![]() ![]() Hunter and Garcia both had a certain amount of experience to draw on in writing and singing about being homeless, on at least semi-indigent, living in cars in their early years of first acquaintance, crashing where they could. (Brings to mind the old saying, “I’m so poor, I can’t even pay attention!”) In fact, he already doesn’t even have a dime all he has is some time to listen. The narrator whose voice frames the story is well on his way, from the sound of it, to being out there on the street, looking for spare change. The shape of the story told by the song is recursive-a sort of passing-of-the-torch for the down-and-out. So begins the second verse of “Wharf Rat,” a song I have long considered to be a key song-one that helps to unlock the whole body of work Robert Hunter created along with Jerry Garcia. ![]() (I’ll consider requests for particular songs-just private message me!) Therefore, the best part, I would hope, would not be anything in particular that I might have to say, but rather, the conversation that may happen via the comments over the course of time-and since all the posts will stay up, you can feel free to weigh in any time on any of the songs! With Grateful Dead lyrics, there’s always a new and different take on what they bring up for each listener, it seems. Here’s the plan-each week, I will blog about a different song, focusing, usually, on the lyrics, but also on some other aspects of the song, including its overall impact-a truly subjective thing. ![]()
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