Wharf Rat

A song by the Grateful Dead, from Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses).

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Wharf Rat live

• Played 398 times.
• First played Feb 18, 1971 at Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY.
• Last played Jun 25, 1995 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, DC, 8 shows before the band's last show.

Live stats per setlist.fm, as of Oct 27, 2026.

Wharf Rat is one of the songs in the daily Grateful Dead lyric game: one line of a song, three guesses to name it.

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