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Wharf Rat
Composer: Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter

Wharf Rat was first performed by the Grateful Dead in February 1971. It was then played, usually somewhere between 10 and 30 times a year, every year except 1975 through to June 1995.

The title of the song was adopted by the Wharf Rats, a support group for drug and alcohol free deadheads.



Grateful Dead

info Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses), 1971
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 3, 1995
info Ticket to New Year's (video), 1996
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 7, 1997
info Terrapin Station (Limited Edition), 1997
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 12, 1998
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 13, 1999
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 14, 1999
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 18, 2000
info Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead, 2000
info The Golden Road (1965-1973), 2001
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 24, 2002
info Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72, July 2002
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 25, 2002
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 29, 2003
info The Closing of Winterland, 2003
info The Closing of Winterland (DVD), 2003
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 31, 2004
info Rockin' The Rhein, 2004
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 33, 2004
info Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack, 2004
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 36, 2005
info Grateful Dead Download Vol. 7: 9/3 & 4/80, 2005
info Live at the Cow Palace: New Year's Eve 1976, 2006
info Grateful Dead Download Vol 11: 6/20/91, 2006
info Three From The Vault, 2007
info Road Trips: Vol 1, Number 1: Fall 1979, 2007
info Road Trips: Vol 1, Number 2: October 1977 (Bonus CD), 2008
info Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings, 2008
info Road Trips: Vol 1, Number 3: Summer 1971, 2008
info To Terrapin: Hartford '77, 2009
info Road Trips: Vol 2, No 3: June 1974, Wall Of Sound: Bonus CD, 2009
info Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings, 2009
info Road Trips: Vol 3, Number 1: Oakland Dec 28, 1979 Bonus CD, 2009
info Road Trips: Vol 3, Number 2: Austin, Nov 15, 1971 Bonus CD, 2010
info Crimson, White and Indigo, 2010
info Road Trips: Vol 3, Number 4: Penn State/Cornell, 1980, 2010
info Road Trips: Vol 4, Number 2: April Fool's '88, 2011
info Road Trips: Vol 4, Number 3: Denver 1973, 2011
info Road Trips: Vol 4, No. 5: Boston Music Hall 6.9.76, 2011
info Europe '72, The Complete Recordings, 2011
info Europe '72: London, 4/7/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Dusseldorf, 4/24/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Paris, 5/3/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Amsterdam, 5/10/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: London, 5/25/1972, 2011
info Dave's Picks Vol 1: Richmond, VA, 5/25/77, 2012
info Dave's Picks Vol 2: Hartford, CT, 7/31/74, 2012
info Dave's Picks 2012 Bonus CD, 2012
info May 1977 (box set), 2013
info Live Albums Collection, 2013
info Dave's Picks Vol. 11: Wichita, KS, 11/17/72, 2014
info Spring 1990 (The Other One), 2014
info Dave's Picks Vol 14: Academy Of Music, 3/26/72, 2015
info Dave's Picks Bonus CD 2015
info Dave's Picks Vol 15: Nashville, 4/22/78, 2015
info 30 Trips Around The Sun Box Set, 2015
info Capitol Theatre, 4/25/77, 2016
info July 1978 Complete, 2016
info Red Rocks: 7/8/78, 2016
info Dave's Picks Vol 22: New York, 12/7/71, 2017
info May 1977: Get Shown the Light, 2017
info July 12 & 13, 1989, Washington, DC, 2017
info Dave's Picks Vol 25: Binghampton, 11/6/77, 2018
info The Best Of The Grateful Dead Live, 2018
info Dave's Picks Vol 26: Albuquerque, 11/17/71, 2018
info Dave's Picks Bonus CD 2018
info Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Complete Recordings, 2018
info Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It, 2018
info Portland Mem. Col. 5/19/74, 2018
info Dave's Picks Vol 28: Passaic, 6/17/76, 2018
info Dave's Picks Vol 31: Chicago, 12/3/79, 2019
info Dave's Picks Bonus CD 2020, 2020
info Workingman's Dead (50th Anniv. Edition), 2020
info Dave's Picks Vol 35: Philadelphia, 4/20/1984, 2020
info American Beauty 50th Anniv. Deluxe Ed, 2020
info Olympia Theatre, Paris, 5/3/1972, 2021
info Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) 50th Anniv. Ed., 2021
info Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73, 2021
info From The Bay To The Pool: Live 1971-1978, 2022
info Lyceum '72: The Complete Recordings, 2022
info Wembley Empire Pool, 4/7/1972, 2022
info Dave's Picks Vol 45 Portland, 10/1 & 2/77, 2023
info Boston 5/7/77, 2023
info Here Comes Sunshine 1973, 2023
info RFK St., Washington, 6/10/73, Grateful Dead, 2023

