Ryan Adams w/ JoyRx Music - "Wharf Rat" (Grateful Dead)
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I'm thinking petition to get a whole album of Ryan doing Dead covers.
Brandon Butler Shit if you can cover Taylor and turn it into something listenable, just imagine what he could do with hand picked dead songs, that's an extensive catalog.
M Le1 dude! That's a good point! I love his version of 1989 he could easily handle the dead you see how much he respects the music!
There is an entire album of dead covers by ryan. The bootleg "Ryan is dead" and like the most beautiful dead jems, ya just gotta know where to look. ;)
It's here on CZcams
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I would pay for that!!!!!
Every once in a while I return to this video to make sure that I still remember how to smile
Well said, Kenny. Find myself coming back here quite often. Ryan looks so relaxed here. Just a beautiful cover of a wonderful song.
Wonderful comment
Yes!!!
A muscian has to have a lot of courage to express their version of such a lyrical story. cudos Mr. Adams.
Hunter and Garcia wrote some GREAT songs, and this is one of them. Ryan Adams does a FINE job with it.
I think he does a good job on Wharf Rat, first time I have seen Wharf Rat by him, love the dead 💀
great voice and one of my all time favorite Dead songs..
Agreed. Nice job on this.
sorta Neil Youngish....? Kinda? Some of this is really precious!
one of my all-time favorites also.
The Dead is an excellent Rx for low mood, a go to for me at times. I have steal your face skull tatt on the top of my foot. A reminder to be grateful, even when you're tired and broken with words half spoken and thoughts unclear.
This is Dead cover to end all Dead covers. This song is a deep Dead cut and tho Ryan recorded Cold Roses very much influenced by the Dead he has never described himself as a Deadhead. This version focuses more on the lyrical content with a compelling melody as a backdrop keeping you in. So many Dead fans are so instrumental focused they overlook the poetry. One of my oldest friends who loves the Dead way more than I do couldn't believe that Wharf Rat was my favorite. He cited Terrapin Station as the most profound Dead song lyrically. He had to think for a minute to even remember Wharf Rat. I do like Terrapin Station, but Wharf Rat makes you pity, empathize, and relate to the sad tramp/bum telling his mistakes and misfortunes. Then, along with young man character listening to the bum, you realize that your lives aren't that different. Well I sure did ramble. To sum it all up: I love this song and I love this version almost as much as the original.
Tyler Foust guess you didn't see the interview where he said he had a steal your face sticker on his skateboard as a kid.
Painting with awefully broad brush stokes there fella. Wharf Rat is certainly no deep cut.
Wharf Rat ain't deep, yeah right.
I love the lyrics to many Dead songs...I would argue that in many of my favorites the lyrics are just as important as the guitar & the different jams that were done with that song.
There are many ways to listen to these lyrics.
1) The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter but sung by Jerry and it is the story of the old man as told in a first person voice through the narrator (the young man). So, it's like peeling an onion to determine whose words they are - when really they are the words of anyone who has battled addiction.
2) the badass vulnerability and bravery of Jerry Garcia, the overweight junkie butt of so many jokes, to sing "I know that the life I'm living's no good" on stage.
3) the contradictions of the old man's stories. The Dead (and I include Hunter here) never let anyone off the hook and they loved to expose the contradictions in all of our lives. Some examples of the old man's contradictions:
A) August West loves his girlfriend (Pearly Baker) more than his wife and yet, as he tells his story, he blames his downfall on the fact that his girlfriend believed the negative people in his life who said he would come to no good ("Pearly believed them").
B) He claims that the Lord was never a friend of his ("more than my maker, though he's no friend of mine") but also claims he will turn his life around if the Lord makes it happen ("but I'lll get back on my feet, some day, the good Lord willing, if he says I may").
I also love how the song transitions from a folk/rock song to gospel.
Ryan does a pretty good job with this. This song isn't easy to strip down to just the melody and basic acoustic track and still keep the song's feel.
I can't stop listening to this, it gets better every time
Bonnie Hanning ......Definitely! I'm in the same boat a year later. Haha
This is really, really great. Vocals are pretty much beyond amazing from a singer without microphone, just a dude with an acoustic guitar. This guitar work is completely ad-hoc but entirely perfect, the vocals are stunning. I love this song and Ryan Adams just absolutely kills it. This guy loves this song as much as I do and it shows. If this guy would ever join dead and CO I would really appreciate it.
