Who is pearly baker

I mentioned a guy named Augustus Caesar, to no avail. Andrew it is. I just love this song. It speaks of addiction,a chance at benediction, jealousy. I guess I'm an in the darkie, I loved when the bridge would come,and Brent,Jerry,and Bob would nail it with their gruff harmonies. Deep song. When we were all going to jail, were we pushing 2 for 5? Some other fuckers crime, but it's okay to drink yourself to death I'll get a new star Live the life I should Then worry about your girl cheatin on you What a great song I have a "Friend of August West" sticker on my big book Burgundy happened to be my personal favorite, although I haven't had any of that in 'a few 24 hours', as they say.

The "dime for a cup of coffee I got no dime, but I got some time to hear his story" part might be a favorite spot Of course, my minimal experience with Wharf Rat meetings is that set-breaks are so noisy you can't really have a good meeting in the way I like 'em An awesome tune, for sure If he says I may I loved when Jerry reached this part of the song it was the jumping off point for the band to start going nuts; always made me think of NYC when they played this, being from NY.

First, David thanks for running this blog! Grateful Dead music, to me, has always had a spiritual dimension: not just great music and lyrics but songs that somehow, someway speak to the soul. I'd been 'hearing' Grateful Dead music for a while before, one day at the Student Center at the College of Charleston I should have been studying Telling ME a story, showing ME a parable or something. Before I succumb to paralysis through analysis I will submit that through the darkness, depression and despair in the atmosphere of the lyrics comes that beautiful ray of light in August West's submission to God's will in his hope to get a new start and fly away We've all been there.

Maybe not as down and as out as August West but in our own ways we fall down or hit plateaus but because we have hope, we persist It's a flicker of light in total darkness like only the Grateful Dead can do it.

It's really cool to that the first Wharf Rat emerged from within Dark Star! I'll get up and fly away. I hung on every word, following the tale of these two characters that didn't know how much alike they really were. The story just unfolded as it never had before for me. Hunter has done this for me on a few of his and Jerry's tunes over the years, but his performance of Wharf Rat was indeed an epiphany, and the song was for me no longer just another mellow tune coming out of Space.

My favorite "second set slow song" I always love to hear this song. And my girlfriend's name is "Bonnie Lee", so even better! Made the next years so much better. Still goes along at Furthur gigs. Never had a problem with the break noise myself. This song has a special place in my head and heart. Happy to be here now and there then.

Gus for short! I named my adopted cat August back in and he just turned His kidneys have been failing for a couple years, possibly from the burgundy wine, but I give him fluid injections every other day and he is still a happy camper and full of life.

He probably thinks he'll get back on his feet again some day, but he's already there. The song has given me a lot and my buddy Gus has given me more. The song's all ambiguity, sure, except August's description, the facts of the encounter, and the given circumstances of these fellows "nowhere to go but just to hang around," and so on. But there's no evidence in the song, is there, that Pearly hasn't been true to August, in some manner, if only internal to him.

There's such strength to that, in the lyric, that "you know, listening" differently, cannot negate. And the story of the collaboration was quite interesting, with Robert giving Jerry the song and Jerry G finishing his part that same day. Don't know how long Robert worked on it, nor do I know how much and what Jerry added to it but it was a one day thing from what I've read. It's such a heavy a personal story, one character to another character, full of despair, hope and contradiction.

And it makes me wonder if the other song I mentioned in the title of this train of thought was supposed to be a 'part 2' of this one from another songwriting team in the band, intentional or not. We can only hope for the best for the "August West"ies that we all know. We can only do so much for them to help themselves. We are the captains of our own ship. Ultimately it's up to ourselves as individuals to make the first step and live one day at a time. And now I'll get up and fly away.

To bed for a good night's sleep. Tomorrow's another day. State Senator Mark Montigny serves as chairman and host of the event. So Mahoney called Richards, as he had on that fateful day 24 years before, and they made it happen. The Pearly Baker Bash will be held April 6 this year. Until then, the guys will be rocking every Tuesday at the Sixth Bristol, starting at and jamming until the early morning hours. When I die, I want to come back as me.

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But the reference has interesting implications for the song's meaning-which, of course, I leave up to you. West knows who the Rev Baker is; and the next verse I think supports this interpretation of he's no friend of mine : Everyone said I'd come to no good I knew I would Pearly believed them August is complaining here that everyone said the booze would do him in; he didn't agree, but Pearly Rev. If you know the syntax of Grateful Dead improvisation, you can jump up on stage with people you've never met before and make great things happen.

These guys were all fluent speakers, all grown-ups, all professionals and they were incredibly generous with their space on the stage. I melted into the band. The band will pay in Utica without Gans on April Pearly Baker's Best, named for a lyric in the song "Wharf Rat," is one of two prominent Grateful Dead tributes in the Syracuse area the other is veteran group Dark Hollow.

For the most part, they all contribute vocals. These shows also took place on Mondays, and were facilitated by the Homel-Alaniz Band, of which Bergen was a member. Sutter's Mill closed in the early s.

The Dead Nights started up right when Funk's downtown location opened, in Pearly Baker's Best was assembled by Orlando from his virtual Rolodex of "Deadhead" pals, some of whom he has known since high school.

He said that much like his musical idols, he and his bandmates ensure that no one Monday night sounds even remotely like the last Monday night. This is the loosest band I have ever been in, but it never, ever falls apart.