Robert Hunter

info Boise, ID, July 1 , 2004

The Dead

info Salt Lake City, UT, June 29, 2004
info Hartford, CT, August 3, 2004
info Dead '09: Los Angeles, CA, May 9, 2009

Furthur

info Dec 12, 2009, Asbury Park, NJ
info Feb 6, 2010, Orlando, FL
info Mar 3, 2010, Chicago, IL
info July 2, 2010, Columbus, OH
info July 7, 2010, Ottawa, ON
info July 30, 2010, Bridgeport, CT
info September 22, 2010, Las Vegas, NV
info November 16, 2010, Reading, PA
info November 20, 2010, New York, NY
info December 31, 2010, San Francisco, CA
info February 13, 2011, Broomfield, CO
info March 10, 2011, New York, NY
info March 20, 2011, Upper Darby, PA
info July 19, 2011, Saratoga Springs, NY
info Sept 23, 2011, Eugene, OR
info Oct 2, 2011, Morrison, CO
info Oct 8, 2011, Monterey, CA
info Nov 8, 2011, Charlottesville, VA
info Nov 18, 2011, Rosemont, IL
info Dec 30, 2011, San Francisco, CA
info April 17, 2012, New York, NY
info April 21, 2012, Live Oak
info July 10, 2012, Alpharetta, GA
info September 25, 2012, Seattle, WA
info October 4, 2012, Las Vegas, NV
info April 17, 2013, Port Chester, NY
info July 16, 2013, Gilford, NH
info Sept 20, 2013, Morrison, CO
info Sept 29, 2013, Berkeley, CA

Dead & Company

info Manchester, TN, 12 June, 2016
info Flushing, NY, 25 June, 2016
info Elkhorn, WI, 10 July, 2016
info George, WA, 23 July, 2016
info Burgettstown, PA, 15 Jun, 2017
info Cuyahoga Falls, OH, 28 Jun, 2017
info Boston, MA, 17 Nov, 2017
info Atlanta, GA, 29 Nov, 2017
info Orlando, FL, 27 Feb, 2018
info Camden, NJ, 1 Jun, 2018
info Darien Center, NY, 19 Jun, 2018
info Mountain View, CA, 2 July, 2018
info Arrington, VA, 25 Aug, 2018
info Mountain View, CA, 31 May, 2019
info Saratoga Springs, NY, 18 Jun, 2019
info Charlotte, NC, 28 Jun, 2019
info Uniondale, NY, 6 Nov, 2019
info Los Angeles, CA, 27 Dec, 2019
info Darien Center, NY, Aug 25, 2021
info Hartford, CT, Sep 5, 2021
info St. Louis, MO, Sep 13, 2021
info Englewood, CO, Oct 22, 2021
info Boulder, CO, June 17, 2022
info Clarkston, MI, June 29, 2022
info Los Angeles, CA, May 19, 2023
info Raleigh, NC, June 1, 2023
info Cincinnati, OH, June 13, 2023
info Noblesville, IN, June 27, 2023
info San Francisco, CA, July 14, 2023