I'm pretty sure he DID play live with Phil and Friends
That right there folks... that is genuine mastery.
im an old school head, and ryan adams is the only "new artist" thats worth a damn, in my mind....glad he appreciates the "boys", he gets it...
This!
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He does. Thank You for saying it. He gets it!
casey e check out billy strings version of wharf rat, that fuckin kid can play.
brings me to tears every time "I'll get up and fly away, fly away" 💕
The magic of Garcia and Hunter's songwriting. This song has always touched me deeply.
Add in a little Pink Floyd's "Nobody's Home" with... "But I've got nowhere to fly to"
Ryan can sing the telephone book and I'd listen to the end. Love his voice and his humor. Didn't even know about him until I saw the movie "This is 40".
This is so fucking beautiful. I come back to it time after time and can't stop loving it ❤
i could listen to him sing all day
I know I'm late to this party, but I found it when I needed. Nursing a hangover trying to get my shit back together and this video and sound made me smile. Thanks for that. Beautifully done
That's a beautiful guitar
Bedell
It makes perfect sense that the Dead's music resonates with Adams as much as it does. Garcia may be one of the most underrated rock n roll singers of all time and Robert Hunter one of the most underrated song writers of all time. Adams too exists on the periphery of all things mainstream music.
Yes! Agree on all fronts... but, and just to be fair to ole' Jerry, Hunter wrote the words, Jerry actually wrote the music... at least that is how it's always been put. Hunter is himself a musician but how much input he'd have on the melodies I'm not sure. If I had to guess each song was probably written differently but by and large Jerry probably handled the musical melody and Hunter the words with the lyrical melody in mind.
well put sir.
I wonder how op feels about his comment 7yrs later after the D n C uprising bringing attention to Jerry n Robert to millions of new people via John Mayer. I don't think Jerry's ever been underrated personally, Hunter just gets overlooked because primarily hes just a songwriter. I know he performs but I think I might have made my point lol.✌
This boy can sing
I wish i could sing 1 onehunderth as good as R.A.
That made me feel great! Love that song and loved that interpretation- very true honest and vulnerable
As a long time Deadhead [1971, first show) this an awesome rendition. Hunter is a grat writer with Jerry. Kudos, young man !
Dude, that was real nice. Thank you.
DRA could sing the phone book and make it sound awesome. Dude rocks.
#ryanadams Ya gifts feed my soul and being like a giganormas valuim, thanks Doll🔥
Ryan has always been a(dead)head of his time! He knows the music that makes a difference!
WOW...WOW...WOW... a dream come true for me. My favorite modern artist covering one of my all-time favorite Dead tunes. THANK YOU!
PS Great song to try my best (or worst?) Jerry voice....real loud with in the car.
Awesome choice my friend/ incredible whar Kudos
Well done.
Not to distract from the song, but I love his jacket. Denim doesn't lie. It's faded because it's been a lot of places.
When I need to cry this is one of my songs. You made me cry. Thanks I needed that. One of those days. This is a hard song. I’m watching though. Good job. I’m off to listen to some mor boo hoo music. Just get it all out ya know.
Killer job
One of my favorite artists playing one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands.
Exceptional read of a Dead classic.
Great song, Great story, great voice. But even better mission. Glad I found this during Jerry week!
Hell yeah Mr. Adams! This is good for so many ages and ailments.
This guys just gets better every time I see him. Amazing!!
Magnificent!
Didn't know Jason Bateman had such a beautiful voice!
I just heard Ryan sing Magnolia Mountain last night and thought it was a great tip of the hat to Jerry.
I always felt this was one of the deeper Grateful Dead tunes that told a clear and compelling story. I don't know what this meant to Jerry but I know it touched him deeply - at one show he actually broke down during the bridge ("The good Lord willing...") and it didn't look like he was going to be able to finish the song. He took a moment, pulled himself together and sang the rest - it was quite a powerful moment.
Magnolia Mountain was written by Ryan Adams. It easily could've been a Jerry/Hunter song
@@rustykiley3577 Agreed - The work he did with the Cardinals is heavily buegrass-tinged and seems to be influenced by the Grateful Dead...
What show was that?
@@gls3413 Boston Garden, probably 1981 or 1982...
Just a guitar & his voice - not even a microphone. Ryan is one of those rare souls who can play multiple genres with ease. Saw him in 2017 at Melbourne (VIC, Australia) with the Unknown Band.
I just love this. I keep coming back to this video.
