after jerry died so be thankful

[@jonathanwalser2]

NYE 1990 Nassau Col.

[@dougpotoksky5415]

Aaron Petersen You got it Aaron! I was very lucky. Boston Garden, Music Hall Boston, Winterland, and meeting Jerry backstage Cow Palace. I even started playing guitar. Started the band ONE from Boston 70's. Thank You everyone. Play on! Peace

[@dedhippi]

hey chase... you really know how to pick 'em.

[@markryan2518]

What an amazing Version

[@edwardprice140]

I just watched a documentary by Dermot Mulroney "I Am My Music" that explains why this recording is titled "5/7/77"

[@rosebud1958]

Thanks Edward Price!! I'm gonna check it out!! Peace n Love

[@adamwatson6916]

5/7/77 as in May 7th 1977 .

[@donnabrooks8492]

Im a friend of august west🙏❤

[@nickbyers26]

Jerry’s alive and well in me

[@addedvalue5263]

nick byers geyyyyy

[@nickbyers26]

Added Value how ever you wanna take it:)

[@mobiditch6848]

I’ve got some jiz if your hungry

[@VibrationsfromMirror]

Awesome!

[@paulst.stephen2626]

Ohhhh YEAHHHH!!!❤❤❤:):):)

[@marshallsilva9389]

beautiful version

[@3xStampA2xStamp]

happy 36th anniversary to all my fellow deadheads

[@digitaltreez]

involuntary groove

[@sunshinenbluesallday1920]

heh. i'm the same person as sunshinenblues on another account, and got tired of having no picture by my name!!! that was always something which bothered me alot. this picture is me...and so is this song! good talking to you (i call you chase-fuk-u-upper) and often wondered where your moniker came from? out of my mind in love with this download, keep me happy as only your videos do!

[@gamingXpoison]

This and Winterland 12 31 77 are the best Wharf Rat jams

[@est1906]

wicked awesome :)

[@josephlangone2341]

ty

[@PrinceOfGenovia]

They’re releasing this show on record store day 4/22/2023!!

[@iorioriorio]

GENIOUS!!!! Jerry built an entire song around the A seventh chord!!! Has that ever been done before??????....perfect for a tune about a homeless wino!!

[@nortykid3017]

It’s an asus2

[@FRANCECHILD]

THANKS JESUS FOR THE BEST FROM THE WEST. AMEN

[@JonnyQuest1959]

@wingman572 one of the best meetings I ever went to was a Wharf Rat meeting..that was really cool as shit

[@unmaps]

777. Love you Jerry

[@13littledog1]

my dogs name is august west, i call him august the dogust, august dogust!

[@sawwill1]

listen with headphones (perfect)!!!!!!!

[@jerrywangzinger8483]

Got some time to hear your story

[@quickeveryoneactlega]

I Love zappa, but my heart lies here my friend, that boy has no excuse :)

[@s.tepper4030]

My first Dead show. :) If I already posted that, sorry. :)

[@craigholliday]

Please get rid of mid roll advertisements in your KZbin settings. Please and thank u

[@beerbellyblues77]

good photoshopping love it

[@abelwolfgang4136]

❤️

[@geo3573]

Something I lived through with bitter memories?

[@sns8420]

音楽はバンドを果たしています

[@rainbowpagun]

LET GO LET JERRY

[@morrison68018]

in my opinion the best version of wharf rat was at red rocks 78 for me their best song is days between.

[@chasefukuoka61]

@roadrunnerismyname - hi, no. I did some photoshoping of images but have never taken any photos of the band. The picture i use of jerry above the earth with a psychedelic sky is one i made with adobe photoshop, mixing 3 images together...

[@1200macdaddy]

This one rare wharf rat where there is lead riff before the first verse and I sometimes play just that over and over again

[@ralphherman2122]

Stanley theater NJ September 28 1972 ..... Open the door...... other one .....

[@vglaso]

i got no dime... but i got time.