Ratdog

info Baltimore MD: October 20, 2003
info Geneva NY: October 28, 2003
info Chicago IL: November 3, 2003
info Ft. Wayne IN: November 11, 2003
info Little Rock AR: November 19, 2003
info Los Angeles CA, March 1, 2004
info Bozeman MT, March 10, 2004
info Washington, March 30, 2004
info Cleveland OH, April 5, 2005
info Wilkes-Barre PA, April 13, 2005
info Ridgefield CT, April 25, 2005
info South Burlington, VT, August 24, 2005
info Toronto, Canada, October 31, 2005
info Tucson, AZ, December 6, 2005
info North Charleston, SC, March 16, 2006
info Phoenix, AZ, June 28, 2006
info Ridgefield, CT, August 21, 2006
info Columbus OH, October 26, 2006
info York PA, November 7, 2006
info Seattle WA, February 17, 2007
info Jim Thorpe PA, March 16, 2007
info Cleveland OH, July 16, 2007
info Lowell MA, August 12, 2007
info Norfolk, VA, November 7, 2007
info Salt Lake City, UT, June 24, 2008
info Hampton Beach, NH, July 23, 2009
info Spokane, WA, August 25, 2009
info Washington DC, February 18, 2014
info Burlington, VT, February 28, 2014
info Grand Rapids, MI, June 10, 2014

Phil Lesh & Friends

info April 10, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
info April 19, 2014, Las Vegas, NV, 2014
info May 30, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
info September 6, 2014, Arrington, VA, 2014
info November 29, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
info March 18, 2015, Port Chester, NY, 2015
info November 5, 2015, Port Chester, NY, 2015

Bill Kreutzmann

info May 2, 2015, New Orleans, Voodoo Dead, 2015

 
Other recordings

info Deadicated, Various Artists, 1991
info Sometimes - Live (UK EP), Midnight Oil, 1992
info Sometimes - Live (Aus. single), Midnight Oil, 1992
info Fire On The Mountain: Reggae Celebrates The Grateful Dead, Various Artists, 1996
info The Best Of The B-Sides, Midnight Oil, 1997
info Swingin' To The Grateful Dead, Various Artists, 1999
info Built To Grass (Grass Is Dead, Vol. 2), Grass Is Dead (Crazy Fingers), 2001
info Long Strange Trip: Swingin' and Pickin' on the Grateful Dead, Various Artists, 2001
info Jerry Jams, Jerry Cares, Various Artists, 2005
info Bruce Hornsby Live: July 11, 2002, Salt Lake City, UT, Bruce Hornsby, 2005
info The Best of the Jammys, Vol. One, 2006
info Oriental Theatre, Denver, CO, March 17, 2007, KVMW, 2007
info Spun, Lauren Pennington, 2009
info At Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham, NC 10/15/10, The American Beauty Project, 2010
info Live At The Blue Light, Charlie Shafter & The Gnomes, 2010
info Keys, Keller Williams, 2013
info Surrender, Jon Wayne And The Pain, 2013
info Songs Of Their Own, Various Artists, 2015
info It's a Hand-Me-Down, David Gans, 2015
info 4/17/15, Morrison, CO, Disco Biscuits, 2015
info 03/22/16, Mill Valley, CA, Jackie Greene, 2016
info 10/26/2016, Brooklyn, NY, Jackie Greene, 2016
info Day Of The Dead, Various Artists (Ira Kaplan & Friends), 2016
info Better Left Unsung, Holly Bowling, 2016
info Cut The Dead Some Slack, Stephen Inglis, 2018
info 11/17/18, Fragile Thunder Duo, 2019
info Phantom Ships With Phantom Sails, Live Dead'69, 2019
info Dead Air, Various Artists (Travis Elliott), 2019
info Chip's Picks Vol 2, High Time, 2020
info Alone Together, Vol 6, Holly Bowling, 2020
info From The Archives 7/4/20, Splintered Sunlight, 2020
info We Will Get By, Being Grateful, 2020
info The Wilderness Sessions Vol. 7: Casco Bay, Holly Bowling, 2021

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