He censored it, it’s “Half of my life for some other f**ckers crime”, he has a good voice, his guitar skills aren’t as strong as Billy Strings, but my best friend, Nancy couldn’t see me on my birthday in 2015, coz she had tickets to see Ryan Adams. This is the first time I’ve had a chance to see & hear him. I love Wharf Rat, but I am a deadhead ❤❤
Nice version! ⚘🎸🎼🎶👍❤
Knocked this out of the park! Great cover! Nice job!
This guy can do it all! What an Amazing Talent!
I feel better after hearing this...very well done...
Unbelievable!!!
This song reminds me of my city by the bay. Never was a Grateful Dead follower, and never new this song until I heard this version by Ryan Adams, but Ryan knows his shit, and for me, this is a flashback to my SF. When The City was about more than fucking IT transplants, foodies, hipsters, martini leg humpers, white buses.........
A very heartfelt rendition, so very good Ryan... Papa Bear would dig it...
Great,Ryan!
Very nice. One of my favs from the Dead and you covered it so well.
WoooooooHooooooo
damn... this is g o o d
Incredible.. thank you Jerry & Hunter! Nice hear him playing Dead again.
Thank you Ryan!
Those Dead songs are all over the place .. Love him or not. He did a great job. Billy Strings does a good one too
What EXACTLY do you mean all over the place?
This is lovely.
Wow...just Wow.
Thank you. i wanted a cover and you gave it ...and you did it VERY well.
Just a fantastic voice, plain and simple. Oh yeah, awesome song too!
Ryan was always good at covering dead tunes. This is one of my favorites
grate musicianship synergies across decades... ear candy
I can hear eternity! Tnx
Beautiful! ❤️
Too good!!!!
Very Good by Ryan Adams. If you've seen & heard Garcia & The Grateful Dead perform Wharf Rat in the early 1970's when they'd kind of perfected it, well then you'd probably agree with me that it was mystic at times. In my opinion 1970 to 1981 was the Grateful Dead heyday.
Outstanding! Great job! You nailed it!
Great delivery!! Ya done'm proud brother!! Gerry be smile'n!! I'm dig'n it!
This is the very best version of Wharf Rat I've ever heard.....killer, Ryan
It's a nice version. but certainly far from the best.. No Offense intended. I play it exactly the way he does because I can not figure out the complexities of the true patterns in the song either. Jerry had moments of unbridled Brilliance to say the least. Listen to Midnight oil version off of Deadicated, it will blow your mind.
I have yet to hear a truly bad version of this great song. A fellow named Pete Pidgeon does a very fine version of this song as well.
Great Voice - One of my favorite Dead Tunes. Good Choice.
Jesus...that’s hits home
I never heard this guy, just heard of him. Very nice rendition of one of my favorite Dead songs. Great voice.
To Bee Kay.... Ryan Adams is a great artist. I would recommend checking out some of the work he did with a group called "whiskeytown". Then check out his music with Ryan Adams and the cardinals. Those groups were great
grifftrain Thanks for that direction ... caught Ryan on some Late Show performance and meant to pursue his talent ... but that rendition makes me wanna just get outta bed and grab my acoustic ... 3am and all
Ryan Adams WhiskeyTown music is more of a classic country type sound. My favorite album by them is called "Strangers Almanac".
My best advice to really get into some great Ryan Adams music is check out the site called archive.org and check out some live shows from Ryan Adams and the Cardinals 2006-2007. they are excellent soundboard quality and that was a period where he was really channeling the Grateful Dead. Some of my favorite and most listened to music are those shows
Beautiful rendition! Very nice vox.
FFS BRILLIANT I've just sat and jammed for 20 odd views love this just love it.
JERRY saves !! Awesome job man 👌🎯
Very nice! The Dead's best right there
An absolutely wonderful cover! Beautiful
Sounds grate. Thank you for sharing this!
Great rendition.
A truly worthy version.
Wow! Sounded really really good..Thanx!!
Well done my man. My favorite Dead (and Midnight Oil) song.
Your voice is magnificent; excellent rendition of this hauntingly beautiful song.
Oh goodness gracious, this is wonderful ❤
Amazing.
this is fantastic
Ben...........This is what gets girls all emotional . Nice guitar too .
what a great explanation of the Dead songbook.
do it up. Glad to have you back.
Nailed it.
great performance and great production (sound, vocal) cool room ambiance.
Awesome!
outstanding...
right on I love the way you did this song ,,f what the haters say
Jerry would approve nice work👍
Beautiful cover! And, besides that, he have an OCP patch in his jacket. Awesome!
This is a good gateway to the GD.
This song is a great fit for Ryan.